Literature, English – Surtees (Robert Smith, 1805-1864), Han...

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Literature, English – Surtees (Robert Smith, 1805-1864), Handley Cross, or Mr. Jorrocks’ Hunt, London Bradbury & Evans 1854, 1st edn, small 8vo, 550pp, many coloured plates illus. John Leech, coloured frontis., re-bound full calf, gilt lines and titles, some mild foxing, bookplate J Talbot Clifton of Kildalton (1)

***Provenance, library of (John) Talbot Clifton (1868-1928), prolific traveller, naturalist, game hunter who inherited an estate at Lytham, Lancs., in 1882 and in 1907 married Hon. Violet Beauclerk, grand-daughter of the 8th Duke of St. Albans. The couple in 1922 purchased Kildalton Castle, Islay, which had been built 1867-70 by John Burnett for John Ramsay MP. After Clifton’s death the house became increasingly neglected being ultimately sold and is currently ruinous