[Sporting] Surtees, Robert S. Group of 6 Sporting Novels

1. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First edition. 8vo. x, 408, (8) pp. With hand-colored frontispiece and 13 engravings after John Leech. Red pictorial cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt, faded, extremities worn, corners bumped; yellow endpapers; splitting at gutter throughout; scattered foxing to plates and text. Tooley 476

2. Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854. First edition. 8vo. (x), 540 pp. With hand-colored frontispiece and 17 engravings after John Leech. Red pictorial cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt, faded, corners bumped; yellow endpapers; splitting at gutter throughout; scattered foxing to plates and text. in quarter red morocco clamshell box. Tooley 473

3. "Ask Mamma;" or, The Richest Commoner in England
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1858. First edition. 8vo. (xii), 412 pp. With hand-colored frontispiece and 12 engravings after John Leech. Red pictorial cloth stamped in blind and in gilt, faded, front gutter split but holding; yellow endpapers; scattered foxing to plates and text; bookseller's blindstamp on front free endpaper; armorial book-plate of William Forbes Morgan on front paste-down; in brown cloth slip case. Tooley 472

4. "Plain or Ringlets?"
London: Bradbury and Evans. 1860. First edition. 8vo. (x), 406 pp. With hand-colored frontispiece and 12 engravings after John Leech. Red pictorial cloth stamped in blind and in gilt, faded; scattered foxing to text and plates; book-plate of collector Roy Norr mounted on front blank; in quarter red morocco slip case and chemise; Tooley 477

5. Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1865. First edition. 8vo. (viii) 391 pp. With hand-colored frontispiece and 23 engravings after John Leech. Red pictorial cloth stamped in blind and in gilt, faded, extremities lightly worn, rear joint split but holding; scattered light foxing; in quarter red morocco clamshell box. Tooley 475

6. Hillingdon Hall Or The Cockney Squire...
London: John C. Nimmo, 1888. First edition. 8vo. (vii), 519, 24 pp. With hand-colored frontispiece and 12 color engravings after John Leech. Red pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt, spine faded, extremities worn; front and rear boards split at gutter but holding; scattered light foxing; Tooley 474

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Raised in northern New Jersey, Darren moved to New York City in 1988 and began his career there as a bookseller in 1995. He spent the next 18 years selling to private clients and at East Coast book fairs. In 2003 he moved with his young family to Sharon, Connecticut where, in 2009, he opened his own bookshop. Darren Winston, Bookseller offered rare and vintage books, prints, fine art, and more, and hosted over 50 book signings and art shows. He was a trustee and, later, Board President, of the Sharon Historical Society, and for six years a trustee of Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, Connecticut.

Darren has hosted the radio program "Darren Winston's Book Report" for NPR-affiliate WHDD since 2009, appeared in the 2014 book-themed documentary The Paper Trail, and in 2024 he joined Antiques Roadshow as a books and manuscripts appraiser. From 1999 to 2005, Darren was the buyer and consultant to the Fine and Rare Books Department at Asprey, the British luxury goods company, at its New York headquarters. While there he spearheaded various in-store events including readings by Salman Rushdie and Dominick Dunne.

In 1993, Darren was hired as a Creative Consultant to Columbia Records, where he assisted in the repackaging of their 12-record Aerosmith back catalogue. He later sold his extensive collection of Aerosmith memorabilia, which he began amassing at the age of 14, directly to the band.

Darren now lives on the Main Line, outside Philadelphia, with his wife, two children, and dog. The family travels frequently to his wife's native England and Scotland. When not bookselling, he plays guitar in Pumped, an Aerosmith tribute band. Darren also appears on the top-rated PBS television program Antiques Roadshow.

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[Sporting] Surtees, Robert S. Group of 6 Sporting Novels

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