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MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE JOHN MYTTON, ESQ

MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE JOHN MYTTON, ESQ

MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE JOHN MYTTON, ESQ

MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE JOHN MYTTON, ESQ

by NIMROD

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1837. [APPERLEY, Charles James]. MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE JOHN MYTTON, ESQ. OF HALSTON, SHROPSHIRE...WITH NOTICES OF HIS HUNTING, SHOOTING, DRIVING, RACING, ECCENTRIC AND EXTRAVAGANT EXPLOITS. By Nimrod. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. Second edition, reprinted (with considerable additions) from the New Sporting Magazine. Illustrated with 18 hand-colored engraved plates by H. Alken and T. J. Rawlins. Engr. t.p.,xii,206 pp. + 8 pp. publisher's catalogue. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth, gilt spine and cover vignettes, a.e.g. Binding shows minor shelfwear, with corners gently bumped. and scattered foxing; but the gilt-stamping is bright. Slight foxing to title-pages; in general the plates are quite sharp, clean and beautifully colored. Page 17-18 and plate facing p. 18 are loose, laid-in and unharmed. Otherwise, the bookblock is sound. Housed in a green cloth, modern custom-made three-panel folding sheath within a slipcase. An attractive copy of an uncommon and important sporting book. (Tooley 67).

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Title
MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE JOHN MYTTON, ESQ
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NIMROD
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Date Published
1837

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