Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire. by NIMROD. [APPERLEY, Charles James.] - 1925.

London: Edward Arnold, 1925. 155PP. Covers a bit stained faded , torn on the spine 18 coloured plates .. Signature & Inscription of Previous Owner. First Edition. Hard Back Red Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by illustrated. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Longmans Green & Co., 1925-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. NOT ex-library. Hardback/Hardcover, clean text, sound binding. 1936 PUBLISHING.

London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. , 1900. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 10.5" by 7". H. Alken; T. J. Rawlins. A smart re-print of the memoirs of John Mytton with colour illustrations throughout. This is a facsimile reprint of the Second (Enlarged) edition Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, published in 1937.The memoirs within this volume originally appeared in The New Sporting Magazine. The volume considers the Pedigree of Mr. Mytton and his character illustrated by anecdotes, with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing and eccentric and extravagant exploits. John Mytton, or Mad Jack, was a British eccentric of the Regency period. With numerous illustrations by H. Alken and T. J. Rawlings. With nineteen colour plates and a frontispiece. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and some marks to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very… Read More

London: Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 1851 Title continues : Formerly M.P. For Shrewsbury, High Sheriff For the Counties of Salop and Merioneth, and Major of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry; With Notices of His Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits. Frontispiece with the tissue guard intact, decorative title page with vignette, ix, [1], 218pp, bound in gilt illustrated maroon cloth, all edges heavily gilt. Complete with 19 hand-coloured plates, being the frontispiece and 18 interior plates, with the colours still bright. Covers show edge and corner wear, loss of cloth to upper/lower spine edges, back gutter cracked, interior shows fore-edge wear to a few of the front preliminary pages.

ix, 157 pages, illustrated with 18 colour plates including frontispiece

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Full polished mottled calf leather, raised bands, red and green morocco title labels, gilt decorative compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endpaper, gilt inner dentelles, housed in cloth felt-lined slipcase. (9 1/2" x 7"). N.D. (no date, binding dated 1914 on spine). Extra Illustrated Edition. SIGNED FINE BINDING by Morrell Binder London. 234 pages; extra illustrated with 20 hand colored plates. This work details Mytton's love of hunting, shooting, driving, and racing, whilst also detailing his eccentric and extravagant exploits that earned him the title 'Mad Jack'. An exceptionally clean, tight and bright copy showing just the lighest of wear, handsome fine binding with strong shelf presence. Size: Tall Octavo. Leather. Near Fine. Illus. by H. Alken and T.J. Rawlins.

London : R. Ackermann, 1851. Third Edition. Hardcover. Finely bound in full aniline calf. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; ix, 218, 8 p., [18] leaves of col. plates ; 26 cm. Subject; Mytton, John 1796-1834.

London : Rudolph Ackermann, 1851 Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in 1912 [signed on front dentelle] in red crushed morocco with gilt decorations, 5 rqised bands 218 pp, covers and spine bound in rear. This with 18 beautiful colored illustrations. This copy with minor wear at the gutters and a trace at the tips. Internally all tissue guards between the plates and facing pages present except for the one between the frontis and first title page. One page has a 1/4" marginal tear. There is a bookplate and owner's deboss on ffep and title page. Otherwise internally near fine.

London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. Second edition with considerable additions. Hardcover. Very good condition. Quarto. ix, 206 (1), 8pp., 18 hand-colored aquatint plates, incl. frontispiece, by H. Alken and T. J. Rawlins, with tissue guards. Original treecalf reddish-brown morocco with gilt tooling and triple gilt ruling on covers, gilt lettering on red and brown leather labels of spine and gilt tooling and ruling, raised bands; delicate dentelles. Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers, "Tout. Binder" printed to verso of front endpaper. Aquatint frontispiece with tissue guard. Engraved second title page. Black ribbon marker. John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire, formerly M. P. for Shrewsbury, High Sheriff for the Counties of Salop and Merioneth and Major of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry; with notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits. Second edition, reprinted (with considerable additions, including six acquatint plates), from the New Sporting… Read More

London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. [vi], 110 pp. with 12 hand-colored aquatint plates. Finely bound by Riviere for Bumpus, in full scarlet crushed morocco, triple gilt-rule borders, spine gilt, raised bands, all edges gilt. Original front, rear, and spine cloth bound in at rear. Housed in a later morocco-tipped and backed marbled paper chemise and board slipcase. Front board expertly reattached and hinge repaired, else Near Fine with light rubbing to joints, bookplate on paste down, occasional light foxing, ink stain to p. 48. The rare first book appearance of a biography of English eccentric and sportsman "Mad Jack," with lovely plates-- three of which were not included in subsequent editions.