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Memoirs of the life of the late 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 Shopshire yeomanry cavalry : with notices of [title continued below]:
by NIMROD (pseud. of Chales James Apperley).:
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- Hardcover
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Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. London, [1900 ]. [ title continued ]: his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, eccentric and extravagant exploits. By Nimrod. With numerous illustrations by H. Alken and T.J. Rawlins. Reprinted (with considerable additions) from the New Sporting Magazine.)Hand-coloured frontispiece, engraved title & 19 hand-coloured plates with lettered tissue guards after Henry Alken. 8vo (10 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches), pages: xvi:234. Finely bound half burgundu morocco, spine gilt ruled within compartments enclosing gilt hunting motifs, gilt lettered direct, top edge gilt. Upper cloth side a little spotted, gift inscription on front fly, prelims. foxed. The binding excellent and very attractive. Armorial bookplate partially removed from front pastedown. A facsimile from the Second (Enlarged) Edition of 1837.
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- Bristow and Garland
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- 20952
- Title
- Memoirs of the life of the late 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 Shopshire yeomanry cavalry : with notices of [title continued below]:
- Author
- NIMROD (pseud. of Chales James Apperley).:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. London, [1900 ].
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