Search Results: memoirs of the life of the by nimrod apperley

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.. Very Good-. N.D.. Hardcover. Several leaves in front (note on Alken's illustrations) , are lightly foxed. Last several leaves are slightly foxed. ; With color plates. .

D. Appleton & Co., New York: 1903., 1903 pp. vii, 206 + Plus color frontis and numerous colored plates by Henry Alken and T. J. Rawlins. Title page printed in red and black. Stamped ownership on title page of Dr. J. A. Dayard Kane. Reprint of the original title page. Foxed. Plates clean. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. Chipped at top of spine. Original paper spine label. "Illustrated Pocket Library of Plain and Coloured Books." HORSE 1 0.0. Hardcover.

London: Methuen, 1936. 8th edition. Nice copy. small octavo. hardback with dust jacket xiv + 206pp., colour frontis., colour plates, With 18 nice full-page colour plates

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, 1915. Reprinted (with considerable Additions) from the New Sportiong Magazine. Covers with wear, VG--, contents clean. Reprinted (with considerable Additions) from the New Sportiong Magazine" Quarto, xxvi, 234p. Illustrated by H. Alken and T. J. Rawlins with 20 plates (hand-colored, if a bit hastily) with with printed tissue guard. Bound in gilt-titled green ribbed cloth.

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. This book is in very good condition. No publication date stated. Rubbing to the top and bottom of the spine as shown in the photo. Otherwise a very good clean copy free from inscriptions, markings or damage to the pages, which are in excellent condition for their age. We are very happy to provide additional photos. Please feel free to contact us.

London: Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery. VG-. 1837. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 1880's facsimile of the 1837 original bound in red cloth with paper sp ine labels. 18 color plates by H. Alken and T.J. Rawlins. A VG- copy. The cloth is worn and the paper spine label is rubbed. Some stains and hand soiling to the covers and spine. Frays to the head and heel of t he spine and small bumps to the corners. Mild tanning to the endpapers . .

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd, 1937. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co.; London, not dated [1937]. Hardcover. Reprinted with considerable additions from the New Sporting Magazine. A Very Good, green cloth binding with gilt emblem on front board and gilt lettering on spine, binding intact, some handling/scuffing to boards, bit frayed spine edges with small tears to spine edge buckram, some wear and small abrasions to board corners, bit biblichor, deckle bottom text block edge, some age toning to pages, some scattered foxing to front and back matters, moisture stain top rear board, starting hinges, crease bottom corner front free endpaper, rubbing to board and spine edges, without Dust wrapper. A nice, overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 7.25 x 10.5 inches], 234pp., tissue protected color illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale.… Read More

No date [1925]. Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. [1925]. Undated, but British Library catalogue gives 1925. 4to. Reprinted, with considerable additions, from the New Sporting Magazine. xxv[i]+234p. 20 colour plates by H. Alken and T.J. Rawlins, all with captioned tissue guards, including frontispiece. Slight foxing to first few pages and to margins and backs of plates, internally very good. Ownership inscriptions. Original green cloth gilt, joints and corners rubbed and worn. Inner hinge strengthened using binders tape at pages 64/65. Generally a clean and sound copy.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. . Three Quarters Morocco. Very Good Minus. Henry Alken and T. J. Rawlins. N.d., circa 1900. 4to. 26 by 17 cm. xxvi, 234 pp. 20 color plates. Condition: leather rubbed, and somewhat raw along edges. Corner chip to leather on rear board. Slight drabness to leather besides. Interior: light foxing to prelims and fore-edge. Otherwise, clean and tight.

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: Downey & Co.. Very Good-. 1899. New Edition. Hardcover. 238 pages; Beautifully illustrated with engraved titlepage and twenty full page colour plates by Henry Alken with captioned tissue guards. Contents near fine - clean and tight in contemporary binding of three-quarter dark brown morocco over pale green & cream marbled boards with marbled endpapers. Five raised bands at spine with gilt lettering and decorative gilt devices depicting foxhunting horns and whips. Leather chipped at head of spine; hinges secure, but leather cracking along edges of spine. A still attractive volume; requires careful handling. Charles James Apperley (1777–1843), English sportsman and sporting writer, who published under the pseudonym "Nimrod." Apperley attended Rugby School, then served with the Ancient British Light Dragoons in Ireland. He settled in Warwickshire, where he devoted himself to fox-hunting. Facing financial difficulties, Apperley began to contribute a series… Read More

12 York Street, Covent Garden, London: Downey & Co., Ltd, 1899. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. ALKEN Henry Thomas 1784-1851. RAWLINS TJ . Small Folio, special Publishers edition (signed by the publisher), limited to 50 copies. In the publishers quarter buckram over pale blue boards, edges & corners lightly bumped & worn, gilt center emblem, small mark at base. Spine, gilt title, edges rubbed & bumped. Internally, limitation leaf, half title, coloured frontis, additional engraved title, [4], [2], (iii-xxii), 238 pp, 20 coloured plates + the additional engraved tp, t.e.g., remainder uncut, some offsetting to end blanks, armorial book plate to fpd (Roseberry), signed by the publisher to fep, printed by Gilbert and Rivington, each plate has a titled tissue guard, an limited to just 50 copies. (315*223 mm). Reprinted (with considerable additions) from the New sporting magazine. Note on Henry Alken's -Mytton- illustrations [by] Joseph Grego. Title… Read More

London: Kegan, Paul, c. 1900. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Demy folio, [25cm/10.5inches], full gilt-embossed olive-coloured cloth with , pp. 234. Fully illustrated with colour plates by Henry Thomas Aiken and T. J. RawlinsBetween the years 1805 and 1820 Apperley devoted himself to fox-hunting. From 1813 to 1819 he was the agent for his brother-in-law's estates and lived at T Gwyn, Llanbeblig. Around 1821, under the pseudonym of "Nimrod", Apperley began to contribute a series of articles to The Sporting Magazine that covered horse races, hunt meets and other sporting events. His references to the personalities of the people he knew or met at such events helped to double the circulation of the magazine within a few years. Mr. Pittman, the proprietor of The Sporting Magazine, gave Nimrod a handsome salary and defrayed all the expenses of his tours. He also gave Nimrod a stud of hunters. After Pittman's death, the proprietors of the magazine sued Apperley for the money that had been advanced. To… Read More

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.

London: Rudolph Ackermann 3rd edition, 1851. Hardcover. Good. Hand-coloured aquatint plates (18), with tissue-guards, by Henry Alken & T.J. Rawlins.. Octavo original tan cloth pictorial gilt to front blindstamped to rear cover in later slipcase (rebacked in green cloth all corners similarly overlaid). All Edges Gilt, Frontis + engraved titlepage +Printed title +iii-xpp +218pp +[8]pp publisher's booklist. Newer end papers with retained Ackermann's Sporting Library list to both pastedowns. One text leaf is lacking (pp89-90) else a few signs of use but LOVELY detailed hunting plates in bright fine coloration. This third edition has 6 more plates than the first edition. *Apperley had been Mytton’s neighbour in Shropshire. His task "was to write the life of a man who, while he was one of the most heroic sportsmen that ever lived, was also drunken, diseased and insane .. he performed the task with admirable judgment" (Camb. History of English & American Literature XIV).

London: Ackermann, 1851. Third Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. Alken, H.; Rawlins, T. J.. ix, [1], 218 pp. Red leather binding with five raised bands at spine, gold embossed hunting illustrations in compartments not filled with titling, triple gold border to front and rear boards, elaborate gold tooling to turn-ins of front and rear boards. Eighteen hand colored plates, all clean and sharp. Bound by Riviere & Son.

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.

Rudolph Ackermann, 1851. 3rd edn. 8vo. Rebound by Tout & Sons in later full polished calf, raised ribbed spine, elaborately gilt tooled with hunting motifs on spine, boards and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, floral patterned endpapers; original cloth from boards and spine bound-in at rear (outer joints with a little wear and some scratches on upper board - otherwise bright VG).Pp. ix + 218 + adverts, illus with 18 hand-coloured plates with tissue-guards and engraved title by Alken and Rawlins (plates bright and unmarked) (front prelims repaired edges; closed tear at bottom edge of p. 19 and 49; previous owner's engraved armorial bookplate on front paste-down).

London: Downey & Company, 1899. Quarto, bound in full read leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels. Twenty colour illustrations with tissue guard, by Henry Alken, all present. In excellent condition.

London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1851. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 5". H. Alken; T. J. Rawlins. A copiously illustrated biography of the British eccentric and rake of the Regency period, John Mytton, in the publishers' original cloth binding. John Mytton, or 'Mad Jack' as he is more widely known, was Regency rake and Shropshire squire notorious for his hare-brained schemes, enormous wealth and mischievous and rebellious nature. Mytton was widely renowned for his love of hunting foxes in any kind of weather, and was even known to strip and hunt, even through snow drifts and rivers in full spate.This text 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'. Written by Charles James Apperley, noteworthy for his hugely popular sports writing under the pseudonym of "Nimrod".The third edition of this work.Illustrated by H. Alken and T. J. Rawlins.Including with eighteen engraved plates in… Read More