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John Lane , 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. A New Edition with an Introduction by W. Shaw Sparrow, London: John Lane, the Bodley Head Limited, 1927. 4to., (9 4/8 x 7 inches). Colour frontispiece, 7 colour plates, and 8 black and white. Contemporary green calf, gilt (unevenly faded to tan). First published in the Quarterley Review and then in book form in 1837. Apperley's "expert knowledge and social status made him an invaluable recruit to the sporting press of the time, and he may even be said to have created the role of gentleman hunting correspondent. Writing at first under various pseudonyms (Acastus, Eques, and A), he published his first article for the Sporting Magazine as Nimrod in January 1822 and he subsequently usually used that nom de plume. For five seasons, from 1824 to 1828, he was the magazine's official representative, with a contract that gave him £1500 p.a., a remarkably high salary designed to cover his travelling expenses and the upkeep of a string of… Read More

London: John Murray, 1853. Hardcover. Good. 'New Edition.' Small 8vo, original pictorial gilt blue cloth, light wear, small abrasion to middle of spine, spine a bit darkened, minor restoration to inner hinges, contents very good, bookplate of Thomas W. Lawson, probably the businessman, stock market manipulator and author of 'Frenzied Finance.' Illustrated.

London: John Murray, 1870. Later edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), xix, 277pp. Portrait frontispiece, text illustrations (several of which are full-page). Original two-tone cloth binding (green spine, burgundy boards), gilt titling and design to the spine, gilt design to the front board. Binding a little rubbed and shaken, inner hinges repaired, bookplate to the front pastedown; overall, this book is in good condition.

John Lane The Bodley Head, 1927. New Edition. Hardback. Very Good. 231 pages illustrated. 4to. Blue cloth Hardback. very good with no previous ownership markings,

John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1927. First Thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. A New Edition With an Introduction by W. Shaw Sparrow, and Nineteen Illustrations in Colour, Half-Tone and Line After Francis Barlow, George Stubbs, John Wooton, Tom Rowlandson, Henry Alken, F.C. Turner, James Pollard, G. Havell, J. F. Herring, Sen., Wildrake & Thomas Bewick. Originally published by Edward Arnold in1898 & containing Nimrod's sporting essays, from the Quarterly Review, on Hunting; Horse-drawn Coaches & Horse Racing. Some pages uncut. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 231 pages. light mark to front cover - (possible water splash);. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact but with some fading to spine colour. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Top edge blue, outer & bottom edges deckled. Gilt titles spine, blind-stamped titles front. some migration of top edge blue colour to top… Read More

London:: John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited,. Very Good. 1927. Hardcover. Introduction by W. Shaw Sparrow. Eight color and eight monochrome plates. A reprint edition. Some light soiling to boards, lower corners bumped, previous owner's stamp on rear paste-down, else very good in blue cloth. No dust jacket. .

London: John Murray, 1837. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Alken, Henry. Octavo. 301 pages. Hardcover bound in 3/4 brown leather with marbled paper covered boards. All edges marbled. Binding is rubbed and soiled from handling. There is some bumping at boards, and the leather is scuffed in places. Five raised spine boards. Gilt decorations on spine. The gilt has rubbed off in places. Marbled endpapers. Handwritten inscriptions on the reverse of the second front flyleaf. A colour insignia bookplate is on the third front flyleaf, along with a handwritten inscription at the top of the page. The title page and frontispiece are quite toned. Text is foxed. There are 14 plates (including the portrait), collates complete. One of the plates is detached but present. The plates have foxing and have heavy browning about the edges. The Chase - The Melton Chase plate has had the sky portion hand coloured in blue.

John Murray. London. 1837. 8vo.. pp. (ii) Title, xx, 301, (i). Frontispiece and 13 plates. In contemporary half calf and marbled boards, all edges gilt, all plates darkened at the edges, the frontispiece coming loose and one gathering slightly protruding, a very good working copy.

John Lane the Bodley Head, 1927. First Thus. Leather Binding. Near Fine. Beautifully bound in full red polished calf by Riviere & Son, spine with raised bands, contrasting green and grey morocco labels, and elaborate gilt tooling incorporating racing and hunting motifs with gilt surrounds of flower and leaf designs,covers bordered with triple fillets in gilt with gilt roundels at corners, upper cover features titling in gilt, gilt-tooled inner dentelles feature a floral motif, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers (minor sunning to spine and edges, light rubbing and surface wear). Notes: Includes index. Nimrod is a psuedonym for Charles James Apperley. Description: xvi, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm Responsibility: by Nimrod ; a new edition with an introduction by W. Shaw Sparrow ; and nineteen illustrations in colour, half-tone and line after Francis Barlow, George Stubbs, John Wooton, Tom Rowlandson, Henry Alken, F.C. Turner, James Pollard, G. Havell,… Read More

John Lane The Bodley Head. Used - Very Good. 1927. Gilt-titled blue cloth covered boards, large octavo, 231 pp., 20 illustrations. Spine sunned. Minor edge-wear to boards and spine. Corners slightly bumped. Minor, usual foxing to edges of text block, end papers, and paste-downs. Previous owner inscription to fpd. Internally, quite sound. Overall, very good. (Subject: Hunting.)