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pp xx, 294. Wear and fading to boards/spine. Internally generally good. Trimmed along top edge only. Prize ticket - Mount St Joseph College, Roscrea to front paste-down (Name of recipient scratched out). Twenty four illustrations.

Quarto, cloth (hardcover), uncut, top edge red, xx, 294 pp + [ii] pp. ads. Good, with sunned covers and spine, light soiling to spine. Numerous illustrations including full-color foxing themed plates and a folding-map. Hunting, Outdoor Life, British History, Illustrated. zslic

Red cloth gilt. 'A New Edition with an Introduction by W. Shaw Sparrow'. With plates in colour and black and white, and a folding map. Gift inscription to f.f.e.p. Some staining to spine and rear cover, otherwise a good copy. In photocopied dustwrapper. pp. xx, [ii], 294, [ii].

hardback, 4to, xx,294,(2)pp, 24 illustrations in colour and in half-tone, folding map, slight foxing, otherwise clean and sound, red cloth, scuffed top of spine, spine slightly faded, Good / no dustwrapper

294 pages illustrated. 4to. red cloth Hardback. very good with no previous ownership markings,

Illustrated with 18 plates in colours, after Ben Marshall, Jas. Barenger etc. Previous owner's name inside, otherwise unmarked; light foxing on the fore edge and endpapers. Very handsome green cloth binding with bright gilt titles and gilt hunting scene to the front board. Hinges strong, top edge gilt. Beautiful colour plates have captioned tissue guards

Large 8vo. in green cloth with gilt titles to cover and spine and elaborate gilt hunting decoration to front cover. t.e.g. In a Limited Edition of 500 copies. With 18 hand coloured plates after Marshall, Barenger Davis Barraud, Webb, Chalon Ward etc., all behind captioned tissue guards. Off-setting to endpapers, otherwise a very good and bright copy. pp. xxiii, 400.

, xvi, 598 pages, list of names at rear First Edition , lacking lower piece of spine which has been coloured over, rubbing to cover edges, owner's inscription at front, sketches of a horse and hound at rear endpapers, book in good condition , full diced calf, black leather label on spine with gilt titles Octavo Hardback ISBN:

In-8°, pp. XXIII, 400 con 18 belle tavole a colori di vari autori (tra cui Marshall, Barenger, Davis, Webb, Ward.), legatura in tela editoriale verde con fregio al piatto e titoli oro, taglio superiore dorato. Fioriture alle prime ed alle ultime pagine. Lieve ammaccatura ad un angolo del piatto superiore. Nel complesso ottimo esemplare. ".including notices of the principal crack riders of England, to which are added Nimrod's letters on riding to hounds, with analytical contents and general index of names". Bella edizione illustrata , tiratura limitata di 500 copie. L'Autore, Charles James Apperley (pseud. Nimrod), fu celebre scrittore sportivo.

small 4to., xxiv, 400pp., illustrated with 18 fine hand-coloured plates, each with protective tissue guards with descriptive text, also contains at the rear a list of names of Noblemen, Gentlemen, Masters of Hounds, Huntsmen, Whippers-in, &c (which is not included in all editions), top edges blocked in gold, bound in the original green cloth with gilt decoration to the upper cover depicting a huntsman galloping on horseback with three hounds (design by C. Clark). A generally VG+ clean copy with only minor wear to some extremities. LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES ONLY. Nimrod's nineteenth century hunting tours cover Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Surrey, Sussex, Dorset and Devon, Hampshire, New Forest and a substantial portion on Yorkshire.

Two volumes. Octavo, green cloth, paper spine labels, xi pp + 197 pp + [xxiv] pp ads; 228 pp + [xii] pp ads. Good, with badly chipped lables, foxing (age darkened spotting) throughout. Contents: Leicestershire; Oxfordshire; Warwickshire; Surrey; SUssex; Close of the Season 1823-4; Dorset and Devon; Hampshire; Tour in 1825; A Fortnight in New Forest; The Second Tour; The Yorkshire Tour; Visit to the New Forest; Riding to Hounds. Hunting, Sport, British History, English History, Hounds, Hunts, Outdoor, British Culture, English Culture.

The author contributed to The Sporting Magazine, eventually his stories would be published in book form depicting themes related to fox hunting & horses. First Edition, Thus. A New Edition with an Introduction by W. Shaw Sparrow and Twenty-Four Illustrations in Colour and Half-tone after Ben Marshall, Henry Alken, Wolstenholme, R. B. Davis. Wm. Webb, H. D. Chalon, James Ward, R.A., etc. [First Published in 1838]; 25.5cm.; 10.25 inches tall; v-xx, 294 pages with index of principle names; 1 page of publisher adverts. color frontispiece, plates (some color) folded map. Publisher's Red cloth. Titles in stamped guilt. Top edge stained red, others deckled. Printed on Laid-paper, Illustrated with 24 color plates, additional b/w plates and drawings. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Spine has moderate sun-darkening. REF: Nevill, 23 "A Principle Sporting Book"; Higginson: 52; Smith: 400; ODNB; DWB; Biscotti: 22.

The author contributed to The Sporting Magazine, eventually his stories would be published in book form depicting themes related to fox hunting & horses. First Edition, Thus. A New Edition with an Introduction by W. Shaw Sparrow and Twenty-Four Illustrations in Colour and Half-tone after Ben Marshall, Henry Alken, Wolstenholme, R. B. Davis. Wm. Webb, H. D. Chalon, James Ward, R.A., etc. [First Published in 1838]; 25.5cm.; 10.25 inches tall; v-xx, 294 pages with index of principle names; 1 page of publisher adverts. color frontispiece, plates (some color) folded map. Publisher's Red cloth. Titles in stamped guilt. Top edge stained red, others deckled. Printed on Laid-paper, Illustrated with 24 color plates, additional b/w plates and drawings. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Spine has moderate sun-darkening. REF: Nevill, 23 "A Principle Sporting Book"; Higginson: 52; Smith: 400; ODNB; DWB; Biscotti: 22.

The author contributed to The Sporting Magazine, eventually his stories would be published in book form depicting themes related to fox hunting & horses. First Edition, Thus. A New Edition with an Introduction by W. Shaw Sparrow and Twenty-Four Illustrations in Colour and Half-tone after Ben Marshall, Henry Alken, Wolstenholme, R. B. Davis. Wm. Webb, H. D. Chalon, James Ward, R.A., etc. [First Published in 1838]; 25.5cm.; 10.25 inches tall; v-xx, 294 pages with index of principle names; 1 page of publisher adverts. color frontispiece, plates (some color) folded map. Publisher's Red cloth. Titles in stamped guilt. Top edge stained red, others deckled. Printed on Laid-paper, Illustrated with 24 color plates, additional b/w plates and drawings. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Spine has moderate sun-darkening. REF: Nevill, 23 "A Principle Sporting Book"; Higginson: 52; Smith: 400; ODNB; DWB; Biscotti: 22.

Hardbound in original binding w/ cloth spine over paper boards. Housed in custom green cloth clam-shell box. First Edition. (Nimrod a.k.a. Charles James Apperley). Boards and spine show wear. Front hinge is cracked but holding. Otherwise in good condition. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front pastedown, and a previous owner has written in pen on the front free endpage-the interior is otherwise clean of any writing, underlining, etc. Binding sound. Slipcase shows light shelfwear, otherwise very good. RARE!

Hardbound in original binding w/ cloth spine over paper boards. Housed in custom green cloth clam-shell box. First Edition. (Nimrod a.k.a. Charles James Apperley). Boards and spine show wear. Front hinge is cracked but holding. Otherwise in good condition. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front pastedown, and a previous owner has written in pen on the front free endpage - the interior is otherwise clean of any writing, underlining, etc. Binding sound. Slipcase shows light shelfwear, otherwise very good. RARE!

399 pages; illustrated with 18 plates in colour, with titled tissue guards, one of 50 copies with plates in two states, colour and plain, number 45 of 50. Original binding, vellum spine with gilt and paper covered boards, very good with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy of this scarce limited edition. Size: 4to

Octavo. xvi, 598pp., handsomely bound by Riviere in 3/4 brown morocco over light brown cloth, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated in gil, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, internally fresh and bright. The author contributed to The Sporting Magazine, eventually his stories would be published in book form. His books became so popular, they continued to be republished through the 20th century. Very nice.

Hardbound in original binding w/ cloth spine over paper boards. Housed in custom green cloth clam-shell box. First Edition. (Nimrod a.k.a. Charles James Apperley). Boards and spine show wear. Front hinge is cracked but holding. Otherwise in good condition. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front pastedown, and a previous owner has written in pen on the front free endpage-the interior is otherwise clean of any writing, underlining, etc. Binding sound. Slipcase shows light shelfwear, otherwise very good. RARE!