The Life of a sportsman. By Nimrod. by ALKEN, Henry (illustrator); APPERLEY, Charles James

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: 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: 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

Kegan Paul, Trench, TrŸbner & Co, 1914. Hbk small 4to 400pp illustr 36 color engravings with tissue-guards embossed green cloth boards with gilt titles and ornament light rubbing to extremities now in custom acetate jacket otherwise an exceptionally fine clean tight unmarked and handsome copy of this sporting classic

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: George Routledge & Sons. G+ : in good condition plus with marbled eps. Spine lightly faded. Browning to preface pages and scattered browning elsewhere. Teg. Heraldic book-plate on paste-down. 1874. Second Edition. Red half morocco. 260mm x 160mm (10" x 6"). viii, 402pp + plates. 38 hand-coloured coloured plates. Book-plate of George Marten 'En Dieu Est Tout'. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

London: George Routledge & Sons. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Modern rebind. 1874. Second Edition. Marbled hardback boards with maroon leather spine. 260mm x 160mm (10" x 6"). viii, 402pp + plates. 38 hand-coloured coloured plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1843. First edition. Full Calf. Very Good. Extra illustrated, with four additional hand-colored plates by Alken. 4to. 25.5 by 16.5 cm. ix, [1], 332 pp. With 32 called for plates, which includes maps of hunt countryside, as well as the additional hand-colored ones. Full calf binding by Hatchards, Piccadilly. Condition: spine rubbed in several spots. Narrow chip to spine label, with small loss to letter. Slight dryness to spine leather as well. Elsewhere smooth calf has several abrasions. A touch of light foxing within; predominantly clean.

London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1851. Third edition. Full Calf. Slipcase and chemise. . Very Good Plus. Henry Alken and T. J. Rawlins. 4to. 24.5 by 15.5 cm. ix, [1], 218, 8 pp. (Final 8 pages are publisher's catalogue list.) With18 magnificent hand-colored, aquatint plates by Alken. Full red calf binding by Bayntun. With original publisher's green pebbled cloth, stamped in gilt on front and spine, bound in. Modern custom slipcase and chemise, both with morocco trim and spine title label. Slipcase with plain paper pastedown, the chemise, with a marbled paper pastedown. This edition contains 6 plates more than first edition, and also has three replacement plates, for a total of 9 new plates. The title page is also engraved. Condition: spine sunned. Light rubbing of joints. Light scattered foxing, but overall, the interior reads clean. Slight soiling on the slipcase.