nimrod pseud (10 Ergebnisse)

New Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth, inscribed by "Steppins Junior". Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges; hinges starting. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; ix, 157 pages, colour frontispiece, colour plates ; 27 cm. Notes; Full title; Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, esq., of Halston, Shopshire, 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 his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, eccentric and extravagant exploits. "New edition with colour plates after the original illustrations"--title page. Subjects; Biographies. Eccentrics and eccentricities England Shropshire Biography. England Shropshire. Mytton, John, 1796-1834. 3 Kg.

New Edition. Good to very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and sun-toned. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 231 pages; A new ed., with an introduction by W.S. Sparrow and. illustrations.after F. Barlow, G. Stubbs, J. Wootton [etc.]. Subjects; Hunting. Coaching (Transportation) - Great Britain. Carriages and carts. Horse sports. Fox hunting. Hunt riding. Driving of horse-drawn vehicles. Horse racing. PublishedPhysical description; xvi, 231 p. : col. frontis., ill., pl. (part. col.) ; 26 cm. Notes; Three papers originally published in The quarterly review; previous collected edition under title The chase, the turf and the road, London : Edward Arnold, 1898. Cover title: The chace, the road & the turf. Includes index. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. 8vo. [223 x 140 x 29 mm]. [1], 427, [5] pp. Bound in full calf, the covers with a gilt border. The spine divided into six panels by gilt tooled raised bands, with gilt compartments, green leather label to the second panel lettered in gilt, the others with deer, hound, fox and huntsman centre tools, gilt corners. The board edges tooled in gilt, turn-ins with gilt border. Marbled endleaves, marbled edges. (Board edges and spine a little rubbed, some markings to the boards). Bookplate of Oliver Collett to front pastedown. Errata page and 4pp index to rear. Occasional light foxing. A very good copy.

hardback, 4to, x,332pp, 32 illustrations and maps by Wildrake, Henderson and Alken, some scattered foxing, contents otherwise clean and tight,owner's armorial bookplate, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, gilt-decorated red full leather binding, spine and corners rubbed, otherwise Very Good condition.

Soft cover. sm4to. 26cm, xi,401p., with 36 coloured plates including frontis & half title, captioned tissue guards, heraldic bookplate, a fine bright copy. (Tr) Attractive coloured sporting prints by Henry Alken; primarily fox hunting & horse racing. A reprint of the first edition, 1842 with Nimrod's original Preface - "a half-true, half fictitious story. to portray the character of an English gentleman attached to the sports and pastimes of his country." Charles James Apperley "Nimrod" (1777-1843) was a Welsh sportsman and sporting writer to "The Sporting Magazine".

Zustand: -. Gr.-8° (24:15,5 cm). Mit gest. Titel u. 18 kol. Aquatintataf. IX, 218 S., 8 S. Anz. Goldgepr. Or.-Lwd., berieben, Rücken restauriert; in mod. Lwd.-Kassette. Etwas gebräunt u. stockfleckig. Gest. Exlibris Nathan of Churt. With notices on his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, eccentric, and extravagant exploits. - Tooley 68; Schwerdt I, 39. - Die schönen Tafeln von H. Alken und T. J. Rawlins mit karikaturistischen Jagd- und Reitszenen.

Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured portrait frontispiece, 3 coloured plates, 28 plates in monochrome and an illustration in the text; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, uncut, ribbon marker, gilt from original front board and backstrip mounted on new and separate leaves at front, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With the trade ticket of Times Book Club on rear paste-down. A bright copy of this sporting classic.

First edition in book form; 8vo; 13 hand-coloured engraved plates after Alken, hand-coloured engraved portrait frontispiece by E. Finden after D. Maclise, frontispiece part-detached with a couple of repaired short closed tears to fore-edge, bookplate to front pastedown, mild toning; 19th century calf gilt by A. Wallis, spine in 6 panelled compartments, gilt lettered to second on red morocco ground, others richly gilt, raised bands, slight wear to joints, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; a very good copy. First edition in book form of this collection of articles pertaining to horse riding, hunting, horse-drawn vehicles and chases, originally serialised in the Quarterly Review. Charles James Apperley (1777-1843),was an English sportsman and sporting writer, better known by his pseudonym Nimrod, under which he published his works on the chase and on the turf. Siltzer, p.73; Schwerdt I, p.36.

Untertitel: With his hunting, racing, shooting, driving, and extravagant exploits Untergebiet: England Abbildungen: 18 handkolorierte Gravuren mit Pferdemotiven Zustand: Gering stockfleckig, ansonsten schönes Exemplar in representativem Einband, Rückenvergoldung, fünfbündig.Kopfgoldschnitt. Seiten: 234 S. Auflage: Fourth edition Format: Gr.-8°. Einband: Hldr. marm. Gebiet: Pferde & Reiten.

Roy. 8vo., Second Edition, with coloured aquatint frontispiece, elaborately engraved and printed titles, and 17 fine coloured aquatint plates (some plates with original tissue guards present, a few lightly age-soiled at fore-margins only), ALL AQUATINT PLATES FINELY COLOURED BY HAND, printed title and fore-margins lightly age-soiled, C6 frayed at outer margin (not affecting text), lateral tear in J7 repaired with slight misalignment of text; handsomely bound in mid-nineteenth century green half morocco, marbled boards ruled in blind, back gilt with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartment lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments elaborately framed and tooled in gilt to a floral design, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, joints lightly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean copy. With the large nineteenth-century engraved armorial bookplate of Frederick W. Disney on front paste-down. The plate 'Stand and Deliver' is placed opposite p.50 rather than p.26 as called for. Apperley's classic account was first published in 1835 with only twelve plates; here three of the original plates are replaced by new ones, and six new plates added. This copy has all the earlier state points: plate 1 aquatinted by H. Alken, the spelling 'filly' in plate 9 and correct page numbers on plates 17-18. This copy is bound without the final printer's leaf and publisher's advertisements at end. Abbey, Life, 385; Hardie, pp.185-6 & 320; Prideaux, p.326; Tooley 67.+.