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Published by HardPress Publishing, 2021
ISBN 10: 0461728826ISBN 13: 9780461728828
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
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Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1903 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 270 Language: English Pages: 270.
Publication Date: 2022
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LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1915 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 276 Language: English Pages: 276.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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Publication Date: 2022
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Publication Date: 2023
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Publication Date: 2022
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1900 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 352 Language: English Pages: 352.
Published by Edward Arnold and Co, 1925
Seller: Codex Books, York, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton,Esq, of Halson,Shropshire,formerly M.P. for Shrewsbury,High Sheriff for the Counties of Salop and Merioneth and Major of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry, with notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits by Nimrod, A New Edition with Coloured Plates after the Original Illustrations by H.Alken and T.J.Rawlins, 1925, Published by Edward Arnold and Co., Printed in Great Britain by Butler and Tanner Ltd, Hardback,has fading to covers and spine, some wear to edges of covers and spine,on front cover there is a heavily faded rectangular outline possibly from a sticker, All pages appear present, Pages are yellowing, Pages are hand-cut, All plates appear present as listed,with some yellowing to plates, On front cover inside page there is a previous owners name written in fading fountain pen ink: J.G.Saggers 1946, also to page there is a booksellers sticker for: HigginBothams Ltd Booksellers Madras and Bangelore,
Published by London. George Routledge and Sons. 1893, 1893
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 8vo. 23cm, xi,[i], 234,[2]p., with 16 colour plates, in the original decorated pictorial red cloth, extra gilt and black stamped, a very good to fine copy (igc).
Published by LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2016
ISBN 10: 1357863578ISBN 13: 9781357863579
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germany
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Gebunden. Condition: New.
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. Ltd. [n.d. c. 1914], London, 1914
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
NEW EDITION. 4to. 7.5 x 10.25 inches. xxvi + 238 pp. Bound in original green cloth, gilt, with gilt block on front board. A little wear to extremities and occasional foxing; otherwise a very good clean copy. Illustrated by engraved title page, 20 hand coloured plates with captioned tissue guards, including frontispiece. and by facsimile signature in text. High quality reissue of the enlarged 1837 second edition. The Memoirs had first appeared in The New Sporting Magazine in 1834 and in collected book form in 1835, as he life of one of the greatest English eccentrics, hunting and sporting squire, John 'Mad Jack' Mytton (1796-1834). Expelled from Westminster and Harrow Schools and not awarded a degree by the University of Cambridge, he saw some military service in the occupation of France and the county yeomanry then played at being a Tory MP but soon resigned because he found Parliament boring. After numerous crazy exploits he spent all his inheritance and died in debtors' prison. Nimrod was the pseudonym of the Welsh fox hunter, later sporting writer, Charles James Apperley (1785-1843). Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851) was a painter and engraver of sporting scenes, who often co-operated with Nimrod. SPORTING HUNTING SPORT- RURAL PURSUITS BIOGRAPHY- 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED SPORTING.
Published by Downey & Co. Ltd, London, 1899
Seller: Bailgate Books Ltd, Doncaster, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Henry Alken (illustrator). New Edition. Red half-leather binding with marbled boards. simple gilt ruled decoration, banded spine with gilt lettering and motif decoration. Joints are split but covers are securely attached, spine has a horizontal split about midway, internal hinges and internal binding is sound. Clean marbled end-papers, small previous owner's bookplate on second free front end-paper, decorative title-page and also plain title-page. Pages are clean. Contains all twenty full-colour plates, the frontis has previously been detached and reinserted and fixed at page 22, this plate has light smudges in the margins, all other plates are clean. No dust jacket, as published. Illustrator: Henry Alken. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 57018092025. For International tracked shipping please select the Priority shipping service. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.
Published by Kegan, Paul, French, Trübner, London, 1870
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Reprint. Reprint. Engraved title page and 18 hand colored engraved plates by Henry Alken and T. J. Rawlins. 234 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Reprint. Tooley 68, Schwerdt I, p. 39; Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, pp. 20-21 3/4 red morocco over red cloth, front hinge started, else Very Good Engraved title page and 18 hand colored engraved plates by Henry Alken and T. J. Rawlins. 234 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo.
Published by Edward Arnold, London, 1925
Seller: Ken Saunders, Stirling, ON, Canada
H. Alken & T.J. Rawlings (illustrator). spine sunned, good to very good condition.
Published by Rudolph Ackermann 3rd edition, London, 1851
Seller: Abbey Antiquarian Books, Blockley, GLOS, United Kingdom
Condition: 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). 1 volume. Hardcover.
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co nd (early 20th c?)
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
With 20 hand colored plates with lettered tissue guards, after H. Alken and T. J. Rawlins, 10.5 x 7, 3/4 red leather, top edge gilt, decorated spine compartments, gilt ruled, extremities scuffed, corners beginning to show, margins tones some, else an attractive volume.
Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1851
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
Third edition, third issue (both title pages dated 1851), "with a brief memoir of Nimrod by the author of 'Handley Cross" (Robert Smith Surtees). 8vo. ix, (1), 218 pp. Illustrated, 18 engraved plates, beautifully hand-colored, extra engraved title page. Cover and spine title: "Life and Death of John Mytton, Esq." With the engraved sporting bookplate of John Sherwin, Jr., on the front pastedown. The third edition was the first to include the biographical sketch of Nimrod by Surtees. Tooley 68. Original gilt-stamped decorated blue cloth, a.e.g. Several signatures a bit pulled, but very good.
Published by London Routledge n.d. but circa, 1900
Book
8vo, xii, 234pp., additional engraved title and 18 hand-coloured plates after Alken and Rawlins, contemporary red morocco gilt by McDonald, spine in six compartments, gilt lettered direct in second and fourth, others with sporting motifs, raised bands, top edge gilt, a handsome copy.
Published by Rudolph Ackermann (with Eclipse Sporting Gallery and New Sporting Magazine Office), 1837
Seller: Arca Amoris Alitis, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second edition. 8vo. Illustrated with 18 plates with original hand-color, drawn and etched by Henry Alken and T.J. Rawlins, aquatinted by Edward Duncan, additional engraved title with aquatint vignette. Full dark green crushed morocco, gilt fillet borders, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down, gilt-tooled in compartments, gilt dentelles, front doublure consisting of the original pictorially gilt-stamped pebbled green cloth front cover, all edges gilt, spine and tops and margins of covers sunned to brown, minor shelfwear to edges; rear hinge starting. This edition has six (of 12) plates carried over from the first edition, three new plates replacing the corresponding ones from the first edition, and six further additional plates not found in the first edition. With the leaf "List of Plates" and 6 pages of advertisements at end. Plates bright and unfaded, with negligible marginal soiling, not effecting images. Provenance: Otis Skinner Blodget. Abbey Life 385; Tooley 67.
Published by Downey and Co., 1899., 1899
Seller: Michael S. Kemp, Bookseller, Sheerness, KENT, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Signed
Large 4to. pp. xxii, 238; 20 colour illustrations. Number 3 of 50 Large Paper Copies signed by the publisher. Finely bound in half morocco by Baynton Riviere. A Fine copy.
Published by London : R. Ackermann, 1851
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Third Edition. Finely bound in full aniline calf. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; ix, 218, 8 p., [18] leaves of col. plates ; 26 cm. Subject; Mytton, John 1796-1834. 1 Kg.
Published by London : R. Ackermann, 1851
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Third Edition. Finely bound in full aniline calf. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; ix, 218, 8 p., [18] leaves of col. plates ; 26 cm. Subject; Mytton, John 1796-1834. 1 Kg.
Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1851
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Third edition, but the first to include Surtees' "Memoir of Nimrod," 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 218, [8] ads; inserted engraved title-p., hand-colored frontispiece and 17 hand-colored plates; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine, a.e.g.; ads for Ackerman's Sporting Library on both pastedowns; some wear at the extremities and small cracks at the spine ends, but this is a good, sound copy, and internally it's clean and bright. "A most valuable and important book for the sporting life of the period, aptly described by Newton as ëa biography of a real man that reads like a work of fictioní" (Tooley).Tooley 68.
Published by Rudolph Ackermann first edition, London, 1835
Seller: Abbey Antiquarian Books, Blockley, GLOS, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. Hand-coloured aquatint plates (12), with tissue-guards, by Henry Alken. Octavo modern red crushed morocco, Top Edges Gilt, original upper cover bound in, iv +[2]pp +110pp +[12] leaves of hand-coloured plates. "A most valuable and important book for the sporting life of the period . though containing only 12 plates, this first edition is more rare, and more valued higher than the second edition" (Tooley 66 cf Schwerdt I p.38). Three plates of this edition (2, 8 and 9) did not appear in the second 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). 1 volume. Hardcover.
Published by Rudolph Ackerman: London, 1837
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
With 18 hand colored aquatint plates plus title vignette by H. Alken and T. J. Rawlins, 9.75 x 6, rebacked original gilt stamped cloth, 206 pp, aeg, signatures unevenly bound, covers worn with spotting, corners bumped. "Second Edition reprinted (with considerable additions) from the New Sporting Magazine.".
Published by London, Ackermann., 1837
First Edition
2nd ed. 8°. IX S., 1 Bl., 8 S. (Anzeigen). Gestoch. Titel mit Vignette in Aquatinta sowie 18 Farbaquatinta-Tafeln mit Beikolorit. Orig.-Leinen mit goldgepr. Vorderdeckelillustration (Ecken berieben, Rücken und Gelenke fachm. restauriert). Diese Ausgabe gegenüber der Erstausgabe mit 9 weiteren Tafeln. Von der Erstausgabe wurden dabei 3 Tafeln nicht mehr verwendet. Die Illustrationen Alkens in feinen Aquatintaradierungen mit schönem, variablem Kolorit. Erst- und Zweitausgabe sind gleichermaßen selten wie gesucht.- Stellenw. min. fleckig, Buchblock anfangs etw. gelockert, insgesamt gutes Exemplar im Orig.-Einband mit Jagdmotiven.- Schwerdt I, 38 f: This edition ". is more interesting than the first om account of the increased number of plates." Sprache: englisch.
Published by London, Verlag von Rudolph Ackermann Eclipse Sporting and Military Gallery,, 1851
Seller: Galerie für gegenständliche Kunst, Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany
Book First Edition Signed
Vollständige Ausgabe in elegantem Handeinband der Zeit, signiert von Zaehnsdorf / London: echter Ganzfranzband (weinrotes genarbtes Kalbsleder), geheftet auf fünf Bünde, Ganzleder / Leder im Format 16 x 24,8 cm mit goldgeprägtem, verziertem Rückentitel (Fuchs, Hund, Pferd und Reitzubehör), Linien-Dekoration der Deckel ebenfalls in Handvergoldung, reicher Innen- und Stehkantenvergoldung, handgestochenem Kopfband, Lederhäubchen, Ganzgoldschnitt und farbige Handmarmorpapier-Vorsätze, in handgefertigtem Schuber mit lederbezogenen Schubermaul. XV+218 Seiten auf Velinpapier, mit gestochener Titelvigregnete und 18 handkolorierten gestochenen Tafeln von Henry Alken. - "Warum handgebunden? - Die wesentlichsten Vorzüge des guten Handbandes sind: Die einzelnen Druckbögen werden mit der Hand nach dem Schriftspiegel gefalzt. Die Bogenränder werden dadurch zwar ungleich, aber das Satzbild steht gerade. Um infolge der ungleichen Ränder ein späteres zu starkes Beschneiden mit der Maschine zu vermeiden, werden die Bogen einzeln, vorne und unten, mit der Pappschere auf ein Mittelmaß rauh beschnitten. Dadurch wird der Druckrand weitestgehend geschont. Als erste und letzte Lage wird dem Buche zum Schutze eine leere Papierlage hinzugefügt, welche mit einem feinen Leinen- oder echten Japanpapierfalz versehen ist. Geheftet wird der Handband nach sorgfältiger Auswahl des Heftzwirnes auf echten erhabenen oder aufgedrehten flachen Bünden und auf Pergamentriemchen (welche beim Pergamentbande durch den Rücken gezogen werden). Oben wird das Buch beschnitten und erhält nicht nur der Schönheit willen Goldschnitt, sondern diese feine Metallschicht schützt vielmehr die dem Lichte und Staub am meisten ausgesetzte Schnittfläche vor deren schädlichen Einflüssen. Die Deckel werden in einem tiefen Falz angesetzt, mit den Bünden nach außen. Ein Herausreißen aus der Decke ist somit nur unter Zuhilfenahme von Werkzeug möglich. Zum Kapital wird kein schlappes maschinengewebtes Bändchen verwendet, sondern das Kapital wird von Hand mit dem Buchblock umstochen, gibt dadurch dem Rücken einen festen Abschluß und bietet zugleich dem späteren Ledereinschlag ("Häubchen") die Unterlage. Als Einbandmaterial kommen sumachgares, lichtechtes Saffian, Kalbleder, vereinzelt auch Rindsleder, ferner naturelles und weißes Schweinsleder sowie Kalbspergament zur Verwendung. Ein mit der Hand hergestelltes, dazupassendes Überzugpapier sowie Handvergoldung oder Blinddruck am Rücken ergänzen das Werk nach außen. Ein solcher Einband entspricht allen Anforderungen, die an einen Gebrauchsband gestellt werden können." Aus einem alten Prospekt von Richard Hönn, ehemals Handbinderei des Verlages Albert Langen, Werkstatt für feine Buchbinder- und Lederarbeiten in München. - Pferdesport, illustrierte Bücher, Reiten, England im 19. Jahrhundert, englischer Meistereinband, Liebhaber-Einband, Luxuseinband, englischer Handeinband, englische Kunstbuchbinderei, Prachtausgabe in sehr guter Erhaltung (erstes Textblatt mit hinterlegtem Einriss, sonst sehr gut, am Am die Original-Leinendeckel und Anzeigenblätter mit eingebunden): makelloses, fast fleckenfreies Exemplar in einem besonders prächtigen Einband, Versand an Institutionen auch gegen Rechnung Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 2000.
Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1835
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First edition. 108 pages. 21 x 13.5 cm. Twelve hand-colored etched plates, the design and etching by Henry Alken, the aquatint by E. Duncan. Apperley had been Mytton's neighbour in Shropshire, and both had lived together in Calais to avoid creditors. "Apperley's 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, and he performed the task with admirable judgment. [Cambridge History of English and American Literature, vol. XIV]. Three of the plates in this first edition (2, 8 and 9) did not appear in the second edition and valued highter than the second edition which had 18 plates. Owner inscription front cover pastedown. Nick to backstrip foot. ABBEY LIFE, 385. GORDON RAY 48. Orig. brown cloth decorated in blind, front cover scroll device lettered in gilt. Very good in fine full red morocco pull-off case by Riviere & Son.
Published by London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837., 1837
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. pp. ix, [1]blank, [1 leaf]plate list, 206, [1 leaf]. engraved title with aquatint vignette & 18 hand-coloured plates drawn & etched by Henry Alken & T.J.Rawlins, & aquatinted by E.Duncan. handsomely bound in full red morocco, gilt back & inside dentelles, a.e.g., by Rivière & Son (joints beginning to crack, some light marginal soiling & few short marginal tears). Second Enlarged Edition, with three of the original plates contained in the first edition of 1835 omitted and nine new ones added. This copy has the later variant of Plate I ('Aquatinted by E.Duncan'), but plates 9, 17, and 18 are in their earlier state. "A most valuable and important book for the sporting life of the period, aptly described by Newton as "a biography of a real man that reads like a work of fiction."" (Tooley) "This is not a work of fiction, for John Mytton, a rather inglorious character for a biography, was a hard-living, hard-drinking country squire of Halston, Shropshire, capable of the utmost physical endurance, and ready to accept any wager to walk, shoot or ride against any man. Many of his feats are recorded and graphically delineated, including the climax of his folly in setting his nightshirt on fire to cure a hiccough.'. (Martin Hardie) Abbey, Life, 385. Martin Hardie pp. 185-86. Higginson Smith p. 400. Huth p. 130. Prideaux p. 326. Slater p. 77. Tooley 67. cfPodeschi 147 (1st edn.). cfRay, The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914, 48 (3rd edn.). Gee pp. 6-7.