Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq....by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by the Author of 'Handley Cross'.
London: Rudolf Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street, 1851.
Alken, Henry. Third edition, third issue, with both engraved and printed titles dated 1851. Engraved title page + 18 hand-colored engraved plates by Henry Alken. 218, [8-ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth, with slight wear and rubbing to edges; else fine, bright copy.. Yellow booklabel of W & R Holmes, 195, Oxford St. on pastedown Tooley 68; Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, pp. 20-21. Item #43262
Desirable edition, as it is the first to include The "Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by the Author of 'Handley Cross'"[Surtees].
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