First edition of a Sporting Classic
The Chace. A Poem
London: Printed for G. Hawkins, 1735. First edition. First edition of a Sporting Classic. An extremely fine copy... Read More
Price: $1,000
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Myopia Songs & Waltzes With Winchester and Hamilton Chat.
Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press for Private Distribution, [October], 1897. First edition, number 41 of 100 copies. RARE — One of 100 Copies. Read More
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Forty Fine Ladies.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1929. Aldin, Cecil. First Edition, Number 85 of 250 books signed by the author and the illustrator. Read More
Price: $500
INSCRIBED BY ALDIN
Berkshire Vale. Poems by.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1927. First edition. INSCRIBED BY ALDIN. Inscribed obn ffep "To Mrs. George Philips from Cecil Aldin." Read More
Price: $350
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton...with notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, and Extravagant Exploits, by...
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1835. First edition in book form. The career of "Mad Jack" Mytton (1796-1834) is the apotheosis of Regency eccentricity. Born to wealth and position, he plunged into a life of headlong extravagance, and his fearless, heedless nature drew him to exploits that approached, and later transcended, the... Read More
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A Panorama of the Progress of Life fashionably Displayed Illustrating 'shakespeare's Ages" and Exhibiting the Manners, Costumes, Character and Field...
[London]: Privately Printed by the Author of "Hunting Hawking Shooting" 1930. Number 36 of the first 250 for Great Britain of an edition of 400, signed by Mr Schwerdt. Read More
Price: $275
The Life of a Sportsman. By Nimrod.
London: Rudolph Ackerman Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street, 1842. Alken, Henry. First edition, first issue. “Considered by many to be the premier coloured plate sporting book in the 19th century.” — Tooley. Read More
Price: $2,500
Nimrod's Hunting Tours, Interspersed with Characteristic Anecdotes, Sayings, and Doings of Sporting Men … To Which are Added Nimrod's Letters...
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1836. First American edition. Read More
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The Chace, The Turf, and The Road by Nimrod.
London: Edward Arnold, 1898. New Edition with Illustrations by Henry Alken. A Portrait by D. Maclise, R.A. and other Portraits. Read More
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The Chace, The Turf, and The Road by Nimrod.
London: Edward Arnold, 1898. New Edition with Illustrations by Henry Alken. Portrait by D. Maclise, R.A. and other Portraits. Read More
Price: $175
The Chace, The Turf, and The Road by Nimrod.
London: John Murray, 1870. Alken, Henry. New Edition. Read More
Price: $200
Present from a Prince
The Life of a Sportsman. By Nimrod.
London: Kegan Paul, 1914. Present from a Prince. Handsome standard edition of this classic sporting work, with the small engraved card of Primce Dimitri de Russie (1901-1980, nephew of tsar Nicholas II), and his handwritten birthday wishes, “Many happy returns of the day, and best wishes Dimitri” [with a flourish]... Read More
Price: $375
The Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq...by Nimrod.
London: Keagn Paul Trench, nd (c. 1900). Fourth Edition. A late but attractive edition of Nimrod's classic, handsomely bound and with excellent coloring. Read More
Price: $150
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq....by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by the Author...
London: Rudolf Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street, 1851. Alken, Henry. Third edition, third issue, with both engraved and printed titles dated 1851. Desirable edition, as it is the first to include The "Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by the Author of 'Handley Cross'"[Surtees]. Read More
Price: $600
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq.…by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by the Author...
London: Rudolf Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street, 1851. Alken, Henry. Third edition. Desirable edition, as it is the first to include The “Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by the Author of ‘Handley Cross’”[Surtees]. Read More
Price: $450
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq.…by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by the Author...
London: Rudolf Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street, 1851. Alken, Henry. Third Edition. Desirable edition, as it is the first to include The “Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by the Author of ‘Handley Cross’”[Surtees]. Read More
Price: $750
In Boards
Remarks on the Condition of Hunters, the Choice of Horses, and their Management: In a Series of Familiar Letters, originally...
London: Printed and Published by M.A. Pittman, 18, Warwick Square, 1831. First edition. In Boards. Read More
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The Chace, The Turf, and the Road. By Nimrod.
London: John Murray, 1837. With an “Extract from The Road” for September 1st, 1892, laid in the back containing a notice on the spread of Glanders (some spotting). Read More
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Memors of John Mytton. [Note on Henry Alken's "Mytton Illustrations" by Joseph Grego].
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co, [c. 1903]. Alken, Henry. Reprint. Read More
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The M.F.H. Who Ran Riot.
London: Moss Bros, Covent Garden, n.d., ca. 1930s. Bateman, H.M. Whimsical Bateman illustrations of foxhunting, lamenting “certain eccentricities in the appearance of his field” and proclaiming the virtues of Moss Bros. sporting apparel. Read More
Price: $250
Beautiful Copy
Thoughts on Hunting. In a series of familiar letters to a friend.
London: J. Debrett, opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly. [Printed by B. McMillan, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden], 1802. Fourth edition. Beautiful Copy. The definitive statement on foxhunting and hound management, written after many years of practical experience by an eloquent squire and former M.P.; its teachings form the basis of modern foxhunting. Read More
Price: $400
Thoughts on Hunting. In a series of familiar letters to a friend.
Sarum [Salisbury]: Printed by E. Easton, 1784. Third edition, with half-title. The definitive statement on foxhunting and hound management, written after many years of practical experience by an eloquent squire and former M.P.; its teachings form the basis of modern foxhunting. Read More
Price: $450
UNCUT
Thoughts on Hunting. In a series of familiar letters to a friend.
London: J. Debrett, opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly. [Printed by B. McMillan, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden], 1802. Fourth edition. UNCUT. The definitive statement on foxhunting and hound management, written after many years of practical experience by an eloquent squire and former M.P.; its teachings form the basis of modern foxhunting. Read More
Price: $500
Thoughts on Hunting. In a series of familiar letters to a Friend.
Sarum: Printed by E. Easton: Sold by P. Elmsley in the Strand; J. Ridley, St. James's Street; London and W. Sollers, Blandford, 1781. First edition, with half-title. The definitive statement on foxhunting and hound management, written after many years of practical experience by an eloquent squire and former M.P.; its... Read More
Price: $1,250