IN CONTEMPORARY MOTTLED CALF
The Chace. A Poem
London: Printed for G. Hawkins, 1735. First edition, errata leaf at end. IN CONTEMPORARY MOTTLED CALF. Written by... Read More about The Chace. A Poem
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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 about Myopia Songs & Waltzes With Winchester and Hamilton Chat
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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 about Berkshire Vale. Poems by …
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Hunting Scenes. Forty Sketches of Hunting Scenes and Countries, selected and arranged by... with a Memoir and Descriptive Notes by...
New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1936. Aldin, Cecil. First American edition from English sheets. Read More about Hunting Scenes. Forty Sketches of Hunting Scenes and Countries, selected and arranged by... with ...
Price: $250
The National Sports of Great Britain, with Descriptions in English and French ... Chasse et Amusemens Nationaux de la Grande...
London: Published by Thomas McLean, 1823 [but later, plates watermarked 1822-1824]. Alken, Henry. First edition. A fine copy of "Alken's most important work... It must always form the cornerstone of any Alken collection" (Tooley) The plates and text between them offer a thorough survey of the sports practiced in Great Britain..... Read More about The National Sports of Great Britain, with Descriptions in English and French ... Chasse et...
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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 about A Panorama of the Progress of Life fashionably Displayed Illustrating 'shakespeare's Ages"...
Price: $275
![Some Do, and Some Do Not; It Is All a Notion [… by] Ben Tally Ho. Henry Alken](/pictures/thumb/314508.jpg?v=1553186544)
“Extremely Rare"
Some Do, and Some Do Not; It Is All a Notion [… by] Ben Tally Ho.
London: S. and J. Fuller, [1821]. First edition. “Extremely Rare" “These plates depict the sundry incidents connected with the sport of hunting and are executed in Alken’s most brilliant style. Comprising: Getting into a difficulty Getting over a difficulty Getting a Dive Getting into a Bog Getting a Fall Getting..... Read More about Some Do, and Some Do Not; It Is All a Notion [… by] Ben Tally Ho
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![Thoughts while Fox Hunting]. Henry Alken](/pictures/thumb/314626.jpg?v=1573585121)
[Thoughts while Fox Hunting].
[London: Thomas McLean, 26 Haymarket, 1833]. Plates: 1. Going a Pace 2. Putting a Good Head to It 3. A Regular Purl 4. Feeling a Brook 5. Pounded 6. Rather Stale. Read More about Thoughts while Fox Hunting
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Presentation Copy to his Patron
The Chace, The Turf, and the Road. By Nimrod.
London: John Murray, 1837. First edition. Presentation Copy to his Patron. Apperley had been obliged to resign himself to residence in France to escape debts following the sale of the Sporting Magazine in 1830, but he continued to write from his exile near Calais and produced some of his finest..... Read More about The Chace, The Turf, and the Road. By Nimrod
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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 about Nimrod's Hunting Tours, Interspersed with Characteristic Anecdotes, Sayings, and Doings of...
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My Life and Times By Nimrod (Charles James Apperley) edited with additions by E.D. Cuming.
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood, 1927. First Edition, one of 250 deluxe copies, #206. Read More about My Life and Times By Nimrod (Charles James Apperley) edited with additions by E.D. Cuming
Price: $150
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 about The Chace, The Turf, and The Road by Nimrod
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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 about The Chace, The Turf, and The Road by Nimrod
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The Chace, The Turf, and The Road by Nimrod.
London: John Murray, 1870. Alken, Henry. New Edition. Read More about The Chace, The Turf, and The Road by Nimrod
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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 Prince 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 about The Life of a Sportsman. By Nimrod
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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 about The Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq...by Nimrod
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Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton.
London: Keagan Paul, nd. Read More about Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton
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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 about Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq....by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by...
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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 about Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq.…by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by...
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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 about Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq.…by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by...
Price: $750
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton...with notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits...
London: Rudolph Ackermann 191, Regents Street, 1837. Alken, Henry. Second Edition, Reprinted (With Considerable Additions) From The New Sporting Magazine. Read More about Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton...with notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving,...
Price: $1,150
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 about Remarks on the Condition of Hunters, the Choice of Horses, and their Management: In a Series of...
Price: $600
In Board
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 Board. Read More about Remarks on the Condition of Hunters, the Choice of Horses, and their Management: In a Series of...
Price: $400
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 about The Chace, The Turf, and the Road. By Nimrod
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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 about Memors of John Mytton. [Note on Henry Alken's "Mytton Illustrations" by Joseph Grego
Price: $200