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Memoirs of the Life of the late John Mytton ... with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, and extravagant exploits by Nimrod ... reprinted from the New Sporting Magazine
de Alken, Henry [Apperley, C.J.] by Nimrod
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Orig. brown cloth decorated in blind, front cover scroll device lettered in gilt. Very good in fine full red morocco pull-off ca
- Librería
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ardsley, New York, United States
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London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1835. First edition. Hardcover. 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. 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.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 24056
- Título
- Memoirs of the Life of the late John Mytton ... with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, and extravagant exploits by Nimrod ... reprinted from the New Sporting Magazine
- Autor
- Alken, Henry [Apperley, C.J.] by Nimrod
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Orig. brown cloth decorated in blind, front cover scroll device lettered in gilt. Very good in fine full red morocco pull-off ca
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Editorial
- Rudolph Ackermann
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1835
- Palabras clave
- Book Arts
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Sporting;
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ardsley, New York
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