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[APPERLEY, Charles James.] Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton… by Nimrod. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1835.
First edition of '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).
Octavo (195 x 125mm). Aquatint frontispiece and 11 plates, all hand-coloured, by Alken (1 small repaired tear, some light marginal soiling). 20th-century polished calf gilt by Rivière (a few minor scratches).
Sold with 3 other volumes: WALTON, Izaak and Charles COTTON. The Complete Angler (London, 1815); SCROPE, William. The Art of Deer-Stalking (London, 1838); -- Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed (London, 1843).
Sold not subject to return.
First edition of '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).
Octavo (195 x 125mm). Aquatint frontispiece and 11 plates, all hand-coloured, by Alken (1 small repaired tear, some light marginal soiling). 20th-century polished calf gilt by Rivière (a few minor scratches).
Sold with 3 other volumes: WALTON, Izaak and Charles COTTON. The Complete Angler (London, 1815); SCROPE, William. The Art of Deer-Stalking (London, 1838); -- Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed (London, 1843).
Sold not subject to return.
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