Nimrod's Hunting Tours Interspersed with Characteristic Anecdotes, Sayings and Doings of Sporting Men Including Notices of the Principal Crack Riders of England with Analytical Contents and General Index of Names
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. Hardcover. "A New Edition with an Introduction by W. Shaw Sparrow and Twenty-four Illustrations in Colour and Half-Tone After Ben. Marshal, Henry Alken, Wolstenholme, R.B. Davis, Wm. Web, H.G. Chalon, James Ward, R.A., etc." xx, [2], 294 p.: color frontispiece, 13 leaves of color illustrations, 8 leaves of black-and-white illustrations, 1 folded map; 26 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and cover title. No dust jacket. Top page edges red. Title page printed in red and black. Some unopened pages. Nimrod was the pseudonym of Charles James Apperley (1777-1843), an English sportsman and sporting writer. In Very Good+ Condition: spine lightly sunned; head of spine lightly rubbed; covers are slightly soiled; title page significantly foxed; otherwise only scattered light foxing of text; leaves of illustration are clean and crisp. An attractive copy of this ode to fox hunting, nicely illustrated with reproductions of paintings of English huntsmen and their horses. Very Good +. Item #000255
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