The Chace, the Turf, and the Road by Nimrod
London: John Murray, 1870. Hardcover. "New Edition; with portrait of author and illustrations." xviii, 277, [3] p., frontispiece, added engraved title page, and 2 leaves of plates: 20 full-page and in-text illustrations; 20 cm. Original red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and cover illustration. Black-stamped decoration on front cover with matching blind-stamped decoration on back cover. Dark brown endpaper. Publisher's catalog of "Books for the Country" on final 2 unpaginated pages. Circular embossed stamp on front free endpaper reading: W.H. Smith & Son Library, 186 Strand. Nimrod was the pseudonym of Charles James Apperley (1777-1843), an English sportsman and sporting writer. Frontispiece is a portrait (presumably of Apperley) engraved by E. Finden from a painting by D. Maclise. Title page has red border. In Fair+ Condition: loss at ends of spine; front joint partially separated; cover lightly rubbed and soiled; front free endpaper and pages up to first page of text detached but present; frontispiece detached for 4 cm. from lower edge; occasional light soiling; complete. Fair +. Item #006826
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