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Description:
Memoirs of The Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. of Halstone, Shropshire...with Notices of His Hunting, Driving, Shooting, Racing, Eccentric, and Extravagant Exploits. By Nimrod (Charles James Apperley). With Numerous Illustrations by H. Alken and T. J. Rawlins. Reprinted with considerable additions from the New Sporting Magazine, London. No date. Probably 1900s. 4to., 234 pp., green cloth with gilt lettering, 12 aquatinted plates by Henry Alken (first edition) plus 18 plates from the second edition (9 plates from the original 1835 edition and 9 additional plates) by Alken and T. J. Rawlins.
Nimrod, (Charles James Apperley), was a neighbor, fellow hunting devotee, and close friend of John Mytton, who felt compelled to record the life of Mad Jack in "'The Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esquire, of Halston, Shropshire, formerly MP for Shrewsbury, High Sheriff for the Counties of Salop & Merioneth , Major of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry ; with Notices of his Hunting, Shooting & Driving".
First published in 1835, and then again with additional aquatinted plates in 1837, this often reprinted series of articles written by Nimrod in The New Sporting Magazine details the life and times of the very colorful Mytton.
Spine has a slight angle. Head and tail of spine have light wear. Tips are lightly rubbed. Prior owner's name and date on front fixed endpaper. Endpapers with some light foxing, frontis tissue-guard is loose, read endpapers with light foxing, interior extremely clean, plates in terrific condition, overall VG++.
[NBK2033]
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: NBK2033 |
| Condition:
VG++ |
Year:
Circa 1900s
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| Country:
USA |
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| Height:
10.5 in. (26.67 cm) |
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Width: 7.25 in. (18.41 cm)
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| Title:
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton. By Nimrod. (Charles James Apperley.) |
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