The Life Of a Sportsman

London: 191, Regent St.: Rudolph Ackermann, 1843. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ALKEN Henry. VG+, 1842, 1st ed, 1st issue, 36 pls (complete). In contemporary green crushed morocco by Riviere and Sons, gilt edge tooling, corners and edges a little rubbed. Spine, raised… Ler mais sobre este item

London: George Routledge & Sons. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and bumped. Neatly rebacked with new eps retaining the majority of original spine. Light foxing with some darkening to page ends. Details of previous owner on verso of frontis illustration. Tissue guarded plates bright. Contents tight. 1874. Second Edition. Red/gilt hardback cloth cover with gilt equestrian motif. 260mm… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Methuen & Co. , 1903. Hardcover. Good. From the illustrated pocket library version of the 1842 edition of Apperley;s lively writings on hunting. With 36 coloured plates by H. Alken. Fore-edge rough cut. Some marking and foxing to page edges, with mild foxing within. Some bumping to edges. Contents sound. Good.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1874. Cloth. Good Only. 10" by 7". Henry Alken. A delightful work of fiction by sports writer Charles James Apperley, with thirty eight coloured plates A delightful work of fiction by sportsman and sports writer Charles James Apperley. Publishing under the pseudonym Nimrod, Apperley often covered horse races, hunt… Ler mais sobre este item

London: George Routledge & Sons. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Modern rebind. 1874. Second Edition. Marbled hardback boards with maroon leather spine. 260mm x 160mm (10" x 6"). viii, 402pp + plates. 38 hand-coloured coloured plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

With thirty-six coloured illustrations by Henry Alken

London: John Lehmann, 1948 Book. Illus. by Colour Frontispiece from H. Alken. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original red cloth on boards. First published in 1832, a "half-true, half-fictitious story." We are not told which is which, but anyone who is nuts on horses, riding, hunting, drinking and/or gambling won't care. … Ler mais sobre este item

Methuen, 1903. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1903. New Edition. 396 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards. Colour illustrations. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Some cracking to hinges and gutters. Binding loose. Small bookshop label to front. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and… Ler mais sobre este item

London: George Routledge & Sons. VG : in Very Good condition. Cover lightly rubbed. Corners bumped and with minor wear. Spine sunned. Some light foxing to prelims - otherwise contents clean and bright. Heraldic bookplate to front pastedown. Previous owner's insc to fep. 1874. Second Edition. Red/gilt hardback cloth cover with gilt equestrian motif. 260mm x 160mm (10" x 6").… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1903. Inner hinges are sound. Occasional foxing to text pages. Printed paper spine label is a bit soiled. Light fraying at spine ends. Illustrated by Henry Alken with 36 full-color plates that are entirely free of foxing. All plates are clean and bright, having been printed on a different… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Downey and Co., Limited, 1901. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Folio. A very fine and scarce limited edition in two volumes: "This edition is limited to Sixty copies of which this is No. 9" signed "B. W. Willets". 36 engraved plates by Henry Alken, each in two states (monochrome and hand-coloured) and each with a captioned tissue guard;… Ler mais sobre este item

John Lehmann, 1948-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.3386 7.4016 4.6457. Dust jacket shows shelf wear with tears. Edges shows minor shelf wear and foxing. Dust jacket is covered in brodart plastic.Front page shows light foxing. Pages are clean and intact.

London : John Lehmann , 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition in this form. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 384 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Apperley, Charles James 1779-1843. English literature… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Keagan, Paul, Trech, Trubner and Co, 1914. Small Quarto. . 400(1) pp., illustrated with 36 full page color illustrations after Henry Alken, each plate with printed over sheet. First published in 1842. Bound in green cloth, pictorially stamped in gilt depicting a running fox, spine lettering gilt, some rubbing to spine and corners. A very good copy without… Ler mais sobre este item

Published by John Lehmann, London, 1948, 1st thus. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, under illustrated dustwrapper. 7.5ins x 5ins, 384pp plus colour frontis. Introduction by John Moore. Light foxing to half title and title page. Spine of dw browned and chipped to head. VG / G+.

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1903. Hardcover. Good. 1903. New Edition. 396 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains colour illustrated plates throughout. Pages are heavily tanned with visible foxing. Notable cracking to gutters and hinges. Mild thumb-marking present. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Notable sunning to… Ler mais sobre este item

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1842. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 6". Henry Alken. A very bright and well preserved first edition copy of this vibrantly illustrated sporting work by Charles James Apperley. Rare in the original cloth. Scarce in the original cloth, this first edition is complete with thirty-six coloured plates including the frontispiece and… Ler mais sobre este item

D. Appleton, 1903-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. .

John Lehmann, 1948. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Light edgewear to jacket..

London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1842. 8vo. (9 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches). vi, [2], 402pp. 36 hand-colored aquatint plates after Henry Alken (including frontispiece, title, and 4 plates mounted on plate paper). Plate at page 348 in the first state. Full contemporary blue morocco by Zaensdorf, spine in six compartments with raised bands, decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, silk… Ler mais sobre este item