Malet Captain Nimrod (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Annals of the Road, or Notes on mail and Stage Coaching in Great Britain, to which are Added Essays on the Road by "Nimrod" Malet, Capt. [Harold Edaile] Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1876. First edition. "Excellent technical data on design and handling of coaches, glossary of coaching slang. One of the most readable British coaching books.". a very special copy bound by Bayntun of Bath UK in full crushed crimson levant morocco, all edges gilt, richly tooled portraits of coaching motifs on cover and spine compartments with sharp raised bands, full gilt dentelles and marbled endsheets, with 10 fine colored lithographic plates of carriages and coaching scenes, 3 wood-cuts. Fine text and plates, fine copy, superb work by the top binder of the United Kingdom and among the current top in the world. Nimrod (illustrator). By the Binder.…

Half Morocco. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A coaching classic. 8vo. 23 by 17 cm. xiii, [2], 403 pp. Ten color lithographic plates. Attractive half red morocco binding, with the original decorative cloth binding preserved and laid in. Light wear to the binding. A clean, handsome copy.