Chace by Nimrod Pseud (4 results)

First edition thus. Introd. by Owen Culbertson. xi, 64p + several pls. by Edward P. Buyck. Pages uncut; lacks the jacket. Laid in: undated 2-page handwritten note to Mrs. Dibble from "Celeste," headed by a watercolor head portrait of Celeste's horse Poker. The first separate publication of this 1832 essay, of which Surtees wrote, "It.will stand its ground to the end of time." Chapters on early fox hunting and the horse of 1700, Melton Mowbray and the Thoroughbred hunter of 1830, Hugo Meynell and the Leicestershire Hunts, Squire Osbaldeston's Quorn Hounds, etc. A nice association copy: presentation from Culbertson to Florence Dibble, Boston, December 1934. Mrs. Dibble was a famed four-in-hand whip, who in 1936 set a time record for coaching from New York to Atlantic City--118 miles in a little over 10 hours. From the legendary coaching library of Deirdre H. Pirie. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. Very good (unopened; small stain to fox head on cover) Hardcover (boards, cloth spine).…

New Edition. Good to very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and sun-toned. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 231 pages; A new ed., with an introduction by W.S. Sparrow and. illustrations.after F. Barlow, G. Stubbs, J. Wootton [etc.]. Subjects; Hunting. Coaching (Transportation) - Great Britain. Carriages and carts. Horse sports. Fox hunting. Hunt riding. Driving of horse-drawn vehicles. Horse racing. PublishedPhysical description; xvi, 231 p. : col. frontis., ill., pl. (part. col.) ; 26 cm. Notes; Three papers originally published in The quarterly review; previous collected edition under title The chase, the turf and the road, London : Edward Arnold, 1898. Cover title: The chace, the road & the turf. Includes index. 1 Kg. …

New Edition. Good to very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and sun-toned. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 231 pages; A new ed., with an introduction by W.S. Sparrow and. illustrations.after F. Barlow, G. Stubbs, J. Wootton [etc.]. Subjects; Hunting. Coaching (Transportation) - Great Britain. Carriages and carts. Horse sports. Fox hunting. Hunt riding. Driving of horse-drawn vehicles. Horse racing. PublishedPhysical description; xvi, 231 p. : col. frontis., ill., pl. (part. col.) ; 26 cm. Notes; Three papers originally published in The quarterly review; previous collected edition under title The chase, the turf and the road, London : Edward Arnold, 1898. Cover title: The chace, the road & the turf. Includes index. 1 Kg. …

First edition in book form of this collection of articles pertaining to horse riding, hunting, horse-drawn vehicles and chases, originally serialised in the Quarterly Review. Charles James Apperley (1777-1843),was an English sportsman and sporting writer, better known by his pseudonym Nimrod, under which he published his works on the chase and on the turf. First edition in book form; 8vo; 13 hand-coloured engraved plates after Alken, hand-coloured engraved portrait frontispiece by E. Finden after D. Maclise, frontispiece part-detached with a couple of repaired short closed tears to fore-edge, bookplate to front pastedown, mild toning; 19th century calf gilt by A. Wallis, spine in 6 panelled compartments, gilt lettered to second on red morocco ground, others richly gilt, raised bands, slight wear to joints, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; a very good copy. Siltzer, p.73; Schwerdt I, p.36.…