The Chase the Turf and the Road by Nimrod Apperley Charles James (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ALKEN, Henry (illustrator). Very good condition, octavo, half vellum, marbled boards, titles in gilt on brown leather label on spine, top edges gilt others untrimmed, Alken illustrations coloured, xi plus 334 pages including index. [****HEAVY ITEM - MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE****] [QP.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. New Edition. 1/2 vellum, rubbed, corners bumped. Book plate inside. Illustrations in color & black & white by Henry Alken. Size: 8vo. 350 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 6 pounds or less. Category: Fishing & Hunting; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. xvi, 231 pp, list of illustrations, introduction, test with footnotes, index. Reprinted, 1927 edition with an introduction by W. Shaw Sparrow, and nineteen illustrations in colour, half-tone and line after Francis Barlow, George Stubbs, John Wooton, Tom Rowlandson, Henry Alken, F.C. Turner, James Pollard, G. Havell, J.F. Herring, Wildrake & Thomas Bewick. Dj soiled with 3 chips from 1 to 2 inches, and small tears and chips along top edge. Small tear to boards at top edge spine with minor edgewear top and bottom of same; small puncture to spine near base, else Fine with many pages uncut. Blue cloth title and author on front in blind, and gilt lettering to spine. Size: 4to. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). A scarce new edition of this exciting work by Nimrod, or Charles James Apperley. Scarce work. New edition. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece, fourteen plates, and many illustrations. Originally written for the Quarterly Review in 1837, these three papers explore the subjects of horse riding, hunting, horse-drawn vehicles and chases. Written by Nimrod, or Charles James Apperley, a Welsh sportsman and sporting writer from an English family, and often resident in both countries. In the original quarter green cloth binding with red cloth boards. Externally, sound with bumping and light rubbing to the extremities. Internally, generally firmly bound. Hinges tender but firm. Pages are bright and clean. Previous owner's bookplate to the front paste down. Bookseller's label also to the front pastedown. Good. book.

Half Vellum, Marbled Boards. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. 22 by 16 cm. 334 pp. Sporting classic. Heavy age toning. Tear along hinge of front endpapers. Soiling to vellum.

FIRST EDITION THUS. 8vo. 6.75 x 8.5 inches. xvi + [vi] + 334 pp. Separate half title for each part. Bound in original half vellum, gilt, over cream marbled boards; spine with contrasting morocco title label, gilt. Top edge gilt, fore and lower edges deckled. A little wear to extremities and browning of fore edge, but otherwise a very good copy. Armourial bookplate, Cluny Castle. Illustrated by 21 plates, with 6 in colour, including frontispiece, and in black and white, including one portrait reproduction and 6 pen and ink portraits. The three parts cover fox hunting, coach driving and horse racing and originally appeared in the Quarterly Review of 1835 and in book form, 1837 and 43. Nimrod was the pseudonym of the Welsh fox hunter, later sporting writer, Charles James Apperley (1785-1843). Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851) was a painter and engraver of sporting scenes, who often co-operated with Nimrod. The bookplate is from Cluny Castle, Aberdeenshire and has the arms of Clan Macpherson, with the motto, Touch not the cat bot a glove. SPORT HUNTING SPORT- RURAL PURSUITS 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED SPORT.

8° Halbleder. Condition: Sehr gut. Halbledereinband mit Rückenprägung und marmoriertem Papierbezug, 18 x 12 cm, leicht berieben und bestoßen, insges. aber sehr schön und stabil erhalten, Exlibris W. H. Duignan Rushall Hall , Seiten leicht gebräunt, z. T. geringfügig fleckig, insges. aber sehr schön und textsauber erhalten. Band aus dem Privatbesitz des Rechtsanwaltes William Henry Duignan (1824-1914). Der Autor widmet sich wichtigen Freizeitbeschäftigungen der Upper Class, nämlich der Jagd, dem Rennsport (Pferde und Hunde) sowie der Reisetätigkeit. Betrachtungen zu einzelnen Persönlichkeiten und Phänomenen und zugleich ein kleines Sittenbild der englischen Gesellschaft des 19. Jahrhunderts. Stichworte: Jagd, Rennsport, Pferderennen, Hunderennen, Upper Class, Reise 258 S., illustr. Englisch 510g.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION THUS. 8vo. 9 x 6 inches. [1] + xxx + 301 + [1] pp. + [2] pp. publisher's list + 8 pp. publisher's insert, December 1837. Separate half title for each part. Bound in original green cloth, gilt, boards with blind stamped decorations, enclosing gilt block of horse race on front, and spine decorated gilt. Rough cut edges. Extremities worn, including corners and head and tail of spine, which is sunned. Damp staining at top of first few pages, including frontispiece and title stage, which is also foxed like the front flyleaves. A very good copy. Early signature on verso of first free endpaper. Illustrated by 14 hand coloured engraved plates, including portrait frontispiece. The three parts cover fox hunting, coach driving and horse racing and originally appeared in the Quarterly Review of 1835 and in book form, 1837 and 43. Nimrod was the pseudonym of the Welsh fox hunter, later sporting writer, Charles James Apperley (1785-1843). Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851) was a painter and engraver of sporting scenes, who often co-operated with Nimrod. SPORT HUNTING SPORT- RURAL PURSUITS 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED SPORT.

Halbpergament. Condition: Gut. Dust Jacket Condition: Kein Schutzumschlag. en (illustrator). Reihe: The Sportsman's Library - Edited by The Right Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart. M.P. A. new edition with illustrations by Henry Alken - A portrait by D. Maclise, R.A. and other portraits. The present volume is perhaps the best example of Nimrod's work that could be chosen for reproduction in this series, for it is more condensed than most of the others. Contents: The Chase. The road. The Turf. 327 S. Englisch. Mit zahlreichen, teils farbigen Stichen. Ausstattung: Dreiviertel-Pergament, Rücken mit montiertem goldgepr. Leder-Titelschild und goldgepr. Rückendekoration, Büttenpapier, Kopfschnitt vergoldet. Einband kaum bestoßen, sauber, Schnitt leicht angebräunt, kaum angeschmutzt, Seiten sehr gering lichtrandig, sauber, altersgemäß ausgesprochen guter Zustand. ca. 1100 gr. Charles James Apperley (1777-1843), English sportsman and sporting writer, better known as Nimrod. Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851) was an English painter and engraver chiefly known as a caricaturist and illustrator of sporting subjects. Illustrations: 14 plates by Alken, 6 plates by T. C. Wilson (Earl of Jersey, Earl of Chesterfield, Mr. Thomas Thornhill etc.). Sprache: en Size: 8°.