Nimrod (Charles James Apperley). Nimrod's Hunting Tours, Interspersed with Characteristic Anecdotes, Sayings, and Doings of Sporting Men, including notices of the principal Crack Riders of England, to which are added Nimrod's Letters on riding to hounds. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1903.

Price: US$51.53 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Illustrated with 18 plates in colours, after Ben Marshall, Jas. Barenger etc. Previous owner's name inside, otherwise unmarked; light foxing on the fore edge and endpapers. Very handsome green cloth binding with bright gilt titles and gilt hunting scene to the front board. Hinges strong, top edge gilt. Beautiful colour plates have captioned tissue guards

Seller: Oakholm Books, Aberfeldy, United Kingdom

Nimrod (Charles James Apperley). Nimrod's hunting tours, interspersed with characteristic anecdotes, sayings, and doings of sporting men.. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & C., London, 1903.

Price: US$121.54 + shipping

Description: In-8°, pp. XXIII, 400 con 18 belle tavole a colori di vari autori (tra cui Marshall, Barenger, Davis, Webb, Ward.), legatura in tela editoriale verde con fregio al piatto e titoli oro, taglio superiore dorato. Fioriture alle prime ed alle ultime pagine. Lieve ammaccatura ad un angolo del piatto superiore. Nel complesso ottimo esemplare. ".including notices of the principal crack riders of England, to which are added Nimrod's letters on riding to hounds, with analytical contents and general index of names". Bella edizione illustrata , tiratura limitata di 500 copie. L'Autore, Charles James Apperley (pseud. Nimrod), fu celebre scrittore sportivo.

Seller: LIBRERIA ANTIQUARIA PIEMONTESE, TORINO, Italy

APPERLEY, James Charles ("NIMROD").:. Nimrod's Hunting Tours, Interspersed with Characteristic Anecdotes, Sayings, and Doings of Sporting Men, Including Notices of the Principal Crack Riders of England, to Which are Added Nimrod's Letters on Riding to Hounds, with Analytical Contents .. London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co: Limited Edition, 1903.

Price: US$180.36 + shipping

Description: small 4to., xxiv, 400pp., illustrated with 18 fine hand-coloured plates, each with protective tissue guards with descriptive text, also contains at the rear a list of names of Noblemen, Gentlemen, Masters of Hounds, Huntsmen, Whippers-in, &c (which is not included in all editions), top edges blocked in gold, bound in the original green cloth with gilt decoration to the upper cover depicting a huntsman galloping on horseback with three hounds (design by C. Clark). A generally VG+ clean copy with only minor wear to some extremities. LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES ONLY. Nimrod's nineteenth century hunting tours cover Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Surrey, Sussex, Dorset and Devon, Hampshire, New Forest and a substantial portion on Yorkshire.

Seller: Geoffrey Jackson, Royal Wootton Bassett, WILTS, United Kingdom

Nimrod [Apperley, Charles James]. Nimrod's Hunting Tours, Interspersed with Characteristic Anacdotes, Sayings, and Doings of Sporting Men, Including Notices of the Principal Crack Riders of England.. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., London, 1903.

Price: US$309.18 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 399 pages; illustrated with 18 plates in colour, with titled tissue guards, one of 50 copies with plates in two states, colour and plain, number 45 of 50. Original binding, vellum spine with gilt and paper covered boards, very good with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy of this scarce limited edition. Size: 4to

Seller: LOE BOOKS, Launceston, United Kingdom

Nimrod [Apperley, Charles James]. Nimrod's Hunting Tours. Deluxe Limited Edition. Kegan Paul, Tench, Trübner & Co Ltd, London, 1903.

Price: US$365.23 + shipping

Description: 320mm x 240mm (13" x 9"). xxiii, 396pp. Colour and b/w full page plates with 18 duplicate hand-coloured plates, all with captioned tissue-guards. '.Interspersed with characteristic anecdotes, sayings, and doings of sporting men, including notices of the principal crack riders of England, to which are added Nimrod's letters on riding to hounds, with analytical contents and general index of names'. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. G+ : in Good plus condition without dust jacket as issued. Endpapers browned. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Minor wear and marking to boards. Teg, remaining edges uncut

Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom

Apperley, Charles. Nimrod's Hunting Tours of Sporting Men Limited. Kegan Paul, Tench, Tr?bner & Co Ltd,, 1903.

Price: US$375.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 1st limited deluxe edition in grey paper covered boards with cream velum spine showing gilt title and ruled velum edge. Numbered #4 of only 50 volumes available for sale in the UK and in the USA. Also signed/dated by former owner Katharine Roosevelt March 3/06 on fep (no idea if relation). Oversized tome is 12 3/8" tall x 9" x 2" thick. 400 pp t.e.g., else untrimmed page block, hinges fine, occasional fingerprint in margin but no major foxing. Vintage bookstore sticker on foot of fep of W.B. Clark Co, Boston. Shows even soiling to periphery of grey boards from handling but the crisp text could be unread. Boards lightly rubbed but not frayed. No priority or international on this volume at prices listed. Add'l postage required.

Seller: HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC, Boston, VA, U.S.A.