Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (tall thin). Lacks most of illustrative material (18 plates by Alken and Rawlins; engraved half-title is present at front); slight rubbing to covers (leather; chiefly at edges); previous owner's bookplate on front attached endpaper; slight internal browning to edges. xi, [1], 234, [1] pages + plate. Later UK issue: 'Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged, with a notice of Nimrod' (title page recto); includes the preface to the first edition (dated 'Calais, 1835'), plus the 14-page 'Notice' (signed 'H. C.'). Printed by Savile, Edwards and Company, London; both London and New York addresses of publisher George Routledge on title page recto. Originally published in Great Britain in 1837 (see BMC, volume 18, page 728, column 268; citing the second edition); not located in Halkett & Laing. Bound in full dark brown calf, gilt-stamped and decorated spine with partly raised bands, covers double-ruled in gilt, blue-gray endpapers, t.e.g., remaining edges trimmed. In supplied clear mylar protective jacket.1 Engraved Plate (half-title page).
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$97.51 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches. Handsomely bound in Half Leather. Illustrated with a Vignette and 18 hand coloured aquatint plates by H.Alken and T.J. Rawlins. Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged.
Seller: Chevin Books, Otley, United Kingdom
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fourth revised edition. Tall octavo rebound in crimson half leather with raised bands, gilt decorated spine and black leather spine label. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with 18 lovely hand-colored plates by Alken and Rawlins, all with tissue guard intact. One plate has slight marginal tear, not affecting image. Else all are in bright crisp condition, clean with no foxing and bold vibrant color. Binding shows light rubbig at board edges, tips and bands but is in overall fine condition. Includes 14 page "A Notice of Nimrod."
Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.
Apperley, Charles J. 1777?-1843. The Life of John Mytton.. George Routledge and Sons, London, 1869.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Description: Edition : 4th edition, ¼ moraco with cloth boards, rubbed ,Upper board started but still firm., With engraved title and 18 hand coloured plates after Alken., References : Tooley 68. A very good copy, plates with vivid color
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada