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Nimrod [Charles James Apperley]. The Life of A Sportsman. George Routledge and Sons, London, 1874.
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Description: A delightful work of fiction by sports writer Charles James Apperley, with thirty eight coloured plates A delightful work of fiction by sportsman and sports writer Charles James Apperley. Publishing under the pseudonym Nimrod, Apperley often covered horse races, hunt meets, and other sporting events for the Sporting Magazine. This is one of his best-known works, brought to life by Henry Alken's colour illustrations, with thirty eight plates, collated and complete. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Externally, generally sound. A little rubbed to the boards and spine. Bumped to the head of the spine with three closed tears and a little loss of cloth. A small strip of cloth has also been lost from the tail of the spine. With tears in the cloth at both the front and rear joints, the joints are a little tender but still reasonably firm. Both front and rear hinges are starting but firm. Internally, the binding is rather tender and the text block is held together by cords towards the front. The pages between page 48 and 64 are especially loose, as are pages 113 to 128, pages 54 to 58, and pages 151 to 154 are disbound but present. Pages are a little age-toned towards the fore edge and are lightly foxed throughout. Good Only
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$384.64 + shipping
Description: 260mm x 160mm (10" x 6"). viii, 402pp + plates. 38 hand-coloured coloured plates. Book-plate of George Marten 'En Dieu Est Tout'. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. G+ : in good condition plus with marbled eps. Spine lightly faded. Browning to preface pages and scattered browning elsewhere. Teg. Heraldic book-plate on paste-down
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$430.37 + shipping
Description: 260mm x 160mm (10" x 6"). viii, 402pp + plates. 38 hand-coloured coloured plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Modern rebind Marbled hardback boards with maroon leather spine
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$438.50 + shipping
Description: Seltene zweite, um zwei Tafeln vermehrte Ausgabe. - Considered by many to be the premier coloured plate sporting book in the 19th century, by others as sharing this honour with Jorrocks's Jaunts" (Tooley). - Einband etw. berieben u. bestoßen, sonst gutes, tlw. unaufgeschnittenes Exemplar aus der Bibliothek des Publizisten und Aeronauten Victor Silberer, der selbst zahlr. Handbücher zu verschiedenen Sportarten herausgab. - Tooley 65; Schwerdt I, 37. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2000 4°. Mit 38 (inkl. Titel) kolor. Aquatintatafeln von Henry Alken. VI S., 1 Bl., 402 S., 1 Bl., Roter illustr. OLwd.-Bd.
Seller: Versandantiquariat Wolfgang Friebes, Graz, Austria
Price: US$512.35 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Frontispiece, additional engraved title, and 36 plates by Henry Alken, all with original hand-colouring. Large 8vo. [260 x 160 x 51 mm]. vi, [ii], 402, [2] pp. Original binding by Westley (with their ticket) of red cloth, the front cover and spine blocked in gilt and black, yellow endleaves. Corners a little bumped and headcaps slightly frayed. A fine copy of a sporting classic, first published in 1842. Bookplate of Oliver Collett.
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$564.86 + shipping
Description: 260mm x 160mm (10" x 6"). viii, 402pp + plates. 38 hand-coloured coloured lithographic illustrations, some tipped in. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. VG : in Very Good condition. Cover lightly rubbed. Corners bumped and with minor wear. Spine sunned. Some light foxing to prelims - otherwise contents clean and bright. Heraldic bookplate to front pastedown. Previous owner's insc to fep Red/gilt hardback cloth cover with gilt equestrian motif
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$591.76 + shipping
Description: 260mm x 160mm (10" x 6"). viii, 402pp + plates. 38 hand-coloured coloured illustrations, some tipped in. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and bumped. Neatly rebacked with new eps retaining the majority of original spine. Light foxing with some darkening to page ends. Details of previous owner on verso of frontis illustration. Tissue guarded plates bright. Contents tight Red/gilt hardback cloth cover with gilt equestrian motif
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
APPERLEY, Charles James (Nimrod). The Life Of A Sportsman. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1874.
Price: US$762.11 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Recent full brown morocco gilt with gilt horse head design to both covers and gilt text and raised bands to spine. 38 hand coloured engravings. Bright and handsome copy. Minor foxing to page ends and margins. Original covers bound to rear. 402pp. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 1762g. Postage within the UK remains at £3. For international orders ABE use an estimate based on a 1kg book. Where a book is lighter/heavier, we will reduce/request additional postage accordingly. We make no profit on postal charges. We expect a parcel of this weight to cost between £13.90 (Europe) and £28.95 (USA) to ship using Royal Mail's International Tracked Service. All our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 002103:15(1a)) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall 1762 G
Seller: YattonBookShop PBFA, Bristol, United Kingdom