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[APPERLEY, Charles James (1778-1843)]. Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton Esq., ... with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, eccentric and extravagant exploits by Nimrod. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. 8° (244 x 152mm). Engraved title with aquatint vignette and 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates by and after Alken and Rawlins. (A few plates lightly spotted). Original publisher's decorated cloth, gilt, gilt edges (a little rubbed, upper cover becoming loose) roan-backed cloth folder and cloth slipcase. Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale, 22 May 1939, lot 99). Second enlarged edition, as sought after as the first owing to its six extra plates. Schwerdt I, pp. 38-39; Abbey Life 385; Tooley 67.

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[APPERLEY, Charles James (1778-1843)]. Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton Esq., ... with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, eccentric and extravagant exploits by Nimrod. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. 8° (244 x 152mm). Engraved title with aquatint vignette and 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates by and after Alken and Rawlins. (A few plates lightly spotted). Original publisher's decorated cloth, gilt, gilt edges (a little rubbed, upper cover becoming loose) roan-backed cloth folder and cloth slipcase. Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale, 22 May 1939, lot 99). Second enlarged edition, as sought after as the first owing to its six extra plates. Schwerdt I, pp. 38-39; Abbey Life 385; Tooley 67.

EGAN, Pierce (1772-1849). Anecdotes (Original and Selected) of the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the Stage; the Whole forming a Complete Panorama. London: for Knight & Lacey ... and Pierce Egan, 1827. 8° (227 x 136mm). Hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 12 hand-coloured plates by and after Theodore Lane, a few woodcut illustrations in the text. (Occasional very light spotting.) Early 20th-century polished calf for Hatchards, top edges gilt. FIRST EDITION. Schwerdt I, pp.158-59 'It is an entertaining work'; Abbey: Life, 283; Tooley 194; and 2 other books with coloured plates: The Tour of Doctor Prosody (London, 1821) and Dr. Comicus or the Frolics of Fortune (London, c.1825. (4)
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