[APPERLEY, Charles James.] Nimrod's Hunting Tours. London: M.A. Pittman, 1835. 8° (221 x 140mm). EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with c.140 additional plates, c.30 of these hand-coloured. (Occasional light soiling and light wear.) Full red morocco by Bayntun Riviere, spine gilt in compartments with sporting tools, the upper side tooled in gilt with a fox hunt, top edge gilt (large stain on the upper board). Provenance: a bookseller (description tipped onto the title).
[APPERLEY, Charles James.] Nimrod's Hunting Tours. London: M.A. Pittman, 1835. 8° (221 x 140mm). EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with c.140 additional plates, c.30 of these hand-coloured. (Occasional light soiling and light wear.) Full red morocco by Bayntun Riviere, spine gilt in compartments with sporting tools, the upper side tooled in gilt with a fox hunt, top edge gilt (large stain on the upper board). Provenance: a bookseller (description tipped onto the title).

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[APPERLEY, Charles James.] Nimrod's Hunting Tours. London: M.A. Pittman, 1835. 8° (221 x 140mm). EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with c.140 additional plates, c.30 of these hand-coloured. (Occasional light soiling and light wear.) Full red morocco by Bayntun Riviere, spine gilt in compartments with sporting tools, the upper side tooled in gilt with a fox hunt, top edge gilt (large stain on the upper board). Provenance: a bookseller (description tipped onto the title).

FIRST EDITION, IN MOROCCO BY BAYNTUN, AND EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH OVER 140 ADDITIONAL PLATES including portraits of masters, hunters, hounds, horses, notices, maps, etc. Apperley 'earned the respect of sportsmen everywhere' and 'held a unique position in his day and left an imperishable memory in sporting history' (ODNB). Schwerdt I, p.39.

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