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[SURTEES, Robert Smith]. Analysis of the Hunting Field. London: Cook and Co. for Rudolph Ackermann, 1846. 8° (244 x 150mm.). Half-title, preface dated October 1846 and 4pp. publisher's advertisments at back, hand-coloured aquatint additional title and six plates, wood-engraved illustrations, all after Henry Alken. Original green cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, g.e. (neatly rebacked with original spine laid down), later green straight-grained morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. A fine copy. Schwerdt I.p.232; Tooley 470.
[APPERLEY, Charles James] ('Nimrod'). The Chace, the Turf, and the Road. London: A.Spottiswoode for John Murray, 1837. 8° (225 x 140mm.). 18pp. publisher's advertisments at back, engraved portrait frontispiece after Daniel Maclise, 13 hand-coloured wood engraved plates after Henry Alken. Original green cloth, blocked in gilt and blind (neatly re-cased with inner hinges repaired), modern cloth box. FIRST EDITION. A fine copy but without the 'leaf with testimonial subscribed "P.Hawker"' mentioned by Schwerdt I.p.36. (2)
[APPERLEY, Charles James] ('Nimrod'). The Chace, the Turf, and the Road. London: A.Spottiswoode for John Murray, 1837. 8° (225 x 140mm.). 18pp. publisher's advertisments at back, engraved portrait frontispiece after Daniel Maclise, 13 hand-coloured wood engraved plates after Henry Alken. Original green cloth, blocked in gilt and blind (neatly re-cased with inner hinges repaired), modern cloth box. FIRST EDITION. A fine copy but without the 'leaf with testimonial subscribed "P.Hawker"' mentioned by Schwerdt I.p.36. (2)