![[APPERLEY, Charles James.] Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton by Nimrod. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. 8° (210 x 130mm). Aquatint frontispiece and 11 plates, all hand-coloured, by Alken. (Some mostly marginal spotting and soiling, imprint of some plates trimmed by the binder.) Full red morocco by Riviere and Son, spine gilt with repeated fox-mask tool, sides gilt with sporting tools, top edge gilt, original brown cloth covers bound in.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_04354_0123_000(apperley_charles_james_memoirs_of_the_life_of_the_late_john_mytton_by010629).jpg?w=1)
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[APPERLEY, Charles James.] Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton by Nimrod. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. 8° (210 x 130mm). Aquatint frontispiece and 11 plates, all hand-coloured, by Alken. (Some mostly marginal spotting and soiling, imprint of some plates trimmed by the binder.) Full red morocco by Riviere and Son, spine gilt with repeated fox-mask tool, sides gilt with sporting tools, top edge gilt, original brown cloth covers bound in.
FIRST EDITION of the life of this fearless and famously foolhardy sportsman who drank four to six bottles of port a day, and died of delirium tremens in the King's Bench prison, aged 38. FINELY BOUND BY RIVIERE. Tooley 66; Schwerdt I, p. 38.
FIRST EDITION of the life of this fearless and famously foolhardy sportsman who drank four to six bottles of port a day, and died of delirium tremens in the King's Bench prison, aged 38. FINELY BOUND BY RIVIERE. Tooley 66; Schwerdt I, p. 38.