APPERLEY, Charles James. The Life of a Sportsman by Nimrod, London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1842, 8°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, engraved half title, frontispiece and 34 etched plates after Henry Alken, all hand-coloured (half title and title detached), original blue cloth gilt (slight wear and fading to spine and corners), g.e., bookplate of Edward Henry Hill, preserved in a green, quarter morocco box. [Schwerdt I p. 36]