Memoirs of the Life of the late John Mytton, Esq.
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Author: Nimrod [Apperley, Charles James]
Title: Memoirs of the Life of the late John Mytton, Esq., of Halson, Shropshire, formerly M.P. for Shrewsbury, High Sheriff for the Counties of Salop & Merioneth, and Major of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry; with Notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric, and Extravagant Exploits
Place Published: London
Publisher:Rudolph Ackermann
Date Published: 1851
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[2], ix, [1], 218, pp. Engraved title page and 18 hand-colored engraved plates by Henry Alken and T.J. Rawlins. (8vo) navy blue full crushed morocco by Wallis, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, raised bands, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Original cloth bound in at rear. Modern quarter morocco clamshell box lettered in gilt. Third Edition, third issue.
Original blue cloth front cover and spine panel bound in. Bound without the four pages of terminal ads. A handsome copy of one of the classics of sporting literature in its best edition. This is the first edition to contain the life of Apperley by Robert Surtees. Abbey, Life in England, 385; Tooley, 68. Tipped in at front free endpaper is a slip reading: This Book was purchased in 1941 from London whilst the great battle for civilization was in progress - Francis Edwards Ltd."
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