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First edition in book form of The Cahce, The Turf and The Road by Nimrod, illustrated by Henry Alken.
First edition in book form of The Cahce, The Turf and The Road by Nimrod, illustrated by Henry Alken.
First edition in book form of The Cahce, The Turf and The Road by Nimrod, illustrated by Henry Alken.
First edition in book form of The Cahce, The Turf and The Road by Nimrod, illustrated by Henry Alken.
First edition in book form of The Cahce, The Turf and The Road by Nimrod, illustrated by Henry Alken.

[APPERLEY, Charles James] NIMROD (pseud.); ALKEN, Henry (illustrator).

The Chace [sic], The Turf and The Road.

London, John Murray, 1837.

£950.00
£950.00

The Chace [sic], The Turf and The Road.

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First edition in book form of this collection of articles pertaining to horse riding, hunting, horse-drawn vehicles and chases, originally serialised in the Quarterly Review.

Charles James Apperley (1777-1843),was an English sportsman and sporting writer, better known by his pseudonym Nimrod, under which he published his works on the chase and on the turf.

First edition in book form; 8vo; 13 hand-coloured engraved plates after Alken, hand-coloured engraved portrait frontispiece by E. Finden after D. Maclise, frontispiece part-detached with a couple of repaired short closed tears to fore-edge, bookplate to front pastedown, mild toning; 19th century calf gilt by A. Wallis, spine in 6 panelled compartments, gilt lettered to second on red morocco ground, others richly gilt, raised bands, slight wear to joints, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; a very good copy.

Siltzer, p.73; Schwerdt I, p.36.

Stock code 113426

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First edition in book form of The Cahce, The Turf and The Road by Nimrod, illustrated by Henry Alken.

The Chace [sic], The Turf and The Road.

£950.00
£950.00

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