APPERLEY, Charles James. Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton… by Nimrod. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1835.
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[APPERLEY, Charles James.] Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton… by Nimrod. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1835. First edition of 'a most valuable and important book for the sporting life of the period, aptly described by Newton as "a biography of a real man that reads like a work of fiction"' (Tooley). Octavo (195 x 125mm). Aquatint frontispiece and 11 plates, all hand-coloured, by Alken (1 small repaired tear, some light marginal soiling). 20th-century polished calf gilt by Rivière (a few minor scratches). Sold with 3 other volumes: WALTON, Izaak and Charles COTTON. The Complete Angler (London, 1815); SCROPE, William. The Art of Deer-Stalking (London, 1838); -- Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed (London, 1843). Sold not subject to return.
