The Chace, The Road and the Turf by Nimrod

John Lane the Bodley Head, 1927. First Thus. Leather Binding. Near Fine. Item #604512

Beautifully bound in full red polished calf by Riviere & Son, spine with raised bands, contrasting green and grey morocco labels, and elaborate gilt tooling incorporating racing and hunting motifs with gilt surrounds of flower and leaf designs,covers bordered with triple fillets in gilt with gilt roundels at corners, upper cover features titling in gilt, gilt-tooled inner dentelles feature a floral motif, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers (minor sunning to spine and edges, light rubbing and surface wear). Notes: Includes index. Nimrod is a psuedonym for Charles James Apperley. Description: xvi, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm Responsibility: by Nimrod ; a new edition with an introduction by W. Shaw Sparrow ; and nineteen illustrations in colour, half-tone and line after Francis Barlow, George Stubbs, John Wooton, Tom Rowlandson, Henry Alken, F.C. Turner, James Pollard, G. Havell, J.F. Herring, Sen., Wildrake & Thomas Bewick.

Price: $250.00