The Chase, The Road, and The Turf / By Nimrod (The Sportsman's Library; 6)
Edward Arnold, 1898. First Edition. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #L065276
Slight wear to spine edges (rubbing); slight rubbing and browning to covers (leather over cloth; chiefly to edges); previous owner's (bookseller's?) printed paper label remnants on first preliminary leaf; slight internal browning (chiefly to preliminaries, edges and endpapers). xvi, [6], 334 pages + plates. 'A new edition' (title page) of the original 3 pseudonymously published sporting articles from the Quarterly Review (first published in book form in 1837). Introduction by Herbert Maxwell; with the original first edition preface, plus index; also notable for the engraved illustrations (in particular the color frontispiece, after Alken). BMC, volume 1, page 815, column 170. Bound in 3/4 dark red morocco over red cloth, gilt-stamped and decorated spine with partly raised bands, covers ruled gilt, light brown/blue cockerell endpapers, t.e.g., foredges untrimmed. Nice, tight copy internally.Alken, Henry (illustrator); Maclise, Daniel (illustrator); Wilson, T. C. (illustrator); 1 Color & 20 b/w Illustrations / Plates.
Price: $65.00