[Plates/Hunting] Charles James Apperley. 2 Titles.
++ NIMROD'S HUNTING TOURS…INCLUDING NOTICES OF THE PRINCIPAL CRACK RIDERS OF ENGLAND… London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1903. One of 500 copies. 4to. xxiii,[1],400 pages including List of Names. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in ¾ black morocco, five raised bands, four panels with gilt emblems (horse, fox, and dog heads) and arabesque, top edges gilt, marbled boards and endpapers. Light wear to edges of the covers where marbled, gilt on spine fairly bright, no owner's name, very good condition, negligible foxing. 18 color plates after various artists, each with printed guard. ++ Nimrod. THE LIFE OF JOHN MYTTON, ESQ. OF HALSTON, SHROPSHIRE. London: George Routledge & Sons, n.d. [1869]. Fourth Edition. 4to. [xii],234 pages. 18 hand-colored aquatints by H. Alken and T. J. Rawlins. Later full red morocco, gilt flourishes and head of fox at each corner of both covers, 6-panel spine with gilt design and hunting motif, two labels, marbled endpapers with gilt dentelles.
Small areas of edges rubbed, several surface scrapes to rear cover. Leaf v-vi has long irregular tears repaired, few plate margins soiled/stained, edges frayed. Tooley 68. 6.2 Lb.