(SPORTING) Alken Henry [Apperley CJ] By Nimrod Life of a Spo

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(SPORTING.) Alken, Henry. [Apperley, C.J.] By Nimrod. The Life of a Sportsman. 36 hand-colored aquatint plates by Alken. 8vo, full crimson morocco by Tout, gilt-extra with hunt-inspired vignettes in cornerpieces and side panels, spine gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, chip to spine foot, front joint with 4-inch split, wide gilt turn-ins; contents clean with coloring bright; Hannah Hobart Prince bookplate; 2 pp. ads followed by 8 pp. catalogue at end. London: Ackerman, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 1842

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first edition, first issue, with plates 3,4,5 and 11 mounted as called for, plate 33 in the first issue with the longer caption. Tooley 65; Schwerdt I, 36.