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ALKEN, Henry Thomas (1785-1851). Symptoms of Being
Amused. London: Thomas McLean, 1822.
Oblong 4to (260 x 360 mm). Hand-colored etched title and numerous lithographic plates, many on paper watermarked “J Whatman Turkey Mill” 1821-1822. (Approximately 33 mm. tear on one text leaf, spotting and offsetting.) Modern half red morocco, gilt (dampstaining to upper cover, edges worn with associated losses, boards and spine faded). The plates depict riders and sportsmen caught in every variety of attitude.
of the Late John Mytton… by Nimrod. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1835. 8vo (209 x 133 mm). Aquatint frontispiece, 11 hand-colored aquatint plates. (Some minor browning). Publisher’s brown gold-stamped cloth (rebacked, preserving original spine, some light wear); cloth slipcase. 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). Provenance: H.W. Selby Lowndes (1813-1885) English sportsman (bookplate); Alfred Barmore Maclay (1871-1944) American equestrian (bookplate); Sold Christie’s, 23 May 1997, lot 178.
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Seven parts in one volume, oblong folio (325 x 480 mm). 42 uncolored etched plates tipped to black sheets, tissue guards, on unwatermarked wove paper. (A few plates with very minor spotting mostly to margins or verso, a few soft creases.) Later red half morocco (minor dampstain to upper cover, some light rubbing). Presumed later edition of uncolored restrikes, complete list with imprint dates available on request.
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[APPERLEY, Charles James (1777-1843).] Memoirs of the Life
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ALKEN, Henry (1785-1851). [Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting, and other Sports; Caught in Leicestershire, &c. Imprint: London: Thomas M’Lean, 1826-1830, but later].
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[APPERLEY, Charles James (1777-1843).] Memoirs of the Life of
the Late John Mytton… by Nimrod. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. 8vo (237 x 150 mm). Engraved title, 18 hand-colored engraved plates by Henry Alken and Rawlins. (Prudish erasure to caption of plate facing p.127.) 19th-century red morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (rebacked preserving original spine); original cloth bound in at end. Second edition, including 6 more plates than the first edition. Schwerdt I, 38; Abbey Life 385. Provenance: Sir David Salomons Bart. (armorial bookplate); James E. Gowen (his sale, Sotheby’s New York, 20 October 1977, lot 14); sold Christie’s, 23 May 1997, Lot 179. $300-400
