Memoirs of The Life of the Late John Mytton, Esqre. of Halston, Shropshire, ... : with Notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, Eccentric, and Extravagant Exploits
1875, First Edition thus. London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd. Good copy in contemporary gilt-blocked green cloth boards, now lightly scuffed and spotted. Corners bumped, with joints and endbands torn in places (no loss). Reader gift inscription (1928) to front free endpaper. Text block remains sound and clean; colour plates retain their letterpress tissue-guards. A well-preserved example overall. Provenance; bookplate of Thomas Picton Rose-Richards. Item #471189
Physical description; xxv, [1], 234 pages : frontispiece (colour), [19] colour plates ; 27 cm. Notes; Date conjectural. Engraved title page. "By Nimrod," i.e. Charles James Apperley. "Reprinted (with considerable additions) from the New Sporting Magazine." Subjects; Mytton, John (1796-1834). Hunting. Shooting. Driving. Racing. Eccentrics. 19th century. Shropshire. England. Biography.
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