Remarks on the Condition of Hunters, The Choice of Horses, and Their Management - In a series of Familiar Letters, Originally Published in The Sporting Magazine between 1822 and 1828. by Nimrod

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London: M. A. Pitman, 1837. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original cloth-backed drab hardcovers. Spine label mostly lost. Slight soiling. Moderate wear and bumping to edges & corners of covers. Some light foxing and staining to paper. Endpapers and hinges cracked -- text-block loose from covers. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked text. Still a useful original copy. Index. viii,503p..

London: M. A. Pittman, 1837. Half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, black morocco title label with gilt title, (8.5 x 5.5 inches). Third Edition. 503 pages with Notes and Index; illustrated. Shows wear and rubbing to exterior, some expected foxing to prelims, internally clean. Remains a desirable copy in leather binding. Leather. Good. Octavo.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-01-17. Paperback. Used:Good.

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London: Pittman, 1855. hardcover. very good. With notes and index. 406pp., thick 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, paper label on spine; (small dampstain on front cover, corners bumped). London: M.A. Pittman, 1855. Fourth Edition. Very good.<br/><br/> Revised by Cornelius Tongue.<br/><br/>

London: Printed and Published by M.A. Pittman, 1831. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine. 8vo. [5], vi-vii, [2], 2-503, [5] pp. Half bound in red morocco over red cloth, spine has fived raised bands, with lettering and decorations in gilt. All edges gilt. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf. With notes and a copious index. Text internally clean and bright. Apperley was a Welsh writer and sportsman who wrote on hunting and horse racing in England during the early nineteenth century. An exceptional copy of a history of recreation during the early nineteenth century, and a nice example of a Zaehnsdorf binding. A very near Fine book with minor wear to the joints, else a beautiful copy.

London: M A Pittman, 1831. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. The first edition of this work regarding hunting and horses by noted sporting author 'Nimrod'. 'Nimrod' is the pseudonym for Charles James Apperley, a Welsh sportsman and sporting writer from an English family. Other works by Apperley include 'Nimrods German Tour' and 'The Chase, the Turf and the Road'. He also contributed regularly to important Sporting Magazines. This work looks at the condition of hunters, the effects of stable management conditions, treatment of hunters in the summer and further ailments that hunters can have. With the bookplate of one Oliver Collett to the front pastedown. A smart first edition of this work. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, generally smart with light rubbing to the joints and spine. A few marks to boards. Bookplate to the front pastedown, Oliver Collett. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright. A few light spots to the fore… Read More

London : M. A. Pittman, 1831. First edition. The first book from the pen of "unquestionably the greatest hunting correspondent of all time" (Higginson) - with everything one might wish to know about high-bred racers and hunters - bran mashes, broken wind, capped hocks, Cherry's elastic pads, clipping, colic, curbs, docking, farcy, firing, founder, frog, megrims, rowels, spavins, splents and so much more - in entertaining anecdote and detailed practice. Medium 8vo (224 x 138mm). (viii),(504),[ii] + 8pp advertisements dated January 1832. Bound in a lavish later (early twentieth-century) half crimson morocco, banded and gilt with horse and horseshoes, by Root & Son; top edge gilt; ribbon marker; marbled endpapers; binding skilfully touched up in one or two places; occasional minor spotting, but a very handsome copy. Podeschi 138 - not noting the inserted advertisement leaves of the present copy.