[Rarebooks] The Life of John Mytton by Nimrod

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The Life of John Mytton, Esquire of Halston, Shropshire, Formerly M. P.  for 
Shrewsbury, High Sheriff for the Counties of Salop & Merioneth and Major  of 
the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry; with Notices of his Hunting, Shooting,  
Driving, Racing, Eccentric, and Extravagant Exploits.  By Nimrod.   With 
Numerous Illustrations by H. Alken and T. J. Rawlins.  London:   Kegan Paul, 
Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.  Reprinted with considerable  Additions from the New 
Sporting Magazine.  Includes the Life of  Nimrod.  Sm 4to, pp. (iii-xxvi) 234.  
Original green ribbed cloth  with gilt decorations on the front, side and spine. 
 Published in two  editions in 1834 and 1837, with some additional plates in 
the second  edition.  This facsimile edition combines plates from both in one  
volume.  The twenty hand-colored plates are reproductions in the size  and 
color of the originals, and all are present as issued with captioned tissue  
guards.  Tight, intact, text-block clean.  Top-edge foxed,  corners 
bumped/rubbed, edgewear, slightly scuffed.  Very Good+  condition.  $50.00 
 
 According to witty reviews by Virginia Woolf in Collected  Essays, and A. 
Edward Newton in The Greatest Book in the World, Mytton was considered the very 
model of English sport:  reckless,  penniless, a practical joker doomed to a 
tragic end met with cheer.
 
 
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