Octavo. “Third edition.”

Nimrod was the pen name of Charles James Apperly, English sportsman and sporting writer. This book is beautifully Illustrated with 32 engravings by Alken, Cooper, Fernley and Barenger. The binding is decorated with gold tooled illustrations of a horse, dog, riding whip and stirrups on the spine and a saddle, whip and horn on the cover.

Gold tooled green cloth.
Some shelf wear.

Often described as a classic fishing book, this is one of the early general angling manuals. It has 9 engraved plates plus text illustrations. Green cloth gilt stamped binding. Gilt decorations include insets of tied flies, of two people stream fishing from a boat, and a fish laying on top of a book and a creel.  An attractive book to display on a shelf or on a tabletop.

Good condition. Spine rubbed. Shelf wear.

This is the Original Uncle Remus Book containing the stories of the Tar Baby, How Mr. Rabbit Lost His Tail, and other original Uncle Remus favorites. Contains 112 illustrations by A.B. Frost.

Pictorial red cloth binding with gilt lettering.
Minor shelf wear.
Inscribed in pencil “Baldwin from Father Summer 1900”

Copy No. 63 from a limited edition of 560 copies.

A charming volume of reminiscences of riding and foxhunting in Radnor, Pennsylvania over the period between November 23, 1912 and January 1, 1952.

An early entry describes a game called “That Reminds Me” that Mr. Reeves plays with his grandson. The grandson would bring a toy to teatime and Mr. Reeve would recount a story about of an experience that the toy brings to mind. Another amusing story involves a greyhound named Reddy who guided his masters to a groundhog whose head was stuck in a can, apparently in order for them to help free the animal.

One story will be of special interest to paintings collectors. Mr. Reeve bought a painting purported to be by Ben Marshall but the price was so low that he did not believe it to be an original until he later saw the image displayed in the Boodles Club on St. James in London and realized that his painting was actually an important original sketch of a painting.

People mentioned in the text include Isaac Clothier, Eddie Koch, Lynwood Palmer, Ray  Hayes, Mrs. Edgar Scott, Robert E. Strawbridge, Mrs. Reeve, Mrs. Whitney, Mr. J.R. Kerr, Miss Kitty Reeve, R.E. Strawbridge, Jr., Andrew Van Pelt, Campbell Weir, Mrs. John Cross, Mrs. Howe Low, Frazier Cheston, and Alfred Bissell.

Red cloth gilt stamped with “Cheshire Fox Hounds” on cover.
Excellent condition in slipcase.

Signed by the author. Copy 245 out of 570 copies printed.

The preface reveals the humorous tone of the work. The first line states, “Most of the anecdotes and stories, both historical and otherwise, in this volume are quite near the truth.” The chapters include “Brookthorpe to Street Road”, “Street Road to Runnymede”, “Runnymede to Unionville”, “Unionville to West Chester”, “West Chester to Rocky Hill”, Rocky Hill to Brookthorpe.” The illustrations include Miss Katherine R. Reeve on ‘Real Gold’, “Thayendanegea”, “The Cerne Giant, Cheshire Hounds at Runnymede, Cheshire Foxhounds’ Puppy Show, Bryn Mawr Hound Show, 1937., Henry G. Vaughan, Esq., M>F>H., The Haycock Hotel, Beagle Day at Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr, 1939, Mrs W. Plunket Stewart, Mrs. J. Stanley Reeve..

Red cloth. Gilt stamped image of a fox and horns on the cover.
Marbled end papers. Bookplate of “John Hartwell Richards, Jr. Ex MFH”
Very good condition with mylar protecting cover.