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 ALKEN, Henry, Hunting Recollections
ALKEN, Henry
Hunting Recollections
London: R. Ackermann, 1829. Tally-Ho" One of the Rarest of all Henry Alken's Books ALKEN, Henry. Hunting Recollections. London: R. Ackermann, January 1st, 1829. First edition. Oblong folio (10 3/16 x 13 3/8 inches; 259 x 340 mm.). Six superb hand-colored etched plates, all heightened with gum arabic. Image size 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches; 210 x 273 mm. Bound without the letterpress leaf. All plates with imprint "London. Pub.d Jan.y 1. 1829, by R. Ackermann, Jun.r 191 Regent Street". Bound ca. 1930 at the Lakeside Press Chicago (stamp signed on front turn-in) in half brown morocco over patterned boards, decoratively ruled in gilt. Front cover with rectangular brown morocco label decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt. Smooth spine lettered in gilt. Housed in the original fleece-lined, brown buckram slipcase. With the bookplate of Joel Spitz on the front paste-down. Each plate has the series title "Hunting Recollections" engraved above the subject. The 'recollections' are actually the hunting witticisms which are recorded below each plate. Excessively rare with just two copies at auction over the past fifty years (both with window-mounted plates and both without letterpress leaf). OCLC locates no copies in libraries and institutions worldwide. The plates: 1. "Ware' _ Horse __D__n these Hot Horses _ they are seldom worth more than a bunch of dog's meat after a ten minutes' burst." (January 1st, 1829). 2. "So much for your Pepper __ now I want it you turn out a top." (January 1st, 1829). 3. "By the Lord Harry my Chestnut Horse can almost fly." (January 1st, 1829). 4. "Essex to wit." (January 1st, 1829). 5. "Push en sharp __ at it my Lord __ there be a h__l of a ditch a t'other side." (January 1st, 1829). 6. "There. I thought how 'twou'd be __ that e're Lord ha'n't half devil enough in him." (January 1st, 1829). Schwerdt III, p. 4 (no letterpress leaf); Mellon/Snelgrove 31; Siltzer p. 63 (1836 reissue only); Bobins IV, 1378; Not in Tooley. .
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Keywords: Caricatures Hunting Sports

 ALKEN, Henry, Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting and Other Sports;
ALKEN, Henry
Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting and Other Sports;
London: Thomas M'Lean, 1826-30. First Edition, Early Issue The Mishaps of a Maladroit Equestrian On The Hunt And Coaches Out of Control "Have You Any Idea Which Way The Hounds Went? ALKEN, Henry. Ideas, Accidental and Incidental To Hunting and Other Sports.; Caught in Leicestershire, &c. London: Thomas M'Lean, n.d. [1826-1830]. First edition, early issue, with plates dated 1826-1830 and watermarked 1828. Upright folio (14 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches; 358 x 270 mm). Letterpress title and forty-two hand colored soft-ground etchings with protective interleaves. Plate number 26 with inner marginal insect damage just touching image, plate numbers 15 & 16 with small spot on the inner blank side margin. Contemporary half dark green morocco over tan cloth boards, front cover with rectangular maroon morocco label, decoratively bordered and lettered in gilt. Spine with five shallow 'triple' bands decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt in compartments, all edges rough gilt, pale blue endpapers. Top of spine and corners a little rubbed. With the bookplate of R. Ackermann, Junr. Regent Street, and also the publisher's original small square label "Ideas, by H. Alken. 42 Plates. Price £4. 10s. half-bound" on front paste-down. A superb example of this wonderful and highly amusing Alken rarity. A fine copy of the rare first edition. The plates depicting humorous equestrian incidents and the dangers often associated when out hunting and not fully in control of your horse. Here we see Alken's skills of composition, his understanding of horses in motion, combined with his brilliant talent for drawing to produce one of the most amusing books on hunting and coaching. "This book was published in 1830. The humorous text is etched on the plates, which were originally issued serially in seven wrappers parts from 1827 [1826] through 1830. The letterpress title-page and publisher's issue binding make a 'book' out of what would otherwise be an assembly of prints" (Mellon/Podeschi). "First issued in upright folio [as here]. A fire consumed part of the stock, and the plates were reissued in oblong folio. These latter are inferior" (Tooley). The draftmanship is good, the colouring vivid, and the inscriptions on the plates are humourous. No copies in British Museum" (Schwerdt). Bobins II, 760; Mellon/Podeschi 136; Tooley 36; Schwerdt I, pp. 17-18; Siltzer, p. 72; Maggs catalog #802 (1951) item 57 (£225). The Plates: 1. My good people I beg you not to disturb yourselves but have you any Idea which way the Hounds went (1830). 2. I say my good woman have you any Idea how they manage here to get a horse out of a brook? (1826). 3. They may call this pleasure, but I have an Idea that it has brought me into considerable trouble (1826). 4. I say my dear fellow I have an Idea that it will make a considerable alteration to your personal appearance (1826). 5. I say my hearty fellow, have you any Idea where I can get a personal conveyance to Melton? (1826). 6. I say my good fellow have you not an Idea that this hunting is exceedingly dangerous? (1826). 7. I say old furnace, have you any Idea how far it is to Melton? (1826). 8. I say old buck, have you any Idea where I can find the hounds? / Begging your pardon Sir.. (1827). 9. I had not the most distant Idea of what was on the other side (1827). 10. I shall soon loose all my Ideas (1827). 11. I say my hearty chap have you any Idea what ought to be done in the present case. (1827). 12. I have an Idea he is going and with him my 150 Guineas (1827). 13. I do not think he has an Idea left / But I have an Idea that he is dead (1827). 14. I have an Idea its ten to one but we are down now &c. (1827). (Small spot on blank side margin). 15. I say my clever feller, have you an Idea you can make this thing capable of progression? (1827). 16. I say Captain, I have an Idea we have run foul of several things in our passage (1827). 17. I have an Idea my Lord that nothing but Time or a stone wall will stop them &c (1827). 18. I say my dear Sir, have you not an Idea that there is considerable danger in the present case? (1827). 19. I have an Idea that I have got them rather too much together now (1827). 20. I say Bob you addent an Idea I could ride so well as you / I can't look just now.. (n.d). 21. My high Tom, I have an Idea we shall soon be off, &c. (n.d). 22. I ave an Idea I am down now Tom (n.d). 23. I say my buck you avent no Idea where the Ounds are, ave you? (n.d). 24. I say Joe you addent no idea it was so deep, ad you, &c. (n.d). 25. I say my boy we ave got some Ideas about the Unting now avent we? (n.d). 26. By George Harry, I have an Idea that the thing is not quite so easy as I anticipated (1830). 27. My good fellow I have an idea that I shall be right on the top of you (1830). 28. I have an Idea that this is a situation that this of considerable difficulty (1830). 29. I have an Idea that this is a most important and effective Fall (1830). 30. My dear fellows I should be extremely sorry to speak of any Country with disrespect but I have an Idea that the water here abouts is not exceedingly fragrant (1830). 31. You can have no Idea what a magnificent day I have had (1830). 32. This is just to give you an Idea of a Steeple Chase (1830). 33. I have an Idea that this is our Yeoman Cavalry races (1830). 34. I have a strong Idea we shall hit som' thing this time (1830). 35. Is that really a Are, &c. (1830). 36. I begin to have an Idea that this Tandem driving is not altogether free from danger (1830). 37. I had not the most distant Idea of Getting in such sport as this (1830). 38. My good fellows I have an Idea that this sort of gate was make for only one at a time to go through (1830). 39. I have an Idea that this Fence is either too High or that my Horse is too Short (1830). 40. I have no idea what could induce me to follow you over this d..d rotten Bridge (1830). 41. I have an Idea I shall win now if I can but carry in my weight (1830). 42. I positively have no Idea what I am to do in this case &c. (1830). .
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 ALKEN, Henry, Illustrations to Popular Songs
ALKEN, Henry
Illustrations to Popular Songs
London: Thomas M'Lean, 1823. True Sportsmen are We for the Game Once in View" ALKEN, Henry. Illustrations to Popular Songs. London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1822. First edition, first issue. Oblong folio (9 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches; 235 x 347 mm.). [1] leaf (Address). Forty-two (of forty-three) hand-colored etched plates (including added pictorial title). All plates dated 1822. Each plate contains two to six comical scenes, including several hunting or sporting scenes, illustrating titles of popular songs. Bound without the letterpress-title and the plate "No more I'll court the town bred fair &c" Full contemporary russia, covers decoratively stamped in blind and gilt, front cover letters in gilt, spine with title stamped in blind, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Board edges a little rubbed. A very good copy. "First issued in 1822, reissued in 1823, 1825, 1826, 1831" (Tooley). "'Swans sing before they die --- 'twere no bad thing "'Should some folks die before they sing.' "So whispered a friend to Mr. Alken, when they were once compelled to hear the discordant notes of a volunteer at a convivial party. 'I wish it were so,' said the Artist, 'but the words of the Song furnish a good subject for a Sketch,' and he soon presented his friend with the Illustration of 'Begone Dull Care,' this was much approved of, and became the first 'Symptom' of the 'Illustrations of Popular Songs,' a Work intended to furnish the Amateur of the Fine Arts, and of Singing, with characteristic representations of his favourite subjects, that he may have the pleasure of beholding the Poet's fancy, embodied by the glowing warmth of the Artist's fertile imagination." (Introduction). Schwerdt IV, p. 4 (1823 issue). Tooley 37. Not in Abbey. .
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 ALKEN, Henry, Illustrations to Popular Songs
ALKEN, Henry
Illustrations to Popular Songs
London: , 1823. The Duke of Gloucester's Copy With Three of the Original Pencil Sketches for the Book By Henry Alken ALKEN, Henry. Illustrations to Popular Songs. London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1823. First edition, second issue. Oblong folio (9 15/16 x 14 3/8 inches; 253 x 366 mm.). [2] leaves (containing letterpress title and "Address" leaf). Forty-three hand-colored etched plates (including added pictorial title). With three of the original pencil sketches by Henry Alken that were used to prepare the soft-ground printing plates, with ink or pencil captions for plates no. 5, 34, and 39. All plates dated 1822. Each plate contains two to six comical scenes, including several hunting or sporting scenes, illustrating titles of popular songs. Plates watermarked 1821-1824. Bound ca. 1900 in quarter plum straight-grain morocco over marbled boards. Plum straight-grain morocco title label to upper board. Gilt rules to spine. Small chip to bottom of spine. With the armorial bookplate of Prince Henry, first duke of Gloucester (1900-1974) on front paste-down. Minimal foxing to pictorial title-page, endpapers creased, still a superb and unique example. The three additional preparatory drawings are tipped to blank leaves facing the relevant plate. "First issued in 1822, reissued in 1823, 1825, 1826, 1831" (Tooley). "'Swans sing before they die --- 'twere no bad thing "'Should some folks die before they sing.' "So whispered a friend to Mr. Alken, when they were once compelled to hear the discordant notes of a volunteer at a convivial party. 'I wish it were so,' said the Artist, 'but the words of the Song furnish a good subject for a Sketch,' and he soon presented his friend with the Illustration of 'Begone Dull Care,' this was much approved of, and became the first 'Symptom' of the 'Illustrations of Popular Songs,' a Work intended to furnish the Amateur of the Fine Arts, and of Singing, with characteristic representations of his favourite subjects, that he may have the pleasure of beholding the Poet's fancy, embodied by the glowing warmth of the Artist's fertile imagination." (Introduction). Provenance: Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester's copy with his bookplate Schwerdt IV, p. 4 (1823 issue); Siltzer p. 71; Tooley 37 (1822 issue); Not in Abbey. .
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 ALKEN, Henry; NIMROD; APPERLEY, Charles J., Life of a Sportsman, the
ALKEN, Henry; NIMROD; APPERLEY, Charles J.
Life of a Sportsman, the
London: Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 1842. First Issue The "Rich In Interest" Classic With 36 Hand-Colored Aquatints in the Original Cloth [ALKEN, Henry, illustrator]. NIMROD (pseud. of Charles J. Apperley). The Life of a Sportsman. With Thirty-Six Coloured Illustrations by Henry Alken. London: R. Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 1842. First edition, first issue with four plates on India paper mounted on plate paper, and plate at p. 348 in first state. Octavo (9 1/2 x 5 3/4 in; 243 x 145 mm). vi, [2, contents], 402, [10, catalog] pp. Thirty-four hand-colored aquatint plates. Extra engraved aquatint title page, vignettes and portrait. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt vignette and border blocked in blind, expertly recased. Gilt decorated spine. All edges gilt. New endpapers in pale yellow as original. A fine copy. Housed in a quarter blue morocco drop-front clamshell box. "When Lockhart said of 'Nimrod' that he could 'hunt like Hugo Meynell and write like Walter Scott,' he was doubtless excited into exaggeration by the pleasure of having hit upon a man who could write of sport without the vulgarity of Egan..The Life of a Sportsman, published in 1842, contains a very pleasant account of country life in days when sport was no longer confused with debauchery; while its descriptions of runs to hounds, its lore of hunting and of four-in-hand driving, and its variety of incident and anecdote make it still both valuable and agreeable. Apperley, though not a Walter Scott, was a good writer; he knew his subject thoroughly, on both the scientific and the personal sides, and this work of fiction, though poor in plot, is rich in interest" (Cambridge History of English and American Literature, Volume XIV. The Victorian Age, Part Two. Ch. 15, Nimrod). Charles J. Apperley (1778-1843) "began writing for the Sporting Magazine. From his boyhood his ruling passions had been hunting, horse-riding, and horse management..Apperley's expert knowledge and social status made him an invaluable recruit to the sporting press of the time, and he may even be said to have created the role of gentleman hunting correspondent. Writing at first under various pseudonyms (Acastus, Eques, and A), he published his first article for the Sporting Magazine as Nimrod in January 1822 and he subsequently usually used that nom de plume. For five seasons, from 1824 to 1828, he was the magazine's official representative..Many of his articles were in serial form and were subsequently published as books, notably his Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton (1837) and The Life of a Sportsman (1842).. his ability and authority were unquestioned. He earned the respect of sportsmen everywhere not only for his skillful and fearless riding but also for the knowledge and judgment he displayed in his writings and for his unrivaled experience of the hunting world. As Nimrod he held a unique position in his day and left an imperishable memory in sporting history" (Oxford DNB). Podeschi 167. Siltzer, p. 73. Schwerdt I, p. 36. Tooley, 65. .
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Keywords: NIMROD APPERLEY, Charles J. Hunting Sports

 ALKEN, Henry; NIMROD; APPERLEY, Charles J., Life of a Sportsman, the
ALKEN, Henry; NIMROD; APPERLEY, Charles J.
Life of a Sportsman, the
London: Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 1842. First Issue The "Rich In Interest" Classic With 36 Hand-Colored Aquatints and Bound by Zaehsndorf [ALKEN, Henry, illustrator]. NIMROD (pseud. of Charles J. Apperley). The Life of a Sportsman. By Nimrod. With Thirty-Six Coloured Illustrations by Henry Alken. London: Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 1842. First edition, first issue with four plates on India paper mounted on plate paper, and plate at p. 348 in first state. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 inches; 235 x 152 mm). vi, [2, contents], 402, pp. Thirty-four hand-colored aquatint plates. Extra engraved aquatint title page, vignettes and portrait. Bound ca. 1900 by Zaehsndorf - stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in. Full dark blue crushed levant morocco, covers triple-ruled in gilt surrounding a blind-tooled rule. Spine with five raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments, double-ruled board edges, wide elaborate gilt turn-ins, cream watered silk liners and endleaves, all edges gilt. Spine very slightly faded, small chip on headband, otherwise near fine. "When Lockhart said of 'Nimrod' that he could 'hunt like Hugo Meynell and write like Walter Scott,' he was doubtless excited into exaggeration by the pleasure of having hit upon a man who could write of sport without the vulgarity of Egan..The Life of a Sportsman, published in 1842, contains a very pleasant account of country life in days when sport was no longer confused with debauchery; while its descriptions of runs to hounds, its lore of hunting and of four-in-hand driving, and its variety of incident and anecdote make it still both valuable and agreeable. Apperley, though not a Walter Scott, was a good writer; he knew his subject thoroughly, on both the scientific and the personal sides, and this work of fiction, though poor in plot, is rich in interest" (Cambridge History of English and American Literature, Volume XIV. The Victorian Age, Part Two. Ch. 15, Nimrod). Charles J. Apperley (1778-1843) "began writing for the Sporting Magazine. From his boyhood his ruling passions had been hunting, horse-riding, and horse management..Apperley's expert knowledge and social status made him an invaluable recruit to the sporting press of the time, and he may even be said to have created the role of gentleman hunting correspondent. Writing at first under various pseudonyms (Acastus, Eques, and A), he published his first article for the Sporting Magazine as Nimrod in January 1822 and he subsequently usually used that nom de plume. For five seasons, from 1824 to 1828, he was the magazine's official representative..Many of his articles were in serial form and were subsequently published as books, notably his Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton (1837) and The Life of a Sportsman (1842).. his ability and authority were unquestioned. He earned the respect of sportsmen everywhere not only for his skillful and fearless riding but also for the knowledge and judgment he displayed in his writings and for his unrivaled experience of the hunting world. As Nimrod he held a unique position in his day and left an imperishable memory in sporting history" (Oxford DNB). Podeschi 167. Siltzer, p. 73. Schwerdt I, p. 36. Tooley, 65. .
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 ALKEN, Henry; EGERTON, Daniel Thomas, Melange of Humour, the
ALKEN, Henry; EGERTON, Daniel Thomas
Melange of Humour, the
London: Printed by W. Lewis, 1835. Fifty Hand-Colored Plates Caricaturing the English Lifestyle of the 1820s [EGERTON, Daniel Thomas, and others]. The Melange of Humour; A Series of Fifty Coloured Engravings, Comprising a Great Variety of Comic Subjects, by The most Popular Artists of the Present Day. London: Printed by W. Lewis, [n.d. 1835]. First collected edition of this acclaimed series of humorous plates depicting the English and French lifestyle of the 1820s. Folio (14 1/16 x 10 1/4 inches; 358 x 260 mm.). Letterpress title and fifty hand-colored etched plates (including frontispiece). Most plates with tissue guards. Plates watermarked 1835, 1821, and 1822. Contemporary half maroon roan, ruled in gilt, over gray pebble-grain cloth boards. Spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt with three wide raised bands. All edges gilt. With the engraved book-plate of John M. Schiff on front paste-down. Early ink signature of Wm. Morrison dated 1840 on front free endpaper. Top and bottom of spine expertly repaired, inner joints neatly strengthened. An excellent example of a very rare and highly amusing book of caricatures. Rare: OCLC/KVK locate just three copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: Yale University Library (CT, US); Harvard University (MA,US) and University of Oxford Libraries (UK). The collection comprises: Six hand-colored aquatint plates [A Day's Journal of a Sponge] (London: Published by W. Egerton, 1824) captioned: "Was ‘stirring with the lark,' bent on fixing myself for a month's sponge on a friend.."; "Feeling one of those pangs ‘which flesh is heir to'.."; "Having returned, & hired a chaise, the only method of conveyance.."; "Former fears confirmed, by being driven, on my return, without orders into the Stable Yard.."; "Sauntering down Bond Street, in the evening, to ‘Lose & neglect the creeping hours of time'.."; and "Being recovered from the effects of the last catastrophe, resolved on making one more effort, to gain a supper.." Twelve numbered hand-colored aquatint plates by Daniel Thomas Egerton originally published as The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion (London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 1823). The plates are captioned: "Negligence," "Assurance," "Confidence," "Impudence," "Intemperance," "Indifference," "Unfeelingness," "Forgetfulness," "Selfishness," "Intrigue," "Eccentricity," and "Inconsistency." Hand-colored engraved title and twelve hand-colored aquatint plates (the first six plates are numbered) "Design'd & Etch'd by D.T. Egerton": "Fashionable Bores or Coolers in High Life by Peter Quiz" (London: Published by Thos. McLean, 1824); "The Silent Rebuke"; "The Leech"; "The Tables Turn'd"; "The Unfortunate Discovery"; "The Insolence of Office"; "The Trial of Nerves"; "Vis a Vis"; "The Unpleasant Rencontre"; "The Unwelcome Visit"; "The Disappointment"; "The Pressing Invitation"; and "The Finishing Bore." Abbey, Life, 287 and Colas 937 (with imprint of W. Sams). Six plates by Henry Alken "A Set of Six Plates on Horse Riding" (London: Published..by Thomas McLean, 1821): "Perfectly Satisfied," "Dissatisfied," "Delighted," "Surpris'd," "Displeas'd," and "Terrified." Thirteen hand-colored lithographed plates by Pigal and L. Boilly captioned: "Le petite famille" (L. Boilly); "Omnium Gatherum" (Pigal?); "This is mine Heir" (Pigal); "as it used to be" (Pigal); "Nasty Old Fellow you shan't" (Pigal); "Commissioners" (Pigal?); "View on the Pont Neuf" (Pigal?); "The Scratch" (Boilly?); "Phoo! Anglais Pah! Pish!" (Pigal); "Smokers" (L. Boilly); "La bonne petite soeur" (Boilly); The Defiance (Boilly); "Time has not thin'd our flowing hair Nor bent us with his Iron hand" (Pigal). Abbey, Life 287 & 289; Bobins 1319; Colas 937; Tooley, 203 & 204. .
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 ALKEN, Henry, illustrator -- [APPERLEY, Charles James]; NIMROD; APPERLEY, C.J., Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. Of Halston, Shropshire
ALKEN, Henry, illustrator -- [APPERLEY, Charles James]; NIMROD; APPERLEY, C.J.
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. Of Halston, Shropshire
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. A Most Valuable and Important Book" Second and Enlarged Edition With Additional Text and Six Extra Hand-Colored Plates [ALKEN, Henry, illustrator]. NIMROD (pseud. of C.J. Apperley). Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire, Formerly M.P. for Shrewsbury, High sheriff for the Counties of Salup & Merioneth, and Major of the North Stropshire 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: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. Second and enlarged edition, with additions to the text, six extra hand-colored plates and with three new plates replacing three from the first edition. Octavo (9 1/2 x 5 3/4 in; 241 x 146 mm). ix, [3], 206, [1, printer's slug], [1] pp. Additional engraved title in aquatint and eighteen hand-colored aquatint plates, including frontispiece, with tissue guards. Publisher's original pictorially gilt green cloth, expertly recased. All edges gilt. With the ownership stamp of William K. Dick of Islip, Long Island (NY) to front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing, a few bubbles to upper board cloth, soiling to endpapers. Hinges starting yet remain firm. Withal, a very good copy. Housed in a full crimson hard-grained morocco pull-off case by the Scroll Club Bindery of New York City. "A most valuable and important book for the sporting life of the period, aptly described by Newton as 'a biography of a man that reads like a work of fiction'" (Tooley). "This is not a work of fiction, for John Mytton, a rather inglorious character for a biography, was a hard-living, hard-drinking country squire of Halston, Shropshire, capable of the utmost physical endurance, and ready to accept any wager to walk, shoot or ride against any man. Many of his feats are recorded and graphically delineated, including the climax of his folly in setting his nightshirt on fire to cure a hiccough (Martin Hardie). The Plates: 1. Well done, Neck or Nothing.. 2. A Nick, or the nearest way home. 3. Wild Duck Shooting. 4. What! Never upset in a gig? 5. I wonder whether he is a good timber jumper! 6. The Meet with Lord Derby's Stag Hounds. 7. Stand and deliver. 8. Tally ho! Tally ho!.. 9. The Oaks Filly. 10. Light come, light go. 11. On Baronet clears nine yards of water. 12. D--n this hiccup! 13. A h-ll of a row in a hell.. 14. Swims the Severn at Uppington Ferry. 15. How to cross a country comfortably after dinner. 16. Heron shooting.. 17. A Squire trap, by Jove! 18. Now for the honour of Shropshire. At his death, industrialist and banker William K. Dick (1888-1953) was a director of Best Foods, Inc. president and director of the Dick Securities Corporation; and a director of Douglas Gibbons & Co. Inc.; the Eastern States Corporation; the Irving Trust Company, the National Sugar Refining Company, the Norwood and St. Lawrence Railroad, the St. Regis Paper Company, St. Regis Company, Ltd. of Canada, and the St. Regis Timber Company. His clubs included the Brook, Racquet and Tennis, Southside, National Golf Links, New York Yacht, and the Turf and Field. Tooley 67. Schwerdt 1, p. 38. Abbey, Life, 385. Martin Hardie, pp. 185-186. Prideaux, p. 326. .