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Title

A HUNTING DIARY.

By the late Captain Newton Wynne Apperley.

Edited with an Introduction,

by

E.W. Cuming.

And a Foreword

by

David Davies, M.P.

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First Edition

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Full Tree Calf Leather Binding

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Author

Newton Wynne Apperley

(1847-1925)

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Year of Publication

1923

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Publisher

London: Nisbet & Co.

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For full description see below - after all photographs

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Description:

London: J Nisbet & Co. London. 1926 First edition.

8vo (150 x 237mm). pp – xiv, 228.

B/w photograph plates. Full tree calf leather with gilt decorated and titled spine.

Captain Apperley kept his own pack of hounds at Morben Hall, Machynlleth. The diary records fox, hare, otter, marten-cat and foumart hunting in Mid-Wales in the 1860s and 70s.

"From 1864 to 1878, I hunted 636 days, with 39 different packs of hounds, had 339 kills, 78 blank days. Most of this happened in Wales. From January 1864 to 1920, I rode 212 different horses to hounds, and was mostly mounted by my friends".

Size: Approximately 8 ¾ inches tall [22cm].

Condition Report

Externally

• Spine – good condition – gilt decoration and titles, minor rubbing and wear.
• Joints – good condition.
• Corners – good condition – minor wear.
• Boards – good condition – full tree calf, fading and sunning to the top of both boards.
• Page edges – good condition – gilt edges.
• See above and photos.

Internally

• Hinges – good condition.
• Paste downs – good condition – marbled, with inner gilt dentelles.
• End papers – good condition – marbled.
• Title – good condition – age toned, foxing.
• Pages – good condition – age toned with some foxing.
• Binding – good condition.
• See photos

Publisher: see above
Publication Date: 1926.
Binding: Hardback

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