it is not yet too late to collect and save the many precious materials that would soon otherwise be lost, the Subscriber hopes to supply the long looked for desideratum by the establishment of the American Turf Register." Skinner sold the American Turf Register in 1835, after six volumes had been published, to Gideon B. Smith, who carried it on for four years, and the Publication then fell into the hands of Wm. T. Porter, who carried it on to 1844, when it came to an end. [SEE ILLUSTRATION] 32. ANDREWS (WILLIAM LORING). An English XIX Century Sportsman, Bibliophile, and Binder of Angling Books. Fine plates, including reproductions of engravings and bindings by Gosden. 8vo, vellum boards, gilt top, uncut. New York, 1906 One of 125 copies. 33. ANNALS OF SPORTING. By Caleb Quizem, Esq., and his various Correspondents. With 29 brilliant colored plates by Rowlandson, Bunbury and Woodward. Post 8vo, full crimson crushed levant morocco, gilt fillet borders with fleurons on corners, gilt back panels, gilt inside borders, gilt top, uncut, with original wrappers bound in. London: Thomas Tegg, 1809 Fine uncut copy of this scarce Sporting work, in a handsome binding, and with the plates in brilliant impressions. This work is rarely found in complete state, which includes the series of 8 scenes of "The Bailiff's Hunt."' 34. ANNALS OF SPORTING AND FANCY GAZETTE. A magazine entirely appropriated to sporting subjects and fancy pursuits: Containing everything worthy of Remark on Hunting, Shooting, Coursing, Racing, Fishing, Cocking, Pugilism, Wrestling, Single Stick, Pedestrianism, Cricket, Billiards,, etc., etc. Illustrated with numerous fine colored plates by Alken, Cruikshank, etc. Also numerous illustrations in black and white. 13 vols., 8vo, contemporary half calf. London, 1822-8 FINE SET. One of the most important sporting books of the early 19th Century, seldom found complete. The last number (June, 1828) is of the greatest rarity and few copies contain it. The above copy is a fine one and contains the June number. WITH TURNER'S ILLUSTRATIONS Remarks on the Condition of 35. [APPERLEY (C. J.).] 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. 8vo, new boards, cloth back, original paper label. In cloth case. London, 1831 FIRST EDITION. Accompanying this text is THE SERIES OF LITHO- London: AS THESE PLATES RARELY OCCUR, THE PRESENT COPY IS A MOST DESIRABLE ONE TO POSSESS. 36. [] Nimrod's Hunting Tours, interspersed with Characteristic Anecdotes, Sayings and Doings of Sporting Men, including Notices of the Principal Crack Riders of England, with Analytical Contents and General Index of Names. To which are added, Nim- rod's Letters on Riding to Hounds. 2 vols., 12mo, original cloth, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1836 THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, issued the year fol- 37. [] Memoirs of the Life of the late John Mytton. By Nim- rod. With 18 full-page colored plates illustrating scenes in Myt- ton's life, by Henry Alken and T. J. Rawlins. 8vo, cloth (hinges THE RARE SECOND EDITION, reprinted with considerable additions, from 39. [] The Chace, the Turf, and the Road. With illustra- tions by Henry Alken, and a portrait by D. Maclise. 8vo, original 40. [] Nimrod's Northern Tour, descriptive of the Principal Hunts in Scotland and the North of England. 8vo, original cloth, 41. [] Sporting. Edited by Nimrod. With engravings and vignettes illustrative of British Field Sports from pictures painted by T. Gainsborough, Landseer, Cooper, Hancock, and others. Folio, 42. [ The Horse and the Hound, their various Uses and Treatment, including Practical Instructions in Horsemanship and a Treatise on Horse-Dealing. By Nimrod. Full-page plates and woodcuts by Henry Alken. 12mo, original cloth (slight breaks at |