My Life and Times NIMROD (Pseud. APPERLEY Charles James 1778-1843) CUMING ED [Edward William] editor 1862-1941 Publisher: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd. Charles Scribner's Sons. Publish Year: 1927 Publish Place: Edinburgh and London. New York. Illustrator: Unknown Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 005061 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Jacket Condition: Very Good Binding: Cloth Book Type: Unknown Edition: Limited Edition Inscription: Unknown £50 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information VG, Ltd ed, 1927, 33 pls. In red cloth, gilt titles, faded lightly at edges, corners & edges lightly rubbed & bumped. Spine, gilt titles, edges bumped. DW, in mylar jacket, faded to spine, titles in black inks, lovely coloured image to front. Internally, an edition limited to just 250 copies, half title & coloured frontis present, [1], [5], (vi-xviii), [1], 2-341 pp, [1], 33 plates (of which 4 are coloured & 5 reproduced by kind permission of the V&A Museum), teg, remainder uncut, printed by William Blackwood and Sons Ltd, teg, remainder uncut. A Sporting Classic. Apperley, [pseud. Nimrod], writer on sport, wrote 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. See ODNB.