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Forest, Lake, and River: The Fishes of New England and Eastern Canada
by Johnson, Frank M
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Printed for Subscribers, 1902. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Turner, A.D.. 4to. Two Volumes. This is copy no. 282 of 350 limited copies. Handsomely bound in original tan suede with coloured lure onlaid on upper left corner of both volumes. Inner edges gilt, white silk endpapers and printed on handmade paper. Vol. I: xxvii, 313 p.p. Beautiful colour frontispiece of an Atlantic Salmon, ; Vol. II: xi, 368 p.p. Frontispiece of Frank M. Johnson. Illustrated throughout with [8] richly coloured lithographs and [62] detailed b/w plates of salmon, trout, pike, walleye, their special flies and lures, as well as landscapes and fly fishing scenes. All tissue guards present. Features many of the authors own articles, songs, and poems, and those collected from noted anglers, including Archibald Mitchell, Edward Thomas Davies Chambers, and William Harris. Light rubbing to covers. Slight bruising and heavy wear at corners. Some tearing to suede spine ends and covers. Spine labels missing. Roughly cut edges, and some unopened pages. Sporadic stains to leaves. Else near fine.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001788
- Title
- Forest, Lake, and River: The Fishes of New England and Eastern Canada
- Author
- Johnson, Frank M
- Illustrator
- Turner, A.D.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for Subscribers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- Fishing, Atlantic Salmon, Flyfishing, Lakes, Rivers, Angler
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays; Boating; Fishing;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
About the Seller
Minotavros Books
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Whitby, Ontario
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- Gilt
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- Unopened
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- Fine
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
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- Leaves
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- Spine
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