The Lonsdale Library Volume X: Salmon Fishing
by Eric Taverner et al
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Seeley Service & Co. Ltd, 1931. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". None. A very smart first edition of this guide to salmon fishing from the Lonsdale Library. First edition. From the Lonsdale Library Volumes. Illustrated with three hundred and seven images, including frontispiece and one hundred and eleven plates. Collated complete. A comprehensive guide to salmon fishing with details of tackle, hooks, knots and splices, the practices of fishing, and salmon pools. Written by Eric Taverner, with contributions from G. M. L. La Branche, Eric Parker, W. J. M. Menzies, J. A. Rennie, A. H. E. Wood, Wyndham Forbes, Thomas Rook, and Alban Bacon. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 853T35
- Title
- The Lonsdale Library Volume X: Salmon Fishing
- Author
- Eric Taverner et al
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Seeley Service & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1931
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- Lonsdale Salmon Fishing Salmon
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelf Wear
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- Cloth
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