NATURAL HISTORY of the FISHES of MASSACHUSETTS, EMBRACING a PRACTICAL ESSAY on ANGLING.
by Smith, Jerome V. C
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
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Lancaster, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Allen and Ticknor. Good with no dust jacket. 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Rebound, with one half blue leather binding and tan cloth boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Covers are faded and scuffed. Inner front hinge is partially torn, and inner back hinge is mostly torn. Front endpaper has a name and a round sticker in upper corner. Pages have some foxing or spotting, and the textblock has some toning. Book is in good minus condition. 16mo, 399 pages, .8 lb.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 399 pages .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MSS11269
- Title
- NATURAL HISTORY of the FISHES of MASSACHUSETTS, EMBRACING a PRACTICAL ESSAY on ANGLING.
- Author
- Smith, Jerome V. C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Allen and Ticknor
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1833
- Keywords
- Massachusetts, Massachusetts History, Angling, Fish, Fishing
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