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A River of Norway; Being the Notes and Reflections of an Angler
by Thomas-Stanford
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good -
- Seller
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Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London: Longman's, Green & Co, 1903. First edition. cloth. Very good -. Octavo (8.5" x 5.5"), navy gilt-stamped pictorial cloth showing a cascade and a fish ladder. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with 10 photogravures by the author's wife, and a colored plan. 168pp. with index plus 40p. cataogue of Longman's publications. an attractive copy. There is moderate foxing mostly on the preliminaries. All but three plates have some foxing in the margins, but the photogravures remain sharp and enchanting. The color plan is not stained. Armorial bookplate of Francis Scott Smith. See Wood III, Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 33, shown.
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- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19441
- Title
- A River of Norway; Being the Notes and Reflections of an Angler
- Author
- Thomas-Stanford
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman's, Green & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Weight
- 0.00
- Keywords
- Fishing, Fly Fishing, Salmon Fishing, Fishing in Norway,River Gaula, Fish Ladder, Angling, Grilse, Salmon Flies, Fly Tying
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About Austin's Antiquarian Books
Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop located on West Main Street in Wilmington, Vermont. At our shop we have a general stock of approximately 15,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially Theodore Roosevelt the West, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera.
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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