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Second Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests
by The Commissioners
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Albany: State of New York, 1897. First Edition. cloth. Good +. Denton et al.. Quarto (8.5" x 11"), blue-grey clcoth with pictorial cover in black ink. 521pp. 9 full page chromolithographs of fish by Denton, and one of shells and starfish. Numerous photographs in black and white of camps and activities, some of Raquette Lake. Charts and statistics. The hinges are becoming weak, and the back hinge exposes the mull. Plates are all clean and bright. The "Pike Perch" plate has a 1/2" closed tear at the bottom center margin. Denton's signature on this plate only partially printed in the left margin. This copy was presented to the owner by one of the commissioners of that year, Charles H. Babcock, according to his stamp.
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- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19450
- Title
- Second Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests
- Author
- The Commissioners
- Illustrator
- Denton et al.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- State of New York
- Place of Publication
- Albany
- Date Published
- 1897
- Weight
- 0.00
- Keywords
- Fish & Game Reports, Denton Fish, Natural History, Aquatic Life, Oysters. Raquette Lake
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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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