SUPPLEMENT TO FRANK FORESTER'S FISH AND FISHING OF THE UNITED STATES AND BRITISH PROVINCES OF NORTH AMERICA
by Herbert, Henry William
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Slim 8vo in blindstamped red cloth decorated in gilt with design of a pair of fish lting on a grassy streambank; spine lettered in gilt. 86 pp. including tables at rear. Color plate depicting 24 different flies (not: in this volume, the plate is inserted after the title page with facing index of the files depicted. We have aso seen the plate listed as a frontispiece.). A tight example, , cover gilt bright, two small chips to the spine strip and rear outer gutter cracking, a narrow smudge to the rear cloth. Small, neat original ink presentation inscription top edge of the title page. Overall very good. A supplement to Forester's classic work, issued later the same year and rather scarcer that the original.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E17356
- Title
- SUPPLEMENT TO FRANK FORESTER'S FISH AND FISHING OF THE UNITED STATES AND BRITISH PROVINCES OF NORTH AMERICA
- Author
- Herbert, Henry William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Stringer & Townsend
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1850
- Keywords
- fishing, angling, sports, nature, outdoors, trout, pike, bass, flies, fly fishing,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fishing;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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