Bait Casting
by Robinson, Gilmer
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1941. 1st Edition. Brown Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. Illustrated. 66pp. A clean first edition (1941) in wrapper ( green spine) from The Barnes Sports Library. Illustrated with numerous line drawings throughout. Light bump to the tail fo the spine and some rubbing to the head and tail of the spine adn to all four board corners. There is a little soiling to the top corner of the front end paper and slight foxing to the fore edges. Textblock is clean and tight. Dust wrapper is not price clipped and has several areas of chipping to the edges of the wrapper with associated tears and creasing. A very good copy of this book in a fair wrapper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 227281
- Title
- Bait Casting
- Author
- Robinson, Gilmer
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Brown Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. S. Barnes and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FISHING
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