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Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed; with A Short Account of the Natural History and Habits of the Salmon
by Scrope, William
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Murray, 1843. Book. Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, quarter green morocco, with gilt title on red to spine, boards part marbled, bookplate of the Devon & Exeter Institution to the front pastedown together with the bookplate of a subsequent owner laid over, Stamps of the institution to the verso of the title page, blind to the pictorial additional title and one to the reverse of the frontis, the hinges have cracked at the endpapers but the stitching is robust and tight, the plates have been bound at the end, each with the blind stamp of the Institution to the foot. Scattered foxing and browning, foxing to the plates and title, a good copy..
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- Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 261489
- Title
- Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed; with A Short Account of the Natural History and Habits of the Salmon
- Author
- Scrope, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1843
- Keywords
- fishing angling countryside sport
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Gilt
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- Verso
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Bookplate
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