Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed; with a Short Account of the Natural History and Habits of the Salmon, Instructions to the Sportsmen, Anecdotes, etc.
by Scrope, William
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Bound in half contemporary black calf and floral patterned cloth boards, with emblematic repeated gilt tooling of hunter and his
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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- Seller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 42649
- Title
- Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed; with a Short Account of the Natural History and Habits of the Salmon, Instructions to the Sportsmen, Anecdotes, etc.
- Author
- Scrope, William
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated by 13 Lithographs (3 hand-colored) and wood Engravings by L. Haghe, T. Landseer and S. Williams from Paintings by Si
- Book Condition
- Used - Bound in half contemporary black calf and floral patterned cloth boards, with emblematic repeated gilt tooling of hunter and his
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- John Murray, Albemarle Street
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1843
- Keywords
- Angling | British | Color Plate | British
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; History, Travel & Geography; Sports & Games;
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
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- Spine
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Cloth
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