New York: Sheldon & Company, 1876. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 264pp. Black & white full page tissue-guarded illustrations (including frontispiece); plus in-text illustrations. Three-quarter green leather under marbled boards; marbled end papers; gilt titles and illustration to spine; raised bands on spine; original brown cloth covers bound in at rear. Rubbing to edges & corners & spine; leather along front joint cracked although holding tight; a very good copy.

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Bookseller: Carpe Diem Fine Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 16315
Title: Pleasures of Angling with Rod and Reel for Trout and Salmon
Author: Dawson, George
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Sheldon & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1876
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Carpe Diem Fine Books offers a discriminating selection of out-of-print, signed and unusual books in all fields – with an emphasis on the history and literature of California and the West. Proprietors James Bryant and Mary Hill have served an international clientele of private collectors and libraries since 1995. Their book gallery, located in a charming 1930's Carmel stone building just steps from the Robert Louis Stevenson House in historic Old Monterey, features a constantly changing inventory - from the classics to the unexpected.

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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,...
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...