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For Poachers Only
by Chance, Jack
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1956. Book. Illus. by Bernard Venables; Alex Jardin. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing.. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1956. second printing. Near Fine/Very Good. Bernard Venables; Alex Jardin. Clean green cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 71 pp. with ten drawings by Bernard Venables and Alex Jardine. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has a few tiny closed edge tears, very slight wear at top spine edge, hint of soiling to rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A humorous collection of stories which describe certain fishing incidents and which originally appeared in "The Field" and the "Journal of the Fly-Fisher's Club.".
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020784
- Title
- For Poachers Only
- Author
- Chance, Jack
- Illustrator
- Bernard Venables; Alex Jardin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Second Printing.
- Publisher
- Adam & Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- FISHING, HUMOR, FLY JACK CHANCE, SHORT STORIES, SPORT FISHING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor; Fish/Fishing;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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