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Salmonia: Or, Days of Fly Fishing. In a Series of Conversations With Some Account OF The Habits Of Fishes Belonging To The Genus Almo.
by [Davy, Humphrey]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1829. Second Edition. Very good+ in full dark green contemporary leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text in one compartment and gilt designs in the other four with the date "1829" at the heel of the spine. The boards are decorated with a unique rolled grain appearance with gilt borders. A 16mo measuring 6 1/2 by 4 inches with marbled edges to the text block and matching marbled end sheets. Both joints are worn, but holding due to reinforced cloth hinges. 335 pages of text illustrated with 6 engraved steel plates and numerous engravings within the text to include 3 pages of eleven insects with their imitations on hooks. (Thacher, p.142)
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB28495
- Title
- Salmonia: Or, Days of Fly Fishing. In a Series of Conversations With Some Account OF The Habits Of Fishes Belonging To The Genus Almo.
- Author
- [Davy, Humphrey]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1829
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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