[Angling] A Summer Cruise on the Coast of New England
by CARTER, Robert (1819-1879)
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- Condition
- Near Fine+
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston / New York: Crosby and Ainsworth / Oliver Felt, 1865. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine+. Early printing of this work on sport fishing, charting a voyage during the summer of 1858, when the author was Washington correspondent for Horace Greeley's New York Tribune. Foolscap 8vo (176 x 105mm): viii,261,[1]pp. Original green pebbled cloth, covers paneled in blind, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, brown coated end papers. Lightly rubbed, but a handsome copy, tightly bound and clean throughout. Bruns C66 ("Salt water fishing on the New England Coast from sand dabs to pollack"). Bartlett, p. 16. First published the previous year. According to the preface, Carter's narrative originally appeared in the form of letters to the New York Tribune. His account was immensely popular, going through subsequent editions in 1870, 1888, and 1889. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
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- Bookseller
- Fine Editions Ltd (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BB2588
- Title
- [Angling] A Summer Cruise on the Coast of New England
- Author
- CARTER, Robert (1819-1879)
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Crosby and Ainsworth / Oliver Felt
- Place of Publication
- Boston / New York
- Date Published
- 1865
- Keywords
- Saltwater fishing. Travel. Maine. New England.
- Bookseller catalogs
- HAND-PRESS PERIOD; XIX CENTURY;
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