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Bright Salmon and Brown Trout
by Lamb, Dana S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers. Near Fine with no dust jacket. (1964). First Edition. Hardcover. This copy is No. 1 of 350 copies. Inscribed by author on blank leaf at front: "To a Number one fisherman and friend, Harold Hickling I send, with all good wishes, this number one copy of my book / Dana J Lamb / November 1964". Also numbered "1" on limitation page at rear. [10 (first leaf blank)], 111, [1], [2 (blank)] pages. An edition of 350 copies bound in quarter oasis Niger goatskin and printed on rag paper. Page dimensions: 228 x 148mm. Top page edges gilt. With slipcase. Gilt landing net illustration on front board and on slipcase. Vice-Admiral Harold Hickling (1892-1969), to whom this copy is inscribed, was the author of the 1960 book "Freshwater Admiral: Fishing the Tongariro River and Lake Taupo". ; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22120
- Title
- Bright Salmon and Brown Trout
- Author
- Lamb, Dana S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Barre Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Barre, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- (1964)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fishing
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Goatskin
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- Jacket
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- Inscribed
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