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Fly Fishing
by Viscount Grey of Fallodon
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1930. Vellum. Near Fine. Eric Fitch Daglish. A lovely copy of the 1930 signed/limited. #96 OF 150 COPIES SIGNED BY THE VISCOUNT GREY OF FALLODON ("eighty-five are for sale in Great Britain and fifty for sale in the United States") at the limitation AND FEATURING THE ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF ERIC FITCH DAGLISH. First published in 1899, this signed/limited represents the first state of the "revised and enlarged edition". Clean and Near Fine in its full vellum, with bright gilt-insignia at the front panel and crisp gilt-titling along the spine. Internally immaculate as well, with no writing or markings of any kind. Quarto, top-edge gilt, deckled fore and bottom-edges. Save for just a tiny bit of light bowing to the front board, this would be an all-but-pristine copy. 10 full-page engravings beautifully complementing the text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17986
- Title
- Fly Fishing
- Author
- Viscount Grey of Fallodon
- Illustrator
- Eric Fitch Daglish
- Format/Binding
- Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- rare fishing books, rare angling books, rare limited fishing books
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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...
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