Hunting and Fishing in Florida, Including a Key to the Water Birds Known To Occur in the State.
by Cory, Charles B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-; Spine ends crimped, slight loss of surface, mainly on the rear board, corners and hinges are sound.
- Seller
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Westmoreland, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Estes & Lauriat. Very Good-; Spine ends crimped, slight loss of surface, mainly on . the rear board, corners and hinges are sound.. 1896. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo ; Pictorial brown cloth titled in black with a silver fish, 304p., illustrated, two plates on heavy paper, ads. **With the tipped-in "Compliments of The Author" slip and, tipped in at page 104, and a full page hand-written note to Elliott Coues, Mar. 23, 1896, in which Cory refers to this as his new book. Signed by Coues on the title page. Loosely inserted are the 1927-29 Florida regulations for taking game, fresh-water fish, fur-bearing animals, non-game birds - Leaflet No. 3. Also the 1929 "Summary, " both folded to form six pages. **Hand C419: "Listed by two different sources which give different information as to which edition one gives as first printing, another a 2nd edition with new preface." The preface in this copy makes no mention of the Corn Dance and, as the author refers to this copy as being "his new book", I feel safe to offer this copy as the first printing. .
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- Bookseller
- HJHurley (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 464
- Title
- Hunting and Fishing in Florida, Including a Key to the Water Birds Known To Occur in the State.
- Author
- Cory, Charles B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-; Spine ends crimped, slight loss of surface, mainly on the rear board, corners and hinges are sound.
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Estes & Lauriat
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- Florida, Provenance, Hunting, Fishing, Natural History, Birds, Angling, ornithology, Elliott Coues
- Bookseller catalogs
- Angling;
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