London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company. Good+; Lacks top spine panel, bottom panel cracked at hinges, boards . exposed, library donor bookplate on front paste-down else a tight . clean copy.. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo; 3/4 morocco gilt, marbled boards, top edge gilt, [9], 140p., illustrated with guarded plates. **#84 of 250 copies on Van Gelder handmade paper, initialled by the author. .

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Bookseller: HJHurley (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 209
Title: An Old Man's Holidays, by the Amateur Angler.
Author: [Marston, Edward]
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+; Lacks top spine panel, bottom panel cracked at hinges, boards exposed, library donor bookplate on front paste-down else
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston & Company
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1900
Keywords: Biography, Britain, Angling
Bookseller catalogs: Angling;

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Marbled boards: ...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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