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Superior Fishing; or, The Striped Bass, Trout, and Black Bass of the Northern States. Embracing full directions for dressing articial flies with the feathers of American birds; an account of a sporting visit to Lake Superior, etc, etc, etc. New York
by ROOSEVELT, Robert B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Carleton, Publishers. 1865. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 18.5cm, The First Edition. 304,[8]p., ads., with numerous woodcuts text illustrations, original wavy grain tan/plumb cloth, gilt spine titles faded, top and bottom spine edges worn, bookplate, a very good sound copy. Bruns R-106. Wetzel, p205."First known treatise recommending silk waterproofed fly lines". Sage, p172. Heckscher 1663. W&S. P179. ~ Personal recollections of Lake Superior angling with observations on fly-tying and recipes for sporting fare and (potent) drink. With a sporting motif bookplate "Ex Libris J. Salkeld Younghusband
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- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36482
- Title
- Superior Fishing; or, The Striped Bass, Trout, and Black Bass of the Northern States. Embracing full directions for dressing articial flies with the feathers of American birds; an account of a sporting visit to Lake Superior, etc, etc, etc. New York
- Author
- ROOSEVELT, Robert B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Carleton, Publishers. 1865
- Keywords
- TROUT BASS NORTHERN UNITED STATES AMERICA AMAERICANA SPORT GAME FISHING FISH FLIES FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Angling and Fishing;
Terms of Sale
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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About the Seller
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
Biblio member since 2006
Ottawa, Ontario
About Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
Since 1969 we've been selling rare books. We have published 292 catalogues of rare, scare and interesting books in a wide variety of subjects. Our specialites include.... Arctic, Canadian History and Travel, The Americas, Fishing and Angling, Ireland, General Antiquarian, and Military History. We issue 7-10 catalogues per year. Let us know if you'd like to join our mailing list.
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Bookplate
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
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