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The Western Angler: An Account of Pacific Salmon and Western Trout
by Haig-Brown, Roderick L[angmere], (1908-1976)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine. Slight wear at extremities. Both volumes have a neat prior owner bookplate on front pastedown. Lacking the slipcase.
- Seller
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Annapolis, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1939. Limited edition. Copy #362 of 950 sets. Cloth hardcovers Quartos. xviii, 200 pages and x, 192 pages. Near fine. Slight wear at extremities. Both volumes have a neat prior owner bookplate on front pastedown. Lacking the slipcase. Bound in red cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine and upper board titles, deckle edges. A solid, handsome set.. Color and black and white illustrations, fold-out map. Haig-Brown was an Englishman who spent most of his adult life on British Columbia's Campbell River. This fine Derrydale production is well illustrated with line drawings, plates from photographs, color plates of fish by E. B. S. Logier, etc. This copy has the foldout map facing page 3 in volume one, which is apparently absent from most of the edition. The text is well written and includes bibliographic references at the ends of chapters. <br /> <br /> Ref. HAND H44; SIEGEL et al #156.
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- Bookseller
- Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 943
- Title
- The Western Angler: An Account of Pacific Salmon and Western Trout
- Author
- Haig-Brown, Roderick L[angmere], (1908-1976)
- Illustrator
- Color and black and white illustrations, fold-out map
- Format/Binding
- Cloth hardcovers Quartos. xviii, 200 pages and x, 192 pages
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine. Slight wear at extremities. Both volumes have a neat prior owner bookplate on front pastedown. Lacking the slipcase.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition. Copy #362 of 950 sets
- Publisher
- The Derrydale Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- fishing, fly fishing, trout, salmon, canada, northwest, rivers, streams, lakes, angling,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hunting & Fishing;
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About the Seller
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Annapolis, Maryland
About Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
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