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Angling for Game Fish
by John Bickerdyke
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: L. Upcott Gill, 1900 . Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A smart morocco bound copy of this popular and illustrated turn of the century guide to angling. With a frontispiece and numerous vignette engravings, this is a smart copy of John Bickerdyke's 'practical treatise on the various methods of angling for salmon and sea trout'. In a full morocco binding. A revised and enlarged new edition, with chapters including discussions of Thames trout, moorland trout and chalk-stream trout.Undated; date 1900 via Jisc. With the bookplate of Alan Thornton to the front pastedown, and a contemporary owner's inscription, dated 1905, to a front endpaper.With three pages of contemporary advertisements following the title page. In a full morocco binding. Board perimeters and back strips age toned. Front joint starting to tail, with board holding firm. Bookplate to front pastedown. Former owner's inscription to front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with only the odd spot. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 814F28
- Title
- Angling for Game Fish
- Author
- John Bickerdyke
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- L. Upcott Gill
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- fishing angling trout alan thornton angling
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...