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Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces of North America

Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces of North America

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Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces of North America

by (Fore-edge) Herbert, Henry William ["Frank Forester"]

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In publisher's presentation pebbled green gilt morocco, with emblematic gilt tooling, a.e.g., a few scuffs to covers. With inscr
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London: Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 1849. First edition. Illustrated. xvi, 445 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. In publisher's presentation pebbled green gilt morocco, with emblematic gilt tooling, a.e.g., a few scuffs to covers. With inscription to Francis Gilbert Dyke Acland on leaving Eton 1861. First edition. Illustrated. xvi, 445 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's Binding with American Trout Fishing Fore-edge. With a later fore-edge painting of trout fishing on the Chateaugay Lake, Franklin County, New York. Van Winkle, p. 32

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Title
Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces of North America
Author
(Fore-edge) Herbert, Henry William ["Frank Forester"]
Format/Binding
Illustrated. xvi, 445 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Book Condition
Used - In publisher's presentation pebbled green gilt morocco, with emblematic gilt tooling, a.e.g., a few scuffs to covers. With inscr
Quantity Available
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Edition
First edition
Publisher
Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1849
Keywords
Fore-Edge Painting | Angling | Henry William Herbert
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