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FRANK FORESTER'S FISH AND FISHING OF THE UNITED STATES AND BRITISH PROVINCES OF NORTH AMERICA
by Herbert, Henry William
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London:Richard Bentley, 1849. First Edition. hard cover. Good/No jacket. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2015/04/0_039.jpg. London:Richard Bentley. 1849. 455pp. Illustrated. Original green boards, with title and decorations in gilt, are heavily worn, rubbed and lightly soiled. The spine edges, top and bottom, are worn and chipped, with small tears. The edge points are bumped and worn to boards. Page edges are soiled. Internally, tape marks to inside boards where someone has secured a plastic cover to the book. The front hinge is cracked and rear hinge is starting. The binding is still holding but is cracked at page 272/273 as well. A previous owners name is penned to the top of the title page but otherwise, aside from a few bits on foxing, the pages are relatively clean and bright. A good solid copy.
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- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22200
- Title
- FRANK FORESTER'S FISH AND FISHING OF THE UNITED STATES AND BRITISH PROVINCES OF NORTH AMERICA
- Author
- Herbert, Henry William
- Illustrator
- http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2015/04/0_039.jpg
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London:Richard Bentley
- Date Published
- 1849
- Keywords
- SPORT FISHING, FISH , FRANK FORESTER, NATURE
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Parnassus Book Service
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About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
Biblio member since 2016
Yarmouthport, Massachusetts
About Parnassus Book Service
Ben Muse began selling books from the former Knowles General Store in 1959. Now in our third generation, we are a famiy-run, general book store selling new and old (often rare) books as well as issuing specialty catalogs on a variety of subjects: Americana, Latin America, Maritime, Art, the Orient and a variety of other subjects. If you can't find what you are looking for here on the web, please contact us directly at our Yarmouthport shop -- or better yet stop by to browse and talk. We look forward to seeing you.
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- Edges
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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,...
- 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...
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