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The Practical Fly-Fisher; More Particularly for Grayling or Umber
by Jackson, John
- Used
- Near Fine
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: George Bell & Sons, 1880. Undetermined. near fine. 3rd Edition. [iv], 57, [2] list of subscriberspp. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Discrete professional restoration to spine. A few small bubbles in cloth on front board. Front board slightly bowed. Corners very lightly bumped. Engraved armorial bookplate of Dermot, Earl of Mayo and old catalogue description to front pastedown, with some offsetting to ffep. Ownership signature of John Garland to ffep. Internally tight and clean, with only the occasional spot of foxing. An attractive copy. An attractive little guide to fly fishing for grayling with 10 hand-coloured, engraved plates. Each plate depicts natural flies and their tied imitations, with a guide to which flies should be effective in each month from March - October. This copy is from the collection of Edward Joseph "Ted" Garland, the Canadian ambassador to Iceland and Norway. Garland was an avid angler and also an influential founding member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, a precursor to Canada's New Democratic Party. (W&S 122) 1880
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 136029
- Title
- The Practical Fly-Fisher; More Particularly for Grayling or Umber
- Author
- Jackson, John
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Bell & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1880
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Colour Plate Book|Fishing|Fly Fishing|Fly Tying|Grayling Fishing|Ted Garland
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hunting And Fishing;
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Calgary, Alberta
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- New
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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- FFEP
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Bookplate
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