Sea-Fishing As A Sport: Being an Account of the Various Kinds of Sea Fish, How, When, and Where to Catch Them in Their Various Seasons and Localities
by Lambton J H Young
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1865. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5". None. An illustrated first edition of this work on fishing by Lambton Young. With eight plates and three pages of tables. With publisher's advertisements to the rear. With pencil annotations to the plates and an pencil diagram to the front board detailing eel catching nets. In a blue cloth binding. Externally, a trifle rubbed with bumping to the head and tail of the spine and marks to the boards. Browning to the spine. Rear hinge slightly strained. Newspaper clipping pasted to the rear pastedown. Pencil annotations to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright with light spotting throughout. Pencil annotations throughout, particularly to plates. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GEN19-C-27
- Title
- Sea-Fishing As A Sport: Being an Account of the Various Kinds of Sea Fish, How, When, and Where to Catch Them in Their Various Seasons and Localities
- Author
- Lambton J H Young
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Groombridge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1865
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- Fishing Sea-Fishing Lambton Sea-Fishing
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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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