SUPERIOR FISHING; or, the Striped Bass, Trout, and Black Bass of the Northern States; Embracing Full Directions for Dressing Artificial Flies with the Feathers of American Birds; an Account of a Sporting Visit to Lake Superior, etc., etc., etc.
by ROOSEVELT, Robert B
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About This Item
NY: Carleton, Publisher, 1865. First edition. 12mo. 304, (8, publisher's ads) pp. Two in-text illustrations from wood engravings. Bruns R-106. Wetzel, p. 205. Original embossed green cloth (rubbed, tiny chip a head of spine), gilt spine title (dull). Very good.
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- Bookseller
- Bartlebys Books (US)
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- 67835
- Title
- SUPERIOR FISHING; or, the Striped Bass, Trout, and Black Bass of the Northern States; Embracing Full Directions for Dressing Artificial Flies with the Feathers of American Birds; an Account of a Sporting Visit to Lake Superior, etc., etc., etc.
- Author
- ROOSEVELT, Robert B
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Carleton, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1865
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