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Walton and Some Earlier Writers on Fish and Fishing
by Marston, R. B
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
London: Elliot Stock. Very Good. 1894. First Edition. Brown cloth over brown paper-covered boards. Gold gilt on spine. Light rubbing to boards with bevelled edges and deckle cut pages. 12mo. Pp. Xxv, [1 leaf], 264, [2 leaves, advertisements]. Title in red & black. Decorative ornaments & initials. Booksellers stamp inside front cover. Tight binding and clean interior. Decorative ornaments and initials on chapter headings. This is the large paper edition as noted on a slip from The Fishing Gazette, "This is the only copy we have been able to obtain. It is a large paper copy. The ordinary edition is quite out of print". This slip was left in the book in two location over the years leaving its mark. Slip now in mylar cover. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 264 pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009619
- Title
- Walton and Some Earlier Writers on Fish and Fishing
- Author
- Marston, R. B
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Elliot Stock
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- Fishing
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Back of Beyond Books
Biblio member since 2022
Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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- Leaves
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- Cloth
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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