Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 2001. Collector's Edition. Fine in full, dark blue leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and gilt tool work in the compartments. The boards are decorated with gilt borders and designs of fishing knots in gilt. The end sheets are gilt and the edges of the text block are gilt. There is a silk placement ribbon sewn in at the head of the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. This copy remains contained within the publisher's shrink wrap. This title represents a rewriting of the author's first two books: Secrets of the Salmon of 1922 and Telling on the Trout of 1926. 338 pages including plates from black and white photographs at the end of the text. The text is illustrated with many line drawings. One of the volumes in the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics which is no longer available for sale. A fine copy with no previous owner's markings of any kind.

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Bookseller: Town's End Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: TB33038
Title: A Trout and Salmon Fisherman For Seventy-five Years
Author: Hewitt, Edward R
Book Condition: Used
Edition: Collector's Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Easton Press
Place of Publication: Norwalk, Conn.
Date Published: 2001

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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...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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....
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...
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Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...