The Practical Fly-Fisher; More Particularly for Grayling or Umber. With 10 Plates, Coloured by Hand, Representing 120 Flies, Natural and Artificial.
by JACKSON, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Slark. London. 1880. Third edition. No DW. Slim 8vo. 57pp + [2]pp. list of subscribers. 10 hand-coloured plates. Original green cloth gilt, back cover partially faded and extremities to boards sl. rubbed. Yellow endpapers, foxed, title page sl. foxed especially along inner hinge. Ownership signature to front pastedown and front free endpaper o/w pages and plates remarkably clean and sound. A lovely copy of a scarce item.
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- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50327
- Title
- The Practical Fly-Fisher; More Particularly for Grayling or Umber. With 10 Plates, Coloured by Hand, Representing 120 Flies, Natural and Artificial.
- Author
- JACKSON, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- John Slark. London. 1880
- Keywords
- SPORTS and RECREATION fishing 19th century colour plates
- Bookseller catalogs
- SPORTS and RECREATION;
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About the Seller
Addyman Books
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About Addyman Books
Addyman Books is based in Hay-on-Wye, the book capital of the world, with almost 30 bookshops in the town, nestled in the Black Mountains of Wales. We have been established since 1986 and have three shops, Addyman Books, Addyman Annexe and Murder & Mayhem. Large general stock. Murder & Mayhem specialises in Detective Fiction, True Crime and Horror.
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- Cloth
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- SL.
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- Foxed
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- Hinge
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
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