The Salmon Rivers of Scotland
by Augustus Grimble
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1913 . Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Not Stated. The third edition of this popular work on salmon fishing in Scottish rivers, illustrated with three maps and numerous photographic plates. The third edition of Augustus Grimble's popular guide to salmon fishing in Scotland, first published in 1899.Illustrated with a frontispiece map, one further map, and one folding map, all in colour. With numerous further photographic plates. Collated, complete.This work details the topography, named pools, ownership and recorded catches of all of the principal rivers of Scotland, including many anecdotes of the author's own fishing expeditions.One page of advertisements to the rear. With the bookplate of Alan Thornton to the front pastedown, and a former owner's inscription, dated 1930, to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Bookplate to front pastedown, former owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with the odd spot. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 814F26
- Title
- The Salmon Rivers of Scotland
- Author
- Augustus Grimble
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- 9" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- angling fishing salmon fishing scotland 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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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...