Superior Fishing; Or, the Striped Bass, Trout, and Black Bass of The Northern States. Enbracing 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. [Barnwell]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good; Lacks front free end-paper and top of spine, short hinge cracks, small ink splash on several pages, some light foxing.
- Seller
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Westmoreland, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
New York: Carleton, Publisher. Good; Lacks front free end-paper and top of spine, short hinge cracks, . small ink splash on several pages, some light foxing.. 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo ; Publisher's patterned embossed cloth, 304p., index, illustrated, ads. **Bruns R-106. On title page in pencil is "R B Roosevelt Private Copy." There are occasional pencil corrections, including changing the running head of Fly-Fishing to Fly making on the appropriate pages. ; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- HJHurley (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 413
- Title
- Superior Fishing; Or, the Striped Bass, Trout, and Black Bass of The Northern States. Enbracing 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. [Barnwell]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good; Lacks front free end-paper and top of spine, short hinge cracks, small ink splash on several pages, some light foxing.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Carleton, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1865
- Keywords
- Lake Superior, Striped Bass, Black Bass, Trout Fishing, Fly Tying, Provenance
- Bookseller catalogs
- Angling;
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