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Where the Bright Waters Meet
by Harry Plunket Greene
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£675.00£607.50
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About This Item
London: Philip Allan & Co, 1924 . First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 9" by 6.5". Not Stated. A beautifully bound signed copy of the first edition of Irish baritone Harry Plunket Greene's illustrated work on fly fishing. A signed presentation copy of this work, with the inscription 'H.P.G. Louis S.L. June 26/36' to the half title. In a lovely half morocco binding.The first edition, first issue, retaining the original illustrated map rear endpapers. Illustrated with thirty-three photographic images. Collated, complete.An impressive angling autobiography, regarded as a classic work on fly-fishing and chalk streams.With a single page of publisher's advertisements to the rear. Rebound in quarter morocco with marbled paper covered boards, retaining the original rear map endpapers, but with front endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Inscription to half title. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd spot or minor closed tear to page perimeters. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 846F12
- Title
- Where the Bright Waters Meet
- Author
- Harry Plunket Greene
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philip Allan & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- 9" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- Where the bright waters meet Harry Plunket Greene angling fishing Harry Plunket Greene
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Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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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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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- First Edition
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