1898 The Salmon (from the Fur Feather and Fin Series).
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Description
Decorative Binding, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
The first edition, first impression of the work, with no edition or impression remarks.
Includes eight monochrome plate illustrations of fishing scenes by Douglas Adams and Charles Whymper including a frontispiece. Collated complete.
This copy with the embossed mark of Jarrolds & Sons Ltd Booksellers to the recto of the front free endpaper.
Full bound in the original publisher's decorated cloth.
Alfred Erskine Gathorne-Hardy was a British Conservative politician and author who was also a astute naturalist and keen fisherman. This work belongs to the Fur Feather and Fin series and provides valuable information on salmon, with specific chapters offering overview of their natural history as well as guidance on how to fish and cook them.
Condition
In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally, smart with some minor handling marks and marginal discolouration of the cloth to the spine as a result of age. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Jarrolds & Sons Ltd embossed mark to the front free endpaper. Internally, binding is a touch strained towards the front of the work. Pages are generally bright and clean with light age toning and a few small handling marks to the half title page.
Very Good Indeed
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