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Item Details
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| Author: |
Francis, Francis |
| Title: |
A Book on Angling, Being a Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling in Every Branch with Explanatory Plates, etc. |
| Place: |
London |
| Publisher: |
Longmans, Green & Co. |
| Date: |
1867 |
| Item # : |
169130 |
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| Sale Number |
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339 |
| Lot Number |
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416 |
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| The Military History Collection of John Langton; Sporting Books from the Library of George Bowles |
| Sale Date |
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08/24/2006 |
| Price realized |
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$ 287 |
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| Description: |
| xiii, [3], 472, [2] & 32 ad pp. Illustrated with 15 engraved plates, 5 of them hand-colored, of fishing tackle & flies; plus a steel-engraved frontispiece. 7¾x4¾, original blind-stamped dark mauve cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Second Edition, revised and much enlarged. |
| Francis was angling editor of The Field for 25 years, and according to James Robb (Notable Angling Literature), this was his best book: "For almost twenty years, Francis collected his material; he visited and fished nearly every river of note in the kingdom in search of information. The tangible result was a comprehensive manual... dealing with every known branch of fresh-water angling and set out in a practical and concentrated form." See Westwood & Satchell p. 98. |
| Condition: |
| Spine sunned, ends frayed, corners bumped, minor rubbing; hinges tender, light foxing; else very good. |
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