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Item Details
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| Author: |
Henshall, James A. |
| Title: |
Book of the Black Bass Comprising its Complete Scientific and Life History Together with a Practical Treatise on Angling and Fly Fishing and a Full Description of Tools, Tackle and Implements |
| Place: |
Cincinnati |
| Publisher: |
The Robert Clarke Co. |
| Date: |
1889 |
| Item # : |
170049 |
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| Sale Number |
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331 |
| Lot Number |
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120 |
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| Hunting - Sporting - Angling - Natural History; with Books in All Fields |
| Sale Date |
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05/11/2006 |
| Price realized |
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$ 287 |
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| Description: |
| 463 pp. Illustrated with many wood engravings throughout the text, some full page, of fishing implements and techniques, etc. 8¾x6¼, publisher's gilt-decorated light blue-gray cloth, front cover lettered in black, spine lettered in gilt, new blue-gray endpapers. [One of 50 large paper copies]. |
| Originally published in 1881. "This was the book that drew the attention of the world to this great fish" - Bruns H 148. |
| Condition: |
| Spine dulled, ends and corners a bit bumped, soiling, tiny stains; front hinge starting to crack, gift inscription dated 1900; still very good or better. |
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