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Author: Gresham Angling Society, various authors
Title: Gresham Angling Society Papers: Session 1882-83.
Place: London
Publisher: Darling & Son,et al
Date: 1882-83
Item # : 172490
Sale Number   331
Lot Number   109
Sale Name    
Hunting - Sporting - Angling - Natural History; with Books in All Fields
Sale Date   05/11/2006
Price realized   $ 373
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Description:
8 papers given before the Gresham Angling Society, comprising: Thomas Crumplen. A Paper on the Causes of the Apparent Diminution of Fish in the River Thames; C.S. Bentley. The Sense of Pain in Fishes; J.P. Wheeldon. The Science of Angling; James Callaghan. Fishing at Connemara. Hayman Cummings. Some Practical Observations on Trout Culture; H. Jervis Alfred. The Science of Barbel Fishing; A.W. Parker. An Angler's Parliament; John Brunton. Of the Special Senses of Fishes in Relation to the Art of Angling: No. 1 - Vision. 198 pp. Engraved illustrations. 8½x5½, blue cloth with gilt title and decoration. First Edition.
Interesting papers both scientific and sporting relating to game fish and angling. Scarce
Condition:
Moderate wear to edges of cover, especially joints and corners; yellow endpapers somewhat darkened; occasional foxing and faint stains to text, else very good.
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