Fishing
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885. Badminton Library. Fishing by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell, Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1885. 7 3/4 x 6 inches, 472pp.
Publisher's brown pictorial binding with brown and black imprint on front plus gilt on spine. Slant to book. Light edge wear, especially to corners. Head and foot of spine bumped. Top edge soiled, lesser so to fore edge and bottom edge but still soiling/foxing. Front board gutter cracking. Several owner's marks on first free endpaper, including one in ink. Interior is mostly clean. Several signatures pulling but binding remains solid. Good Condition.
Classic collection of fishing tales regarding both salmon and trout fisheries in the British Isles. Beautiful steel-engraved Frontis plus numerous in-text illustrations.
This is the Badminton edition as issued by Longmans, Green, and Co. of London, England. Good / None. Item #2210
Price: $15.00