SCROPE, William [HAGHE, L . & LANDSEER, T. & WILLIAMS, S illustrators]

Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in The Tweed; with a Short Account of the Natural History and Habits of the Salmon, Instructions to Sportsmen, Anecdotes, etc

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Publisher: John Murray

Year: 1843

Edition: First

Format: Hardback


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Classic account of fishing in the Scottish Borders. Super octavo, teg, frontispiece, xvii + 298pp. 12 coloured lithographs, a tinted engraved title-page & 9 wood engravings in the text by L. Haghe, T. Landseer, and S. Williams, from Paintings, by Sir David Wilkie, Edwin Landseer, Charles Landseer, William Simson, and Edward Cookes. Bound in half leather on boards. Binding tight, some wear to side of top edge of spine. Bookplate of the Royal Artillery mess at Woolwich to the front pastedown. Binding firm. VG-

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