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FRANK FORESTER'S FISH & FISHING OF THE UNITED STATES .

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FRANK FORESTER'S FISH & FISHING OF THE UNITED STATES .

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FRANK FORESTER'S FISH & FISHING OF THE UNITED STATES . & British Provinces of North America, HERBERT, Henry William. London: Richard Bentley, Publ. in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 1849; Another Willis binding with 3/4 marbled boards w/brown leaher corners & overlap from spine, Brown leather spine w/5 ribs, fancy gilt floral vine bands, gold lettering on red tab w/title, "FISH & FISHING"; Marble endpapers, A handsome book in fine condition, incl detailed illustrations of fish, J. L. M. WILLIS book plate, VG++