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Natural History, Science, Sport, Travel
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Bloomsbury House
24 Maddox Street Mayfair, London, W1 S1PP ![]()
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Maxwell (Sir Herbert) Fishing at Home and Abroad, number 222 of 750 copies, title printed in red and black, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 60 plates including 7 colour and 5 photogravure, some by Ernest Briggs, captioned tissue guards, upper hinge broken, contemporary morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded, rubbed, upper board becoming loose, lower joint cracking, 4to, 1913.***The principle contributors were Maxwell himself (on salmon and trout), R.B. Marston (on coarse fishing) and F.G. Aflalo (on sea fishing), with additional chapters on fishing abroad: Nigel Bourke (Tyee fishing in B.C.), C.E. Lucas (New Zealand), E.T.D. Chambers (Canada), Theodore Gordon (American trout) and H.S. Thomas ("The East").. View Bloomsbury Auctions next auction.Similar lots up for auction |




