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Book Description Condition: new. A.F. Lydon (illustrator). (Hardcover, 1981). (1879) 1981 new edition. Folio (218 x 310mm). Pp256. 41 Colour plates by A. F. Lydon, engravings by Benjamin Fawcett, brown end-papers. Brown cloth backed paper-covered boards, pictorial gilt design to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Slight spotting to edges and end-papers. Good-plus in slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. A good one-volume reprint of the well-known and collectable colour plate book, originally published in two volumes in 1879. "The book combines a scholarly and comprehensive text with illustrations of an accuracy and artistic standard rarely seen today. There are sixty-two species described; forty-one are illustrated with colour plates and each section opens with a charming landscape drawing." One of the most attractive fishery science/ angling books of all. This edition contains a new foreword by Lord Hardinge of Penshurst. . Seller Inventory # 17737
Book Description Condition: new. A.F. Lydon (illustrator). (Hardcover, 1981). (1879) 1981 new edition. Folio (218 x 310mm). Pp256. 41 Colour plates by A. F. Lydon, engravings by Benjamin Fawcett. Brown cloth backed paper-covered boards, pictorial gilt design to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Slight browning to edges and fading to top board, else very good in faded dust-wrapper. A good one-volume reprint of the well-known and collectable colour plate book, originally published in two volumes in 1879. "The book combines a scholarly and comprehensive text with illustrations of an accuracy and artistic standard rarely seen today. There are sixty-two species described; forty-one are illustrated with colour plates and each section opens with a charming landscape drawing." One of the most attractive fishery science / angling books of all. This edition contains a new foreword by Lord Hardinge of Penshurst. . Seller Inventory # 54131
Book Description Condition: new. A.F. Lydon (illustrator). (Hardcover, 1981). (1879) 1981 new edition. Folio (218 x 310mm). Pp256. 41 Colour plates by A. F. Lydon, engravings by Benjamin Fawcett. Brown cloth backed paper-covered boards, pictorial gilt design to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Slightly shelf-worn but near fine in dust-wrapper. New unread copy. A good one-volume reprint of the well-known and collectable colour plate book, originally published in two volumes in 1879. "The book combines a scholarly and comprehensive text with illustrations of an accuracy and artistic standard rarely seen today. There are sixty-two species described; forty-one are illustrated with colour plates and each section opens with a charming landscape drawing." One of the most attractive fish / angling books of all. This edition contains a new foreword by Lord Hardinge of Penshurst. . Seller Inventory # 97