Excerpt from Catalogue of the Valuable and Extensive Library of Books on Angling, the Property of the Late Edward Snow, Esq. Of Boston, Mass. U. S. A: Comprising the First Five Editions of Izaac Walton's Compleat Angler, First and Other Editions of the Angler's Hand-Book, Bainbridge's Fly Fisher's Guide, Best's Art of Angling
Cotton (charles) The Planter's Manual, front. Slightly defective and mounted, Rev. E. S. Cotton's copy, with his book-plate, half bound.
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