Sea Fishing. With Contributions on 'Antipodean and Foreign Fish' by W. Senior 'Tarpon' by A C. Harmsworth 'Whaling' by Sir H. W. Gore-Booth. Illustrated by C. Napier Hemy, R. T. Pritchett, W. W. May and Others.

Bickerdyke, John & Others.

Published by The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. London, Lomgmans, Green, and Co. Number 25 of 250 numbered, large paper copies., 1895

About this Item

7 5/8 inches x 9 1/2 in., limitation page, frontispiece, illustrated title-page xx, 562 pp., illustrated. Black leather spine, sides and corner-pieces, gilt titling and bands on the spine, and orange-tan cloth over boards, top-edge gilt, black silk bookmarker ribbon bound in; green, textured paper (later) endpapers. The limitation page, flyleaves, tissue guard to the frontispiece, prelims., show some tanning or tan-spotting; the lower margins of pp. 440-562 show various degrees of a light damp stain, and some browning to a few other lower page margins. Low-water shell fish and Conger hunting, prawning, and shrimping, surface-feeding sea fish, flat-sided and flat-backed fishes, Cod, Whiting, Bream, Conger, Sharks. The Sea Fisher in Foreign Parts by William Senior ("Red Spinner"); Tarpon Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico by Alfred C. Harmsworth; Whaling by Sir H. W. Gore-Booth. A near fine copy. Weight: 4 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item. Seller Inventory # ABE-1354494272

Bibliographic Details

Title: Sea Fishing. With Contributions on '...

Publisher: The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. London, Lomgmans, Green, and Co. Number 25 of 250 numbered, large paper copies.

Publication Date: 1895

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket