Marston E 1825 1914 (6 results)

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Patterned green cloth binding, green title. Faded spine, gilt title, edges bumped. Internally, half title, frontis, [6], (vii-xiii), [1], [1], 2-152 pp, 12 pls (photographic), 3 illustrations in text, t.e.g, book plate & dedication to fpd (RM Kauffmann), occasional light edge browning & light foxing to first and last few pages, numerous initial letters and printers devices, printed at the Chiswick Press, by Charles Whittingham and Co, Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, London. (Hamptons p195). Title continues: Includes two chapters on 'angling in North Wales by RB Marston'. Marston, Edward (1825-1914), publisher, writer, had been fond of fishing as a boy but gave it up for nearly forty years of urban life. Only in the early 1880s did he return to his old hobby. Then, starting with An Amateur Angler's Days in Dove Dale (1884), he acquired some fame as the author of several light volumes on angling, all paying homage to Isaak Walton. See ODNB for a full Bio.…

First Edition. Good library copy in contemporary gilt-blocked burgundy cloth boards, backed with title-blocked vellum. Spine foxed and dust-dulled, with headband torn (no loss). Preliminary and final leaves foxed and dust-toned; some remaining library marks (including front board label), with the interior otherwise tight, bright and clean. A well-preserved example overall. Physical description; xviii, 127 pages : frontispiece, portrait, facsimile ; 18 cm. Notes; A new series, supplementing the author's Sketches of Some Booksellers of Other Days (London, 1901). Reprinted for the most part from the Publishers' Circular, 1901-1902. Includes illustrated plates, head-pieces, and decorated initials. Includes bibliographical notes. Contents; Michael Johnson, 1656-1731 Andrew Millar, 1707-1768 Thomas Davies, 1712-1785 Thomas Osborne, died 1767 [Barnaby] Bernard Lintot, 1674-1735 Henry Lintot, 1709-1758 Robert Dodsley, 1703-1764 The friends of literature Booksellers' Literary Club Thomas Evans, 1739-1803 John Nichols, 1744-1826 William Bowyer, printer, 1699-1777 Edward Cave, 1691-1754. Subjects; Booksellers and bookselling Great Britain History 18th century. Publishers and publishing Great Britain History 18th century. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Good library copy in contemporary gilt-blocked burgundy cloth boards, backed with title-blocked vellum. Spine foxed and dust-dulled, with headband torn (no loss). Preliminary and final leaves foxed and dust-toned; some remaining library marks (including front board label), with the interior otherwise tight, bright and clean. A well-preserved example overall. Physical description; xviii, 127 pages : frontispiece, portrait, facsimile ; 18 cm. Notes; A new series, supplementing the author's Sketches of Some Booksellers of Other Days (London, 1901). Reprinted for the most part from the Publishers' Circular, 1901-1902. Includes illustrated plates, head-pieces, and decorated initials. Includes bibliographical notes. Contents; Michael Johnson, 1656-1731 Andrew Millar, 1707-1768 Thomas Davies, 1712-1785 Thomas Osborne, died 1767 [Barnaby] Bernard Lintot, 1674-1735 Henry Lintot, 1709-1758 Robert Dodsley, 1703-1764 The friends of literature Booksellers' Literary Club Thomas Evans, 1739-1803 John Nichols, 1744-1826 William Bowyer, printer, 1699-1777 Edward Cave, 1691-1754. Subjects; Booksellers and bookselling Great Britain History 18th century. Publishers and publishing Great Britain History 18th century. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hard Cover. Includes chapters on Angling in North Wales by RB Marston, pattern green cloth cover with dark green decor and gilt spine letters bright, photograph plates, frontis, [6], (vii-xii), [2], 2-152 pp, no names, marks or labels, clean and tight. Marston had been fond of fishing as a boy but gave it up for nearly forty years of urban life. Only in the early 1880s did he return to his old hobby. Then, starting with An Amateur Angler's Days in Dove Dale (1884), he acquired some fame as the author of several light volumes on angling, all paying homage to Isaak Walton. See ODNB for a full Bio. …

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 226.