DEEP-SEA FISHING AND FISHING BOATS. an account of the practical working of the various fisheries around the British Islands, with illustrations and descriptions of the boats, nets & other gear in use.

Holdsworth, Edmund W.H.:

Published by LONDON Edward Stanford, 1874

About this Item

A Good recased copy of the scarce First Edition in original blue publishers cloth xvi 429 pps [Advert leaf.] Frontispiece of Yarmouth Luggers and 14 other full page engraved plates,[one folding], plus wood engraved text illustrations.tables etc. A scarce and highly regarded work on commercial fishing describing the various methods of fishing and the boats utilised, followed by accounts of the fishing stations of England. Wales and the Channel Islands, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ireland. together with a chapter on Fishery Regulations, and an appendix detailing the current regulations for the lettering, numbering, and registration of British Fishing Boats. Yellow coated endpapers with an original Frank Meadows Sutcliffe photographic postcard of the raising of a loaded trawl net to the paste down. A Good clean sound copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: DEEP-SEA FISHING AND FISHING BOATS. an account of the practical working of the various fisheries around the British Islands, with illustrations and descriptions of the boats, nets & other gear in use.
• Publisher: LONDON Edward Stanford
• Publication Date: 1874
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fishing