Buy this book on-line The Earl of Lonsdale,The Right Hon. & Taverner,Eric: : THE LONSDALE LIBRARY VOL II - TROUT FISHING FROM ALL ANGLESLONDON.SEELEY,Service & Co.Ltd.,1933. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,8vo HB,minus issued dw/dj,1st edn.[Second volume published under the editorship of The EARL OF LONSDALE,K.G., G.C.V.O.,D.L. and Mr.
Eric Taverner,of a proposed library of Sports,Games & Pastimes volumes.
Permission was given for the books to be dedicated to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.Some titles/volumes come in upto 3 bindings/states: buckram cloth,a Library edn in Quarter Leather and a de Luxe edn on hand-made paper,
numbered+signed in full leather.
There is a Leather de Luxe edn on hand-made paper of 360 numbered copies with a collection of exquisitely tied flies,of this same title/volume.] VG++.Previous owner's
inscrptn+addresses to ffe,and both eps generally bright and clean.
Bright,generally clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,
terracotta buckram bds,with very slightly oxidised - but still discernible - stamped gilt letters and Lonsdale heraldic design/device to the spine/backstrip,and similar,
small gilt 'Lonsdale' heraldic design/device to upper bd.Because the publisher's gilt,stamped lettering is to the very foot of the spine/backstrip,and with concomitant shelf-wear from bumping and reciprocal creasing to the foot,
these letters have either oxidised or almost been worn away and are also just discernible.Spine/
backstrip lightly sunned/faded - as usual/normal - and some slight mottling/marking to front and rear bds' top,bottom and vertical edges.
Both head+foot of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top edges coloured light brown,fore-edges slightly aged/
tanned - as usual/normal - with some minimal,sporadic spotting/
foxing; contents bright,tight,clean,
solid and sound - no dog-ear reading
creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn,7-448pp [paginated] includes preface by Eric Taverner (co-editor) contents list/table,list
of 65 numbered plates,similar list of 188 b/w illustrations in the text,30 chapters,profuse (250) illustrations as either contemporary
b/w photographs or b/w line illustrations.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page with publisher's advert to recto,b/w photographic frntis,title-page and intro by the Earl of Lonsdale.
Despite these minor faults/defects,
the book really is in a clean condition and acceptable state, particularly given the absence of the protective dw/dj.
A practical guide to modern methods
of trout fishing (then 1932/3) by assorted contributors for both the tyro and the expert.Includes chapters on life history of trout,
trout flies,fly dressing and materials used etc.,casting+fishing,
legal aspect of fishing,and trout streams and fishery management. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of The Earl of Lonsdale,The Right Hon. & Taverner,Eric: : THE LONSDALE LIBRARY VOL II - TROUT FISHING FROM ALL ANGLES. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. The Earl of Lonsdale,The Right Hon. & Taverner,Eric: : THE LONSDALE LIBRARY VOL II - TROUT FISHING FROM ALL ANGLESLONDON.SEELEY,Service & Co.Ltd.,1929. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Second volume published under the editorship of The EARL OF LONSDALE,K.G.,
G.C.V.O.,D.L. and Mr. Eric Taverner,of a proposed library of Sports,Games & Pastimes volumes.
Permission was given for the books to be dedicated to
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.Some titles/
volumes come in upto 3 bindings/states: buckram cloth,a Library edn in Quarter Leather and a de Luxe edn on hand-made paper,numbered+signed in full leather.There is a Leather de Luxe edn on hand-made paper of 360 numbered copies with a collection of exquisitely tied flies,of this same title/volume.] VG/G+.No previous owner's inscrptn,ffe removed,
leaving the front hinge lightly+partially cracked,no price-clip to dw/dj (21s.) though.Dw/dj slightly grubbed,chipped with some minimal loss to all corners,top+bottom of it's spine/backstrip which is also slightly darkened,some negligible creasing to edges,some rubbing to border edged design.B/w photographic onlay to upper panel and to spine/
backstrip.Slight mottlling to front+rear bd's vertical edge,some light grubbing/marking to body of both bds,spine/backstrip also slightly darkened and lightly marked and slightly stained,the stamped gilt letters partially oxidised but discernible.
Publisher's original terracotta buckram bds,with very
slightly oxidised - but still discernible - stamped gilt letters and Lonsdale heraldic design/device to
the spine/backstrip,and brighter,crisp,stamped small gilt 'Lonsdale' heraldic design/device to upper bd.
Because the publisher's gilt,stamped lettering is to the very foot of the spine/backstrip,and with concomitant shelf-wear from bumping and reciprocal creasing to the foot,these letters have either oxidised but are discernible.Corners are generally sharp with minimal bumping and front pastedown generally bright and clean,similar for rear pastedown
but rear ffe has offset foxing to it.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top edges coloured light brown,fore-edges slightly aged/tanned - as usual/normal - contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-448pp [paginated]
includes preface by Eric Taverner (co-editor) contents list/table,list of 65 numbered plates,
similar list of 188 b/w illustrations in the text,30 chapters,profuse (250) illustrations as either contemporary b/w photographs or b/w line illustrations.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page with
publisher's advert to recto,b/w photographic frntis,
title-page and intro by the Earl of Lonsdale.Despite these faults/defects,the book is an acceptable good copy.
A practical guide to modern methods of trout fishing
(then 1932/3) by assorted contributors for both the tyro and the expert.Includes chapters on life history
of the trout,trout flies,fly dressing and materials used etc.,casting+fishing,legal aspect of fishing,and
trout streams and fishery management.
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