green, blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine letters, pp., [iii]-viii [1] 371, illustrated, colored lithograph frontis. 10 wood engraved plates, wood engraved title vignette,front inner hinge cracked,wear at spine ends,and corners, frontis, title page and first page of contents disbound, a bright, clean copy. Hardy, a British Army officer, first fished the Nepisiquit in 1852 and the next year he fished on the Restiqouche. Details of these trips are to be found in two books, this book, and SPORTING ADVENTURES IN THE NEW WORLD. These two books are the first sustained narratives (as distinct from brief sketches) devoted to salmon angling in New Brunswick.BRUNS H-70; Westwood and Satchell, p 112. Size: 8 Vo., (22 cm.). N° de réf. du vendeur 6680
Titre : FOREST LIFE IN ACADIE. Sketches of Sport and...
Éditeur : Chapman & Hall,, London
Date d'édition : 1869
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Very Good
Edition : First Edition
Description du livre First edition. First edition. Illustrated with color frontispiece, title page vignette and 10 black-and-white engraved plates. viii, [ii], 371, [8, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns H70; Westwood and Satchell, p. 112; Sabin 30349; Lande 1822; Watters, p. 686 Original purple cloth. Spine toned, some light wear (small nick at spine, head rubbed), title page a bit foxed, hinges tender. Very good Illustrated with color frontispiece, title page vignette and 10 black-and-white engraved plates. viii, [ii], 371, [8, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. N° de réf. du vendeur 261797
Description du livre Hardback. Etat : V.g. 1st Edition. Illustrated with colour frontispiece [the American brook trout], title page vignette and 10 black-and-white engraved plates. viii, [ii], 371 pp. Pub. pebble-grain green cloth, gilt. Damp stain to the title-page and a small closed margin tear otherwise a nice copy with an unfaded binding. 22.5 cms. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS. Size: large 8vo. N° de réf. du vendeur TS433
Description du livre Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Bound in later 3/4 brown leather over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, color lithograph frontispiece and all others as listed, previous owner name on title page otherwise clean and unmarked VG++. N° de réf. du vendeur 024229