AN AMATEUR ANGLER'S DAYS IN DOVE DALE, OR, HOW I SPENT MY THREE WEEKS' HOLIDAY. (JUL 24-AUG 14, 1884). 1884 1st trade edition. Issue B.
1884 1st trade edition. 32mo (90 x 137mm). Ppviii,88 + 32 pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Illustrated with chapter head decorations only. Olive green pebbled limp cloth over stiff boards, upper board titled in gilt with gilt vignette, spine not titled, plain end-papers. Issue B. The boards have been cut/trimmed so that they are the same dimensions at the text-block, and the cut edges of the boards are visible.
Marston, a successful publisher, returned to fishing after a break of forty years. He then took to it assiduously, writing a number of lyrical books on his experiences, beginning with this one.
Marston, a successful publisher, returned to fishing after a break of forty years. He then took to it assiduously, writing a number of lyrical books on his experiences, beginning with this one.
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58722
| Author | Marston (Edward). (1825-1914). "The Amateur Angler." |
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| Book Code | 58722 |
| ISBN | No ISBN. |
| Book Description | Rather loose and spine splitting, corners rubbed. A reading copy only, but inscribed by the author "F.A. Daldy Esq., with 'The Amateur Angler's' compliments. Aug 1885". |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1884 |
| Publisher | Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington. |
| Place | London. |