FELL FERN: A COUNTRY BOOK FOR BOYS; with tales about fishing, etc. Interspersed with historical episodes, and romantic legends. By January Searle.
1851 1st edition. Square 12mo (125 x 156mm). Pp173 + 2 pp ads. Hand-coloured frontispiece. Dark blue/green cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt embossing and vignette on upper board, all edges gilt. .
A countryside novel for boys, with angling references. January Searle was the pen-name used by George Searle Phillips, a journalist who worked in both England and the United States. He wrote widely, but this appears to be his only work which refers to angling.
A countryside novel for boys, with angling references. January Searle was the pen-name used by George Searle Phillips, a journalist who worked in both England and the United States. He wrote widely, but this appears to be his only work which refers to angling.
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Book Code
12907
| Author | Phillips (George Searle). (1816-1889). ("January Searle"). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 12907 |
| ISBN | No ISBN. |
| Book Description | Spine quite frayed, inner hinges broken with preliminary pages loose, tape-mark to frontispiece and title-page. A complete working copy of a very scarce book. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1851 |
| Publisher | W.F. Ramsey. |
| Place | London. |