SAGE, DEAN. The Ristigouche and its Salmon Fishing. Edinburgh: David Douglas 1888. 4to, original coarse green cloth gilt, uncut, extremities faintly rubbed but the gilt bright, folding cloth chemise, red morocco pull-off case, occasional very faint offsetting from plates. LIMITED EDITION, no. 84 of 105 copies, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, aquatint frontispiece, aquatint title printed in red and black, both by Annan and Swan after George Reid, double-page lithographed map by J. Bartholomew, 16 etched and drypoint plates printed on Japan paper, 63 etched, aquatint and wood-engraved head-pieces, tail-pieces, pictorial initials and vignettes, by and after Mrs. A. L. Merritt, C. O. Murray, S. Parris, H. Sandham and others, lettered tissue guards, 3 leaves publisher's ads at end with etched specimens. Gee, p. 100 ("One of the great books on salmon fishing"). Author's autograph inscription signed on half-title to J. M. Hamilton, dated February 1890.

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SAGE, DEAN. The Ristigouche and its Salmon Fishing. Edinburgh: David Douglas 1888. 4to, original coarse green cloth gilt, uncut, extremities faintly rubbed but the gilt bright, folding cloth chemise, red morocco pull-off case, occasional very faint offsetting from plates. LIMITED EDITION, no. 84 of 105 copies, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, aquatint frontispiece, aquatint title printed in red and black, both by Annan and Swan after George Reid, double-page lithographed map by J. Bartholomew, 16 etched and drypoint plates printed on Japan paper, 63 etched, aquatint and wood-engraved head-pieces, tail-pieces, pictorial initials and vignettes, by and after Mrs. A. L. Merritt, C. O. Murray, S. Parris, H. Sandham and others, lettered tissue guards, 3 leaves publisher's ads at end with etched specimens. Gee, p. 100 ("One of the great books on salmon fishing"). Author's autograph inscription signed on half-title to J. M. Hamilton, dated February 1890.