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RONALDS, Alfred. The Fly-Fisher's Entomology. London: Longman [and others], 1839. 8°. 20 hand-coloured engraved plates. Original dark green cloth, title in gilt on upper cover (author's name and date inked on slightly faded spine). Second edition. Westwood & Satchell, p.178.
YARRELL, William (1784-1856). A History of British Fishes [Supplement to the History of British Fishes]. London: John van Voorst, 1841-39. 3 volumes, 8° and tall 8°. Numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text, advertisement leaf at end of vol. II and 2 advertisement leaves at end of Supplement. Original green cloth, uncut. Second edition but FIRST EDITION of the Supplement. Loosely inserted is an A.L.s., 4pp. 8°, Ryder Street, St. James's, 24 July 1853, from Yarrell to the Rev. R.S. Harker, a chatty letter in which he discourses upon birds, coins, religion, Lord John Russell and the Jewish Disabilities Bill, an anecdote about Sir Robert Inglis, and tells a joke about a griffin and the Austrian double-headed eagle. (4)
YARRELL, William (1784-1856). A History of British Fishes [Supplement to the History of British Fishes]. London: John van Voorst, 1841-39. 3 volumes, 8° and tall 8°. Numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text, advertisement leaf at end of vol. II and 2 advertisement leaves at end of Supplement. Original green cloth, uncut. Second edition but FIRST EDITION of the Supplement. Loosely inserted is an A.L.s., 4pp. 8°, Ryder Street, St. James's, 24 July 1853, from Yarrell to the Rev. R.S. Harker, a chatty letter in which he discourses upon birds, coins, religion, Lord John Russell and the Jewish Disabilities Bill, an anecdote about Sir Robert Inglis, and tells a joke about a griffin and the Austrian double-headed eagle. (4)
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