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SMITH, Jerome V.C. (1800-1879). Trout and Angling. Being Part Two of the Fishes of Massachusetts. New York: The Derrydale Press, 1929.
8o (251 x 160 mm). Hand-colored vignette on title-page and 2 hand-colored facsimile plates. Original green quarter morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (lightly rubbed, corners bumped); green quarter morocco slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 50 large-paper copies from a total edition of 375. A lovely copy of this reprint; Trout and Angling, first published in 1833, was the first book on fishing to be published in America. Frazier S-12-D; Siegel 31.
8o (251 x 160 mm). Hand-colored vignette on title-page and 2 hand-colored facsimile plates. Original green quarter morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (lightly rubbed, corners bumped); green quarter morocco slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 50 large-paper copies from a total edition of 375. A lovely copy of this reprint; Trout and Angling, first published in 1833, was the first book on fishing to be published in America. Frazier S-12-D; Siegel 31.