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Hunt, Richard C.; Intercolonial Railway. Two titles image 1
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The Charles B. Wood III collection of books on Atlantic Salmon fishing (Bibliotheca Salmo Salar).
Lot 211

Hunt, Richard C.; Intercolonial Railway. Two titles

5 – 15 November 2022, 12:00 EST
Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

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Hunt, Richard C.; Intercolonial Railway.

Two titles Hunt, Richard C. Salmon in low water. [New York]: Privately printed by the Anglers' Club of New York, 1950 EDITION: 500 copies of which this is no. 302. SIZE: 255 x 158 mm. PAGINATION: (ii)+87+(ii) pp. ILLUSTRATIONS: As stated on the title page: "With hand-colored plates of flies after water-colors by Edgar Burke, M.D." There are two plates, both printed by color offset; the first appears to have no hand-coloring at all. The second appears to have been highlighted with touches of silver (to represent the silver tinsel on fly bodies). There are in addition seven handsome decorative initials by John C. Atherton. BINDING: Cased in pale green buckram with printed paper labels on spine and upper cover. Top edge colored pale yellow. Housed in original brown card slipcase with paper label. PRINTER: Peter Beilenson, Mount Vernon, New York. Set in Waverley types and printed on specially made paper.

Intercolonial Railway. Salmon fishing. Montreal, 1903 EDITION: Unknown. SIZE: 246 x 220 mm. PAGINATION: (8) pp. ILLUSTRATIONS: 7 halftones from photographs; double-page folding map across both sides of centerfold. BINDING: Saddle stitched with two staples. PRINTER: Unknown,

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