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The Charles B. Wood III collection of books on Atlantic Salmon fishing (Bibliotheca Salmo Salar).
Lot 225

Sage, Dean
The Ristigouche and its salmon fishing. With a chapter on angling literature, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1888

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Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

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Sage, Dean

The Ristigouche and its salmon fishing. With a chapter on angling literature, EDITION: 105 copies. Limitation states: "The edition consists of 105 copies: being 25 copies for sale in the United States; 25 copies for sale in Great Britain; 50 copies for private presentation; 5 copies for public libraries. This is copy no. 10." SIZE: 325 x 245 mm. PAGINATION: xvi+275+(vi) pp. ILLUSTRATIONS: There are 71 illustrations of various sorts: Annan & Swan photogravures (20); engravings (8); lithograph (1 – map); original etchings (21); wood-engravings 20; and 1 line cut. The original etchings are by Stephen Parrish, Anna Lea Merritt, C. A. Platt, H. Sandham, George S. Ferrier, and C. O. Murray. Other artists who contributed to the book: G. Reid, W. G. Burn-Murdoch, J. Adam, Sara Sage, G. Aikman, Miss Townsend, J. W. Taylor and A. S. Thompson. BINDING: Dark green coarse-weave publisher's linen; title, author's name and date in Roman numerals in gilt on spine; large vignette of osprey and salmon stamped in gilt on upper cover. PRINTER: T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1888

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Stanford White's copy, with his signature on blank page before half-title.

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