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The Charles B. Wood III collection of books on Atlantic Salmon fishing (Bibliotheca Salmo Salar).
Lot 264

Grimersta Estate. Two titles

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

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Grimersta Estate.

Two titles Grimersta Estate. Wigan, Michel. Grimersta. The story of a great fishery. N. p. [Isle of Lewis, Scotland: Privately printed, 2000] EDITION: 650 copies. SIZE: 265 x 185 mm. PAGINATION: 125+1 pp. ILLUSTRATIONS: Five humorous pen drawings by D. G. Lang; 8 plates on coated paper with 22 halftones from photos; 6 full-page chapter breaks each with drawing of the Elver Fly by Camilla Curtis; front endpaper reproduces a watercolor by William Garfit; rear endpaper map by Peter Squire and running-head illustrations by David Hopkins. BINDING: Cased in maroon binder's linen; title in silver on cover and spine. PRINTER: Unknown. Designed by Cobalt Ltd. Printed on good quality cream-colored paper in bistre ink.

Midland Salmon and Trout Club. [Birmingham: Privately printed for the Club], 1935 EDITION: Unknown (but probably not in excess of about 200 copies). SIZE: 101 x 150 mm. PAGINATION: (20) pp. ILLUSTRATIONS: Two vignettes (line cuts) on the title page; 4 full-page diagrammatic maps of the fisheries of the Dee (salmon), the Severn (trout and salmon), the Blythe and the Onny (both trout and grayling). BINDING: A pamphlet, saddle stitched, two staples. Covers are stiff gray cover stock; title printed in black ink. PRINTER: Not indicated.,

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