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Day 2 Fine Western, American, European Works

Sat, Nov 7, 2015 09:00AM EST - Sun, Nov 8, 2015 09:00AM EST
Lot 365

Three Fine Fishing Books

Estimate: $600 - $1,000

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including [Favorite Flies and Their Histories] by Mary Orvis Marbury, Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1892, fourth impression, in original gilt decorated green cloth, top edge gilt, 9-1/2 x 7-1/4 in., [binding is shaken, hinges are split or starting, evidence of bookplate removal on the front free endpaper otherwise very good]; [The Speckled Brook Trout] by Louis Rhead, New York: R. H. Russell, 1902, with numerous illustrations some of which are tipped-in, in full vellum with paper spine label, top edge gilt, 10-1/8 x 6-3/4 in., [lettering on the spine is dulled, green ribbon ties are missing, some foxing to the vellum otherwise very good]; and [The Rod in India] by Henry Sullivan Thomas, Mangalore: C. Stolz, 1873, in three-quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt-decorated spine, five raised bands, top edge gilt, 8-1/8 x 6 in., [some wear at the extremities otherwise very good] . Provenance: Estate of Hugh and Mary Chatham, State Road, North Carolina

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