Foster David Compiled (4 results)
Published by University of Washington Press,, Seattle and London, 1970
- Hardcover
Seller: Book Stage, Stratford, ON, CanadaBook Stage
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HC. x, 206 pp Orange-red cloth over board. Very light shelf wear along edges, one handwritten addition to General Index, name on ffly blocked out, o/w nice clean copy.
More imagesPublished by Bemrose and Sons Ltd., 4, Snow Hill; and Derby. Ashbourne: D and W. H. Foster. [1905], London 1905
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8vo. 7.25 x 5.25 inches. xv + [i] + 406 pp. + 40 pp. advertisements. Bound in original red cloth, gilt, with black borders. Board edges bevelled. Patterned endpapers. A little wear to extremities, with a few small damp stains on front board and sunned spine. Lower corner damage to figure p. 586 and occasional scattered foxing an…d ink underlinings in text; otherwise a very good copy. 1940 inscription on verso of title. Illustrated by 17 pages of engraved and photographic plates, including 5 colour plates of flies and by text figures, including whole page. Copy LACKS frontispiece steel engraving of author. A popular practical guide to fly fishing including illustrations of Derbyshire dales. The first edition by David Foster (1815-81) of Burton-on-Trent, compiled by his sons, D. and W. H. Foster, was published in 1882. The text includes a Biographical Sketch of the Author, although the copy lacks the portrait. ANGLING DERBYSHIRE SPORT- RURAL PURSUITS 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED ANGLING.
More imagesPublished by Bemrose & Sons, Limited; D. & W. H. Foster. No date [c. 1895], Old Bailey; Ashbourn 1895
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. The sixth edition, fifth English issue of this illustrated guide to artistic angling with several colour plates, full bound in the original publisher's cloth with gilt titles. The sixth edition, fifth English issue of the work, originally published in 1882. As the preface to the work explains, "this…issue is announced as the Sixth Edition, inclusive of the American reprint (a piracy of course!) The First Edition was a double one, this owing to the large number of copies bespoken whilst the work was in preparation. This Edition is therefore really the Seventh that has left the press in little more than as many years."With sixteen illustrations including thirteen plate illustrations, both monochrome and colour, accompanying the text. This copy has the 'Beaufort Loch Flies' plate and the 'Sun Beam Salmon Flies' plate present, which are not present in all copies.With thirty-two pages of contemporary advertisements to the rear of the work.This is a thorough, illustrated guide by the esteemed fisherman David Foster which was compiled by his sons following his passing. It features dedicated chapters on the habits and haunts of fish, fly making, and amateur tackle making. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with light rubbing and some minor handling marks. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and the extremities. Hinges strained. Slight offsetting to the free endpapers. Internally, binding is strained. Pages are a trifle age toned however generally bright and clean barring the odd marginal handling mark and a few spots, heaviest to the outer leaves. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
Modern Latin American Literature: A Library of Literary Criticism (in Two Volumes)
FOSTER, David William and Virginia Ramos Foster, compiled and edited by
Published by Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., Inc, New York 1975
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Two volumes. Small quartos. 539, 508pp. Ex-library; each volume with one or two small "Discard" stamps and a neat note inked in the gutter of the half-title, foredges lightly foxed, very good or better in modestly worn, very good dust jackets with…labels on the faintly sunned spine, and Volume II with a tiny abrasion affecting the price on the upper flap. An anthology of literary criticism arranged alphabetically by author.
