Published by London : Peerage Books, 1984
ISBN 10: 090740877X ISBN 13: 9780907408772
Signed
Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Good dust jacket. Signed by Robinson on bookplate affixed to front free endpage. From the Art Reference Collection of wildlife artist and outdoorsman Alan James Robinson. This collection was used by Robinson to create his wonderful art and Cheloniidae Press books. (Great Britain, freshwater fish, early works, facsimiles).
Published by Peerage Books. London. 1984, 1984
ISBN 10: 090740877X ISBN 13: 9780907408772
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984). (1879) 1984 new edition. Folio (218 x 312mm). Pp256. 41 Colour plates by A.F. Lydon, engravings by Benjamin Fawcett. Pale orange end-papers. Fawn boards, angling scene in brown to upper board, spine titled in brown. Pages cockled, dust marks to top edge. Good-plus in faded, price-clipped dust-wrapper. A good one-volume reprint of the well-known original, published in two volumes in 1879. .
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 20.18
Used offers from US$ 25.45
Also find Hardcover
Published by Palala Press, 2018
ISBN 10: 1378774930 ISBN 13: 9781378774939
Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Condition: New.
Published by Webb & Bower. Exeter, Devon. 1981, 1981
ISBN 10: 090667106X ISBN 13: 9780906671061
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Condition: new. A.F. Lydon (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). (1879) 1981 new edition. Folio (218 x 310mm). Pp256. 41 Colour plates by A. F. Lydon, engravings by Benjamin Fawcett, brown end-papers. Brown cloth backed paper-covered boards, pictorial gilt design to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Slight spotting to edges and end-papers. Good-plus in slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. A good one-volume reprint of the well-known and collectable colour plate book, originally published in two volumes in 1879. "The book combines a scholarly and comprehensive text with illustrations of an accuracy and artistic standard rarely seen today. There are sixty-two species described; forty-one are illustrated with colour plates and each section opens with a charming landscape drawing." One of the most attractive fishery science/ angling books of all. This edition contains a new foreword by Lord Hardinge of Penshurst. .
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 24.29
Used offers from US$ 31.62
Also find Hardcover Softcover First Edition
Published by Palala Press, 2018
ISBN 10: 1378596250 ISBN 13: 9781378596258
Seller: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condition: new.
Published by Gibbings & Company, Limited. London. 1900, 1900
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1900). (1879) 1900 3rd edition. 4to (180 x 270mm). Ppxxviii,231. Full page purple-tinted woodcuts, text engravings by Benjamin Fawcett. Dark green blind-ruled cloth, spine titled in gilt. Cloth worn & stained, front inner hinge cracked. A good reading copy only. Originally published in 1879 in two volumes, this 1895 second edition was combined into a single volume but does, unfortunately, lack the magnificent colour plates of the original. .
Published by A. Brown & Sons, Limited. Hull and York. 1895, 1895
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1895). (1879) 1895 2nd edition. 4to (180 x 270mm). Ppxxviii,231. Full page purple-tinted woodcuts, text engravings by Benjamin Fawcett. Quarter calf over green cloth boards. Spine very frayed & with library number. Library label on front paste-down. A strong copy, internally very clean. Originally published in 1879 in two volumes, this 1895 second edition was combined into a single volume but does, unfortunately, lack the magnificent colour plates of the original. .
Published by A. Brown & Sons, Limited. Hull and York. 1895, 1895
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1895). (1879) 1895 2nd edition. 4to (180 x 270mm). Ppxxviii,231. Full page purple-tinted woodcuts, text engravings by Benjamin Fawcett. Dark green blind-ruled cloth, spine titled in gilt. Cloth quite stained. Rather browned and foxed. Good. Originally published in 1879 in two volumes, this 1895 second edition was combined into a single volume but does, unfortunately, lack the magnificent colour plates of the original. .
Published by Gibbings & Company 3rd edition, London, 1900
Seller: Abbey Antiquarian Books, Blockley, GLOS, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good-. Tinted plates (24) + 56 wood engravings in the text. Small quarto green ribbed and blindstamped cloth (tips worn/bit marked to lower fore-edge) xxviii +231pp. Small ownership stamp of E.A. Ellis (Edward Ellis naturalist author) to corner of half title + pencil inscription M.P. Cockle dated Margate 1917. Inner hinge slightly pulled else very crisp and tight. 1 volume. Hardcover.
Published by Henry J. Drane. Fleet Street, London. 1895, 1895
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1895). (1879) ND (c. 1895) Drane issue of the 2nd edition. 4to (180 x 270mm). Ppxxviii,231. Full page purple-tinted woodcuts, text engravings by Benjamin Fawcett. Mid-green cloth, spine titled in gilt, boards with blind-ruled borders, gilt fish vignette to upper board, top edge gilt, bevelled edges. New end-papers, prelims foxed, closed tear to one page. Generally a very good copy of a very scarce imprint of Houghton. B&w Walton bookplate of angling book collector Colin Pitt. Originally published in 1879 in two volumes, this is an issue of the 1895 second edition which was combined into a single volume but, unfortunately, lacks the magnificent colour plates of the original. .
Published by William Mackenzie. London, Edinburgh and Dublin. 1895, 1895
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1879). 1879 1st edition. Two volumes. Folio (280 x 372mm). Ppxxvi,92 and ii,93-204. Illustrated with 41 tissue-guarded coloured engraved plates of fishes, engraved by Benjamin Fawcett after paintings by Alexander Francis Lydon + 64 engraved illustrations of river and lake scenes + large woodcut vignettes heading each section of text, title-pages printed in black & red. Dark red textured cloth decorated in gilt/black with angling vignettes, bevelled boards, all edges gilt. Cloth frayed at corners and quite darkened and shelf-worn. Some foxing throughout, heavy in places, several illegible ink stamps (ex-lib?) but still a good set. The Reverend William Houghton's lavishly-produced two volume work on the British species of freshwater fish, all magnificently illustrated by Alexander Francis Lydon's fine coloured plates printed by Benjamin Fawcett. .
Published by William Mackenzie. London, Edinburgh and Dublin. 1895, 1895
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1879). 1879 1st edition. Two volumes. Folio (280 x 372mm). Ppxxvi,92 and ii,93-204. Illustrated with 41 tissue-guarded coloured engraved plates of fishes, engraved by Benjamin Fawcett after paintings by Alexander Francis Lydon + 64 engraved illustrations of river and lake scenes + large woodcut vignettes heading each section of text, title-pages printed in black & red. Dark red textured cloth decorated in gilt/black with angling vignettes, bevelled boards, all edges gilt. Re-cased in original cloth with all plates present (though sticklebacks plate trimmed short and perch plate bound in opposite contents), new end-papers. Good-plus. Bookplate of Poul Ull Jacobsen. The Reverend William Houghton's lavishly-produced two volume work on the British species of freshwater fish, all magnificently illustrated by Alexander Francis Lydon's fine coloured plates printed by Benjamin Fawcett. .
Published by William Mackenzie. London, Edinburgh and Dublin. 1895, 1895
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1879). 1879 1st edition. Two volumes. Folio (280 x 372mm). Ppxxvi,92 and ii,93-204. Illustrated with 41 tissue-guarded coloured engraved plates of fishes, engraved by Benjamin Fawcett after paintings by Alexander Francis Lydon + 64 engraved illustrations of river and lake scenes + large woodcut vignettes heading each section of text, title-pages printed in black & red. Dark red textured cloth decorated in gilt/black with angling vignettes, bevelled boards, all edges gilt. Cloth darkened and rubbed on corners, two plates loose and rather frayed at edges. Good. The Reverend William Houghton's lavishly-produced two volume work on the British species of freshwater fish, all magnificently illustrated by Alexander Francis Lydon's fine coloured plates printed by Benjamin Fawcett. .
Published by William Mackenzie, London: 69, Ludgate Hill. E.C. Edinburgh and Dublin
Seller: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. LYDON A.F. [Alexander Francis] 1836-1917. (illustrator). 1st Edition. with Forty One Fine Coloured Plates. First edition, VG+, folio, full dark green morocco, rounded edges, elegant gilt & blind tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling & titles, edges rubbed. Internally, half title, coloured frontis, [7], (viii-xxvi), [1], 204 pp, 41 brightly coloured large folio chromo-lithographed plates, tissue guarded, 39 vignettes (B&W) and 25 illustrations within text, occasional very light foxing, a.e.g., gilt tooled turn ins, blue marbled endpapers, small bookseller label to fpd (Gilbert). (372*277 mm). Drawn from nature by LYDON A.F. A very handsome copy, beautifully bound. Houghton, a Shropshire clergyman, aimed his book at the fisherman rather than the naturalist, and the text (of which there is, unusually, plenty) gives information about recognition, feeding and breeding habits, habitat, bait and so on (Buchanan - Nature into Art, 168. Nissen ZBI 2009. Anker 59, Nissen IVB 136 . Bree).