Notes and Reminiscences Of My Life as an Angler By William Henderson, F.R. Hist.Soc. With an Appendix Containing A Description of the Caves of Adelsberg and the Proteus Anguinus Illustrations By Clement Burlison, Engraved By Edmund Evans FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY [First Edition LARGE PAPER COPY Half Leather Binding]

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London: Printed by Spottiswoode & Co. for Private Circulation Only, 1876, First Edition, Large Paper Copy. Bound in contemporary half green goatskin, the spine divided into six compartments, lettered in the second and fourth, the others tooled with gilt fishing motifs, gilt page edges, buckram paper boards, marbled paste downs and end papers, frontispiece albumen portrait of the author in wading boots. Wood engraved plates and text illustrations by Clement Burlison, engraved by Edmund Evans. xiii, 324pp. Approximately 10 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition divided into six compartments with raised gilt bands, gilt titles in the second and fourth, the others tooled with gilt fishing motifs, gently rubbed at the top. Joints good condition. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition bound in half contemporary green goatskin, with buckram boards, blind tooled fillets, general signs of wear. Page edges good condition all gilt. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition intact. Paste downs good condition marbled. End papers good condition marbled, subsequent end papers lightly tanned and foxed, there is a book label pasted to the first free end paper in the top right hand corner Charles G. Brown and there is an insert on the half title page which reads From Wm. Henderson with his address in Germany. Title good condition lightly tanned. Pages good condition half title present, frontispiece albumen portrait of the author in wading boots with a printed signature at the bottom. Wood engraved plates and text illustrations by Clement Burlison, engraved by Edmund Evans, lightly tanned throughout with some minor foxing. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1876 Binding: Hardback. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1638207547642

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