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THE FISHES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Francis Day.
Stock no. 1209020
Published by Williams and Norgate.
1st
1880.
Very good condition.
Rebound with speckled calf leather spine, green title band and gilt title. Brown cloth boards. Year below publisher on title page is '1880-1884'. 180 b/w plates (including plate 172A). A few b/w illustrations to text. A heavy set. Boards are a little scuffed, rear board of volume 2 is marked. Spines are very good, a few scuffs but overall clean. Text blocks are browned and little grubby. New endpapers given during rebind. Plate 52 in Volume I has a small closed tear at top gutter edge. Page 1 of Volume II has slight margin loss at top edge - does not affect text. All plates are pres3ent. Some plates have a few foxspots or age-related marks. A very nice set.