Author:
KNOX D.R.
Title:
Fish And Fishing In The Lone Glens Of Scotland
Price:
£95.00
Year:
1854
Edition:
1st Edn,
Publisher:
G Routledge and Co
Summary:
iv 144 pages, engraved title, woodcut illustrations to the text, some spotting to the blank endpapers Bound in a near contemporary fine quality half dark green morroco marbled end papers and boards the spine with gilt tooling of a single fly or fish and tackle vignette, with a later purpose made slipcase. Ownership label to the front paste down of Gorge Watson Neish, also a recent letter and a photograph of a skeleton relating to Dr Knox and his involvement with Burke and Hare Edinburgh murders and body snatchers. The book is divided into 2 parts, Part 1 includes the Tyne, Esk, Loch Leven, The Nith etc., Part 2 The Tweed and its tributaries also remarks on salmon propagation.
Ref:
23853
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