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Colquhoun, John

The Moor and the Loch:

[by William Clowes and Sons for] John Murray London 1841 Second Edition Containing Practical Hints on Highland Sports, and Notices of the Habits of the Different Creatures of Game and Prey in the Mountainous Districts of Scotland; with Instructions in River, Burn, and Loch-fishing. Woodcut frontispiece and 15 plates. 8vo. [226 x 144 x 25 mm]. xii, 204 pp. Later 19th century binding of polished calf, the spine divided into six panels with gilt compartments, lettered in the second on a green goatskin label, the others with emblematic centres and sprigs in the corners, green endleaves, top edge gilt, the others uncut. The half-title and title are foxed and there is some spotting but it is a good copy in a handsome binding with fishing motifs on the spine. Booklabel of John Charles Basil Eastwood and bookplate of Oliver Collett.

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