INVENTORY #124857
Salmon-Fishing in Canada by a Resident
ALEXANDER, Colonel Sir James Edward (ed.)
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$100.00
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Topics include: salmon fishing; what flies are suited for Canada; how to get to the salmon rivers in Canada; which are the salmon rivers in Canada; a Sunday at the Saguenay; salmon fishing in the tributaries of the Saguenay; the Esquemain, Petite Romaine, Sault de Mouton, Port Neuf and Bersimits, Sheldrake, Goodbout, Matane and Metis, Trinity, Pentecost, Margaret; "whale fishing" in the St. Lawrence and whale stories; salmon fishing in the Moisie. Former owner Noel Money was a WWI brigadier general born in Canada. In later life he returned to Canada to become a hotelier and golf course owner - and to fish for salmon, apparently.
Publication Info
- Publisher: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
- Edition: First Edition
- Date Published: 1860
- Place Published: London
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
xiv, 350, [2], 24 p. 20 cm. Frontispiece, title page vignette, area map, and numerous smaller b&w drawings. Purple cloth with blank impressing. Spine lean, corners bumped, edges worn. Spine ends torn and spine cloth browned as seems to be usual. Front hinge repaired and rear hinge cracking. Bookplate on front pastedown for Noel Money. Ink signature on a front leaf. Page 103 has a rough edge. Occasional spots. 24 p. publisher's catalogue at rear.