Lot 105
Fish, seafood and fishing - Philpots, John R
Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 July 2006 at 12:00 BST
Description
Oysters and all about them. London: J. Richardson, 1891. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, original cloth, lightly marked; House of Commons. Report of the Commission appointed to inquire into the methods of oyster culture in the United Kingdom and France. Dublin: A. Thom, 1870, 8vo, 10 folding coloured plates and plans, original wrappers, lightly spotted, one plan loose; Benham, W.G. Colchester Oyster Feast. Colchester: Essex County Standard, 1902, 4to, illustrations, half roan, spine worn and crudely repaired; Robinson, J. The Whole Art of Curing, Pickling and Smoking Meat and Fish. London: Longman [& others], 12mo, original cloth, early inscription on title and endpaper, rubbed; The Whaling Directory of the United States in 1869. New Bedford: Taber Bros., 1869, 8vo, 7 leaves of illustrations, original cloth, head and tail of spine worn, hinges wear with 9 others (15)