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PICTURESQUE VIEWS ON THE RIVER WYE
Written by Samuel Ireland.
Stock no. 579047
Published by R. Faulder; T. Egerton. 1st 1797. Very good condition.

Picturesque Views on the River Wye, From its Source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its Junction With the Severn Below Chepstow With Observations on the Public Buildings and Other Works of Art in its Vicinity. Map showing the course of the River Wye, 30 sepia aquatints plus b/w portrait plate of John Kyrle. xii + 159 pages + errata slip. Three-quarter brown calf binding, raised bands, gilt decorations and title to spine. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. 9" x 6.5". All plates present. Prelims foxed. No half-title but no evidence of any removal. Some pencil annotation. Bookplate of J. Arthur Hutton, the famous angling author, on front pastedown. Hutton wrote numerous books on salmon fishing and of particular relevance here given the book title are Wye Salmon and Other Fish; Rod-Fishing for Salmon on the Wye. Slight rubbing to spine. Overall a handsome copy.

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DER HEILIGE NIL
Written by A. Berger.
Stock no. 683880
Published by Wegweiser. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

Brown leather spine with gilt title. Brown decorated boards. B/w photos. German text. The exploration of the Nile. Contents very good but spine cracked and a little marked.

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A PICTURESQUE DESCRIPTION OF THE RIVER WYE FROM THE SOURCE TO ITS JUNCTION WITH THE SEVERN
Written by T.H. Fielding.
Stock no. 570371
Published by Ackermann & Co.. 1841. Very good condition.

Full polished brown leather binding with gilt borders and embossed decoration at corners. Red title label to spine. 12 beautiful mounted hand-coloured aquatint plates with tissue guards. Endpapers browned. Light browning to contents. Professional paper repair to edge of one page, hardly visible. A truly handsome copy of this scarce book.

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