Book-prices Current: A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction, Volume 23John Herbert Slater, William Roberta, F. Partridge H. F. and G. Witherby, 1909 |
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Page 156 - The art of angling; wherein are discovered many rare secrets very necessary to be known by all that delight in that recreation. Written by Thomas Barker, an ancient practitioner in the said art.
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