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(Seafood) Mitchell, John M. The Herring: Its Natural History and National Importance.

$300

374 pp. Illus. with folding chromolithograph frontis. of a shiny herring and 5 color lithograph plates of fishing vessels in waters off the coasts of France and England. Blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First Edition. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1864.

Armorial bookplate of Josselyn. Upper front joint & hing cracked, chipping to cloth along spine, stains to upper front cover, thus good only, but bright interior with fascinating subject. Rare.