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JOHNSON, FRANK M. Forest, Lake and River: the Fishes of New-England and Eastern Canada. Boston: Printed for the Subscribers, 1902. From the edition of 350, this is copy 12, one of 15 with hand-colored plates signed by the artist A.D.W. Turner. Two volumes, original full reverse cloth with hand-painted salmon fly, housed in a green levant-backed clamshell case. 10 1/8 x 8 inches (26 x 20 cm); with eight of the plates of fishing scenes hand-colored and signed. Binding lacking ties, rubbed and dried, lacking spine labels, internally quite foxed as usual; Together with a portfolio containing two unrecorded chromolithographic plates of salmon by August D. Turner, probably intended for the accompanying portfolio of twelve plates for this work (not present). [from prints: Sackett & Wilhelms Lith. & Ptg. Co. Copyright by F.M. Johnson M.D., 1902]. Modern chemise and slipcase of cream buckram, green levant label to match the text volume. Each plate 17 5/8 x 27 1/2 inches (45 x 70.5 cm) on gilded card mounts. Some minor abrasions. The two plates depict a leaping salmon, and a plunging salmon taking a fly. These appear to be unrecorded, but are uniform with the plates in the published portfolio of twelve (which is almost inevitably missing), and were presumably not included for reasons unknown. Hecksher 1129; Bruns B-33 for the published work. not noting this issue of the text. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson