Details
- Dimensions
- 8ʺW × 1.25ʺD × 10.5ʺH
- Period
- 1920s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Black & White Photography
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Design Modified, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Navy Blue
- Condition Notes
- Rebound in tight and clean buckram binding with gilt lettering, circa 1968 Rebound in tight and clean buckram binding with gilt lettering, circa 1968 less
- Description
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"Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas" by Zane Grey, with 100 illustrations from photographs taken by the author and others, drawings …
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"Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas" by Zane Grey, with 100 illustrations from photographs taken by the author and others, drawings by Lillian Wilhelm Smith. First Edition, New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1925, with no dust jacket, but re-bound in newer navy buckram covers with marbled endpapers. 216 pages. Publishing information, "New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1925. Printed in the U.S.A. First Edition. K.Z."
The opening lines are, "A fisherman has many dreams, and from boyhood one of mine was to own a beautiful white ship with sails like wings, and to sail into lonely tropic seas. Some dreams, even those of a fisherman, come true. In August, 1924, I bought a big three-masted schooner...." This is a book full of adventure, travel, and sport fishing tales by one of America's most successful and exciting 20th century writers.
Very good condition with replaced excellent binding c. 1968. less
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