Details
- Dimensions
- 8ʺW × 1ʺD × 10ʺH
- Styles
- American
- Period
- 1930s
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Green
- Condition Notes
- Slightest of aging and wear Slightest of aging and wear less
- Description
- LIMITED FIRST EDITION, one of only 1075 hand-numbered copies. Illustrated with very handsome drawings by Ralph Boyer & Milton C. … more LIMITED FIRST EDITION, one of only 1075 hand-numbered copies. Illustrated with very handsome drawings by Ralph Boyer & Milton C. Weiler, as well as by black and white photographs on glossy plates. Tall 8vo, publisher's original green and blue patterned cloth, the upper cover with gilt lettering and a gilt line with fly, the spine with a blue cloth label gilt lettered. 195 pp. LIMITED FIRST EDITION ON FLY-FISHING AND A CHARACTERISTICALLY APPEALING DERRYDALE PRODUCTION. The quality of the writing, the material, and the printing are all what one expects from the Derrydale Press. Author Eugene V. Connett was creator of the Derrydale Press and at one point described to Time Magazine that he got the Derrydale name "from a bottle of whiskey and a map of Ireland." It was the only publishing house in the world devoted exclusively to sporting books. less
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