American Big Game Fishing by Connett, Eugene V., Ed - 1993

Derrydale Press, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Still in original Publisher's shrink wrap, never opened. Upper outer corners are noticeably bumped. Dark green leatherette boards with color illustration tipped in on front board, title and decorations in gold on front board and spine. All edges are gilt. Crisp and clean but for the bumped corners. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.

Derrydale Press, 1993. Hardcover. New/No Dustjacket as Issued. New Old Stock. Just removed from publisher's original shrinkwrap. Quarto, xxvi + 251 pp., color frontis, + 4 color plates, b/w photos & drawings, maps, index. Big game fishing stories from various authors: Lynn Bogue Hunt, Ernest Hemingway, Van Campen Heilner, Kip Farrington, etc. A limited edition (2,500 copies) reprint of the original 1935 limited edition. Eugene Virginius Connett, 3rd, the founder and principal owner of Derrydale, was a publishing genius. After graduating from Princeton in 1912, he briefly joined the family beaver hat-making business before striking out on his own as a fledgling book publisher and printer in Manhattan in 1927. Connett sought out the most respected outdoor writers of his day and convinced them to become Derrydale authors. He combined their words with the output of equally well-regarded artists and illustrators whose drawings, paintings, and etchings were beautifully reproduced. This remarkably… Read More

Derrydale Press, 1993. Book. Near Fine. hardback. hardback, small quarto, published in an unnumbered edition limited to 2,500 copies. Bound in bonded deep green leather lettered gilt, mounted pictorial inset within a gilt roundel to the upper board, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers, b&w plates, xxii + 251 pp. A Very well preserved tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text..

U.S.A.: Premier Press, 1985. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Premier Press Leather Limited Edition. Number 1527 Of 3000 Such Copies. Dark Green Leather With Gold Lettering. Book Is In Very Good Plus Condition. Boards Have A Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear. Light Bump. Fore Edges Have A Tiny Bit Of Reading Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. .

Full grained green leather with gilt border, sailfish, and title; raised bands and gilt particulars to spine; marbled end pages; all edges gilt. Tissue guarded color illustrations throughout. Numbered 1728 out of only 3000 copies printed. 9.5 x 12.25 inches. Very good copy. Previous owner's name written on front fly.

Derrydale Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1935. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 850 copies. Corners and spine ends worn. A 3/4" hole is cloth at hinge edge of spine. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 235 pages .

NY: Derrydale Press. Used - Very Good. 1993. NY: Derrydale Press, 1975. 4to, 251 pp, VG in gilt-stamped blue cloth (covers soiled; spine darkened; wear to tips. Illustrated in color plates by Lynn Bogue Hunt and b&w photographs and drawings. One of 850 copies in the regular edition. (Subject: Sports & Games.)

Derrydale Press Inc, 1993. hardcover. Like New. 0x0x0. L. Hunt. Book is in new condition other than some very light damage to gold gilt on the front edge. Cover has minor shelf rubbings. Your Satisfaction Guaranteed. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available.

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1935. First edition, one of 850 copies. With color plates by Lynn Bogue Hunt, and illustrations from photographs, drawings and maps. 251 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Original blue cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others untrimmed. Spine darkened (some soiling to back cover. Very good. Hunt, Lynn Bogue. First edition, one of 850 copies. With color plates by Lynn Bogue Hunt, and illustrations from photographs, drawings and maps. 251 pp. 1 vols. Folio. A splendid compilation, with contributions from S. Kip Farrington, Van Campen Heilner, and others, including Ernest Hemingway who wrote "Marlin Off Cuba", which had appeared in a slightly different version as "Marlin Off the Morro" (Esquire, Autumn, 1933). He also appears throughout this famous anthology. A Hemingway letter detailing the taking of the largest Atlantic sailfish is excerpted at length (pp. 49-51 and a full-page photograph of him with the fish, in the spring of 1934 appears on Page 1. Two other photos of Hemingway, including one… Read More

New York: The Derrydale Press (1935). Limited First Edition of 850 copies. Fine Hardcover (Blue cloth, Gilt lettering and stamping in front and on the spine, Gilt top edge, no dj). Hardly visible surface unevenness in the middle of back cover. Tiny bookworm hole (1/16" in diameter and 1/8" deep). otherwise The Book looks perfect. 12.7"x10.0"x1.5". be7x. For International/Expedited shipping contact seller