Fisherman's Luck And Some Other Uncertain Things
by Van Dyke, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover. Yes. N.d. (ca. 1915). Early reprint edition in green cloth with tipped on color illustration title label front cover. 285 pps. with index. Illustrated with plates in black and white. Collection of essays having to do (some more, some less) with fishing and the outdoors. Very good, evidence of damp to top corner of the front and rear board. In the rather uncommon dust jacket which duplicates the title label and adds a drawing of rod and reel and creel. Some stainging to the corners, , 1" chip at foot of spine and shallow chipping to the head of the spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E2445
- Title
- Fisherman's Luck And Some Other Uncertain Things
- Author
- Van Dyke, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Yes
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Keywords
- Fishing, Angling, Fish, Short Stories, Sporting, Sports
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fishing;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Reprint
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- Cloth
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- Chipping
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