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Salmon on the Dry Fly
by Wertheim, Maurice
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Original boards, cloth spine. Fine
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Privately Printed [at the Elm Tree Press, Woodstock, Vermont], 1948. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Illustrated by Ogden M. Pleissner, and photographs. [vi], 18, [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original boards, cloth spine. Fine. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Illustrated by Ogden M. Pleissner, and photographs. [vi], 18, [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. From a story in Field & Stream magazine. "We are breaking the rule [of numbering items of under 24 pages] because of the importance and scarcity of this work" - Bruns. Bruns W67; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 127
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- Seller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 240382
- Title
- Salmon on the Dry Fly
- Author
- Wertheim, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated by Ogden M. Pleissner, and photographs. [vi], 18, [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original boards, cloth spine. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Limited to 500 copies
- Publisher
- Privately Printed [at the Elm Tree Press, Woodstock, Vermont]
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Angling
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports & Games;
Terms of Sale
James Cummins Bookseller
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.
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