Veiled Horizons. Stories of Big Game Fish of the Sea. Illustrated with Photographs.
by BANDINI, Ralph
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Derrydale Press, (1939). First edition. One of 8950 numbered copies. Large octavo. [10], 222 pp. plus nine plates of photographs printed in gravure and a map of the Southern California coast and Channel Islands. Publisher's green cloth with multiple gilt rules on the cover framing a gilt swordfish, gilt spine lettering. Very minor extremity wear and a previous owner's signature on front pastedown. A very good copy.Exciting stories of big-game fishing at Catalina Island, with much history about the famous Tuna Club at Avalon, the first angling club dedicated to big game fishing. Includes chapters on Tuna, More Tuna, Big Tuna, and Broadbills. Bandini was the scion of a pioneering southern California family that operated a freight service and coach line. He was active on several California state conservation committees, and served as Tuna Club secretary for some time.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72408
- Title
- Veiled Horizons. Stories of Big Game Fish of the Sea. Illustrated with Photographs.
- Author
- BANDINI, Ralph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1939)
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...