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American Fishing Books, A Bibliography from the Earliest Times up to 1948, together with A History of Angling and Angling Literature in America
by Wetzel, Charles M
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- first
- Condition
- Original 3/4 black morocco, blue cloth sides, gilt spine title and sporting devices, A FINE COPY. Bookplate of Joseph Delaplaine
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About This Item
Newark DE: Privately Printed, 1950. First edition, no. 35 of about 80 copies hand bound by the author, from a total edition of 200. Illustrated. 235 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original 3/4 black morocco, blue cloth sides, gilt spine title and sporting devices, A FINE COPY. Bookplate of Joseph Delaplaine Bates. First edition, no. 35 of about 80 copies hand bound by the author, from a total edition of 200. Illustrated. 235 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Joe Bates' Copy. Wetzel's landmark bibliography of American angling, with an excellent history of the sport. An essential work. Bruns W-73
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- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 254777
- Title
- American Fishing Books, A Bibliography from the Earliest Times up to 1948, together with A History of Angling and Angling Literature in America
- Author
- Wetzel, Charles M
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated. 235 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original 3/4 black morocco, blue cloth sides, gilt spine title and sporting devices, A FINE COPY. Bookplate of Joseph Delaplaine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, no. 35 of about 80 copies hand bound by the autho
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- Newark DE
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Angling
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports & Games;
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