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Black Bass
by Knight, John Alden
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Poor
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Poor. One of the best-known names in the field of outdoor writing,'' who has spent a lifetime of study & fishing all around the US, offers here everything the fisherman needs to know about large- & small mouth bass & how to catch them. In 200 pages, well-illustrated throughout with black-and-white photos, line drawings & color plates. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1949, this hardcover book has green publisher's cloth over boards with a black & green embossed fish design to front & lettering to spine. Condition is Very Good: very clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Pages off-white with modest tanning, heavier to endpapers. Only flaws are external including a heavily bumped top-outer corner of front board & rubbing to all extremities, with some cloth fraying at lower corners & heel of spine. The partially clipped DJ (with $4.00 price intact on front flap) is Poor, missing most of upper spine & a chunk off lower, front flap detached, but present, light creases & many small chips; nicely preserved now in new mylar cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020786
- Title
- Black Bass
- Author
- Knight, John Alden
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- FISH FISHING SPORT FLIES LURES HOW TO FLY CASTING OUTDOORS ILLUSTRATED LARGE SMALL MOUTH BASS LAKES
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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