Joe Wayring at Home; Or, the Adventures of a Fly-rod by Harry Castlemon - 2012-01-10

Porter & Coates, 1886T. hardcover. Good. . First ed. Gold-yellow cloth pictorial boards. Some bumping at corners, some wear along edges. Spine faded. Pages have some tanning at edges but are clean. Binding sturdy.

Philadelphia: Coates, 1896. Later Printing . Hardcover. Fair-/No Jacket. This book with it's complete 413 page text should be thought of as a reading copy. There is considerable hinge gapping at first and last gutters and elewhere. Much aged charm, along with board fraying and abrasion. The book has an almost battered appearance, two of the first couple of pages are partially loose. Subtitle "Adventures of a fly-rod." *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company , 1886 Very clean, good binding, some tanning from age and mild wear to the cover. Colors of the illustration on the cover are bright.

PA: Winston, 1886. Very Good. Later. Very good minus. Foxing, browning, cover rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Joe Wayring at Home; or, The Adventures of a Fly-Rod.

Paperback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Philadelpia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1886 Reprint. Hard cover, 12mo, in pictorial green cloth with titles in black to front and spine, and cover design in white, gold and red, pictorial endpapers, 1 p. publisher's adverts, 413 pp., plus additional 2 pp. publisher's adverts. Condition: Very Good Minus : Some shelf-wear, darkening to boards, wear at head and tail of spine, pages moderately toned. Front hinge cracked but holding firmly. Small bookseller's label on rear pastedown.** This was the first title in Castlemon's three-book Forest and Stream series. A description from Publisher's Weekly dated Oct. 9, 1886: " A fly-rod begins relating his story. It tells how Joe Wayring first bought it, and obtained such rare sport through it, as to call it " Old durability." It then drops the first person, continues in an impersonal way Joe's life and adventures, the latter being mostly fishing exploits in New England lakes and rivers." (Blanck, p.67) Bibliographer Jacob Blanck (Harry Castlemon, 1941) p. 66… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.