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Tales of Swordfish and Tuna
by Zane Grey
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1927. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 7.5". Zane Grey; Frank E. Phares. A first edition work by Zane Grey, relating the author's experiences fishing for swordfish and Tuna in Canada, with numerous illustrated plates and in-text illustrations by Frank E. Phares. First Edition. Illustrations include a frontispiece, title page vignette engravings, forty-three illustrated plates, and a combination of heading and chapter ending illustrations by the author and Frank E. Phares (1892-1958).This is a work on fishing by Zane Grey, in which the author relates his experiences exploring Canada while fishing swordfish and tuna.Contents include 'Tuna at Avalon, 1919', 'Wolves of the Sea', 'Herculean Angling', and 'The Deadly Airpline-Wire Leader'. Pearl Zane Grey (1872-1939) was an American author and dentist, whose works usually fell under the adventure and western genre. His most popular work, 'Riders of the Purple Sage', becomes a nationwide best seller.With an ink inscription to the front endpaper, which reads 'For John with w----- ---- from Dad. Xmas 1928.'Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Minimal bumping to the extremities and the spine, with light fading and wear to the spine, particularly on the head and tail of spine and the joints. Light offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean, with light age-toning to margins. Prior owner's ink inscription to verso of front free endpaper. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 815D25
- Title
- Tales of Swordfish and Tuna
- Author
- Zane Grey
- Illustrator
- Zane Grey; Frank E. Phares
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Size
- 10.5" by 7.5"
- Keywords
- Tales of Swordfish and Tuna Zane Grey fishing Canada Zane Grey illustrated plates
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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