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Tarpomania & Buck Fever
by Johnson, Eldridge Reeves
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Bound in full crushed olive levant with inlay of tarpon on the line on front cover, full grey morocco gilt doublures, patterned
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Privately Printed, 1928. Very limited edition [no limitation specified]. 8 photogravure illustrations with lettered tissue guards. [5], 59 ff., printed in green and black. 8vo. Bound in full crushed olive levant with inlay of tarpon on the line on front cover, full grey morocco gilt doublures, patterned paper flyleaves, t.e.g., by The French Binders. A few small nicks and mild uneven fading as usual. Very limited edition [no limitation specified]. 8 photogravure illustrations with lettered tissue guards. [5], 59 ff., printed in green and black. 8vo. Presentation copy, inscribed by Johnson to socialist politician and science fiction writer George Allan England.
Ken Callahan, in his bibliography, comments that this book "Gives a very good account of the excitement of tarpon fishing. Certainly the most attractive tarpon book, both in typography, design and particularly fine binding by The French Binders, formerly binders for the Grolier Club. ... A rare and handsome book." Eldridge Johnson was the president of the Victor Talking Machine Co. and a book collector, the owner of Lewis Carroll manuscripts and books. Bruns J31, p. 243; Ken Callahan's "A Partial Tarpon Bibliography" at end of 1990 edition of The Book of the Tarpon, p. xiii; Heller 2:291
Ken Callahan, in his bibliography, comments that this book "Gives a very good account of the excitement of tarpon fishing. Certainly the most attractive tarpon book, both in typography, design and particularly fine binding by The French Binders, formerly binders for the Grolier Club. ... A rare and handsome book." Eldridge Johnson was the president of the Victor Talking Machine Co. and a book collector, the owner of Lewis Carroll manuscripts and books. Bruns J31, p. 243; Ken Callahan's "A Partial Tarpon Bibliography" at end of 1990 edition of The Book of the Tarpon, p. xiii; Heller 2:291
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 317059
- Title
- Tarpomania & Buck Fever
- Author
- Johnson, Eldridge Reeves
- Format/Binding
- 8 photogravure illustrations with lettered tissue guards. [5], 59 ff., printed in green and black. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Bound in full crushed olive levant with inlay of tarpon on the line on front cover, full grey morocco gilt doublures, patterned
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Very limited edition [no limitation specified]
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Angling | American | Sports & Games | Sports & Games | Sports & Games | Hunting / Shooting | Eldridge Reeves Johnson
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sets & Fine Bindings; Sports & Games;
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James Cummins Bookseller
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.
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