Joe Wayring at Home; or the Adventures of a Fly-Rod (First book of the Forest and Stream Series)

Castlemon, Harry [Fosdick, Charles]

Published by Henry T. Coates & Co., Philadelpia, 1886

About this Item

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 identifies this as a reprint, given arrangement of the advertising.

Seller Inventory # 8899

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Joe Wayring at Home; or the Adventures of a Fly-Rod (First book of the Forest and Stream Series)
• Publisher: Henry T. Coates & Co., Philadelpia
• Publication Date: 1886
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Condition: Very Good Minus
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Juvenile
  • Literature - 19th Century
  • Hunting & Fishing