Frank E Phares Illustrations (2 results)

Later Printing. Quarto (27cm); orange cloth-covered boards with titling and decoration stamped in black on spine and front cover; black topstain; pictorial endpapers; 203pp; portrait frontispiece with black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. Previous owner's gift inscription, dated 1939, inked to front flyleaf, and previous owner's pictorial bookplate laid in (with corresponding residue to front pastedown). Modest shelf-wear and -soil; Very Good. Text explores Grey's adventures capturing swordfish and tuna, with illustrations from photographs taken on his trip and artwork by Phares. [88131].…

First Edition. First Printing, with "First Edition" and publisher's "H-B" code on copyright page. Small quarto (27cm); navy blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; green topstain; pictorial endpapers; [xii],203,[3]pp, with 90 illustrations by Frank Phares (86 of them are halftone plates). Lacks three halftone plates (xxxiii, xxxiv, xl), topstain dulled, a few scuffs to spine, with scattered foxing to endpapers, text edges, and plate margins; hinges sound; just Very Good, lacking the dustjacket. A serviceable reading copy. 83765.…