Published by Harper & Brothers, 1949
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. This is a near fine, unmarked Harper's edition in blue-green cloth, gold spine stamping, illustrated end papers, 446 pages, 80 full-page colour plates by A. Fraser-Brunner. Printed in Great Britain by Love & Malcolmson, Ltd. Redhill. Photos on request. MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY, extra for airmail or international shipping.
Published by London & Brussels, Ivor Nicholson & Watson, 1949., 1949
Seller: Antiquariat CoBrA, Oberrohrbach, Austria
First Edition
London & Brussels, Ivor Nicholson & Watson, 1949. 4°. XVIII, 446 pp., with a fine coloured frontispiece of the fishes, a Tuncunaré-Assu, and a Piraracú, both from South America, and 80 other coloured plates of game fish by A. Fraser-Brunner. Original sky-blue cloth, spine title in gilt, surmounting a gilt piscine vignette, the upper cover "bordered" by a continuous stream of gilt fish, and the lower cover with a large centrally-placed gilt vignette of a fish being hooked from a rowing boat. First trade edition. - A limited edition of 100 copies was issued simultaneously. With Hemingway's article Cuban Fishing on pages 156-160. - Some minimal fading to spine and slight scuffing to lower cover, a very good copy. Sprache: Englisch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact us always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***.
Published by Nicholson & Watson, London, 1949
Seller: sonalsorises, Los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated, A. Fraser-Brunner (illustrator). First Edition. First Edition. Bound in full leather, gilt illustrations on front and rear covers, gilt titles on spine. Minimal wear along the extremities and corners. One of 100 copies, numbered in ink on the copyright page: "This is No. 4 of an edition limited to 100 Copies." Illustrated with color plates, decorated endpapers. Beautifully done, this limited edition in leather is quite scarce and seldom appears on the market. It is one of the most important volumes on Game Fishes and is essential to Ernest Hemingway collectors as it contains the first appearance of "Cuban Fishing" by Ernest Hemingway. (Hanneman B47). Hanneman lists this as ". limited edition of 100 copies. issued in blue cloth." The trade edition is in blue cloth, but the limited edition of 100 copies was issued in full leather. It is probable that Hanneman did not examine this limited edition. Illustrated with color plates by A. Fraser-BrunnerAcetate cover for protection. Very few copies have surfaced in the last 10 years and few before. Scarce and desirable.