Hardcover. Amick, Robert in text illus. (illustrator). WartimeREPRINT. VG book, VG D/J(in Brodart). Tight. FINE text. DJ has 1/4" max wear chips in some corners. Book's 1st & last eps lightly foxed. Very Good book, Very Good DJ. Bright book & DJ.
Published by Lyon: Derrydale Press, 1990
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Limited Edition. Limited edition; no. 971 of 2500 copies and signed by Loren Grey, the author's son. Quarto bound in full brown leather with gilt lettering, borders and ornamentation; all edges gilt. B&W photographs and drawings. As new condition. Pages: vii, 216.
Published by Lyon: Derrydale Press, 1991
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited edition: no. 973 of 2500 copies, signed by Loren Grey, son of the author. Quarto bound in full black leather with gilt lettering & ornamentation; all edges gilt. B&W photos. As new condition. Pages: ix, 277.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, [New York], 1927
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
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].
Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1927
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
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.