Marquesa. A Time & Place with Fish

Tinkham, A. D. Deluxe limited edition, number 33 of 47 copies for sale (of an entire deluxe edition of 52) numbered and signed by the artist. Illustrated by A. D. Tinkham. 1 vols. 8vo. Marquesa is the archaic name for the Marquesas Keys, an "extraordinary place [which] rises with an elevation not much greater than a sandbar along the seam of . . . the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean . . . 25 miles west of Key West, this unique atoll is the most remote area of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge" (Introduction). An account of time spent by the author in this fantastic area, including accounts of fishing for Tarpon, fly-fishing, boating, shark attacks and much more. This copy is inscribed on the half-title, "To Tony - Who has contributed so much to the sport of fly fishing and its literary expression . Best wishes from the Tropics, Jeffrey Cardenas Key West May 1996." With TLS from Cardenas to Tony Lyons about the purchase of the book and how happy he is that Tony and Nick Lyons have it. Full black morocco, gilt-and blind-stamped. With an additional suite of six black-and-white photographs, from the original negatives, of underwater landscapes taken in the Marquesas by the author, in a printed folder, housed together in a linen cloth drop-box with morocco label gilt Illustrated by A. D. Tinkham. 1 vols. 8vo Deluxe limited edition, number 33 of 47 copies for sale (of an entire deluxe edition of 52) numbered and signed by the artist.…