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Sale 262: The Angling Library of Jeffrey Norton - Part III (#262) 04/24/2003 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 04/24/2003 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #70 Trout Fly-Fishing in America

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$1,500

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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Title:

Trout Fly-Fishing in America

Author:

Southard, Charles Zibeon

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

E.P. Dutton

Date Published:

1914

Description:

Illustrations and twenty color plates by H.H. Leonard. 11¼x8, green half-morocco and grained cloth, spine in compartments and gilt-lettered, top edge gilt. Limited Edition, number 26 of 100 copies signed by the author.

"Edition de luxe", published simultaneously with the first trade edition. This is Southard's first published fish book. Bruns quotes a friend of his: "[Southard's] life's work is fishing". Bruns S 229.

Condition:

Top corner just showing; occasionally the leaves facing plates have very light, pale spotting. Overall, in near fine condition and an important work.

Item#:

129927
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