[10], 203 pp. Illustrated with 90 plates from photographs taken by author and from drawings by Frank E. Phares; frontispiece from photo of Grey next to the world's record broadbill swordfish (as of June 29, 1926), 582 pounds, caught at Avalon; pictorial endpapers. 10½x7½, navy blue cloth, lettered in gilt; pictorial jacket. First Edition.
With Harper's code "H-B" on copyright page. One of Grey's more elusive titles on big-game sea fishing. Rare in jacket. Grey is known to be the first to capture a broadbill swordfish with only a rod and reel. Bruns G177.
Condition:
Jacket lightly worn at edges, short split at front flap fold, a few tape repairs on rear; hinges repaired, previous owner's name stamped on endpapers and front flyleaf; book and jacket very good.