Atlantic Salmon Fishing
New York: The Derrydale Press, (1937). Limited Edition, one of 950 copies. Illustrated by Ogden M. Pleissner, Robert Nisbet, et al. Six of 42 plates in color with tissue guards. Two maps. Cloth over boards. Quarto. xx, [2], 1-193 pages.
Lovely Derrydale limited edition on the pleasures of low-water salmon fishing. Phair was an angler of great experience on eastern Canadian rivers as well as a fine fly dresser.
Ref. SIEGEL 110; BRUNS P72; HAND P167.
Very good. Bound in green cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine and upper board, illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt. Slight darkening to spine gilt and browning to spine, shallow fraying to spine ends, a 4 1/2" linear area of lightening to upper board near joint. Clean and sound overall.
Item #2016
Price: $300