first edition
(1939) · New York
by Connett, Eigeme V.
New York: The Derrydale Press, (1939). Limited First Edition. First Printing Near fine in multi-color cloth covered boards with a gilt on blue cloth label on the spine and gilt text and a gilt design of a fly at the end of a cast line on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine In the publisher's original acetate dust jacket in near fine condition. One of only 1,075 limited edition copies produced with this copy identified as number 691. 194 pages of text, some of which remain un-opened. Illustrated with a frontispiece and images within the text by Ralph L. Boyer and Milton C. Weiler as well as plates from black and white photographs. (Inventory #: TB32154)