first edition Photogravure frontispiece and 38 photogravure plates. 124 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
1908 · New York
by Davis, Edmund W.[alstein]
New York: [The De Vinne Press] Printed for Private Distribution to the Author's Friends, 1908. First edition. One of 100 copies, printed on Imperial Japan paper. Photogravure frontispiece and 38 photogravure plates. 124 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original vellum backed boards, printed spine label, t.e.g. Some natural speckling to spine. Book label of Henry E. Coe, Jr. Fine copy in half morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition. One of 100 copies, printed on Imperial Japan paper. Photogravure frontispiece and 38 photogravure plates. 124 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A splendid work of unsurpassed, almost lyrical, prose, and superb photogravures.
Davis was heir to a patent medicine fortune and also author of Salmon Fishing on the Grand Cascapedia (1904). Riling 1652; Phillips, p. 96; Heller 2:630. Not in Pettingill, Fraguglione (Inventory #: 367338)
Davis was heir to a patent medicine fortune and also author of Salmon Fishing on the Grand Cascapedia (1904). Riling 1652; Phillips, p. 96; Heller 2:630. Not in Pettingill, Fraguglione (Inventory #: 367338)