Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Martha's Glen Publishing, Katonah, 1977
Da: David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: SNEAB
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Full brown calf with raised spine bands, gilt rules, titles & decorations, blind stamp device front panel, all edges gilt, sewn-in silk book mark, green moire silk endsheets; 4to; 296pp; illustrated with tipped-in color photograph of Garrison as frontispiece; text drawings and original signed pencil remarque by Robert Seaman on half-title page plus photos by Matthew Vinciguerra & Luis Marden; onion skin dust jacket; housed in half leather and marbled paper clamshell box, titled in gilt on spine and with unique leather pull tab pouch containing a small section of a Garrison bamboo rod; limited to 128 numbered (#60) copies. This copy inscribed twice by Carmichael and more notably to fellow bamboo rod builder, Douglas Duck. Minor repairs to interior corners of box, otherwise in collectible condition. A sumptuous production. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Martha's Glen Publishing Co., (1977), Katonah, New York:, 1977
Da: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Second printing. Very near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a facsimile signature of the author on the front board. A small quarto of 10 7/8 by 8 3/8 inches with a tiny bit of rubbing to the cloth at the upper fore corner and the lower fore corner of the spine. In a very good+ unclipped (no price) dust jacket with a 1/4 inch deep chip from the upper edge of the spine area, rubbing and wear to the lower edge of the same and several small chips from the edges of the rear panel. 296 including and index and text. Illustrated throughout with line drawings and over 370 black and white images from photographs and two pages of images from color photographs. A clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership marks of any kind.
Editore: Martha's Glen Publishing, (Katonah, NY), 1977
Da: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
First edition, the DeLuxe issue, 1/128 copies (this #125) with a small pencil sketch of a plane by the illustrator, signed by him. 4to. xix, 296 pp. Illustrated from photographs and line drawings, plates, some in color, mounted color frontispiece portrait of the author, small piece of a bamboo Garrison fly-rod in leather case attached to slipcase. Inscribed in 1980 by Hoagy Carmichael to a student of his, the bamboo rodmaker Peter Phelps, on the half-title, below Seaman's drawing. Slipcase somewhat rubbed, else a fine copy. Publisher's brown morocco, gilt, thin gilt rules framing the boards, gilt spine title and devices between raised bands, green silk endpapers, all edges gilt, publisher's glassine dust jacket (tired, eroding along front joint) and half-leather and marbled board clamshell box, gilt title on spine. (#8433).
Editore: Martha's Glen Publishing, Katonah, New York, 1977
Da: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Copia autografata
Seaman, Robert. Deluxe edition, no. 41 of 128 copies, signed on the half title by the author and with a signed remarque by the artist Robert Seaman. Color frontispiece portrait of Garrison at work, profusely illustrated with drawings by Robert Seaman and numerous photographs by Matthew Vinciguerra and Luis Marden. 246 pp. 1 vols. 4to. A classic work, with careful and explicit illustrations: a unique celebration of a sporting implement that attains the status of a work of art. Garrison worked extensively with Carmichael but died before the book was published. Here in the uncommon deluxe issue, which Carmichael has warmly inscribed Rudy Coigney, fisherman, book collector, and bibliographer of Izaak Walton. Full brown morocco, spine gilt, upper board with gilt rule borders about a central design of a casting angler's hand stamped in blind, a.e.g. In three-quarter morocco drop box with a lift tab made from a leather pouch housing a two-inch section of a Garrison rod. Fine Color frontispiece portrait of Garrison at work, profusely illustrated with drawings by Robert Seaman and numerous photographs by Matthew Vinciguerra and Luis Marden. 246 pp. 1 vols. 4to Deluxe edition, no. 41 of 128 copies, signed on the half title by the author and with a signed remarque by the artist Robert Seaman. Signed.