Two Early Editions, in Original Wrappers
Fishing with Hook and Line: A manual for amateur anglers … By Frank Forrester [sic].
New York: Peck & Snyder, [n.d., after 1858].
Price: $500.00
About the item
An early edition, subsequent to the first, of 1858. Illustrated. 1 vols. 12mo. Two Early Editions, in Original Wrappers. Original pictorial wrappers printed in red and black on buff-colored stock with the imprint of Thomas O'Kane, front cover detached and slightly chipped, else A FINE COPY, with the Harry Worcester Smith bookplate on verso of front wrapper. Contained in a blue cloth slipcase, inner wrapper, with the edition noted below. Van Winkle, p. 69. editions (b), (e); BAL 8162 (note on reprints).
Item #261416
Together with another edition, of later date, the same wrapper design printed in black on light blue stock, with the O'Kane imprint on both the front wrapper and the title page; fine condition. This edition is probably Van Winkle (e). As Van Winkle notes, editions after the first of 1858 carried neither date nor copyright.
FINE COPIES OF A FRAGILE WORK.
