Presentation Copy of the Rare First
The Tarpon.
[Buffalo]: Printed [by Matthews Northrup] for Private Distribution, [1920].
First edition. 62 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation Copy of the Rare First. Plain green wrappers, pictorial onlay of leaping tarpon on front wrapper. Minor rubbing. Presentation inscription on front flyleaf, “To an old tent-mate/ of mine with my/ regards & best wishes/ L.L.B/ May 6/20.” Half green morocco clamshell box Bruns B5; Callahan iii. Item #313923
Review of the tarpon in literature, pointers on angling for tarpon, and “A Partial Bibliography of the Tarpon” at pp. 53-57. Privately printed, and re-issued in several editions through 1951.
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