Big Game Anglers' Paradise. A Complete, Non-Technical Narrative-Treatise on Salt Water Gamefishes and Angling in Florida and Elsewhere.

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6 1/2 inches x 9 1/4 in., mounted, color frontispiece of a sailfish taking bait off Palm Beach; reproduction of an engraving of Izaak Walton. xiv, 400 pp., fold-out map at p. 20, fold-out chart of Florida game fish, at p. 89; illustrated with reproductions of of black & white historical photographs, drawings, maps. Blue cloth with titling gilt on the spine and front cover, top-edge stained red. Light wear to the spine ends, cover edges & corners, some tanning to the endpapers, paperclip mark to the top margin of the free endpaper, and to the top margin, with a small stain to the back of the frontispiece (half-title); pp. 386-387 of the index shows a paper adhesion, that has torn off some of the printed surface with loss of text. Bookseller's label of John G. Kidd & Son, Cincinnati, on the lower front paste-down endpaper. Material from the title-page: Beneficial Roles which Fishes and Fishermen have played in influencing Civilization; Angling Lore, Fishing Rites, Past and Modern Angling-Masters; Unusual Geographic and Historic Sidelights and Scenes; Biologic Facts and Other Interesting and Instructive Information Comprehensive Biographies of Twenty Prominent Deep Sea and Coastal Marine-Gladiators Authenic data on their Life Histories, Physical Structures and Sizes; Foods and Prey; Habitats and Migrations; Times and Places and How to Engage them in Sportive Combat; General Characteristics, Specialized Battling (Game) traits; Noteworthy and Record-Size Catches; Tackle and Bait, Guides, Tournaments, Conservation and a "Sea Full of Information". Weight: 4 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1313751273

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