B.B Fisherman's Bedside Book 1946 First Ed and 44 similar items

THE FISHERMAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK Compiled by B.B. Illustrated by Watkins Pitchford New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. First American edition, first printing. Contains publisher's first printing code "A" to the copyright page. Enhanced with twenty striking wood-cut illustrations by Watkins Pitchford. An impressive anthology of fishing stories, essays, and memoirs, complete with fishing details and tips by the best fishing writers, and by notable anglers. The fishing pieces are gathered into categorical sections, including nine different species of fish sections. The exemplary group of authors include Rupert Brooke, Arthur Ransome, Thoreau, Isaak Walton, H.T. Sheringham, Richard Jefferies, and so many more in this astounding one-hundred-sixty-five entry collection. Mild soil line to gutter of front hinge, else near fine in grey linen, with matching grey upper page edges, burgundy titles and illustration depicting wicker catch bag and fishing gear to the front cover, burgundy titles to the spine; in a very good dust jacket with tiny chips from the lower spine edge and upper corner tip, and slender two-inch long piece missing from the lower edge of the front panel; original $4.00 price still intact to the front inner flap. A handsome first edition binding and a lovely presentable collectible. Octavo; 568 pages; acknowledgements; index of authors; introduction. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!