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Tales of Swordfish and Tuna / by Zane Grey ; with ninety illustrations from photographs taken by the author and from drawings by Frank E. Phares.
LIBRA Rare SH691.S8 G7 1927
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grey, Zane, 1872-1939, author, photographer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Swordfish fishing.
- Tuna fishing.
- Saltwater fishing.
- Physical Description:
- [12], 203, [3] pages, [84] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm.
- Edition:
- First Edition
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1927.
- Contents:
- Tuna at Avalon, 1919
- Giant Nova Scotia Tuna
- A Record Fight with a Swordfish
- Xiphias Gladius 418 Pounds
- Wolves of the Sea
- Whales' Tails
- Herculean Angling
- Space
- Heavy Tackle for Heavy Fish
- The Deadly Airplane-Wire Leader
- Loren Grey's First Fish Story.
- Notes:
- "Other Outdoor Books by Zane Grey" (5 titles) on verso of half-title page.
- "First Edition H-B" (August 1927) -- Title page verso.
- Printed tissue guard sheets with descriptive letter press for some plates.
- Dark blue textured cloth boards stamped in gold on front cover and spine; small medallion "HB" stamped in blind in bottom right hand corner of front cover. Photographic blue tinted endpapers.
- OCLC:
- 1064778567
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