Sale 681: Americana, Travel, Cartography, the Mexican War - with Material from the Warren Heckrotte Collection (#681) 08/22/2019 11:00 AM PDT CLOSED!

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Lot 212 of 522:
Angling of the Test, Derrydale Press 1/297  

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$200 - $300

Title:
Angling of the Test or True Love Under Stress. Being a Diurnal Postulation of Problems of Connubial Infelicity which will bring no comfort to any married Male Angler

Author:
Pickering, H. G.

Place:
New York

Publisher:
Derrydale Press

Date:
1936

Description:

25 pp. Illustrated with 7 plates, 5 of which are from photos, 1 wood engraving and added pictorial lithograph title. Title vignette and tailpiece by Thomas G. Alvord. 23x15 cm (9x5¾"}, blind-stamped black cloth, lettered in gilt. No. 53 of 297 hand-numbered copies. First Edition.

Humorous angling daily events by a member of the New York Angler's Club. Handsomely printed on laid paper. Siegel 97.


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Condition:
Light rubbing and stains to cloth; hints of toning, else near fine.


 
Item number:
305464
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