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The Complete Angler - A Connecticut Yankee Follows in the Footsteps of Walton
by Prosek, James
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060191899
- ISBN 13
- 9780060191894
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper Collins ( HarperCollins ), 1999. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Yellow boards with green spine, bright silver lettering on spine. Remainder mark on bottom text block page edges, otherwise no soiling, no bumping, no wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. All pages and edges are clean. Beautifully illustrated. 324 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. James Prosek has been called"the Audubon of the fishing world." Artist and fisherman, this is the story of a young man's pilgrimage through England, fishing the waters that Izaak Walton fished three centuries ago. It is also the story of the friends he made along the way..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32192
- Title
- The Complete Angler - A Connecticut Yankee Follows in the Footsteps of Walton
- Author
- Prosek, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0060191899
- ISBN 13
- 9780060191894
- Publisher
- Harper Collins ( HarperCollins )
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- FISH, FISHING, FLY JAMES PROSEK, FIRST EDITION, IZAAK WALTON, FISHERMEN, ENGLAND, TRAVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel; Nature; Fish/Fishing;
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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- Fine
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