rare book catalog 2012 - Weller Book Works
rare book catalog 2012 - Weller Book Works
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38. Gentry Magazine. Premier issues 1 through<br />
4, 1951-1952. New York: Reporter Publications,<br />
1951-1952. 132, 134, 130, 135 pages. 4to. Stiff color<br />
pictorial wraps. Near fine with light edge wear<br />
to extremities of a couple of issues. Billed "for<br />
those who have never relished the banal or the<br />
ordinary." Ads for clothing include numerous<br />
fabric samples. The first issue includes an<br />
excerpt of the first English language<br />
appearance of Hermann Hesse's novel,<br />
Siddartha as well as an architectural plan for a<br />
Finnish Bath, a leather <strong>book</strong>mark and a sample<br />
of marjoram. The other three issues contain a<br />
color print of boxer John L. Sullivan, oat seeds<br />
for your horse, a fly fishing fly, a small golf flip<strong>book</strong>,<br />
a pop-up, auto fabric and shoe leather.<br />
Beautiful and elaborate productions and<br />
fascinating browsing. RGEN65jn $200<br />
39. Grey, Zane. An American Angler in Australia. New York: Harper and Bros., 1937. 1st edition.115 pages. 8vo. Green<br />
cloth with gilt titles. Very good with faded spine and lightly rubbed and bumped extremities. Worm holing to hinges<br />
but still quite stable. Lightly browned endpapers and former <strong>book</strong>seller's labels on rear pastedown. 35 illustrations.<br />
RGREAME00dpe $175<br />
40. Grey, Zane. Tales of Fishes. New York: Harper and Bros., 1928 printing. 267 pages. 8vo. Yellow cloth. Very good.<br />
Spine is slightly faded with light soiling and a few vertical creases in cloth. Front hinge is soft but holding well.<br />
RGRETAL01dpe $225<br />
41. Grey, Zane. Tales of Fishing in Virgin Seas. New York: Harper, 1925. 1st edition. 216 pages. 4to. Green cloth with<br />
gilt lettering. Good with dull spine, lightly rubbed edges and several small worm holes through joints to hinges, not<br />
affecting text block. Front endsheet has remnants of a removed label, probably a <strong>book</strong>plate. Pages are sporadically<br />
lightly spotted. Attractive and sturdy. Lacking dust jacket. RGRETAL00tw $100<br />
42. Grey, Zane. Tales of the Southern Rivers. New York: Harper and Bros., 1924. 1st edition. 249 pages. 8vo. Green<br />
cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial inlay. Very<br />
good, but dull with slightly faded spine. Edges are<br />
bumped, there are a few moisture spots on covers<br />
and the frontispiece is detached. Otherwise a tight<br />
clean copy with bright contents. Thickly<br />
illustrated. RGRETAL00dpe $80<br />
43. Grey, Zane. Tales of Swordfish and Tuna.<br />
New York: Harper and Bros. 1927. 1st edition. 203<br />
pages. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and<br />
photographic endsheets. Very good with light<br />
rubbing. Light foxing to first and last few pages<br />
and former owner's small signature in pencil on<br />
front flyleaf and former <strong>book</strong>seller's label on rear<br />
pastedown. A tight, clean and handsome copy.<br />
RGRETAL03dpe $275<br />
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