THE AMERICAN SHAD
by MCPHEE, JOHN and JOHN RICE, Illustrator
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- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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McMinnville, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Far Hills, New Jersey: Meadow Run Press, 2004. ONE OF 500 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. 235 x 159 mm. (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). [xii], 88 pp., 2 leaves (blank and limitations).
Publisher's green cloth, three fish in gilt on upper cover, title in gilt on spine. Housed in a blue-gray cardboard slipcase with a printed illustration of a fishing scene on one side. With several in-text illustrations after paintings by John Rice. Signed by the author on limitations page and by the artist on title. With a postcard and order form laid in. ◆As new.
This is a handsomely printed and illustrated work containing excerpts from "The Founding Fish" (2002), a longer work by McPhee weaving the author's personal interest in shad fishing with the animal's place in American and natural history..
Publisher's green cloth, three fish in gilt on upper cover, title in gilt on spine. Housed in a blue-gray cardboard slipcase with a printed illustration of a fishing scene on one side. With several in-text illustrations after paintings by John Rice. Signed by the author on limitations page and by the artist on title. With a postcard and order form laid in. ◆As new.
This is a handsomely printed and illustrated work containing excerpts from "The Founding Fish" (2002), a longer work by McPhee weaving the author's personal interest in shad fishing with the animal's place in American and natural history..
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- Bookseller
- Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ST12653
- Title
- THE AMERICAN SHAD
- Author
- MCPHEE, JOHN and JOHN RICE, Illustrator
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- ONE OF 500 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR
- Publisher
- Meadow Run Press
- Place of Publication
- Far Hills, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 2004
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
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McMinnville, Oregon
About Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books an Manuscripts was established in 1978 on a ping pong table in a basement in Kalamazoo, Michigan. From the beginning, its founder was willing to sell a range of material, but over the years, the business has gravitated toward historical artifacts that are physically attractive in some way--illuminated material, fine bindings, books printed on vellum, fore-edge paintings, beautiful typography and paper, impressive illustration. Today, the company still sells a wide range of things, from (scruffy) ninth century leaves to biblical material from all periods to Wing and STC imprints to modern private press books to artists' bindings. While we are forgiving about condition when something is of considerable rarity, we always try to obtain the most attractive copies possible of whatever we offer for sale.
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