Joe Wayring at Home; or the Adventures of a Fly-Rod (First book of the Forest and Stream Series)
by Castlemon, Harry [Fosdick, Charles]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Minus
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About This Item
Philadelpia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1886 Reprint. Hard cover, 12mo, in pictorial green cloth with titles in black to front and spine, and cover design in white, gold and red, pictorial endpapers, 1 p. publisher's adverts, 413 pp., plus additional 2 pp. publisher's adverts. Condition: Very Good Minus : Some shelf-wear, darkening to boards, wear at head and tail of spine, pages moderately toned. Front hinge cracked but holding firmly. Small bookseller's label on rear pastedown.** This was the first title in Castlemon's three-book Forest and Stream series. A description from Publisher's Weekly dated Oct. 9, 1886: " A fly-rod begins relating his story. It tells how Joe Wayring first bought it, and obtained such rare sport through it, as to call it " Old durability." It then drops the first person, continues in an impersonal way Joe's life and adventures, the latter being mostly fishing exploits in New England lakes and rivers." (Blanck, p.67) Bibliographer Jacob Blanck (Harry Castlemon, 1941) p. 66 identifies this as a reprint, given arrangement of the advertising. . Hard Cover. Very Good Minus.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Joe Wayring at Home; or the Adventures of a Fly-Rod (First book of the Forest and Stream Series)
- Author
- Castlemon, Harry [Fosdick, Charles]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Publisher
- Henry T. Coates & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelpia
- Date Published
- 1886
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.