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[HERBERT, Henry William ("Frank Forester") (1807-1858)]. Trouting Along the Catasauqua. New York: Privately Printed by Eugene V. Connett for the Anglers' Club [The Derrydale Press], 1927.
8o (258 x 190 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black. Original cloth-backed boards, printed paper label on upper cover, top edge trimmed, others uncut (some staining); green quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Dr. Edgar Burke (1889-1950), American physician, sporting artist (presentation inscription from the printer); Joseph Delaplaine Bates, Jr., angling author (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 4 of 423 copies. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY CONNETT on the front free endpaper: "To Edgar Burke From Eugene Connett." Burke was Connett's childhood companion and lifelong friend whose illustrations appeared in multiple Derrydale Press works. [Laid-in:] 4 page "Good Wishes from Eugene V. Connett The Derrydale Press" card (1927); 4 page prospectus. A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY. Frazier H-9-a; Siegel 7.
8o (258 x 190 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black. Original cloth-backed boards, printed paper label on upper cover, top edge trimmed, others uncut (some staining); green quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Dr. Edgar Burke (1889-1950), American physician, sporting artist (presentation inscription from the printer); Joseph Delaplaine Bates, Jr., angling author (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 4 of 423 copies. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY CONNETT on the front free endpaper: "To Edgar Burke From Eugene Connett." Burke was Connett's childhood companion and lifelong friend whose illustrations appeared in multiple Derrydale Press works. [Laid-in:] 4 page "Good Wishes from Eugene V. Connett The Derrydale Press" card (1927); 4 page prospectus. A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY. Frazier H-9-a; Siegel 7.