American Big Game Fishing - with a sport-fishing photograph used in the book and captioned in the hand of Ernest Hemingway Author: Connett, Eugene V., editor Place: New York Publisher: Derrydale Press Date: [1935] Description: Illustrated with plates from drawings by Lynn Bogue Hunt and from photographs. (4to) 31.5x24.2 cm (12½x9½"), blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. One of 850 copies of the regular issue from a total edition of 906. First Edition. Gelatin silver print: 9.8x13 cm (3¾x5"). The photograph is captioned in the hand of Ernest Hemingway, "Blue Marlin broaching" with a circled c and the note "not used". The picture is found on p. 79 in the Derrydale Press publication. Lot Amendments Condition: Some flaking to gilt stamping on cover with loss to lettering at spine, spine ends fraying somewhat, some rubbing to edges; staple holes to photograph at top left in image area; very good. Item number: 330639
American Big Game Fishing - with a sport-fishing photograph used in the book and captioned in the hand of Ernest Hemingway Author: Connett, Eugene V., editor Place: New York Publisher: Derrydale Press Date: [1935] Description: Illustrated with plates from drawings by Lynn Bogue Hunt and from photographs. (4to) 31.5x24.2 cm (12½x9½"), blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. One of 850 copies of the regular issue from a total edition of 906. First Edition. Gelatin silver print: 9.8x13 cm (3¾x5"). The photograph is captioned in the hand of Ernest Hemingway, "Blue Marlin broaching" with a circled c and the note "not used". The picture is found on p. 79 in the Derrydale Press publication. Lot Amendments Condition: Some flaking to gilt stamping on cover with loss to lettering at spine, spine ends fraying somewhat, some rubbing to edges; staple holes to photograph at top left in image area; very good. Item number: 330639
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