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Price: US$25.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover is yellow with green lettering on spine and cover. Green, monochrome end papers of a man [Zane Grey? ] fishing. Pages tight. One of several books Grey wrote on fishing. Illustrated with 58 b/w photographs; color photograph as frontispiece. Copyright page states 1919, but may be a later printing, possibly from ca. 1928 [with Harper code 'E-C']. ; B&W Photographs; 6 1/2 x 9 1/2; 267 pages; Hardcover has extensive damp staining, shelf wear, bumping, fraying, sunning. Inscription on front end paper; an owner's name written inside front cover. Original book store sticker, from Santa Monica, CA, on bottom of front end paper. Pages show some faint brown foxing.
Seller: Pegasus Books, Farmington Hills, MI, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. TALES of FRESH-WATER FISHING 1928 Volume First Edition. Harper & Brothers, 1928.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Book has seen better days. Covers show rubbing, scuffing and fading. Book shows some chips, rips and tears, mostly around spine. Edges show rubbing, scuffing and fraying. Pages are lightly browned from age. Pages show some foxing.
Seller: Half Moon Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas. Harper & Brothers, NY, 1928.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Good. Moisture stain on pages near foot of spine. Small label on front free endsheet. Rubbed and bumped edges Green cloth with gilt lettering
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. Tales of Fresh-water Fishing. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1928.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 4to, Remnant of DJ synopsis attached opposite page one. Stamp and remnant of card pocket on front free page. Title page shows library stamp and number. Stamp on back of title page (1669 156 #137). Library stamp in right upper corner of page one. Pages 181, 183, 189, 193, 195, 201, and 277 have miniscule pieces missing from corners. Library stamp on page 277 and rear end board. Professionally rebound. Nearly 100 illustrations, many of them full-page photographs taken by the author himself, give the reader an even fuller opportunity of following every joyous tug of the line experienced by this king among fishers. 277 pgs. 1A
Seller: Olmstead Books, Port Dover, ON, Canada
Zane Grey. Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing. Harper & Brothers, 1928.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cloth covers lightly rubbed, scuffed. Cloth lightly frayed at edges of spine and corners. Plates bright throughout. Clean inside. Slight cosmetic separation of front cover board from spine, but well attached.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
GREY, Zane. Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1928.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 277 pages. A collection of sixteen works by Grey accompanied by 100 photographs taken by him as well. An about very good copy in green cloth boards with some foxing to the pages, light fraying to the spine ends, some splitting to the rear internal hinge and with a portion of the front flap of the dust jacket affixed to the front pastedown. No dust jacket. Despite the flaws a solid copy.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
GREY, Zane. Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1928.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Small 4to. Light green cloth with dark green lettering. ix, 277pp. Frontispiece, numerous full-page sepia-tone illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine. This lovely, bright, tight early (not first) printing features a choice autograph addition: Neatly tipped to inner flyleaf is a Partly-Printed Document Signed from Grey, 1p, 8" X 3", Altadena, CA, 16 December 1936. Very good. Light original folds; perforation cancellation. Personal check drawn on The Altadena National Bank, filled out entirely by Grey in his usual purple ink and made out to Los Angeles Envelope Co. for $25.00, signed boldly at lower right. Lacks dust jacket, else a handsome copy and bearing nice Grey document.
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
Zane Grey. TALES OF FRESH-WATER FISHING. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1928.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8 x 11 in. ix, 277 pp. Brown cloth boards with black titles. Pictoral endpapers. Lavish sepia photo plates by Grey. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; mild wear to corners and spine ends, covers extremely clean and fresh. Binding tight and text unmarked. Some minor foxing to borders of frontis and the title pg. Sport. RGR.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
GREY, Zane. TALES OF FRESHWATER FISHING. HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NY/LONDON, 1928.
Price: US$179.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ZANE GREY 'TALES OF FRESHWATER FISHING' 1928. 1ST EDITION F-C HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NY/LONDON. With 100 Illustrations/Photographs taken by the author. Large oversized book, dark green boards, gold gilt lettering to cover and spine. Endpapers with red tone photograph of author fly fishing, B/W frontispiece photo of Zane Grey & fish catch. Cover needs conditioning, possibly re-dying dark forest green, small book store paper stamp on BEP. Large book, Very Good. 277pp. Oversized Books, Framed Art, Posters/Prints and International Packages cost of Shipping with Insurance To Be Determined. When paying with a credit card, AbeBooks External payment service fee will be requested for this item. The ipi House Archive Shop also allows payment by other methods; PayPal, etc. Thank you.
Seller: The ipi House Archive Shop, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing. Harper, NY, 1928.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: large 8vo. 277pp. Stated 1st. 1/2" chip top spine and around to front, 1" triangular. chip top rear DJ there. DJ in 2 PIECES THO. More-->. DJ is split along front cover and spine edge. Some edgewear to DJ as. well. Doesn't look bad 'on the shelf', but the fact that the jacket is in. 2 pices grades this only as poor. Scan on request.
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.
GREY, Zane. Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1928.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto (26.75cm.); original blue gilt-lettered buckram, red topstain; ix,[3],277pp.; photographic frontispiece, 47 plates depicting 99 photographs by the author, photo-illustrated endpapers. Spine cocked, ends and corners a bit shelf-worn, spine gilt rather dulled, rear hinge cracked with endpaper loose but present. About Very Good overall.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
GREY Zane. Tales Of Fresh-Water Fishing. Hodder Stoughton, 1928.
Price: US$220.96 + shipping
Description: IX 277 pages, 4to, 100 illus from photographs by the author, pictorial end papers, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to verso blank of FEP, Reece held a world record for a 6 gilled shark in the late 1980's. A vg clean copy, blue cloth with gilt title and fishing rod to upper board. The first UK edition with first edition and with F-C printed on verso of title. An excellent copy, the Hodder edition is thought of as superior to the Harper Bros American edition. The binding to the Harper does not have the gilt fly rod.
Seller: Hereward Books, Ely, CAMBR, United Kingdom
GREY Zane.. Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing.. 1928, 1928.
Price: US$264.68 + shipping
Description: New York: Harper & Brothers 1928. 4to. Orig. cloth (spine extremities slightly rubbed). (xii 278pp.). With frontispiece 98 plates from photographs taken by the author and illust. endpapers. 1st edition. Occasional light foxing.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Grey, Zane.. Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing.. NY. and London. Harper & Brothers. 1928., 1928.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. With stated: "First Edition" and "F-C" on copyright page. With 100 illustrations from photographs taken by Zane Grey. VG+ in woven grey-green cloth stamped in black. With red photographic endpapers. Front hinge separating; rear hinge tender. Light fraying to the top and bottom of the spine ends and rubbing along spine edges. Great photographs of Grey and his spectacular fish. First Edition. With stated: "First Edition" and "F-C" on copyright page.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. TALES OF FRESH-WATER FISHING. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1928.
Price: US$337.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 4to 11" - 13" tall; 277 pages; Name and date on front free endpaper. Touch of dampstaining on inside lower portion of jacket. Minor chipping and wear to jacket.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Zane Grey. Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing. Harper & Brothers, 1928.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Harper & Brothers Publishers; New York, 1928. Hardcover. First Edition. A Very Good, green cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine and blind stamped publisher emblem on bottom front board, binding intact, some crimping to spine edges, bit of rubbing along board edges, starting hinges, some discoloration and scattered foxing to front and back matters, age toning to pages, scattered foxing to text block edges, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, few tears and creases along edges, all four flap corners slightly clipped, scattered foxing to flaps, scattered foxing also to verso panels and flaps, Mylar protected, Dust wrapper. A nice, overall clean and unmarked copy. 4to[quarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches], 277pp., b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
GREY, Zane. Tales of Fresh-water Fishing. Harper, New York, 1928.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: One Hundred illustrations from photographs taken by the Author. 277 pages. Small 4to, brown cloth, light shelf-worn, d.w. New York: Harper, 1928. First Edition. A very good(-) copy. Ownership name on fly-leaf; several pages bent at corner; heavy tanning on verso of frontispiece & facing page, otherwise the text is clean. The photographic dust wrapper is faded on the spine and rubbed at the edges.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing. Harper & Brothers, NY, 1928.
Price: US$449.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original oversized gilt-titled cloth, red topstain, pictorial endpages. First edition stated with f-c code. Frontis and plates all present as called for. Slight faint foxing to endpages. Unmarked, firm and square. The DJ in mylar has some edge creasing and short edge tears. ; quarto; 277 pages
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition. Original dark blue/bluish green cloth, illustrated endpapers, some minimal wear to spine ends, gilt titles moderately bright. Gilt titles on cover and spine moderately bright. Decorated endpapers, illustrated with frontispiece and photographs. Ink ownership signature on front free endpapers. Scarce in this nice condition, considering the large size of the book.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. TALES OF FRESH-WATER FISHING. Harper & Brothers, 1928.
Price: US$834.25 + shipping
Description: TALES OF FRESH-WATER FISHING, Harper & Brothers, 1928, first edition, inner front hinge starting, faint and slight, at most times not noticeable, moisture stain to the lower fore edge corner and sometimes bottom margin of the text block, else a bright vg+ or better copy in a vg full wrap-around photographic dust-wrapper with some modest chipping to the dust-wrapper spine extremities.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Grey, zane. TALES OF FRESH WATER FISHING. harper, 1928.
Price: US$921.00 + shipping
Description: 1928, greenish binding, near fine book in a very good + jacket, some corner wear, edge bumping, bookplate
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing. Harpers, New York, 1928.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. The book is in fine condition with crisp and clean plates and with no flaws or fading, chips, loss of cloth or discolorations. The Dust Jacket is near fine with light edge wear, is not price clipped and without stains. A small craese lower front. No chips or significant tears. An Attractive Copy. Size: Quarto
Seller: California Bookseller - J. R. Aboud, Carmel Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. TALES OF FRESH-WATER FISHING. Harpers, 1928.
Price: US$993.10 + shipping
Description: TALES OF FRESH-WATER FISHING, Harpers, 1928, first edition, a bright vg+ copy in a vg dust-wrapper with some chipping to the head of the dust-wrapper spine and some other wear and tear. Replete with 100 photographs by the author.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. Tales of Fresh Water Fishing. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1928.
Price: US$1158.75 + shipping
Description: Thick Quarto. Grey considers the fishes of the South Seas to be the fiercest in the world. He tells his stories of the tuna, sailfish, wahoo, and swordfish which would make any fisherman envious. Mr. Grey caught a 618-pound Silver Marlin, apparently a new species at the time and he tells of the fight of 1040 pound Striped Marlin and includes a photo of this incredibly huge fish along with 48 other photographs taken by the author. A fine bright copy bound in green cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt, pictorial endpapers, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with wear along the top edges, a piece torn away at the head and small tear along the bottom of the front panel. Internally fresh without foxing, no names or plates.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing. Harper & Brothers, New York, NY, 1928.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 4to (27 x 19 cm). [6], viii-ix, [3], 1-277 pp. Green cloth covers with gilt titles to upper and spine. F-C. "Zane Grey" blind stamped to head of front free end paper and half-title pages, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ with all four corners trimmed, but price ($6.00) intact. 1 cm missing head of spine, .5 cm chip to head of back panel near spine, wear to corners, edges and tail of spine. In Mylar.
Seller: Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA, Jupiter, FL, U.S.A.
GREY, Zane. Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1928.
Price: US$1350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Quarto. Very near fine in very good plus dustwrapper with some very shallow chips and tears, mostly near the spine ends. Exceptionally scarce in jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
GREY, Zane. Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1928.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition (so stated; "F-C"). 4to. 100 b/w illustrations from photographs by Grey. Original gilt stamped dark green cloth, pictorial endpapers, top edge stained red. Dust jacket (unclipped; few nicks). Fine, fresh copy. No signatures or bookplates. From Zane Grey's library, with his blindstamp on front free
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane (Zane Gray). Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1928.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Edition" printing on the copyright page. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's printed price present with slight wear to the spine. The book is bound in the original publisher's cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with slight wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A beautiful copy with the original dustjacket. Included with this book an original Zane Grey poster for "South Seas Adventure"
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane (Zane Gray). Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1928.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. This copy is authentically SIGNED by Zane Grey. A fabulous copy. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket is rich in color with slight wear to edges. The book is in excellent shape and appears UNREAD. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Zane Grey First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.