Roland Pertwee. The River God. Privately Printed at the Anthoensen Press, Boston, 1951.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston: Privately Printed at the Anthoensen Press, 1951, 28p. "Sparse Grey Hackle first introduced this salmon fishing story to Charles Goodspeed in 1950 - As the last fishing story he had read and one which gave him pleasure and comport at the end. Printed as a keepsake for some of his friends". Illustrated wrappers with fish design and black cover title. A Very Good copy with some wear, a 1/4" tear at cover edge and a vertical crease to the front cover, interior clean and tight. See Photos
Seller: John Liberati Books, Barkhamsted, CT, U.S.A.
Pertwee, Roland. The River God. Privately published by the author, Boston, 1951.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Green decorated card covers with titles in black; 12mo; 28pp; illustrated with title-page woodcut vignette tinted green. Covers are reproduced from a paste-paper design by Rosamond Loring. Privately printed at the Anthoensen Press in Portland, Maine for Boston bookseller and angler, Charles Goodspeed and given to his friends as keepsakes. Originally appearing in the July 7, 1928 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, this is the first separate printing. An uncommon item in nice condition.
Seller: David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.
PERTWEE, Roland. RIVER GOD. , 1951.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Description: PERTWEE, Roland. THE RIVER GOD. Boston: Privately by the Anthoensen Press, Portland, ME for Goerge T. Goodspeed, 1951. First separate printing. 8vo., original stapled wrappers, 28 pp. Wood engraved title page vignette. Library bookplate to verso of front wrap, but no other marks. Just a touch of sun, rubbing to spine.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: PRIVATE, LIMITED PRINTING. INCLUDES THREE SIGNED LETTERS. This 1951 private printing of 100 copies was done by George Goodspeed for a few of his friends. It comes with three signed letters: one from Walter Muir Whitehall of the Library of the Boston Athenaeum; one from Jack Cunningham of Brookline, Mass.; and one from Paulslay (?). The book is in memory of Charles Goodspeed (George's father) is the last fishing tale Charles read. This story was first published in 1928 by Saturday Evening Post. Then it became nearly forgotten and Charles Goodspeed did not include it in his 1946 A Treasury of Fishing Stories. George Goodspeed had the story printed and distributed it to a few friends and the letters with it are the responses of three of those friends. The cover is from a design by Rosamond Loring. Full refund if not satisfied.
Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.