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Grant, Ed. The Tame Trout. Grabhorn Press, 1939.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Fading to spine small stain on cover. Internally fine, later pages remain uncut. Laid in New Year's Greeting of Marjory and Francis Farquhar.
Seller: Westsider Rare & Used Books Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small center-stapled softcover in faded blue/gray cardstock. Printed on high quality paper with yapped edges. The story itself is 6 pages, with title page, post note and endpapers. Ed Grant was the owner of a set of sporting camps on Beaver Pond in Northern Franklin County, Maine and then later Grant's Camps on Kennebago Lake which are still operating. Grant was the quintessential storyteller and many more of his stories were collected in The World's Most Truthful Man by Felton. He would sometimes start out a story with: "Well, seein how it's you, I'll tell ya". This copy with faded covers and moderate wear. Internally very good with no owner's names. Ships in a box. We specialize in the Maine woods.
Seller: Spruce Gum Books, Farmington Falls, ME, U.S.A.
Grant, Ed. The Tame Trout. Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1939.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4.5 x 7.5 inches, 16 pp, in original blue wrappers. Light sunning and wear to edges, internals fine. One of 1000 copies of this edition, printed at the Grabhorn Press for Francis and Marjory Farquhar. Magee #309. A tall tale of a trout that walked on land, told by the owner of a Maine hunting and fishing camp. First published in 1904.
Seller: Walkabout Books, ABAA, Curtis, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Blue Wrappers Printed In Darker Blue. One Of Reportedly 1000 Copies Printed For The Farquhars By The Grabhorns. . With The "Very Happy New Year" Card Of The Farquhars Laid In Loosely. Lightly Used, Near Fine, Fading To Spine Edges , Trace Of Paper Remnant In Horizontal Line On Inside Of Front Cover
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Sunning and wear to edges of wraps, one corner creased. Fine internally. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Myths, Legends & Folklore; Inventory No: 041622.
Seller: Pazzo Books, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Description: Paperback published in 1939 by the Grabhorn Press. Blue covers, stapled binding, with title in dark blue on cover. Covers are faded around edges and have slight edge wear. Spine is worn some. Comes in a plastic sleeve.
Seller: Inside the Covers, Lancaster, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Original blue printed wrappers, string tied. One of 1000 copies printed at The Grabhorn Press in San Francisco. "Reprinted for Francis P. Farquhar & Marjorie B. Farquhar by The Grabhorn Press, 1939." Scarce in this fine condition.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$115.64 + shipping
Description: Pp. [16](including blanks), title within decorative border; printed blue/grey paper wrappers, edges faded, backstrip slightly split at extremities; fore-edges uncut; Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1939. First separate edition, being one of 1000 copies printed for Francis and Marjory Farquhar. Magee, 309.*This short story was first printed, with several other tales, at the publication office of the Maine Woods, Phillips, Maine, in 1904. Ed Grant was for many years proprietor of a fishing and hunting camp at Beaver Pond, Franklin County, Maine.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First Grabhorn edition. 9 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Grant ran a fishing and hunting camp in Maine. His story, first published in 1904, was reprinted here for Marjory and Francis Farquhar. Bruns, p.187 Original wrapper. Wrapper a trifle sunned; else fine
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$173.00 + shipping
Description: [9] p. "Written down by Francis I. Maule . . . and . . . printed in a booklet of twenty-four pages . in 1904. Reprinted for Francis P. Farquhar & Marjory B. Farquhar bythe Grabhorn Press, 1939." Letter laid in indicating that this was a gift for the members of the Club of Odd Volumes, Boston. Very good condition, unopened, blue covers discolored around edges
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$299.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Two Grabhorn Press Books. The Tame Trout. A Tale of the Maine Woods Narrated by Ed Grant of Beaver Pond, Maine. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1939. Original blue wrappers. “Reprinted for Francis P. Farquhar & Marjory B. Farquhar.” This short story was first published in 1904. Fine. Together with: Wood, Charles Erskine Scott. Poems from the Ranges. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1929. First and Limited Edition: No. 485 of 500 copies. Fine.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.