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Lot 192
[ANGLING--ANTICOSTI ISLAND] LEISENRING, EDWARD B. [and] COOKE, JAY [and others]. A.E.F. Anticosti Expeditionary Force .
N.p.: [Privately printed], July 1935. One of 300 copies, this copy 79, inscribed by Jay Cooke to Arnold Whitridge. Publisher's dark green cloth over spine, light green printed paper boards, gilt spine title. 7 5/8 x 5 inches (19.5 x 13 cm); 61, [1] pp., illustrated from photographs throughout, 2 maps, including one of Anticosti Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; a chart showing the number of salmon and grilse caught by the five members of the expedition. Light toning and wear to boards, faint dampstain at top edge of front board, contents bright and unblemished; together with [DUNCAN, ALEXANDER E. and SEMMES, J. E.]. Tight Lines and a Happy Landing. Baltimore: Reese Press, [1937?]. Limited edition, number 183 of 300 copies. Publisher's green cloth backed patterned paper boards, gilt-lettered spine. 9 x 6 inches (23 x 14 cm); [iv], 46, [1] pp.; map endpapers, maps and illustrations after drawings and photographs throughout. Light wear to spine ends, some small areas of faint soiling to boards, some minor foxing to the gutters of the first and last few leaves.
Two privately printed books detailing various angling adventures on Anticosti Island in the St. Lawrence River, Quebec. The first book is described in Bruns as, "Not seen" (Bruns L 74).
C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman
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