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Featured items that Anthology Rare Books plans to bring to RMBPF 2010.
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Anthology Rare Books, Ltd
Roger & Mary Ellen Gozdecki
420 S. Madison Ave. #215 Pasadena CA 91101
626-590-3042
anthologyrarebooks@yahoo.com
Literary First Editions, The West, Angling
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(Angling) Grey, Zane (1872-1939). A collection of signed presentation
first edition copies of big game fishing books including GREAT GAME FISHING
AT CATALINA (1919), THE BONEFISH BRIGADE (1922), TALES OF SOUTHERN RIVERS
(1924), TALES OF SWORDFISH AND TUNA (1927), TALES OF TAHITIAN WATERS, AN
AMERICAN ANGLER IN AUSTRALIA (1937), and an original signed photograph.
Published by Harper and Brothers and others. Zane Grey is widely considered
to be the greatest big game angler in history, visiting unfished waters in
the remotest reaches of the world and developing innovative angling
techniques and tackle. Priced individually from $2,000.00 to $5,000.00.
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(Angling) Bergman, Ray (1891-1966). TROUT. Philadelphia: Penn
Publishing Company, 1938. First edition, # 126 of 149 deluxe copies signed
by Bergman on the limitation page.
"The only true American angling classic still read widely is Ray Bergman's
Trout." Full dark brown morocco with 3 raised bands, marbled endpapers, gilt
top edge, a gilt-decorated angling scene on the front board and a fly
stamped in gilt on the spine. Original publisher's
glassine and original brown paper-covered numbered slipcase. Light scuffing
to the slipcase corners, glassine brittle, and lacking a piece from the
spine; otherwise an altogether fine copy. $2,500.00.
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Muir, John (1837-1914). STICKEEN. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin,
1909. Eighth impression. Muir's best-selling book, a beloved story of his
experiences exploring an Alaskan glacier with an intrepid little black and
white dog. Boldly signed by Muir with his characteristic flourish on the
front flyleaf. A very good copy, housed in a striking custom-made
one-quarter tan leather over oak board slipcase. $1,500.00.
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(The West) Fremont, John Charles (1819-1890). REPORT OF THE EXPLORING
EXPEDITION TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN THE YEAR 1843 AND TO OREGON AND NORTH
CALIFORNIA IN THE YEAR 1843-1844. Printed by order of the United States
Senate. 22 lithographic plates and 5 lithographic maps, including the large
Preuss map. Washington: Gales and Seaton, Printers, 1845. First edition.
Containing the first map to accurately depict the far west from the Rockies
to the Pacific, Fremont's report has been called the "vade mecum of manifest
destiny." Artfully recased in the original cloth; otherwise a very good
copy. Housed in a custom full brown morocco clamshell box with a separate
compartment for the Pruess map. $3,000.00
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(The West) Bartlett, John Russell (1805-1886). PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF
EXPLORATIONS AND INCIDENTS IN TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, CALIFORNIA, SONORA, AND
CHIHUAHUA CONNECTED WITH THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION,
DURING THE YEARS 1850, '51, '52 AND '53. 2 volumes. 16 tinted lithographs,
including 2 folding frontispieces, and 94 woodcuts; large folding map
tipped-in to v. 1. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1854. First edition.
Traversing the border from central Texas to the Pacific as far north as San
Francisco and as far south as Mazatlan in a custom Rockaway carriage
outfitted like an RV with a folding bed, Bartlett collected an enormous
amount of information that greatly enlarged our knowledge of the geography
of the Southwest. He was recalled by Washington in 1853, with the survey not
yet half complete. Considering the $500,000 spent by Bartlett on the
Commission and $10 million for the Gadsden Purchase, Odie Falk has described
Bartlett's Narrative as the most expensive travel guide ever written, but it
remains a classic of the Borderlands. Original blind-stamped blue-green
cloth, with gilt decorated spines. Some foxing to the plates and contents.
Spine ends somewhat worn; otherwise a very good set. $2,500.00
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