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Property from the Sporting and Travel Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson

[POTTER, THOMAS MCDANIELS.] | Adventures in Fishing. By "Three Six". Long Beach, Calif., 1924

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Property from the Sporting and Travel Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson

[POTTER, THOMAS MCDANIELS.]

Adventures in Fishing. By "Three Six". Long Beach, Calif., 1924


8vo (9 x 6 in.; 228 x 153 mm). Illustrations from photographs. Blue cloth binding with 666 Catalina Cup device in gilt on upper cover; minimal wear. Half blue morocco gilt slipcase and chemise.


First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on initial blank, "With best wishes — Thos McD Potter".


This volume comprises articles on fishing, the Tuna Club, and the Southern California Rod and Reel Club, by Thomas McDaniels Potter, a pioneering Catalina angler. They were first published in the Catalina Islander, Judge Ernest Windle, proprietor. Judge Windle wrote the tribute to Potter which appears on pp. 7–10. Rare.


REFERENCE:

Bruns P-124; Wetzel p. 198