Lot 40
  • 40

[Derrydale Press] Connett, Eugene V

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Magic Hours, wherein we cast a fly here & there as we wade along together. New York: Privately printed by the Author for the Anglers' Club of New York, 1927
  • Paper, ink, leather
Small 8vo  (5 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.; 146 x 111 mm). Two plates after drawing by Connett, tipped in. Half cloth, paper-covered boards, printed label; some tape residue to endpapers. Cloth chemise and slipcase.

Literature

Litchfield 82; Siegel 3

Catalogue Note

ONE OF 89 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY CONNETT, OF THE FIRST BOOK TO BEAR THE DERRYDALE PRESS IMPRINT. Connett had intended to produce 100 copies, but ran out of paper and only completed 89. A great rarity of American sporting books.