FRESH WATERS
by Weeks, Edward
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little Brown & Co. Boston, 1968. SIGNED by author.who was a direct descendant of Izaak Walton, and former editor of The Atlantic Monthly. Weeks illustrates his skill as an essayist, and permits us to share his joys with tenderness and elegance. 233 pps. Bruns-57. Bright blue cloth, gilt lettering and decor. Dust jacket has been cut and glued into book. Front cover is glued to front endpaper with numbers "61FWW3" written above it. On front free endpaper SIGNED:"For Allan Eckert in admiration, Edward Weeks." On front blank sheet, before title page, the DJ's front flap and on verso the DJ's back cover. On front free endpaper and bottom page edge stamped: "From the library of Allan W. Eckert 1990". Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Near Fine. Small sticker? residue? on spine, otherwise exterior is Very Good+. (Allan W. Eckert is an historian, naturalist, novelist, poet, screenwriter and playwright. Most noted for his historical and natural history books, Dr. Eckert's works have been translated into thirteen foreign languages around the world.). Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Walter Dower. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Fishing.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003922
- Title
- FRESH WATERS
- Author
- Weeks, Edward
- Illustrator
- Walter Dower
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Co. Boston
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Weeks, Edward Edward Weeks Signed By Author First Edition Fishing Inscribed Bruns
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed; First Edition; Fishing;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2"
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Bee Creek Books
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- Verso
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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