Jill and I and the Salmon
by Russell, Jack
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- Seller
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Hartland, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
great outdoors book exchange. New. 1992. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed, Limited #122 of 149cc. States l950 on copyright page but Is the l992limited edition. Octovo hardcover in full dark blue Niger ( Napa cowhide) : tight and square spine/binding, pages white, bright and crisp (Simpson 70# Deckle Warm White paper) , covers unworn and AS NEW, unread. Solid and warm to the touch. "When Jack Russell writes of salmon, he writes of Atlantic Salmon" So starts the foreward by Alec Jackson. About a business executive who retires from business due to health reasons and starts his own Salmon camp, leaving Maine for New Brunswick. Opened in 1930 and the first two guests paid $12 a day. The rest is successful history, but more importantly fishing stories abound within. A large fish is spotted: It was off downstream with "a teriffic rush. As the reel screamed and the line went out we upped with the killick and started downstream after him...(after over an hour landed him) he only made two or three leaps....and he never once showe the white of the belly." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 204pp pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mossback Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28363
- Title
- Jill and I and the Salmon
- Author
- Russell, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- great outdoors book exchange
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Salmon; Salmon Fishing; Salmon Camp
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports;
Terms of Sale
Mossback Books
books sent by Media mail @$4.25 first book $3 each book thereafter; average size Air mail @$8.25 within midwest-zone(west-coast zone-$10.50) first book. Heavy books quote for air mail. Books can be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason but with prior notice given to the seller. Foreign sales need to obtain a quote for postage.
About the Seller
Mossback Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About Mossback Books
Sales through the internet and at book shows in the midwest.
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