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JOE AND ME : An Education in Fishing and Friendship
by Prosek, James
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 068815316X
- ISBN 13
- 9780688153168
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Rob Weisbach/William Morrow, 1997. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/None as Issued. James Prosek (Author-Painter). Stated First Edition. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Bi-color boards w/pastedown/NF. DJ/None as Issued. PO label to front cover verso, and, bookdealer sticker to rear endpaper. Trace soiling to front endpapers. An intimate memoir of a rich and wonderous youthful experience of artist and writer James Prosek (1975- ) author and illustrator of Trout: An Illustrated History. A lad of fifteen, James is caught fishing without a permit; his buddy flees, but James stayed to face punishment. Game warden Joe Haines (1937 - ) drives James home with a detour to his own house to show the his work area for making flies ... and, so began a marvellous friendship and the passing-on of knowledge from one generation to the next. The book carries watercolors by the author, the first being a painting of the "No Trespassing" sign posted at Aspertuck Reservoir where the two friends first meet; there are also paintings of Haines' house and of him digging for clams and cleaning trout. To the rear cover, is a photo portrait of a very happy young James Prosek.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007434
- Title
- JOE AND ME : An Education in Fishing and Friendship
- Author
- Prosek, James
- Illustrator
- James Prosek (Author-Painter)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 068815316X
- ISBN 13
- 9780688153168
- Publisher
- Rob Weisbach/William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Biography/Memoir/Sports/Fishing/Friendship
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- First Edition
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