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Two Limited Edition Books From The Derrydale Press

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William Bayard Sturgis. NEW LINES FOR FLYFISHERS. New York: The Derrydale Press, 1936. Limited edition; one of 950 copies. Hardcover. Original green cloth-covered boards. 8vo; xiv, [2], 159, [1]pp. Frontispiece by Ralph L. Boyer and illustrated with drawings by the author. (Boards with browning to top edge and spine, one small stain to lower board, minor separation from text block at head, and spine ends lightly rubbed; interior with mild toning and light scattered foxing on endpapers. Very good/lacking original jacket.)

Edmund Ware Smith; Milton C. Weiler, illus. TALL TALES AND SHORT. New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938. Limited edition; no. 794 of 950 copies. Hardcover. Gilt-decorated green cloth-covered boards. 8vo; xi, [7], 187, [1]pp. (Boards with spine lightly faded and some mild wear to extremities; interior with toning, spotting to gutter, rare small stain or spot of grime, and scattered foxing concentrated on endpapers.)

9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.; 9 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.