Smiley William H (3 results)

First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 151 pages. Features introductions by Jane Smiley and William H. Gass. Includes photographs by Michael Eastman. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear.

Printed Wrappers. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket, As Issued. First Printing. Very Good Plus in brown printed wrappers, 1" tear at bottom edge front wrapper and title page, and minor wear at spine tips. 26 printed pages plus 17 pages of great period photographs. SCARCE. Book.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 136 pages. Many black and white photos plus some color ads. Features: Russell J. Smiley's cover art depicts his triumph over a mighty marlin; Wood Ticks and Dog Tricks - The wood tick causes deadly spotted fever; The Education of the Wrecker - Training a problematic dog; Death in the Timber - The peril caused by forest fires; The Gristmill Whopper - The real fisherman knows what to do if he lands the whopper; Bass Plugs and Bass (Part 2); Jungle Journey - Part 4 of E.P. Haddon's adventures hunting and fishing in the almost unexplored back-country jungles of tropical Yucatan Peninsula; Farm Fishponds - Second article on farm fish ponds, reporting on a co-operative experiment in constructing 60 ponds in North Carolina and the result after two years; The Lizard of "Was" - The Gila Monster; Know Your Ducks (7) - The Blue-Winged Teal; One-page photo of George Paulson stepping out of his boat on Leech Lake, MN, with a string of fish; One-page photo of Bernard Rocha casting into the Owens River in California; Matinee on the Marsh - Hunting and betting; The Champion - The record and life story of perhaps the most brilliant handler of all time, Clyde Morton of Alabama; Bucktails for Steelheads (Part 2) - Peter J. Schwab reveals how to tie his sensational new wire-body bucktails for steelheads; Iron rifle Sights - The peep type site is very accurate; and much more. Many great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Smiley, Russell J.; Prince, William Meade; Ballantyne, Joyce; Glaser, George (illustrator). …