FISH BY SCHALDACH: Collected Etchings, Drawings and Water Colors of Trout, Salmon and Other Game Fish

Schaldach, William J.

Published by J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1937

About this Item

Unpaginated. Limited edition: #141 of 150 copies, signed on the colophon page by Schaldach. The frontispiece is an original etching pencil-signed by Schaldach. William Joseph Schaldach (1896-1982) was a writer on art and outdoor sporting, editor for Field and Stream, and most notably an important American wildlife artist. The book offered here is beautifully bound in full vellum with a gilt vignette of a trout rising to a mayfly on the front cover. In addition to the original art of the frontispiece, there are 60 full-page reproductions of Schaldach's fish art. The book is in very good condition: clean, bright, and tight; some rubbing and discoloration of the velum. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Seller Inventory # W2318

Bibliographic Details

• Title: FISH BY SCHALDACH: Collected Etchings, Drawings and Water Colors of Trout, Salmon and Other Game Fish
• Publisher: J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1937
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: William J. Schaldach
• Edition: Limited First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket, as Issued
• Signed: SIGNED
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Hunting and Fishing
  • Illustrated Books