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Very nice book. Minor wear to DJ edges and corners. Slight bend along top edge of front of DJ.

(Hardcover, 1987). 1987 1st edition. Large 8vo (175 x 242mm). Pp477. B/w photographs, illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very small tear to top of spine and dust-wrapper else very good clean copy. A collection of articles and stories about Florida around the turn of the last century. A large proportion of the book is about saltwater fishing, mainly for tarpon. Chapters include: Subtropical Florida (1894); Sponge and spongers of the Florida Reef (1892); The angler's battle royale (1903); Jupiter Inlet, Florida (1891); Turkey tracks in the big cypress (1909); Turtling in Florida (1890); An Easter outing in Florida (1901); Six weeks in Florida (1870); A visit to Death Lake, Florida (1888); Winter shooting in Florida (1870); The St. Augustine Lawn Tennis Tournament (1890); The log of a Filibuster correspondent (1903); In the Cape Sable wilderness (1903); Following Audubon among the Florida Keys (1903); A good day's tarpon fishing (1890); An intimate study of the pelican (1905); Caught on a lee shore (1893); A winter's sport in Florida (1889); Our Florida garden (1910); The tarpon of Turner's River (1911); Crossing the Everglades in a power boat (1907); Cruising on the Gulf Coast of Florida (1907); Along the Florida Reef (1871); Mr. Wegg's party on the Kissimmee (1886); Sport in Florida (1886); Florida: a winter playground in the blackjack (1909); Alligator shooting in Florida (1899); The city of the pelicans (1903); Trailing the sea bat (1900); Snapper fishermen of the Gulf (1904); Over the Florida Keys by rail (1908); On no name key (1903); My winter game bag in Florida (1890); In a grove of oranges (1909); A northern girl's huntin' of a 'gaitah (1900); The haps and mishaps of a Florida maroon (1894); Truck farming in Florida (1909); Tarpon fishing, Florida (1891); Florida razorbacks (1891); An adventure with a tarpon (1895). .

1987 copyright, hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, small approx 1/4" dust jacket edge tear, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders

Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Very good copy with clean pages and dust jacket.

Hardbound book on green boards with gold lettering on spine.It shows previous owner's name on first free end paper. The jacket cover shows a Florida beach and a lighthouse. The book is clean and tight. Light shelf ware on the jacket. "This book is illustrated with rare drawings, photographs and engravings, this book will recreate a paradise that can never be again" My require extra shipping because of the weight.