Wulff, Lee

Leaping Silver [INSCRIBED]

[INSCRIBED] Lee Wulff. Leaping Silver: Words and Pictures of the Atlantic Salmon. New York: George W. Stewart, [1940]. First edition.

Inscribed to Richard Beagle by both Lee Wulff and Joan Wulff on front free endpaper.

Octavo. 149 pages. Heavily illustrated with full page and in-text black and white photographs, illustrations, and large decorative chapter initials. Bound in publisher’s blue cloth with lettering to spine. In unclipped photographic dust jacket, priced at “$3.50”.

Binding lightly rubbed and cloth toned, small corner and spine end bumps, spine more heavily darkened with lettering worn; endpapers toned, internal pages clean. Dust jacket worn, edge and fold wear, fold separation between front panel and spine, edge tears and paper losses at extremities (held in place by mylar protective sleeve). A good book in solid condition with a fantastic association between the renowned angling book collector, Richard Beagle and the dynamic fishing couple, Lee and Joan Wufll, founders of the Wulff School of Fly Fishing. HFP-738. Item #738

Price: $350.00