Title: Tales of fishing virgin seas /
Authors: Grey, Zane,; Smith, Lillian Wilhelm,
Date: 1925
Publisher: Harper & brothers,
Physical description: vii p., 1 l., 216 p. : illus. cxii pl. on 57 l. (incl. front., ports.) ; 27 cm
Language: English
LC classification: S
Abstract: Stepping off the deck of his three-masted schooner, the Fisherman, at the end of an unparalleled fishing cruise, Zane Grey set down the record, without an instant's delay, of these adventurous weeks. The result is this book, a narrative of adventure and deep-sea fishing, unique even in the career of this great sportsman. Cruising in the dangerous, little-known sections of the Pacific around the Galapagos Islands, the party, putting out from the Fisherman in small boats, threw their lines into the waters often alive with man-eating sharks. At other times, under less strenuous conditions, Zane Grey devoted his time to careful observation, and the recording, cataloguing and photographing of strange and little-known game fish. Here, certainly, is a book that ever good sportsman will wish to own -- a chronicle of adventure and danger, and sport for sport's sake.
Notes: Illustrated lining-papers. Part of plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress. "First edition."
Subject headings (LCSH): Anecdotes; Fishing.; Personal narratives