Tarpomania ; & Buck fever
By: by Eldridge Reeves Johnson.
Contributors: Johnson, Eldridge Reeves, 1867-1945.; Rosenwald, Edith Goodkind, donor.; Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: E.R. Johnson]
Published: 1928
Place of publication: [Camden, N.J.?
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
Copyright date: 1908 and 1911
Subjects: Tarpon fishing.; Deer hunting -- California.; Hunting -- California.
Other titles: Tarpomania.; Buck fever.
First sentence: The delights and difficulties of tarpon fishing are many; first, you must find the fish; second, you must wait for one to bite; third, you must hook him when he does bite; fourth, you must land the fish after you succeed in hooking him; fifth, act like a human being after the landing, for you will then have a brain storm which I have called "Tarpomania", causing you to believe that you have landed the greatest fish ever caught, and giving you for quite a time afterward a peculiar and wild look about your eyes; sixth, give a fair and rational account of the fight without losing your reputation as a conservative and truthful person.
Description: The brown calfskin cover stamped with a polychrome image of a line-caught tarpon, the spine gilt-stamped with buck heads, title, author initials and date, the inner covers similarly of lilac-gray gilt-stamped leather, binding signed on front doublure "The French Binders Garden City N.Y.", the text with eight tissue-protected black and white photographs.
Notes: NUC pre-56, NE 0189854
"Privately printed."
Written in ink on half title: To Mr. Lessing Rosenwald with the compliments of Eldridge R. Johnson 1929.
Binding signed on front doublure: The French Binders Garden City N.Y.
Source: Bequest of Edith G. Rosenwald, Jan. 23, 1989.

Eldridge Reeves Johnson (American, Feb. 6, 1867 - Nov. 14, 1945) was an inventor and entrepreneur. Based on the strength of his 1896 invention of a spring-driven gramophone motor, Johnson founded the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1901. The slogan “His Master's Voice,” which featured a dog listening intently to a gramophone, became the company's logo and was recognized around the world. The company faltered in the 1920s, and was acquired by Radio Corporation of America in 1929 to became RCA Victor, at which point the logo utilizing Nipper the dog was created.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1: Tarpomania - The Madness of Fishing; Chapter 2 - Buck Fever