Truth Is Stranger Than Fishin'
New York: Morrow, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. First edition/printing (no statement as is correct). Hardcover in bright yellow cloth lettered and decorated in black. 303 pp. Fine in dust jacket with narrow chipping to the top edge and a small part of the bottom edge of the front panel. Entertaining story of some famous fishermen and women through the ages from the ancient Egyptians and Greeks, through 15ht century Dame Juliana, Mister and Mistress Izaak Walton. Beatrice Cook was herself a devoted and intrepid lady angler--who noted that her kids were brought up in a rowboat--and author other delightful. lighthearted books such as "Till Fish Do Us Part" and "More Fish To Fry" Fine / very good. Item #E24620
Price: $16.50