Bartleby's Books is on vacation from June 22, 2022 to July 22, 2022. We will be doing the Minnesota Antiquarian Bookfair July 8 and 9. Afterwards we will be at CABS at St. Olaf. No orders will ship till July 24.
The Anglican Friar and the Fish which He Took by Hook and By Crook: A Comic Legend, by a Novice, A.F. and F. Dedicated to all lovers of angling.
London: J. and D.A. Darling, 1851. First edition of this book length poem. Small 8vo. 160 pp. Illustrated, plates, extra engraved title page. Spine title: "The / Friar." Westwood & Satchell (listed anonymously), p. 15: "This is merely fun hiding in an angler's domino." Heckscher 83. Spine ends a little nicked, but a lovely copy. Original gilt-stamped illustrated green cloth (spine and extremities a little faded. (8717). Item #61885
Price: $250.00