Research Catalog

Title

My secret fish-book life / Nick Lyons ; illustrations by Mari Lyons.

Author

Lyons, Nick.

Publication

[Place of publication not identified] : W. Thomas Taylor, ©1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lyons, Mari
• Hutchinson, Bradley
• Taylor, W. Thomas
• Digital Letterpress, manufacture place.

Description

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations; 25 cm

Subject

• Lyons, Nick
• Fishers > United States > Biography

Genre/Form

Private press books – United States – 1996.

Note

• "Sections of this book originally appeared, usually in a vastly different form, in 'The American Fly Fisher', 'The New York Times Book Review', 'Field & Stream' magazine, 'The Little Book of Fishing', 'Fly Fisherman' magazine, 'AB Bookmen's Weekly', 'Bookways', and elsewhere"--title page verso.
• "This book was designed by W. Thomas Taylor and printed by Bradley Hutchinson at Digital Letterpress in an edition of 550 copies, signed by the author and illustrator. The paper is Mohawk Superfine, the types Adobe Caslon and Ex Ponto. In the edition there are fifty deluxe copies printed on Zerkall paper and specially bound by Priscilla Spitler. Each contains a leaf of the author's original manuscript and has the frontispiece hand-colored by the artist"--Colophon.

Provenance (note)

• Inscribed in ink, on colophon, "Nick Lyons" and "Mari Lyons."

Binding (note)

• Bound in publisher's green cloth boards with gilt stamped spine; issued with slipcase.

Call Number

Rare Books 20-696

OCLC

37841261

Author

Lyons, Nick.

Title

My secret fish-book life / Nick Lyons ; illustrations by Mari Lyons.

Imprint

[Place of publication not identified] : W. Thomas Taylor, ©1996.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Inscribed in ink, on colophon, "Nick Lyons" and "Mari Lyons." NN

Binding

Bound in publisher's green cloth boards with gilt stamped spine; issued with slipcase. NN

Local Note

Copy in Rare Books 20-696: frontispiece not hand-colored; unnumbered (of 550 copies).

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Added Author

Lyons, Mari, ill.

Hutchinson, Bradley, printer.

Taylor, W. Thomas, publisher.

Digital Letterpress, manufacture place.

Research Call Number

Rare Books 20-696