Philip Wylie - The Best of Crunch and Des

New York, Rinehart & Company , 1954. First edition. Hardback. A wonderful collection of short stories featuring saltwater fishermen, Crunch and Des, from American writer Philip Wylie. The first edition thus of this work. A selected collection of twenty-one of Philip Wylie's short saltwater fishing stories featuring popular characters Captain Crunch Adams and his friend Des Smith. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. A writer of fiction and non-fiction, Philip Wylie's works included hundreds of short stories, article, serials, novels and newspaper columns. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original quarter cloth binding. Externally, smart with shelf wear to the extremities. Tide mark and handling marks to the boards. Dust wrapper is slightly sunned with edge wear and tape reinforcements to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Small bookplate of one D. Silberstein to the front free endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.

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