"Passions are likened best to pools and streams; the shallows murmur, but the deep are dumb": First edition of Frank Gray Griswold's The Cascapedia Club; Inscribed by Him
The Cascapedia Club.
Griswold, Frank Gray.
$950.00Item Number: 88022
Norwood: The Plimpton Press, 1920.
First edition of Griswold’s guide to fishing the Great Cascapedia. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Percy R. Pyne 2nd from G. Gray Griswold 1921.” In near fine condition. A nice example.
American author and sportsman Frank Gray Griswold authored dozens of books with a particular focus on salmon fishing, many printed privately and distributed among his personal friends. In the Cascapedia Club, Griswold answers some of the most frequently asked questions regarding salmon behavior, fishing, and populations in the Grand Cascapedia River.
Other Books by this Author
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"The charms of angling are anticipation and solitude": First edition of Frank Gray Griswold's Observations on a Salmon River; Inscribed by him
Griswold, Frank Gray.
Observations on a Salmon River: Recollections of Frank Gray Griswold.
New York: Thomas Gibbons, 1922.
First edition of Griswold’s recollections of salmon fishing on the Grand Cascapedia River in the Recollections of Frank Gray Griswold series. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, ” Compliments of F. Gray Griswold 1923.” Frontispiece map of the Grand Cascapedia River, illustrated with photographs. In near fine condition. A very clean example.
Price: $175.00
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"KNOWING THAT THE PERIOD OF A MAN'S HARD-RIDING DAYS ARE LIMITED, I PREPARED FOR THE INEVITABLE BY MAKING A PASTIME OF SEA-FISHING": FIRST EDITION OF FRANK GRAY GRISWOLD'S SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING
Griswold, Frank Gray.
Some Fish and Some Fishing.
New York: John Lane Company, 1921.
First edition of Griswold’s book on sea fishing. Octavo, original cloth over olive green boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated throughout with photographs and maps. In very good condition. A nice example.
Price: $75.00
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"Salmo Salar, at one time so numerous in the rivers of our east coast, are now found only in the waters of the Dominion of Canada": First privately printed edition of Frank Gray Griswold's The Life History of The Canadian Salmon
Griswold, Frank Gray.
The Life History of The Canadian Salmon: Salmo Salar.
Norwood, Massachusetts: The Plimpton Press, 1929.
First privately printed edition of Frank Gray Griswold’s tribute to the Canadian salmon. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, full color illustration of the “Griswold Gray” lure affixed to front panel. Singed by the author on the half-title page, “Frank Gray Griswold.” In very good condition.
Price: $400.00
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First Edition of Big and Little Fishes; Signed by Frank Gray Griswold
Griswold, Frank Gray.
Big and Little Fishes.
Norwood, Massacusetts: Plimpton Press, 1927.
First edition of Griswold’s recollections fishing salmon pools. Octavo, original cloth gilt. Signed by Frank Griswold on the title page. Full color actual size frontispiece of the bucktail dry fly lure used to catch a 32 pound salmon. In near fine condition.
Price: $250.00
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First edition of Frank Gray Griswold's Salmon Score for seasons 1920 - 1920
Griswold, Frank Gray.
Salmon Score of F. Gray Griswold for Ten Seasons 1920-1929.
Canada: Grand Cascapedia River, 1930.
First edition, presentation binding of Griswold’s catch records between the years of 1920 and 1929. Octavo, original cloth gilt. Signed by F. Gray Griswold on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $375.00
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"What is good for the fish is good for the fisherman": First edition of Griswold and Hume's The Life-History of the Atlantic and Pacific Salmon of Canada
Griswold, Frank Gray and R. D. Hume.
The Life-History of the Atlantic and Pacific Salmon of Canada.
New York: Duttons, Inc, 1930.
First edition of Griswold and Hume’s guide to the salmon rivers of Canada. Octavo, original cloth over olive green boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $75.00
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"If you ask an angler by what power a fish is enabled to find its natal river the reply is invariably, instinct": First edition of Frank Gray Griswold's Fish Fact and Fancies; Inscribed by him in the year of publication
Griswold, Frank Gray.
Fish Facts and Fancies.
Norwoood: The Plimpton Press, 1923.
First edition of Griswold’s manual covering both freshwater and saltwater sport fishing. Octavo, original cloth. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “F. Gray Griswold 1923.” In near fine condition. A nice example.
Price: $150.00
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"The charms of angling are anticipation and solitude": First edition of Frank Gray Griswold's Observations on a Salmon River; Signed by him
Griswold, Frank Gray.
Observations on a Salmon River.
Norwood: The Plimpton Press, 1921.
First edition of Griswold’s recollections of salmon fishing on the Grand Cascapedia River. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Frank Griswold on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $150.00
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" WHEN I FIRST OPENED MY EYES AND SAW THE SUN SHINING THROUGH THE SMOOTHLY RUNNING WATERS OF THE CASCAPEDIA RIVER, IT WAS SPRINGTIME": FIRST EDITION OF FRANK GRAY GRISWOLD'S THE MEMOIRS OF A SALMON; INSCRIBED BY HIM
Griswold, Frank Gray.
The Memoirs of a Salmon.
Norwood: The Plimpton Press, 1931.
First edition of Griswold’s novella depicting the experience of a salmon from life to death. Octavo, original boards engraved frontispiece. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Merry Christmas, F. Gray Griswold.” In very good condition with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. First editions are uncommon, especially signed.
Price: $400.00
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