Author:
BALDEMEC
Title:
A Week On The Jupiter River Anticosti Island
Price:
£1100.00
Year:
1934
Publisher:
privately printed
Summary:
45 pages, mounted photo of "one days catch on the Jupiter River", black paper covered boards, printed label to upper board. Some chipping and loss to top 8cm (3 inches) of spine, limited to 100 copies this being number 35. Baldemec is a composite pseudonym made up of the initials of members of the party B,A,L,D, Eric M, and Eddy C. The B was Sir V Besborough former Governor General of Canada. This copy presented by B to Major Max Bollam also includes a letter on headed paper "Goverment House, Ottawa" to Bollam from B presenting the copy and noting the party consists of Lomany Lascelles (?), Eric Mackenzie esce (?), Eddie Coloville and myself, some of the names are difficult to read. It is a salmon fishing book of charm and rarity. the book varys wildly in style and content from straight facts and figures to lyrical and poetic expectations, reference Charles Wood bibliotheca Salmo Salar No 61
Ref:
20952
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