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Holder, Charles Frederick.

THE LOG OF A SEA ANGLER.

1906 1st Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1906. First edition. A noted sportsmen and naturalist and a resident of Pasadena, California, Charles Frederick Holder (1851-1915) remains largely uncredited as the inventor of modern big-game fishing. "The Log of a Sea Angler" contains his accounts of angling with both rod and spear in various locales, including tuna fishing out of Catalina and pursuing sailfish off the Florida coast. Decorative green cloth binding, with gilt lettering. Bookplate. Ink inscription to the front flyleaf, with a faint ink stamp to the rear pastedown. Boards slightly edgeworn, with a bit of very light mottling; otherwise a very good copy.

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