[Rarebooks] FS: Schuylkill Fishing Company, first edition

[Bob Petrilla]

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia / Milnor, William. A HISTORY OF THE SCHUYLKILL
FISHING COMPANY OF THE STATE IN SCHUYLKILL, 1732-1888. Philadelphia:
Members of the State in Schuylkill, 1889. First Edition. 446pp, index;
frontispiece, many b&w portraits and view plates. Bound in 3/4 red morocco
and marbled boards, gilt spine devices and lettering, top edges gilt,
original front wrapper bound in at back. 10.5" x 7" Very Good. Morocco &
Boards.
The Schuylkill Fishing Company, founded in 1732, was the first angling club
in the American colonies. Except for the Beefsteak Club of London, it is
the oldest men's club in the world. [Howes, U.S.iana M636.]   $200.00

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