Great Fishing Tackle Catalogs Of The Golden Age

Here is a marvelously full and nostalgic collection of the most interesting pages from such outstanding old catalogs of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as those of Orvis, Abercrombie & Fitch, Sears Roebuck, Montgomery Ward, William Mills, the House of Hardy. L.L. Bean, and scores of others. Mail-order catalogs were (and still are!) the fisherman's opium. Here in the fine free such frenzy of bygone copywriters' prose are old rods and reels, Rube Goldberg gadgets brought to market with the blast of trumpets, "African Steel Vine" rods and other absurdities, belt worm-boxes (for some reason labeled in French), and a host of other perfectly delicious items... at deliciously low prices. Great Fishing Tackle Catalogs Of The Golden Age is a fascinating look back into the past that is sure to delight anglers young and old. 

Paperback

Author: Samuel Melner & Hermann Kessler
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: N/A
ISBN: 1558219021
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Published Date: 1989

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