Ralph Bandini Veiled Horizons Derrydale Press
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Author: Bandini, Ralph
Title: Veiled Horizons: Stories of Big Game Fish of the Sea
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Derrydale Press
Date Published: [1939]
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Nine plates of photographs printed in gravure, with a map of the Southern California coast and Channel Islands. (8vo) original green cloth. No. 238 of 950 copies. First Edition.
Exciting stories of big-game fishing at Catalina Island, with much history about the famous Tuna Club at Avalon, the first angling club dedicated to big game fishing. Includes chapters on Tuna, More Tuna, Big Tuna, and Broadbills. Bandini was the scion of a pioneering southern California family that operated a freight service and coach line. He was active on several California state conservation committees, and served as Tuna Club secretary for some time. Bandini is one of only a few members to have earned five of the club’'s six celebrated buttons of various colors for catching tuna, marlin, and broadbill on both light and heavy tackle. Bruns B38; Siegel 155.
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