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Log of the Twelfth Annual Cruise of the Second Presbyterian Fishing Club of Philadelphia July 1st to 15th inclusive on the Schooner "Samuel Applegit

1882314013Philadelphia: Russell & Creamer 1882. First edition. With fine partly colored caricature folding map of Chesapeake and Delaware Bays and environs; numerous illustrations in text. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth gilt with publisher's printed paper wrappers bound in. Rubbed minor staining to boards upper wrapper chipped at upper corner with small loss possibly to presentation "Mrs Jas. H. Allen. Book label offsetting to front free end paper. Very good. First edition. With fine partly colored caricature folding map of Chesapeake and Delaware Bays and environs; numerous illustrations in text. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "The 'Wilde' Ã†sthetes of 1882". One of the rarest of this series of privately printed volumes produced by this Philadelphia sporting club and an unusual demonstration of the popularity of Oscar Wilde during his American tour of 1882. The verso of the title page includes a list of the 22 members of the cruise "The 'Wilde' Ã†sthetes of 1882" with the title in a floral heading giving them all first names of flowers and Wildean associations including: Sunflower SMITH Oscar's first love too poetical . Mignonette MOUSLEY Oscar's twin brother too fat for a Porpoise. Rhododendron RAUCH Oscar's great-aunt too much 'poke.' Woodbine WEHN Oscar's little sister too awfully nice. Petunia PACKARD Oscar's maid too much of a masher. With the ticket of J.L. Smith 27 S. Sixth St. Philadelphia Please Acknowledge Receipt on front wrapper. "Sunflower" Smith who heads the crew list was a Philadelphia map publisher Clifford P. "Arbutus" Allen is described as the loggist; and Herbert S. "Petunia" Packard as the artist. Allen b. 1841 was the regular scribe for the club's annual fishing cruises. RARE. Wetzel p. 199; Bruns W83; Library of John M. Schiff Sotheby's 11 Dec. 1990 lot 132 this copy; not in Heller. Provenance: Mortimer L. Schiff with his bookplate Russell & Creamer unknown books

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