TALES OF THE ANGLER'S ELDORADO: NEW ZEALAND. By Zane Grey. With over 100 illustrations from photographs taken by the author and from drawings by Frank E. Phares.

1926 1st edition. Large 4to (196 x 269mm). Ppviii,228. B/w photographs and illustrations, red monochrome photograph end-papers. Dark blue cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt, blind-stamped motif to upper board. (Code G-A on copyright page - July 1926).

Big-game fishing for marlin, swordfish and Mako shark in New Zealand waters, with a good deal on Taupo and Tongariro trout fishing. This is a copy of the first edition, as stated on the copyright page and with the code, G-A, indicating a printing date of July 1926. * This copy has been signed on the first blank end-paper by the author, Zane Grey. Above the signature is a further inscription, written with different ink but possibly in the same hand, "To my dear niece, with love and best wishes for a bright and happy Xmas, Uncle 'Lollo' [?], Altadena, Calif. 1926."