Arnold Gingrich (1903 - 1976) was the co-founder and editor of Esquire magazine he was also an accomplished violinist and avid fly fisherman, authoring several books on the subject. Gemmells readers (including me) were still in short pants. Tales are told of him all throughout the. Mylar-wrapped cream dust jacket with black, green, blue, and yellow text to front and spine, and color illustration of a fisherman in a creek to front not price-clipped light age toning spine heavily toned, text not faded red cloth boards with blind stamped willow branch illustration to front gilt stamped lettering and black stamped willow illustration and border to spine yellow top edge and deckled fore-edge of text block small water stain to bottom right corner of front board bottom corners slightly rubbed else clean previous owner inscription on front paste-down else interior book clean tight binding numerous B&W illustrations throughout. Published in 1984, Legend was around at a time when many of Mr. Druss, captain of the axe, Deathwalker, he is the stuff of legends.
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