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Edward Llewellyn

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Salvage and Destroy by Edward Llewellyn, cover by James Gurney (1984)

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Edward Llewellyn

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Edward Llewellyn

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Edward Llewellyn

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Edward Llewellyn

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Prelude to Chaos by Edward Llewellyn, cover by David B. Mattingly (1983)

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Charles Frederick Ironmonger (1868-1915), the photographer of these images, was born in Ohio but moved to Los Angeles in 1892, where he worked in the studio of Charles Betts Waite (1861-1927). In 1895, Ironmonger set up a studio in Avalon, on Catalina Island where he captured images of everything from landscapes to visiting fishermen standing next to their record catches, such as the black sea bass, which made quite a subject for the photographer.

Shown above, Franklin S. Schenck, of Brooklyn, N.Y., with a 384 lb. black sea bass, in 1900; Mrs. E.N. Dickerson, of New York, N.Y., with a 363 lb. black sea bass, in 1901; Edward Beach Llewellen with a 425 lb. black sea bass, in 1902; Levin Graham Murphy, a lumberman of Converse, Indiana, with a hickory rod of his own creation and 436 lb. black sea bass, in 1905.

It is to be noted that in 1901 Mrs. Dickerson brought in a 216 lb. tuna, “a seemingly impossible feat, as smaller tunas have worn out and utterly demoralized strong men.” And that Zane Grey once caught a 758 lb. tuna with his prized L.G. Murphy rod. And that Edward Beach Llewellyn played cornet and trumpet with Brooke’s Band on Catalina Island, was the principal trumpet player with the Chicago Symphony for 22 years, the U.S. national champion cyclist in 1907 and ’08, a wrestler, boxer and “passionate golfer.”