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  • Barsness, John:  Montana Time.  New York: Lyons & Burford, Pub, 1992. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with white text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. A native of Montana and a frequent writer for Sports Illustrated and Field and Stream writes of the trout streams in that state. Well reviewed by Rick Bass, Charles Waterman and Jim Bashline.
    TB07138  $45.00



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    Bergman, Ray:  Fresh-Water Bass.  New York: Wm. Penn Publishing Corp., (1942). First Edition, Limited Edition. Near fine in 3/4 morocco leather and blue cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and gilt tool work between all of the compartments. The top edge of the text block is gilt. The end sheets are printed and the extra suite of 10 color plates is laid-in at the front of the book. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 1/4 inches with the leather at the head and heel of the spine lightly rubbed and worn and touches of foxing to the recto of the frotispiece. Without a dust jacket; however, the book is contained within a very good, paper covered slip case with three of the joints beginning to fail. One of only 149 copies signed by the author with this copy being out of series. 436 pages of text and illustrated with a full color frontispiece and 10 color plates all by Fred Hildebrandt. A very clean, neat and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind and with the extra suite of plates in their original envelope laid-in. (Bruns, p.132; Thacher, p. 49)
    TB31484  $500.00



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    Bourne, Russell:  The View from Front Street: Travels Through New England's Historic Fishing Communities.  New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1989). First Edition, First printing. Fine in light blue paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and with map end sheets. A small quarto measuring 10" by 8 1/2" with previous owner's name and date on the second free end page. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 282 pages including an index, acknowledgments and text. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, line drawings and reproductions of earlier works of art.
    TB26109  $15.00



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    Caucci, Al, and Bob Nastasi:  Hatches II A Complete Guide To Fishing The Hatches of North American Trout Streams.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1996. Collector's Edition. Fine in dark blue leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt tool work and gilt text in the compartments with gilt borders and tool work on the boards. The end sheets are silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All edges of the text block are gilt. A quarto measuring 11 by 8 3/8 inches containing 335 pages including an index, bibliography and text. One of the volumes in the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings by the authors throughout and with an introduction by Art Flick and Gary LaFontaine. An un-read and un-opened copy as it is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. A title which is no longer printed and sold by The Easton Press.
    TB32506  $100.00



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    Connett, Eigeme V.:  Random Casts.  New York: The Derrydale Press, (1939). Limited First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in multi-color cloth covered boards with a gilt on blue cloth label on the spine and gilt text and a gilt design of a fly at the end of a cast line on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine In the publisher's original acetate dust jacket in near fine condition. One of only 1,075 limited edition copies produced with this copy identified as number 691. 194 pages of text, some of which remain un-opened. Illustrated with a frontispiece and images within the text by Ralph L. Boyer and Milton C. Weiler as well as plates from black and white photographs.
    TB32154  $180.00



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    [Davy, Humphrey]:  Salmonia: Or, Days of Fly Fishing. In a Series of Conversations With Some Account OF The Habits Of Fishes Belonging To The Genus Almo..  London: John Murray, 1829. Second Edition. Very good+ in full dark green contemporary leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text in one compartment and gilt designs in the other four with the date "1829" at the heel of the spine. The boards are decorated with a unique rolled grain appearance with gilt borders. A 16mo measuring 6 1/2 by 4 inches with marbled edges to the text block and matching marbled end sheets. Both joints are worn, but holding due to reinforced cloth hinges. 335 pages of text illustrated with 6 engraved steel plates and numerous engravings within the text to include 3 pages of eleven insects with their imitations on hooks. (Thacher, p.142)
    TB28495  $200.00



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    Ephemera [Fitzfgibbon, Edward] with assistance from Andrew Young:  The Book Of The Salmon: In Two Parts.  London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850. First Edition. Very good- in 3/4 green leather (calf) and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with printer's devices in four of the compartments and the two remaining compartments are missing the gilt title labels. The end sheets match the marbled paper on the boards. A 16mo measuring 6 3/4 by 4 1/8 inches with a 3/4 inch closed tear to the leather at the upper edge of the front joint, much of the printer's devices on the spine have been lost and the leather on the spine has darkened considerably from its original light green color. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. 242 pages of text illustrated with a hand-colored frontispiece and eight plates, seven of which are of hand-colored of salmon-flies and salmon-fry. This title consists of two parts. Part I contains: "The theory, principles, and practice of fly-fishing for salmon; with lists of salmon-flies for every good river in the empire." Part II contains: "The natural history of the salmon, all its known habits described, and the best way of artificially breeding it explained." In an elegant binding by J. Larkins.
    TB28825  $650.00



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    Foster, David:  The Scientific Angler, Being A General and Instructive Work on Artistic Angling.  New York: Orange Judd Company, 1883. First Edition. Very good+ in its original binding of green cloth over beveled boards with gilt text and gilt decorations on the spine and with gilt text and black image of a fishing pole and net on the front board. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches minor rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards and three scuff marks to the front board. The contents are clean, unmarked and free of foxing, tanning and any prior ownership marks. 247 pages followed by five pages of ads by the publisher. Illustrated with six plates from line drawings. Compiled by the author's sons and edited by William Harris, who was the editor of American Angler. This title was originally published in London in 1882. Bruns in his Angling Books of The Americas considers the first edition of this title to be "very scarce". (Thacher, p.185; Bruns,H-82 & p.160)
    TB32149  $200.00



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    Gill, Emlyn M.:  Practical Dry-Fly Fishing.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, (1996). Collector's Edition. Fine in blue-gray full leather covered boards with gilt text and decorations in four compartments on the spine and gilt borders and tool work on the boards. The edges of the text block are gilt and the end sheets are silk with a placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. One of the volumes in the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics. An 12mo of 7 1/8 by 4 1/2 inches which is still within the publisher's original shrink wrap. 216 pages of text. This title is no longer published and sold by The Easton Press A never read, unopened copy.
    TB32504  $80.00



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    Gingrich, Arnold, Jr.:  The Well Tempered Angler.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1996. Collector's Edition. Fine in full brown leather covered boards with four compartments on the spine with gilt text and decorations. The top edge of the text block is gilt. The end sheets are of silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. A small quarto measuring 8 3/8 by 5 3/8 inches and it is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. Without a dust jacket as issued. Containing 323 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Illustrated with a color frontispiece by Adriano Manocchia and line drawings by an unidentified artist. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Library of Fly-Fishing Classics which is no longer published and sold by The Easton Press. An unread and unopened copy.
    TB32503  $75.00



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    Greenlaw, Linda:  The Lobster Chronicles Life on a Very Small Island.  New York: Hyperion, 2002. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 light blue cloth and blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 238 pages of text followed by a one page map. By the author of best selling book: The Hungry Ocean.
    TB22790  $30.00



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    Greenlaw, Linda:  All Fisherman Are Liars True Tales from the Dry Dock Bar.  New York: Hyperion, (2004). First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 dark blue cloth and blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5 1/2". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on a bookstore label and pasted to the fly title page. 228 pages of text. By the author of best selling book: The Hungry Ocean.
    TB25910  $25.00




  • Greenlaw, Linda:  The Hungry Ocean.  New York: Hyperion, 1999. 8th Printing. Near fine in 1/4 dark green cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with a prior owner's name on the first free end paper. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. "A swordboat captain's journey". 265 pages of text.
    TB16080  $8.40



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    Haig-Brown, Roderick L.:  A River Never Sleeps.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1996. Collector's Edition. Fine in medium gray leather covered boards with gilt text and decorations in three compartments on the spine and gilt borders and tool work on the boards. The edges of the text block are gilt and the end sheets are silk with a placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. One of the volumes in the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics. Illustrated by Louis Darling. An octavo measuring 8 1/8" by 5 3/8" with 352 pages of text. This title is no longer published and sold by The Easton Press. A bright, clean and crisp copy with no prior owner's plates, names, dates or notations.
    TB30514  $65.00



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    Halford, Frederic M.:  The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook Including The Fisherman's Entomology And The Making And Management Of A Fishery.  London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited, (1913). First Edition. Fine in 3/4 dark blue leather and blue denim covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text three of the compartments and gilt images of flies and jumping fish in the remaining compartments. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 3/4 with marbled end sheets. The contents are clean, tight and free of foxing, tanning and any markings by prior owners. 416 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece from a photograph and numerous plates. The title page is printed in red and black and the book was printed by William Brendon and Son, Ltd of Plymouth, England. (Thacher, p.234)
    TB32150  $350.00



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    Holt, John:  Knee Deep in Montana's Streams.  Boulder: Pruett Publishing Company, 1991. Signed Limited First Edition. Fine in 1/4 calf and marbled paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. On the inside of the front board is a mounted "Wolly Bugger" fly which was tied by the author. Without a dust jacket. Signed by the author and numbered copy 66 out of only 100 signed and numbered copies on the second to last page of text. A hand-sewn binding done exclusively for the publisher by Sandlin's Book & Bindery of Valparaiso, Indiana. 144 pages including an index illustrated with maps and black and white photographs.
    TB20153  $200.00




  • Holt, John:  Knee Deep in Montana's Trout Streams.  Boulder: Pruett Publishing Company, 1991, 1996. Second Edition. Near fine in illustrated heavy paper wraps. The author updates his first-person account of fishing in many of Montana's world-class trout streams. 166 pages including an index, text and illustrated with numerous black and white photographs.
    TB17113  $15.00



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    Jones, Thomas C. (Editor):  The Ways of Game Fish.  Chicago: J. G. Ferguson Publishing Company, 1972. Limited Edition. Near fine in a dark green genuine leather binding by Brown & Bigelow of St. Paul with blind embossed text on the spine and with black embossed decorations and text on the front board surrounding an oval paper label and with decorated end sheets. There is some scuffing to the leather at the heel of the spine. The edges of the text block are speckled with matching green finish. Without a dust jacket as issued however the book is contained within a poor paper covered slipcase which has cracked and slip at all seams and joints. A folio measuring 13 1/4" by 10" deep. This copy is identified as number 54 out of only 3,000 specially bound copies "Featuring reproductions of paintings by Bob Hines and Fred Sweney and etchings by R. H. Palenske plus numerous photographs of fishing scenes" with text by Russ Williams and Charles L. Cadieux. 320 pages of text with illustrations throughout to include many color plates.
    TB23398  $100.00



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    La Branche, George M. L.:  The Dry Fly and Fast Water and The Salmon and the Dry Fly.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, (1996). Collector's Edition. Fine in full dark gray leather covered boards with five compartments on the spine with gilt text and decorations on the spine and the front and rear boards. The top edge of the text block is gilt. The end sheets are of silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/8" by 5 3/8". Without a dust jacket as issued. Containing 226 pages of text. Illustrated with drawings by the author. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Library of Fly-Fishing Classics which is no longer published and sold by The Easton Press. A very handsome, tight, clean copy with no prior owner's names, dates, notations or book plates.
    TB30515  $75.00



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    Lamb, Dana S.:  Green Highlanders and Pink Ladies.  Barre, Mass.: Barre Publishers, 1971. First Edition, First printing. Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and yellow end papers. With a prior owner's name neatly written on the first free end page and with the same prior owner's book plate on the second free end page. Signed by the author on the first free end pape. One of only 1,500 copies printed. A collection of 36 short stories on 92 pages. This copy is out-of-series.
    TB20152  $125.00



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    Lamb, Dana S.:  Not Far From The River.  Barre, Mass.: Barre Publishers, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 tan cloth and green paper covered boards with black text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In its clear acetate dust jacket and within its near fine, printed, paper covered slipcase. One of only 1,500 copies printed. 101 pages of text containing 37 short stories. A fine bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB30931  $125.00



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    Lamb, Dana:  Some Silent Places Still.  Barre, Mass.: Barre Publishers, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in 1/4 tan cloth and green paper covered boards with black text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with a light bump to the upper corner of the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued and without its issued slipcase. One of only 1,500 copies printed with this copy identified as number 606 on the limitation page. 100 pages of text containing 39 short stories. Illustrated with a line art frontispiece.
    TB30930  $100.00



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    Lamb, Dana S.:  Where the Pools Are Bright and Deep.  New York: Winchester Press, 1973. First Edition. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches with light spots of foxing to the edges of the text block. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with soiling to the panels and with tiny chips to the lower edges of both panels. 145 pages of text. With illustrations throughout by Eldridge Hardie. A celebrated author in the world of fishing.
    TB32151  $30.00



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    Mather, Fred:  In The Louisiana Lowlands A Sketch Of Plantation Life, Fishing And Camping Just After The Civil Waar, And Other Tales.  New York: Forest And Stream Publishing Co., 1900. First Edition. Very good+ in original olive green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 4 7/8 inches with faint soiling on the lower half of the front board and with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine crimped inward. Without a dust jacket. 321 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait from a black and white photo of the author. Considered by Bruns to be "scarce". (Wetzel, p181; Bruns, 78)
    TB31027  $200.00




  • McKelvie, Colin:  Flyfishing for Salmon An Introduction.  Shewsbury: Swan Hill Press, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 160 pages including an index, bibliography, text and illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, color photographs and line drawings.
    TB20472  $20.00




  • McPhee, John:  The American Shad Selections From The Founding Fish.  Far Hills, New Jersey: Meadow Run Press, 2004. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and gilt decorations on the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued, but with a clear acetate covering contained in a fine paper covered slip case with an illustrated label on one panel. In the publisher's original shrink wrap. This is one of only 500 signed copies made available for sale. It is signed by the author on the last page of text. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" tall by 6 3/8" deep containing 88 numbered pages of text and with black and white illustrations by John Rice. A superb limited edition printing.
    TB18634  $130.00



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    Netboy, Anthony:  The Atlantic Salmon A Vanishing Species?.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with gilt text and a design on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and to the fore corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. 457 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with charts, maps and images from black and white photographs.
    TB30974  $20.00




  • Peper & Jim Rikhoff, Eric:  Fishing Moments of Truth.  New York: Winchester Press, 1973. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in medium blue cloth covered boards with slight fading around the edges. In a very good+ dust jacket with a 1/2" closed tear at the lower corner of the front panel at the fold to the flap & with the spine area lightly tanned. With illustrations by Milton C. Weiler. A collection of 22 stories provided by 22 of the "most able and eloquent fishermen in the world."
    TB11107  $14.00



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    Phillips, John C.:  A Bibliography Of American Sporting Books.  Boston: Edward Morrill And Son, (1930). . Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4 by 5 3/4 inches with the book plate of bookseller, Cedric L. Robinson on the front paste down. Published with the approval of the Boone & CrockettClub. Without a dust jacket. 639 pages describing books covering sport, natural history, hunting, dogs, trapping, shooting, early American travel, fishing, sporting periodicals, guide books, forestry and conservation from the period of 1582 to 1925.
    TB28608  $150.00



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    Pierce, Wesley George:  Goin' Fishin' The Story of the Deep-Sea Fishermen of New England.  Salem, Mass.: Marine Research Society, 1934. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in blue, pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt text and rules on the spine. There is a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page and the cloth on the spine is a bit faded with the head and heel rubbed and very slightly worn. Without a dust jacket. 323 pages including an index and illustrated with line drawings and black and white photographs. One of the volumes in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. Per Albion, this title is a "Good firsthand description of methods." (Albion, p. 207)
    TB22548  $40.00



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    Prosek, James:  The Complete Angler A Connecticut Yankee Follows in the Footsteps of Walton.  New York: HarperCollins Publishers, (1999). First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 green cloth and yellow paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and with printed end sheets. A square octavo measuring 8" by 8" with a very slight lean to the spine and a small 1/4" bump to the lower edge of the front board. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. 324 pages of text illustrated with water colors by the author. This is Prosek's third book on fish or fishing.
    TB24275  $90.00



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    Prosek, James:  Joe and Me An Education In Fishing And Friendship.  New York: Rob Weisback Books, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with text stamping on the spine and illustrated title plate on the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued. Signed and inscribed by the author with: "For Ben | Keep fishing but | don't get caught | Best Wishes". Illustrated by the author who also wrote and illustrated Trout which was well regarded and continues to sell well in hard bound form.
    TB29994  $35.00



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    Prosek, James:  Joe and Me An Education In Fishing And Friendship.  New York: Rob Weisback Books, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with text stamping on the spine and illustrated paper title plate on the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued. Illustrated by the author who also wrote and illustrated Trout which was well regarded and continues to sell well in hard bound form. 190 pages of text.
    TB32152  $30.00



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    Sage, Dean, C. H. Townsend, H. M. Smith and William C. Harris:  Salmon And Trout.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902. First Edition. Very good+ in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt design and gilt text on the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small octavo measuring *' by 5 1/4" with small surface areas of the cloth on the spine and boards which have been nibbled by silver fish. There is a prior owner's name on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. 417 pages including an index which is followed by a one page ad. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 20 plates and line drawings within the text. One of the volumes in the publisher's American Sportsman's Library.
    TB27857  $45.00




  • Schultz, Ken:  The Complete Book of Sport Fishing.  New York: Mallard Press, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in light green paper covered boards with dark green text on the spine and front board and with a 1/2" ding to the upper edge. In a near fine dust jacket due to two 1" closed tears at the upper and lower edges of the front panel. Overall an outstanding copy! A folio measuring 14.25' x 10.25" containing 191 pages of index, text, drawings, color photographs arranged in chapters dealing with Equipment, Techniques and Species of fish. A Beautiful book!
    TB07225  $24.50



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    Schwiebert, Ennest G., Jr.:  Matching The Hatch.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1996. Collector's Edition. Fine in full red leather covered boards with five compartments on the spine with gilt text and decorations. The top edge of the text block is gilt. The end sheets are of silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. A small quarto measuring 8 3/8 by 5 3/8 inches and it is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. Without a dust jacket as issued. Containing 221 pages of text including an index. Illustrated with drawings by the author. Per the title page this is "a practical guide to imitation of insects found on eastern and western trout rivers". One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Library of Fly-Fishing Classics which is no longer published and sold by The Easton Press. An unread and unopened copy.
    TB32502  $90.00



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    Skues, G. E. M.:  Minor Tactics Of The Chalk Stream And Kindred Studies.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, (1996). Collector's Edition. Fine in medium brown leather covered boards with gilt text and decorations in five compartments on the spine and gilt borders and tool work on the boards. The edges of the text block are gilt and the end sheets are silk with a placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 5/8 by 5 3/4 inches. The book is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. One of the volumes in the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics. Edited with a special new introduction by John McDonald. Illustrated with a color frontispiece. 133 pages of text. This title is no longer published and sold by The Easton Press. An unread and un-opened copy in perfect condition.
    TB32505  $65.00



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    South, Theophilus [Chitty, Edward]:  The Illustrated Fly-Fisher's Text Book: A Complete Guide To the Science Of Fly-Fishing For Salmon, Trout, Grayling, &c.  London: Henry G. Bohn, 1845. First Edition. Very good+ in 3/4 morocco leather and green pebbled cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with two dark red leather text labels in two of the compartments and with gilt fly fishing motifs in the remaining compartments. The front and rear boards are decorated with gilt borders and binder's devices. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. Also, a recent repair was performed to strengthen the front joint and front hinge. The rear hinge is cracked. 231 pages of text. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title page and the ten engraved plates enumerated on the printed portion of the Embellishments page. Additionally, in a careful hand at the lower half of the Embellishments page, seven additional plates are listed all of which are present.
    TB27864  $300.00



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    Stackpole, Edouard A.:  The Sea-Hunters The New England Whalemen During Two Centuries 1635-1835.  Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1953. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in blue cloth covered boards with a gilt on red title block on the spine and red end sheets. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 1/2 inches with a prior owner's name on the first free end page and the cloth on the spine is faded as is the cloth on the upper 1/8" on both the front and rear boards. Without its issued dust jacket. 510 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a section of black and white reproductions of contemporary works of art. Per Albion, This title is "The most comprehensive and authoritative account of early American whaling, by the former curator of Mystic Seaport and head of the Nantucket Historical Society. Carries the story through 1835 when the primacy was passing from Nantucket to New Bedford." (Albion, p. 203)
    TB31645  $35.00



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    Voelker, John:  Trout Magic.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1996. Collector's Edition. Fine in dark blue leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt tool work and gilt text in the compartments with gilt borders and tool work on the boards. The end sheets are silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All edges of the text block are gilt. A small quarto measuring 9 7/8" by 6 3/4" containing 216 pages of text with the original publisher's shrink wrap still surrounding this copy. One of the volumes in the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics. Illustrated by Milton C. Weiler. A title which is no longer printed and sold by The Easton Press. With the shrink wrap still in place there is no opportunity for a prior owner to add a book plate, names, dates or notations.
    TB30532  $75.00



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    Walton, Isaak, and Charles Cotton:  The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation.  Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1889. Limited Edition. Both volumes of the this two volume set are in near fine condition in 3/4 light brown morocco and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spines with gilt tool work and gilt text in the six compartments. The end sheets are of a matching marbled paper. One of only 500 copies printed with this copy identified as number 5 on the copyright page. With an introduction by James Russell Lowell. Illustrated with two frontispiece portraits of the authors and etchings throughout by Halrow, Absalon and Inskipp as well as vignette engravings within the texts. 455 pages followed by an index. An extremely beautiful set with no prior ownership markings or book plates.
    TB28545  $400.00



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    Walton, Izaak, and Charles Cotton:  The Complete Angler; Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being A Discourse On Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish And Fishing..  London: Samuel Bagster, 1808. Seventh Edition. Very good in contemporary full,diced patterned leather covered boards with a gilt title on the spine and gilt borders around the edges of the boards. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4' by 5 1/2" with a reinforced front joint and hinge (which is reverseable) with a number of leather pieces missing from the spine. 511 pages including an index, appendices, and, "A Short Discourse By Way of Postscript, Touching The Laws of Angling" Illustrated with a frontispiece of Walton, Cotton and Sir John Hawkins together with numerous engravings within the text and 16 plates (two of which are music scores).
    TB27854  $275.00



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    Walton, Isaac, and Charles Cotton:  The Complete Angler; Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation (Parts I and II in one volume).  New York: John Wiley, 1848. Reprint of 1848. Very good in rebacked 1/2 red leather and it's original, blind embossed, red cloth covered boards with five gilt rules on the spine with no text to identify the title. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches with a Brooklyn (New York?) address written on the front paste down and an early prior owner's name and date (1849) written in pencil on both the first and second free end pages and a penciled quotation written at the top of the fly title page. There are a few inconsequential marginal dampness stains with the body of the text block. Pasted to the bottom of page 53 is a short newspaper notice of a 3 pound 7 oz. Long Island trout having been caught with a penciled date of March 20, 1851. Page 60 is missing the print for approximately 20% of the page a problem caused during the printing process which was not caught before binding. The contents are largely free of foxing and tanning. Part I is contained within pages 1 to 249 and is preceded by a lengthy bibliographic preface of lxxxiv (84) pages. Part II is contained in pages 31 to 210 which includes an index which is followed by six pages of ads from the publisher. Part II is preceded by a preface of xxix (29) pages. This is a reprint of the Wiley & Putnam first edition of 1847 with a new title page. (Wood, A Bibliography of The Complete Angler, p76)
    TB31653  $200.00



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    Walton, Izaak, and Charles Cotton:  The Complete Angler Or The Contemplative Man's Recreation and The Practical Fly-Fisher More Particularly For Grayling , or Umber by John Jackson.  London: John C. Nimmo, 1889. First thus. Good in 1/2 brown leather and marble paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text in two of the compartments. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/2" with the front joint and hinge broken leaving the front board almost free of the binding. The rear hinge and joint are cracked and barely holding. Complete Angler consists of 445 pages including an index and is illustrated with six original etchings, two portraits, and seventy-four wood engravings. The Practical Fly-Fisher by Jackson is bound-in at the rear of the book and contains 16 pages illustrated "with ten plates, coloured by hand, representing 120 flies, natural and artificial". Each of the plates are separated from text pages with tissue guards.
    TB27830  $175.00



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    Walton, Izaak, and Charles Cotton:  The Compleat Angler.  London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1897. Reprint of the fifth edition. Very good+ in decorated tan buckram cloth covered boards with green text stamped on the spine and on the front and rear boards. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" by 7" with the cloth on the spine slightly tanned and light soiling to the boards. There is a dated (1947) gift inscription on the front paste down and with a very faint dampness stain to the lower quarter of the rear 20 pages in the book. Without a dust jacket. Edited with an introduction by Richard Le Gallienne and Illustrated by Edmund H. New. 428 pages followed by "The Angler's Calendar" and four pages of ads by the publisher. Illustrated throughout with black and white woodcuts by Edmund H. New and with a frontispiece portrait of Walton. (Wood, p.188/189)
    TB27789  $145.00



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    Walton, Isaac, Charles Cotton and Sir John Hawkins:  The Complete Angler; or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse On Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing: In Two Parts. The First Part Written By Mr. Isaac Walton, The Second By Charles Cotton, Esq, with The Lives Of The Authors, and Notes Historical, Critical, and Explanatory by Sir John Hawkins..  London: F. and C. Rivington and others, 1797. Sixth Edition with Additions. Very good+ in full medium brown diced calf with a professional reback of the spine upon which has been placed a gilt on red leather spine label and gilt tooling. The front and rear boards have contemporary diced leather within a gilt double border. The end sheets are contemporary marbled paper. A small octavo measuring 7 5/8 by 4 5/8 inches lacking the 1/2 title page as is typical with this title. The tips of both boards have been bumped with the leather worn through to the underlying material. Part I of the book contains The Life of Mr. Isaac Walton in lxxvi (76) pages followed by Walton's The Complete Angler containing 262 pages, a page of explanation and three plates of illustrations as well as two music plates facing pages 204 and 262. Part II of the book contains Some Account of the Life and Writings of Charles Cotton, Esq. xxxii (32) pages; followed by Part II of The Complete Angler of 111 pages after which is an index. Although titled "Sixth Edition" this is actually the seventh "Hawkins" edition. (Wood, A Bibliography of The Complete Angler, p.32; Thacher, p.540)
    TB28494  $500.00




  • White, Randy Wayne:  The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua True Tales of adventure, travel and fishing.  New York: The Lyons Press, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in deep purple and white paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. 221 pages of text.
    TB18922  $40.00






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