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    Alexander, James Edward, Editor:  Salmon Fishing In Canada By A Resident.  London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860. First Edition. Very good- in gray-green, full leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text on a red leather label in one compartment and gilt binder's devices in the remaining five compartments. The boards are decorated with double gilt borders. The edges of the text block are marbled to match the marbled end sheets. A 12mo of 7 by 4 1/2 inches with what may have been several tobacco burn marks to the leather on the front board, the rear joint has been reinforced with Japanese tissue and there is a prior owner's book plate attached to the front paste down. There is an early 1865 gift inscription on the verso of the first free end page and a second prior owner's name and date of 1890 below the inscription. 350 pages of text illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, a map of the St. Lawrence River, two plates and numerous vignettes throughout. (Thatcher, p11)
    TB32956  $275.00




  • 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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    Black, George:  The Trout Pool Paradox The American Lives Of Three Rivers.  New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 blue paper and blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with illustrated end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket Warmly inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. 327 pages including acknologements, source notes and text. Illustrated with maps and images from black and white photographs.
    TB33366  $65.00



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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 inches. 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.
    TB32029  $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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    Cole, John N.:  Fish Of My Years.  Stone Harbor, NJ: Meadow Run Press, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board with a small, attractive prior owner's book plate on the first free end paper. Without a dust jacket but the book is encased in a fine paper covered slip case. Signed by the author on the dedication page. One of only 1,500 copies printed. 134 pages of text with illustrations by Diane Rome Peebles.
    TB20212  $60.00



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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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    Fedden, Romilly:  Golden Days From the Fishing-Log of A Painter In Brittany.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1996. Revised and Augmented Edition. Fine in light brown leather covered boards with gilt text and decorations in five compartments on the spine and gilt borders and tool work on the boards. A small octavo measuring 7 5/8" by 5 1/4". 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. This copy remains contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. A facsimile reprint of the 1918 edition. 233 pages including an index. 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.
    TB33035  $80.00



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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




  • Fromm, Pete:  Blood Knot.  New York: The Lyons Press, 1998. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with ivory colored text on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. A collection of ten short stories of fishing. 132 pages.
    TB10842  $35.00




  • Gierach, John:  Even Brook Trout Get The Blues.  New York: Simon & Schuster, (1992). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 dark blue in Nigerian goat and custom designed paste paper created by Sandlin's Books & Bindery, Inc. of Valparaiso, Indiana. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. One of only 110 signed and numbered copies with this copy identified as number 40 and signed by the author on the limitation page. 223 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece of a brook trout and vignettes by Glenn Wolff. A collection of sixteen short stories. We are not sure if this copy was to include a hand colored print of a brook trout or not, but we do know one is not present in this copy.
    TB33452  $175.00



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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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    Greene, Harry Plunket:  Where The Bright Waters Meet.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, (1996). Collector's Edition. Fine in dark red leather covered boards with gilt text and decorations in six 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. This copy remains contained within the publisher's shrink wrap. Illustrated from black and white photographs. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" tall by 5 1/4" deep with 209 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.
    TB33039  $100.00



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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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    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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    Halford, F. M.:  Dry-Fly Fishing.  Norwalk, Conn: The Easton Press, (1996). Collector's Edition. Fine in full, light brown leather covered boards with six raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decoration in the compartments with gilt borders and a gilt fishing image on the boards. The edges of the text block are gilt and there is a silk placement ribbon sewn in at the head of the spine. The end sheets are silk. Without a dust jacket as issued. This copy is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. 288 pages of text including an index. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 26 plates. One of the volumes in the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics. This title is no longer published and sold by The Easton Press. A very clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB33041  $80.00



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    Hewitt, Edward R.:  A Trout and Salmon Fisherman For Seventy-five Years.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 2001. Collector's Edition. Fine in full, dark blue leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and gilt tool work in the compartments. The boards are decorated with gilt borders and designs of fishing knots in gilt. The end sheets are gilt and the edges of the text block are gilt. There is a silk placement ribbon sewn in at the head of the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. This copy remains contained within the publisher's shrink wrap. This title represents a rewriting of the author's first two books: Secrets of the Salmon of 1922 and Telling on the Trout of 1926. 338 pages including plates from black and white photographs at the end of the text. The text is illustrated with many line drawings. One of the volumes in the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics which is no longer available for sale. A fine copy with no previous owner's markings of any kind.
    TB33038  $80.00



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    Hills, John Waller:  A History of Fly Fishing For Trout.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, (1997). Collector's Edition. Fine in full, dark gray leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations in the five compartments. 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 3/8" by 5 1/8". Without a dust jacket as issued. This copy is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. Containing 244 pages of text including an index. Illustrated with a color frontispiece painting. With an introduction by Paul Schullery. 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.
    TB33040  $75.00



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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



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    Holt, John:  Guide Wars.  Gallatin GBozeman: Wilderness Adventures Press, 1997. First Edition. Fine in full gray leather covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt decorations on the front board and with the three edges of the text block gilt and with marbled end papers with a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author, illustrator and publisher on the third free end paper and numbered copy 89 out of only 250 signed and numbered copies. 168 pages of text illustrated by Parks Reece and followed by four page "special story" added only to limited edition copies.
    TB19273  $165.00



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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




  • Juracek, John:  Fishing the Yellowstone Hatches.  West Yellowston: Blue Ribbon Flies, 1992. First Edition. Fine in illustrated paper covered boards. as issued. Co-authored by Craig Mathews. 105 pages of text and photographs describing the flies indigenous to the Yellowstone River basin. From the personal library of the late Charles Kuralt with a bookmark note laid-in regarding this fact.
    TB10256  $65.00



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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. This copy is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. 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.
    TB33044  $70.00



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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 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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    Leeson, Ted:  The Habit of Rivers Reflections on Trout Streams and Fly Fishing.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1996. Revised and Augmented Edition. Fine in full, dark green 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. An octavo measuring 8 3/4" by 5 7/8". One of the volumes in the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics. This copy is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. 178 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.
    TB33042  $75.00




  • Liddly, Bud, and Paul Schullery:  A Trout's Best Friend.  Boulder: Pruett Publishing Company, 1988. First Paperback Edition. Very good+ in illustrated heavy paper wraps with light rubbing to the folds and ends of the spine area. The angling autobiography of Bud Lilly, a fourth generation Montanan and one of the most celebrated fishing guides of the Yellowstone region. 143 pages of text and illustrated with black and white photographs.
    TB17109  $20.00



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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



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    Matthiessen, Peter:  Men's Lives.  New York: Random House, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and map end papers. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" by 8" with a long, dated gift inscription on the fly title page, else fine. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket, else fine. Laid-in at the front of the books is an article from the New York Times about the "L.I. Baymen Face toughest Winter". "The surfmen and baymen of the south fork" of Long Island. This is the author's tribute to the fisherman of the eastern tip of Long Island. 339 pages of text, notes and black and white photographs.
    TB33362  $30.00



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    McDonald, John, Assisted by Sherman Huhn and Dwight Webster:  The Origins of Angling.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1997. Collector's Edition. Fine in dark brown leather covered boards with seven 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 inches containing 273 pages of text illustrated with color paintings by John Langley Howard. This copy is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. One of the volumes in the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics. Illustrated with paintings by John Langley Howard. An extremely handsome copy with no names, dates, notations or prior owner's book plates. A title which is no longer printed and sold by The Easton Press.
    TB33052  $75.00




  • 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



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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



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    Penn, Richard:  Maxims And Hints On Angling, Chess, Shooting, And Other Matters; Also, Miseries Of Fishing.  London: John Murray, 1842. Third Edition. This extremely elegant, full bright red leather (calf) binding is decorated with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text on dark brown leather title blocks in two compartments with gilt decorations in the other four compartments. The turn-ins are decorated with gilt dentelles and the end sheets appear to be gilt accented silk. A 16mo of 6 3/4 by 4 1/4 inches with the backstrip tanned to a dark brown, the leather at the head of the spine is worn and rubbed and with two prior owner's book plates on the front paste down. This rebinding was performed by "Tout" with the original cloth covers of this book bound-in. 106 pages of text followed by 8 pages of ads by the publisher. Illustrated with a frontispiece from an engraving by Sir Francis Chantrey and 14 plates also from engravings and numerous vignettes throughout. Originally published in 1833 and revised in 1839. (Thacher, p.395)
    TB32954  $175.00




  • 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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    Ronalds, Alfred:  The Fly-Fisher's Entomology.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, (1997). Collector's Edition. Fine in full, light borwn leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work in the compartments and with gilt borders and images of tied flies on both boards. All edges of the text block are 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 9" by 5 3/4". Without a dust jacket as issued. This copy remains contained within the publisher's shrink wrap. Containing 132 pages of text including an index. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and twenty colored plates. The title page continues as follows: "with coloured representations of the natural and artificial insect, and a few observations and instructions on Trout- and Grayling - Fishing". 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.
    TB33037  $75.00



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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  $40.00




  • 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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    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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    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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    Stewart, W. C.:  The Practical Angler or The Art of Trout-Fishing More Particularly Applied To Clear Water.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1996. Revised and Augmented Edition. Fine in black 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. This copy is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. A facsimile reprint of the 1857 edition. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" tall by 5 1/4" deep with 214 pages followed by 8 pages of reviews. 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.
    TB33051  $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: L. A. Lewis, 1839. Reprint of Third Edition of 1835. Very good+ in 3/4 green morocco leather with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text in two compartments and gilt fish in the remaining compartments and with gilt borders on the leather surrounding the marbled paper and matching marbled end sheets. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A 12mo of 7 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches with two prior owner's book plates on the front paste down. The leather at the joints is rubbed and slightly worn. The hinges remain tight and strong. The contents are clean, free of foxing and tanning. 396 pages including an index, notes and a section called the "Laws of Angling". Illustrated with 15 plates after drawings by Wale and Ryland, each separated by tissue guards; and 67 vignettes from wood-cuts scattered throughout as well as head and tail pieces. As stated in Arold Wood's: A Bibliography Of The Complete Angler, "This edition is a reprint of Major's third edition." (Wood, p.66-67)
    TB32955  $300.00



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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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    Wulff, Lee:  The Atlantic Salmon.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1997. Collector's Edition. Fine in full, blue-gray leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt tool work and gilt text in the compartments with gilt borders and gilt designs of a salmon 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 10 3/4" by 8 1/4" containing 280 pages of text including an index. This copy is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. One of the volumes in the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics. Illustrated from black and white photographs and line drawings throughout with one section of color plates from photographs. An extremely handsome copy with no names, dates, notations or prior owner's book plates. A title which is no longer printed and sold by The Easton Press.
    TB33054  $90.00






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