Blackerís Art Of Flymaking, &c. Comprising Angling & Dyeing O Colours With Engravings Of Salmon & Trout Flies Shewing The Process Of The Gentle CraftÖWith Descriptions Of Flies For The Season Of The Year As They Come Out On The WaterÖ by BLACKER, [William]

London: John Watts, 1740. 1st. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Illustrated throughout with charming textual engravings of fish. Bound in full brown contemporary calf skillfully rebacked with rules stamped in gilt and with a black leather spine label stamped in gilt. All edges stained red. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper.

[New York]: Atlantic Monthly Press. Fine. [1992]. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Cloth, paper spine label on front board, in fitted clamshell case with color illustrations mounted inside, 169p., illustrated. **This edition concists of twenty-six copies, lettered A to Z... Each copy contains an original watercolor by Mari Lyons, The binding of this edition was designed by Kenin Begos Jr.. This is copy C.; Signed by Author & Illustrator .

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. First Edition. Thick Quarto. First printing with (I-F) code. Grey consider the fishes of the South Seas to be the most fiercest in the world. He tells his stories of the tuna, sailfish, the wahoo and swordfish which would make any fisherman envious. Mr. Grey caught a 618 poind Silver Marlin, apparently a new species at the time and he tells of the fight of 1040 pound Striped Marlin and includes a photo of this incredibly huge fish along with 48 other photographs taken by the author. A fine bright opy bound in green coth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt, pictorial endpapers, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with wear along the top edges, a piece torn away at head and small tear slong bottom of front panel. Internally fresh without foxing, no names or plates.

The Flyfisher's Classic Library, 1996. Fifth. Leather Bound. Fine/Near Fine. LIMITED DELUXE EDITION 1996. Edition of only 65 copies, this is copy 17. Book is in Fine condition with no noted flaws. Outer box is also Fine. Includes a fly hand-tied by Flemming Andersen, inset on inside front cover with the fly tier's initials in ink and protective textured tissue overlay. Text is printed on archival paper. Approximately 9.5" x 6.5". Black and white frontispiece. Separately-bound 1920 introduction by Sir Herbert Maxwell, laid in. Bound in full publisher's green morocco, gilt lettering, decoration and rules to spine, gilt fish design on front cover, blind rules to edges of front cover, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, green silk bookmark, housed in a green silk-lined drop-down box with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and embossed gilt fish design on front cover. Books that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may… Read More

The Penn Publishing Company, 1938. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No slipcase 1938 Penn Publishing Co. Number 130 of a Limited Edition of 149 copies. SIGNED by author on limitation page. Full leather binding, gilt illustration of a trout on a line jumping from a pond. Three raised spine bands, gilt lettering, Marbled endpapers have tanned edges. Deckle fore & bottom edges. Top edges gilt. Tissued frontispiece. 15 color plates. Black & white illustrations. Hinges NOT cracked. Binding cracked at limitation page, but still strong otherwise. Leather binding is in good condition, with some rubbing to corners & edges. Corners lightly bumped. Outer inch or so of the back cover is sun faded, as is top half-inch & fore edge of front cover. Pages very lightly & uniformly tanned but still supple. Three pairs of pages have tanned areas from newspapers clippings that were stored between pages. Otherwise, pages clean and unmarked. One B&W plate has a spot of foxing. 451 pages. NO slipcase or additional set of… Read More

London. William Pickering. 1825. Brilliantly custom bound in full gilt ruled crushed morocco. Eight superb gilt tooled swimming fish to front and rear covers. Gilt ruled spine compartments with gilt tooled fish motifs. Gilt tooled raised bands. Gilt titles. Elaborate gilt tooled Turn-ins. Gilt tooled edges all around. Marbled endsheets. t.e.g. 48mo. 2.25" x 3.5". First Edition Thus. Part of the renowned "Diamond Series" this issue is the smallest complete edition of Walton's classic ever printed. Illustrated with an engraved Frontis and various decorations en texte. Front cover and spine evenly sunned. Abrasion to the blank verso of the front free endsheet. A Fine, crisp beautiful copy of Pickering's famous miniature printing. Keynes -94.

London. The first two leaves are supplied in manuscript and the last title . lacks the last leaf of the index. ** The angling title is complete, . the book has been professionally respined matching the original binding.. 1683. Third Edition. Hardcover. 24mo 5" - 6" tall; Contemporary blind ruled leather, frontispiece showing a woman and a woman with fishing rods. **Being pages [142]-167 of: The Accomplish'd lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery : containing I. the art of preserving and candying fruits & flowers..., II. the physical cabinet, or, excelllent receipts in physick and chirurgery : together wilth some rare and besutifying waters, to adorn and add loveliness to the face and body : and also some new and excellent secrets and experiments in the art of angling, 3. the compleat cooks guide, or, directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl, and fish, both iln the English and French mode... **OCLC #270816780. .

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. First Edition. Thick Quarto. Grey considers the fishes of the South Seas to be the fiercest in the world. He tells his stories of the tuna, sailfish, wahoo, and swordfish which would make any fisherman envious. Mr. Grey caught a 618-pound Silver Marlin, apparently a new species at the time and he tells of the fight of 1040 pound Striped Marlin and includes a photo of this incredibly huge fish along with 48 other photographs taken by the author. A fine bright copy bound in green cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt, pictorial endpapers, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with wear along the top edges, a piece torn away at the head and small tear along the bottom of the front panel. Internally fresh without foxing, no names or plates.

Washington D. C.: S. N. (Unknown). Very Good. 1856. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. "EXTRACTED FROM THE NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION OF AN AMERICAN SQUADRON TO THE CHINA SEAS AND AND JAPAN IN 1852, 53 AND 54, BY COMMODORE M. C. PERRY, U. S. NAVY". Japanese fish taken from Recent Specimens by the Artists of the U. S. Japan Expedition, 10 hand coloured engraved plates numbered III- XII with 36 pages of text. Clean brown publishers cloth with lightly rubbed/chipped spine head and rubbed spine heel. Gilt title on spine. Front lower corners slightly bumped. Light foxing on a few text pages with all plates clean. Bookplate of George Page Ely who was the husband of bookbinder Caro Weir Ely of Connecticut. Fish, Asia, Japan; Color Plates; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 36 pages .

The Flyfisher's Classic Library, 2004. Leather Bound. Fine/Near Fine. LIMITED DELUXE EDITION 2004. Edition of only 20 copies, this is copy 10. Book is in Fine condition with no noted flaws. Outer box is Near Fine, with a small bump to back bottom edge. Includes a fly hand-tied by Frankie McPhillips, inset on inside front cover with the fly tier's initials in ink and protective textured tissue overlay. Text is printed on archival paper. Approximately 9.5" x 6.5". Sepia frontispiece. Bound in full publisher's green morocco, gilt lettering, decoration and rules to spine, gilt fish design on front cover, blind rules to edges of front cover, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, green silk bookmark, housed in a green silk-lined drop-down box with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and embossed gilt fish design on front cover. Books that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a… Read More