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London: for Samuel Bagster by R. Watts, 1815. The eighth edition, being Bagster's Second Edition, 1815. Contemporary leather at spine with brown cloth-covered boards. Good only, light to moderate foxing throughout, boards splitting at spine, 1846 dated gift inscription front endpage, a few instances of period marginal pencilling, which is fading. Overall a good candidate for rebinding.. Eighth Edition . Leather Spine/Cloth Boards. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Lefty's Little Library of Fly Fishing: Eleven Volumes: Favorite Fly Fishing Waters I; Fly Fishing For Trout I, II, & III; American Masters I, II, & III; Modern Fly Casting Method; Techniques & Tactics; Lefty's Little Tips & Fly Fishing For Bass by Kreh's, Lefty
by Kreh's, Lefty
Lefty's Little Library of Fly Fishing: Eleven Volumes: Favorite Fly Fishing Waters I; Fly Fishing For Trout I, II, & III; American Masters I, II, & III; Modern Fly Casting Method; Techniques & Tactics; Lefty's Little Tips & Fly Fishing For Bass
by Kreh's, Lefty
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The Compleat Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation; being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing. In two parts: The First Written by Mr Izaak Walton. The Second by Charles Cotton Esq. With the Lives of the Authors: and Notes
by Walton, Izaak;Cotton, Charles
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THE ART OF ANGLING IN TWO PARTS: 1.AN ACCOUNT OF FISH AND PONDS - THE METHOD OF FLY MAKING.. 2. THE VARIOUS MODES OF ROCK AND SEA FISHING
by Brookes, R. Richard.
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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London: Knight and Compton. Very Good+. 1801. Hardcover. Clean late 19th century leather binding. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Prior owners signature with an armorial bookplate. (i-viii) 268pp. Pictorial frontispiece. New edition, corrected. Illustrated with 135 cuts. The whole Forming a Sportsman's Magazine Comprising all that is curious and valuable in the art of angling. Sports, Fishing, Sea Fishing, Method of Fly Making, Fishing Tackle; Drawing Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 268 pages .
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A TREATISE ON THE ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION OF CERTAIN KINDS OF FISH, WITH THE DESCRIPTION AND HABITS OF SUCH KINDS AS ARE THE MOST SUITABLE FOR PISCICULTURE `
by Garlick, Theodatus
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Cleveland: Tho. Brown. Good+. 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Title Continued: "Giving the Author's First Experiments Contained in a Paper Read Before the Cleveland Academy of Natural Sciences. Also Directions for the Most Successful Modes of Angling for such Kinds of Fish as are Herein Described." Clean black embossed cloth with gilt title on spine. Text tight and intact. Light foxing through-out. Engraved Illustrations. The hatching and rearing of Speckled Trout; Black Bass; Large Mouth Bass; White Bass; Grass Bass; Rock Bass; Pickerel; Yellow Perch; Sun Fish and Eel. Agriculture, Pisciculture; Engraved Illustrations; 8vo; 142 pages .
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FISH IN RIVERS AND STREAMS: A TREATISE ON THE PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF FISH IN FRESH WATERS,BY ARTIFICIAL SPAWNING, BREEDING AND REARING: SHOWING ALSO THE CAUSE OF THE DEPLETION OF ALL RIVERS AND STREAMS.
by Boccius, Gottlieb
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London: John Van Voorst. Very Good. 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green cloth with paper label on front cover. (viii) 38pp and three pages of advertisements. Yellow endpaper, interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Bookplate of George Page Ely's private library. Artificial Spawning, Breeding, and Rearing of Fish. Covers are lightly color faded at edges. Management of Fish. Agriculture; 8vo; 38 pages .
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The Dry Fly and Fast Water: Fishing with the Floating Fly on American Trout Streams, Together with Some Observations on Fly Fishing in General
by La Branche, George M. L.
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Gilt titles dulled on spine.. 1914. Later Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine. vi, 218 pp. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, dated 1943. A lovely presentation copy of this angling classic.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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A TREATISEON THE MANAGEMENT OF FRESH-WATER FISH, WITH A VIEW OF MAKING THEM A SOURCE OF PROFIT TO LANDED PROPRIETORS
by Boccius Gottlieb
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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London: John Vanvoorst. Very Good. 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green paper covered boards, title label on front cover. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. No foxing. Spiegel or Mirror Carp wood-cut illustration on title page. Appendix containing 23 German Recipes for cooking fresh water fish. Building and stocking fish ponds. Prior owners book-plate. Lightly rubbed spine ends. Agriculture Pisciculture; Wood-cut; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 38 pages .
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Fishing with the Fly
by Charles F. Orvis, A. Nelson Cheny
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
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Nicely bound in half green morocco with green cloth boards and gilt rule; 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt. Previous owners' bookplates to front pastedown, first free page and verso of first free page; Waldo Leon Rich, R. M. Kauffmann, and Rudolph Kauffmann II, respectively. Full color hors texte illustrations throughout with tissue guards. Liquid staining to margins of pages 259-264, but otherwise pages are bright and clean. Spine sunned to brown. [iv], 325 pp., [3]. 6 x 7 1/2 inches.
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Fisherman's Spring
by Haig-Brown, Roderick L.
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New York, William Morrow and Company, 1951, hardcover, 222 pp, First U.S. Edition, First Printing, Signed by the author without inscription on the half-title page, Very Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, short non-authorial gift inscription to front endpaper, slight touch to heel of spine. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge nicks, small sticker lift to front panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The respected fishing expert and author of The Western Angler, Return to the River, and A River Never Sleeps presents a look at the intricacies of fly-fishing and his philosophy of life, inspired by the opening of the trout season.
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A Master's Guide to Building a Bamboo Fly Rod
by Garrison, Everett with Hoagy Carmichael
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Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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Katonah: Martha's Glen Publishing, 1977. First edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. (Katonah: Martha's Glen Publishing). Quarto, green cloth with gilt titles. 296, (iv) pp.with index, and 4 pages for notes. Dust jacket depicts the author working on a rod.
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The Quiet Pool: Fly Fishing the Rivers & Still Waters of Washington
by Homel, D. B.
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Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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Bellingham: Forrest-Park Publishers, 1996. Limited edition. Very good or better. (1996). Octavo (6.25 x 9.25), burgundy leatherette, gilt. 112pp. Illustrated with and by drawings by Ariel Shimondel. Included is an original photo of cover art for a jacket to accompany the first traded edition. The limited does not have a jacket. This edition is limited to 100 copies of which this is number 69.
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Outdoor Life Cyclopedia
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Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1942 by arrangement with Outdoor Life. Prepared by the Editorial Staff of Outdoor Life with Photographs, Working Drawings, and Diagrams. Hardcover, embossed cloth boards with dust jacket. Single volume, 334pp. Overall, the book is in very good condition, however the dust jacket is in good condition. The dust jacket is intact and colors bright, but showing wear with some tears. It is encased in a removable mylar cover. The book has slight damage to the lower edge of spine. Page edges and end papers showing age toning and foxing. Pages are unmarked. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Last Casts & Stolen Hunts The World's Best Hunting & Fishing Stories!
by Casada, Jim; Wechsler, Chuck (editors)
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Moab, Utah, United States
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Camden, SC: Liveoak Press, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. Mylar-wrapped orange dust jacket with black lettering to front and white lettering over blue blocking to spine; color illustration of a grizzly bear, Canada geese, and a lunar eclipse to front cover; jacket like new; postcard with B&W bighorn sheep illustration by Dan Metz laid in, with note addressed to previous owners from Metz; signed and inscribed by editor Chuck Wechsler on half title page: "For Pat & Charlie
The Best in the Outdoors! Chuck Wechsler"; signed and inscribed by artist Dan Metz on frontispiece: "For Pat & Charlie - Only the best. Blue Waters - Dan Metz"; else interior book clean and unmarked; tight binding; B&W illustrations by Dan Metz at the beginning of each chapter. Last Casts & Stolen Hunts is an anthology of sporting stories, both fiction and nonfiction, released by Sporting Classics Magazine; authors featured include Aldo Leopold, Zane Grey,…
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The Sky and the Forest
by Forester, C.S
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
by Kipling, Rudyard
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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The Polynesian Triangle
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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THE FISHING GAZETTE & SEA ANGLER; July, 7, 1962- Dec. 29, 1962, 26 Issues
by Marston, A. Norman (Publisher & Editor)
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Croydon, Surrey: The Fishing Gazette Limited, 1962. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. July 7, t Dec 29, 1962. pict. papre wraps, stapled at spine, 26 issues, in clean, bright condition, extra post required, Size: 4 to.,.
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Cecil Aldin The Story of a Sporting Artist
by Heron, Roy
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Moab, Utah, United States
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Exeter, England: Webb & Bower. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. Mylar-wrapped tan dust jacket with red and black lettering to front and spine, and color reproduction of a hunting scene by Cecil Aldin to front; not price-clipped; corners slightly bumped; spine slightly faded; else fine; pale green boards printed with B&W drawing of a man fishing from a boat wrapping around front, spine and back; black lettering to spine; corners slightly bumped; else fine; card w/ previous owner name and inscription affixed to first free end paper; signed and inscribed by author on half-title page: "All good wishes - Roy Heron"; else interior book clean; tight binding; numerous color and B&W illustrations throughout. Roy Heron was a British journalist, author, and avid collector of Cecil Aldin's books and prints. Cecil Aldin (1870 - 1935) was a British artist, illustrator, sportsman, and member of the Royal Society of British Artists, renowned for his paintings…
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Spinning for Fresh Water Game Fish
by John D. Bates, Jr
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Cashiers, North Carolina, United States
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Little, Brown 1954. 8vo. First edition. Signed by the author opposite the copy right page. Good condition - text is clean and unmarked, boards and binding sturdy. Shows shelf and edge wear with dark stains on the spine, soiling and small white stains along some edges. No DJ.
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Montana's Last Best River
by Pat Munday
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Salida, Colorado, United States
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Guilford, Conn: Lyons Press. Limited Edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. This is #515 of a limited edition of 885 published to support the Big Hole River Foundation. Included is a limited edition print by Dave Whitlock which is signed by George Grant, founder of the Foundation. The book and jacket are as new and the dust jacket is now in a mylar cover.
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The Art of Angling: Confirmed by actual Experience; with Several Recent Discoveries to Which is Added Nobb's Complete Troller; Also Diagnostics of the Weather with or Without the Barometer.
by Best, Thomas
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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London: Baldwin, Craddock & Joy, 1822. This is the eleventh edition, revised, corrected and rearranged. Original (or at least old) brown leather spine and corners with original red title label on spine. Boards have new marbled paper on, also new endpapers have been fitted. A previous owner's name and date ()ctober 12th 1849) on rev of frontispiece, some foxing to outer pages and a few other brown markings to the inner pages, but otherwise a good tight copy of this two-hundred year old fishing book. Covers fresh water angling in England, the types of fish caught, fishing rods, bait and flies - real or artificial., forecasting the weather with and without the use of a barometer, and the laws regarding fishing at the time. Also contains "The Complete Troller, or the Art of Trolling; with Descriptions of all the Instruments, Tackle and Materials Requisite for a Gentleman Troller, and Directions how to use them" by Robert Nobbs which deals with catching Pike. 255pp plus 2 page…
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