The American Salmon Fisherman by Wells, Henry P - 1886

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

USA: Harper & Brothers, 1886. Book. Good. Hardcover. Name inside. Green boards have edge wear, corners are bent. Outer page edges discolored with age. There is a flap inside the back cover, as if to hold an enclosure, which is not present..

New York. Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square. 1886. First Edition. 8vo. (7 x 6). 166 pp. including index. Advertisements. Illustrated frontispiece 'The Landing' with tissue guard. Text illustrations. Chapters include: How and where salmon fishing may be obtained - Rods - Salmon Reels - The Gaff - Flies - casting the Fly. The book is bound in the original green cloth with gilt titles. Angling bookplate. Discoloration to the outer edges of the front and back covers, front end paper chipped on the edges. A good book only. .

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1886. Hardcover. Good. iv, 166, [2] p. 20 cm. B&w frontispiece and 20 b&w in-text figures. Green cloth with black impressing, gold lettering.Top edge gilt. Corners bumped, scuff to lower rear board, dent in fore-edge, spine ends softened and torn, lettering on spine dulled. Hinges cracking internally. Pages browning a bit. Some pencil marks. Ink signature on a front endpaper.

New York, NY, USA: Harper & Brothers, 1886. 1st. Hardcover. Fair. Green boards with gilt lettering. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated. The frontis has tissue intact. The front and rear hinges are torn and the webbing is partially intact. The top and base of the spine are frayed. The corners are bumped and frayed. There is light foxing noted. 166 pages plus four pages of advertisements.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1886. 1st. Hardcover. Very good condition. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. Chips to the head and heel of the spine and to the fore edge corners of the covers.

Harper & Brothers, 1886. Book. Very Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, green cloth lettered gilt to spine, rubbed lightly to extremities, just starting at front endpapers but sewing tight, small book label of a previous owner, text clean and unmarked, tissue guarded frontis, b&w illustrations, 166pp.

New York: Harper & Brothers Pub., 1886. First edition. Hard Cover. vg. octavo.(7 1/2 x 5 1/2) 166pp Green cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Some light edge wear. Bookplate of former owner on front endpaper.

London: Sampson Low, Marstion, Searle, & Rivington, 1886. Undetermined. near fine. 1st Edition. iv,166,(2)pp. Octavo. Bound in the original gilt stamped decorated green cloth. Coated black endpapers. Frontispiece. Single page map. A number of line drawings in text. Numerous knowledgable pencil notations. Old ownership inscription on the titlepage and page 97 of the text. near fine Contains a list of Salmon Rivers in Canada. Uncommon in this condition. 1886

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo; pp. 166 with index, plus 4pp. ads; Frontispiece, map and line drawings; green cloth, gilt, coated brown endpapers; Previous 19th century owner's name on front free fly leaf; a bright copy, Bruns W-65. Wells was a member of the Paramachene Club and invented the salmon fly named after the club.Map of the Salmon Rivers of Canada.

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.

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

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.

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.

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,… Read More

Freddy And Mr. Camphor. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Used. Good Condition/No Dust jacket included. Alfred A. Knopf 1944 Stated First Edition. A solid copy. Spine is sunned. Please see our photos. Summary: In Freddy and Mr. Camphor, Freddy is in need of a change and finds an opportunity for one as a caretaker on Mr. Camphor's houseboat. Of course, things never go as Freddy expects and a series of strange, amusing, and sometimes alarming adventures ensue. Please also see our Freddy The Pig catalogue.

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… Read More

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.,.

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.

. Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind In The Willows. Copyight 1940. Heritage Press. USED. VG+ Condition/ VG+ Original Canary yellow cart Slipcase. Blue boards with drawing of Toad dressed as the washerwoman on the Front Cover. February, 1966 Printing Thus of 20,000 copies. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 190 pages. 6 1/2 X 10. Please see stock photos. Our copy is crisp and clean with a clean spine, appearing almost unread. Quite charming.