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London: Pelham Books, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition, illustrated with drawings and photographs. Olive green cloth boards are clean, with fading to spine and board edges. Bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Light foxing to rear endpapers. A little dust speckling to text block page edges. 162 pages with Index..

New York: Doubleday Page & Company, 1902. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition, Published May, 1902. Clean beige buckram cloth boards with leather title box, gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear-through. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner name beautifully penned on front free endpaper; also a small custom plate from Davenport Library in Bath, NY at upper corner of front pastedown, library sleeve at rear of book. No markings to text block edges. Pages and edges are clean with gilt top page edges. Illustrated with color plates and text drawings, and with photographs from life by A. Radclyffe Dugmore. Color frontispiece of an Eastern Brook Trout with clean tissue guard. All 10 color plates are present and in excellent condition, many other black & white plates and drawings. 573 pages with index..

Woodstock, Vermont: The Countryman Press, 1954. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Clean hardcover book in unclipped jacket. Clean green cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on spine. No fading or fraying; tiny bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean pages and endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 103 color photographs by T. O. Ruttledge, with 27 black and white photographs and 27 maps and diagrams. 268 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, a few short edge tears at top spine edge; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Written by an angler and a naturalist, this book will awaken a new critical practice and study of what is quite the most fascinating part of angling -- what insects those pesky fish go after and how to tie flies just like 'em!.

New York: Paddington Press, 1978. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Paddington Press, 1978. First Edition . Near Fine/Very Good+. Clean hardcover book in clean bright dust jacket. Clean sunset yellow cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean decorated endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with beautiful woodcuts. 352 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, small price clip at upper corner of front inside flap, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A treasury of the finest fishing writing of all time. Famous fishing stories such as R. D. Blackmore's "Crocker's Hole,"; humorous tales from Rudyard Kipling and Henry van Dyke. A wealth of lore and tradition from such great anglers as Izaak Walton and H. D. Thoreau, along with works from Washington Irving, Sir Walter Scott, John Keats, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ernest… Read More

New York: Sterling Publishing, 1961. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Sterling Publishing, 1961. First Edition . Very Good+/Very Good+. Solid hardcover book in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean light green cloth boards with small illustration on cover, black lettering on spine. Very faint small water mark at base of spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. All pages and edges are clean with clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. 159 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, has slight wear and short closed tear at spine ends. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Where would you go if you were a fish? What would you prefer in the way of food? Where would you go during the hot noon hours? At dawn? Or in the early evening? And what would you eat in a pool with a muddy bottom along about 3 in the afternoon? This entire book is written to help… Read More

Scarborough, Ontario, Canada: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover first edition in original dust jacket. Clean green boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner inscription on front free endpaper; no other marks. Well-illustrated with photographs, as well as beautiful full color, full page art. 288 pages. Dust jacket is clean but has some closed edge tears, chip to upper rear panel edge; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A fabulous guide to improving your freshwater fishing in North America..

New York : Hart Publishing Co., 1966. Book. Illus. by Nancy Lou Gahan, Illustrator. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Very clean first edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, all pages and edges are clean. Clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Thoroughly illustrated with drawings by Nancy Lou Gahan. 210 pages. Dust jacket has light soiling, is not price clipped, has two very small chips at top edge of rear panel; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. This is a book for someone who knows nothing at all about fishing but wants to get all the facts laid out clearly, with the art of fishing discussed step by step, kinds of fish identified, with basic knowledge of fishing techniques needed to enable one to intelligently indulge in the sport. Highly recommended..

New York: Macmillan, 1924. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Macmillan, 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/no dust jacket . First Edition (published May, 1924) clean decorated American trade binding. Signed binding (monogram "W" on cover design). Clean blue cloth boards with black, light blue and silver decoration, black lettering on cover, gold lettering and small leaping fish decoration on spine. Very short closed tear to cloth at base of spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean; small previous owner name and date at top edge of front free endpaper. Illustrated with photographs and drawings by the author. 205 pages..

New York: Winchester Press, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Clean hardcover book in original unclipped jacket. Blue cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - very small label from Sport Shop on front free endpaper. Illustrated with photographs. 144 pages. Clean dust jacket has light edge wear, very shallow chipping at top spine edge, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Down East Books, 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean second printing of the first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Light beige boards with forest green spine, gold lettering on spine. Small bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, all pages are clean. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs, fold-out map at rear of book. 228+ fold-out map. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, has one short closed edge tear at bottom rear corner; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Lee Wulff was the world's foremost salmon angler, a skilled airplane pilot and explorer; this memoir is based on an unpublished manuscript that was rediscovered only recently by his widow. it tells the story of the years in which Lee pioneered the fabulous Atlantic salmon and brook trout fisheries on the remote coasts of northeastern Newfoundland and Labrador. .

Stackpole Books, 1977. Book. Illus. by John Lane, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition in original unclipped dust jacket (now in new archival quality removable mylar cover). Green paper-covered boards with ivory cloth spine, green metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear; very light soiling. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean; no names, writing or marks. Thoroughly illustrated with drawings and photographs. Foreword by Leonard M. Wright, Jr. 224 pages with Index. Dust jacket has small edge chip, a few very short closed edge tears. A new look at a group of insects that has rapidly become the fly fisherman's most important source of fishing and flytying innovations. .

New York : Octopus Publishing Group / John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000. Book. Illus. by Jason Lowe, Photographer. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Beautiful large hardcover book in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean decorated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Lavishly illustrated with color photos by Jason Lowe. 160 pages with Index. Clean jacket is unclipped, unchipped, one closed tear at top spine corner; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The definitive guide to buying, serving, eating and enjoying this prized delicacy. The history of caviar, varieties, how to serve, what to drink with caviar; why caviar is good for you and more....

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1927. Book. Illus. by E. Fitch Daglish, Illustrator. Good+. Hardcover. Tan paper-covered boards with lovely paste-on woodcut illustration of jumping fish on cover, tan cloth spine with gold lettering. Light soiling, moderate edge wear with wear-through to corners and parts of edges. Small spots of fraying to cloth at spine ends. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean decorated endpapers with small custom bookplate on front pastedown. Pages and edges are clean. Edited by John Major. Illustrated from engravings on wood by E. Fitch Daglish (16 mounted engravings with printed tissue guards - all very clean). 367 pages with index..

New York: Modern Library, 1939. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Library Edition.. Stated First Modern Library Edition, published 1939, in original dust jacket. Modern Library No. 26. Toledano binding no. 7. Clean green balloon cloth boards with gold running torchbearer on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean Kent endpapers - no names, writing or marks except for a small ink-stamped star on rear free endpaper. 295 pages with index. Clean illustrated brown and cream jacket is not price clipped (95 cents a copy on front inside flap), has shallow chipping at spine ends, one small v-shaped edge chip at top front panel edge; 265 titles listed on inverse of jacket. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York : Winchester Press, 1974. Book. Illus. by Wayne Trimm, Illustrator. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean first edition in unclipped dust jacket. Clean brown leather-like boards with gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, all pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. Beautifully illustrated with drawings by Wayne Trimm. 182 pages with Index. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, has a few tiny closed edge tears; not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Fascinating and comprehensive, in-depth study of the brown trout - its origin, distribution, anatomy, life history, diet; the methods used to manage and propagate it; and the tactics and tackle that have been developed to fish for it. .

New York : Weathervane Books, 1975. Book. Illus. by Arthur Rackham, Illustrator. Near Fine. Hardcover. Clean brown boards with blind-stamped fish decoration on cover, clean beige cloth spine with gold lettering. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean - no names, writing or marks; dust speckling to top text block edges. Full color illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 224 pages. Clean dust jacket with one tiny shallow chip at top front panel edge; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. .

Westvaco Corporation, 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition.. Westvaco Corporation, 1993. Limited Edition. Fine. Limited Edition in clean unworn slipcase. Very clean green buckram cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. All pages and edges are clean, with clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Foreword by H. Lea Lawrence. Black and white illustrations. 282 pages. Clean decorated paper-covered slipcase is clean, no wear. A beautiful copy. Subjects include: The Art of the Gun - The Art of the Dog - The Field - River Fish and fishing - Bait Fishing - Natural and Artificial Fly-Fishing - The Art of Cooking..

New York: Harper Collins ( HarperCollins ), 1999. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Yellow boards with green spine, bright silver lettering on spine. Remainder mark on bottom text block page edges, otherwise no soiling, no bumping, no wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. All pages and edges are clean. Beautifully illustrated. 324 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. James Prosek has been called"the Audubon of the fishing world." Artist and fisherman, this is the story of a young man's pilgrimage through England, fishing the waters that Izaak Walton fished three centuries ago. It is also the story of the friends he made along the way..

Winchester Press, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean first edition hardcover book in unclipped original dust jacket - protected in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Clean light brown cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean. No names, writing or marks. Well-illustrated with photographs and drawings. 231 pages with Index. Clean jacket has shallow chipping at spine ends, not price clipped..

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1980. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Gray cloth boards with unchipped silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear, slightest hint of browning to upper board edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrations by the author. 287 pages + acknowledgements. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped - very slight age-toning. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..