Search Results: Authors starting with G from Bruce Cave Fine Fly Fishing Books

London. Published by The Southern Railway Company. [n.d., but 1935]. 8vo. (8 x 5). 208 pp. Black and white photos. Text drawings. Folding colored fishing map of Southern England. A thorough guide to the south, with chapters by E. Marshall-Hardy, J. W. Tomkin, Arthur F. Bell. The book is bound in the original colorful pictorial wrappers with white titles. Pages slightly bent at the lower right corner, otherwise very good..

London. Published for Letts's Diaries Company, Limited, by Cassell & Company, Limited. [n.d. but ca. 1895]. 12mo. (6 x 3). ca. 110 pp. A personal diary recording handwritten descriptions of hunting excursions from 1896 through 1903 in the United Kingdom. The entries in ink include Persons Shooting, Where, and Remarks - The type of game and game birds bagged - The Number of Game and Birds Taken - Dates of the Outings, etc. The entries appear to be in the same hand over a seven year period. Killed 'em dead. Also a few slips of paper laid-in that also record game taken. The book is bound in full black leather with gilt titles. Spine ends rubbed. Quite scarce. Very good..

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1994. First Edition. 4to. 46 pp. Color photos. Step-by-step instructions. Materials list. Bound in pictorial wrappers. Fine..

Far Hills, New Jersey. Meadow Run Press. 1998 [1906]. First Edition Thus. 8vo. (7 ½ x 5). 78 pp. plus colophon. Introduction by Randy Wayne White. Illustrated frontispiece. Black and white plates. One of the earliest accounts of fishing for tarpon. The book is bound in black and green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Cloth slip case with titling label affixed on the side panel. A nice book. Fine in a fine slip case..

Far Hills, New Jersey. Meadow Run Press. 1998 [1906]. First Edition Thus. 8vo. (7 ½ x 5). 78 pp. plus colophon. Introduction by Randy Wayne White. Illustrated frontispiece. Black and white plates. This book is one of the earliest accounts of fishing for tarpon. The book is bound in black and green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Cloth slip case with titling label affixed on the side panel. A nice book. Fine in a fine slip case..

Philadelphia & London. J. B. Lippincott Company. 1930. First Edition. 8vo. (9 x 6). 293 pp. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front end paper. Illustrated color frontispiece. Black and white plates showing many outsized fish. Big game fishing in the grand days off the southern California and Mexican coasts. The book is bound in light blue cloth with dark blue titles and decorations. Decorated end papers. Former owner's book plate with the author's inscription dedicated to him. Light age-toning to the spine, light soiling to the back cover, otherwise very good. .

Camden, Maine. International Marine Publishing. 1996. 4to. 342 pp. including index. Color photos. Black and white photos. Text illustrations. Maps. Everything you would want to know - and more - is included herein. Bound in blue cloth with white titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Fine with a fine dust jacket.. Hardcover.

Campbell River, British Columbia. Published by the Ptarmigan Press. 1988. First Edition. Quarto (11 x 9). 208 pp. including bibliography. Illustrated frontispiece by Tommy Brayshaw. Color plates showing many out-sized Tyee plus the men and women who caught them. Black and white historical photos. Text illustrations. This is Van's rich, vivid history of the world famous fishing club. Color reproduction of The Tyee Club logo on specially made end-papers. Insightful dust jacket blub by Valerie Haig-Brown. The book is bound in burgundy cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

Campbell River, British Columbia. Riverside Publications. Three Volumes. 1998 - 2003 - 2004. 179 pp. - 151 pp. - 178 pp. Octavos (8 x 6). The Complete Rivers Series. Limited Editions. A matching numbered set. Book number of 20 of 100 copies published of Rivers on My Mind, book number 20 of 130 copies published of Rivers of Return, and book number 20 of 130 copies published of River of Salt. Each book signed on the limitation page by Van Egan. Illustrated by Lorne Ritchie and Loucas Raptis. Black and white photos. The three books are Van's experiences fly fishing on Vancouver Island during its Golden Age, and he speaks to a time and place that has now vanished, the great runs of steelhead and salmon are now of the past. Sadly, Van passed away in 2010. There is a typed letter signed written by Van Egan, addressed to me, and it’s laid-in Rivers on My Mind. The books are bound in green and dark blue cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jackets. A beautiful set. In a padded cloth slip case that… Read More

Campbell River, British Columbia. Published by the Ptarmigan Press. 1988. Limited Edition. Book number 78 of 180 copies published. Signed by Van Egan and the publisher on the limitation page. Color plates showing the fishermen, the lures employed to catch these enormous salmon, fish caught, the unique boats and methods employed to fish for Tyee, and the trophies and pins awarded for the various weight classes. Sepia toned photos. This is Van's personal account of the world-famous Tyee Club - its origins, the people who made it so, and Van's memories guiding and fishing for Tyee. Laid-in the book is a typed letter signed by Van Egan on his letterhead and it’s addressed to the Pacific Salmon Foundation indicating the book is to be donated for auction. Van writes about the book’s printing history, and the winning bid is to be forwarded to Bryan Wiley, manager at Kask Graphics Ltd., the book’s printer. The book is bound in full burgundy leather with gilt titles. The Tyee Club color… Read More

Campbell River, B. C. Riverside Publications. 2004. Limited Edition. Number 30 of 130 copies. Signed by Van. 8vo. 178 pp including appendices. Photo frontispiece of Maxine and Van with a huge Tyee. This is the third title in the Rivers series. Black and white photos. Maps, charts, plus trophy winners. Van tells an intimate and personal story of the Campbell River estuary and the annual return of the salmon. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Embossed emblem of the Tyee Club of British Columbia on the front end paper. Pictorial dust jacket with raised gold titles. As new with a new dust jacket..

Campbell River, B.C. Riverside Publications. 2003. First Limited Edition. Number 87 of 130 copies. Signed by Van. Illustrated by Loucas Raptis. Van's wonderful, lyrical stories.."based on a period when angling opportunities were a pure joy.." Rivers of Return, Tidal Rhythms, Winter into Spring and Meeting at the Yew, etc. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. As new in a new dust jacket..

Campbell River, British Columbia. Published by the Ptarmigan Press. 1988. First Edition. Quarto (11 x 9). 208 pp. including bibliography. Signed by Van Egan on the title page. Illustrated frontispiece by Tommy Brayshaw. Color plates showing many out-sized Tyee plus the men and women who caught them. Black and white historical photos. Text illustrations. This is Van's rich, vivid history of the world famous fishing club. Color reproduction of The Tyee Club logo on specially made end-papers. Insightful dust jacket blub by Valerie Haig-Brown. The book is bound in burgundy cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a very good dust jacket with a touch of edge wear..

Wellington. A. H. & A. W. Read. 1953. First Edition. 4to. 404 pp. including index. Photo frontispiece of the author. Black and white photos. Text illustrations. The George S. Myers copy with his personal stamps. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Very good with a good-very good dust jacket with edge wear.. Hardcover.

Norwood, Massachusetts. The Plimpton Press. 1929. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5). [4], 3-28 pp. First Edition. Privately published by the author. Inscribed and signed by Frank Gray Griswold "To my friend / A. H. E. Wood / from / F. Gray Griswold," Mr. Wood was the first angler to describe greased line fly fishing for salmon and his methods were published in England under the pen-name "Jock Scott" in 1935. There are numerous marginal notes within the text by angling author William Menzies, author of "Salmon Fishing," and other titles. Mr. Griswold describes Atlantic salmon fishing in Eastern Canada in the 1920s, based on his own experiences and also taken from Club records of the Grand Cascapedia and Restigouche camps. The book is bound in its original red flexible morocco with gilt titles and a decoration on the front cover. Top edge gilt. With the armorial bookplate of A. H. E. Wood on the front paste-down. Also with a sporting bookplate on the fly leaf. There’s just a bit of… Read More

New York. Privately printed for Thomas Gibbons Mineola, L.I. 1922. First Edition. 8vo. (8 x 5). 159 pp. Map frontispiece. Black and white plates. Salmon fishing in the days when the fish were plentiful and the fishermen few. The book is bound in the original red cloth with gilt titles. With the original prospectus laid-in. A bright, crisp book. Former owner's signature on front end paper, otherwise fine..

Devon, England. The Flyfisher's Classic Library. 1994. Limited Edition. Two Volumes. Matching Numbers 42 of 250 copies. 8vo. The Fly-Fisherman, 28 pp. On Sea Trout, 26 pp. Illustrated frontispiece of Lord Grey in each volume. Both volumes bound in full black leather with gilt titles and decorations. Marbled end papers. Silk ribbon marker. All edges gilt. Black cloth slip case. As new with a new slip case.. Hardcover.