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

Frank Amato Publications. Portland, Oregon. 1996. First edition. Hardback. 4 to. Beautiful color photos of flies, trout, and scenic shots of the Sacramento. This book covers the upper and lower parts of the river, techniques, how to fish the different sections, in all seasons. As new in a new dust jacket.. F. Hardcover.

Goshen, Connecticut. The Angler's & Shooters Press. 1981. An un-numbered copy of 1250. 8vo. 266 pp. plus colophon. Photo frontispiece. Black and white plates. Facsimile signatures of Derrydale authors. Complete collations, with detailed descriptions of contents, bindings, limitation numbers, etc. An essential work for anyone with an interest in the Press. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles. Blue cloth slip case. Fine in a fine slip case. .

London. Longmans, Green, and Company. 1898. First Edition. 8vo. (7 ½ x 5). 272 pp. plus publisher's catalogue. Fur, Feather and Fin Series. Photo frontispiece with tissue guard. Black and white plates showing a fisherman at various stages of fishing a stream. Text vignettes. The book is bound in its original tan cloth with gilt and red titles on the front cover and spine and front cover decorations. A nice book. Spine title in red dulled a little, otherwise a bright and very good book..

Sacramento. California State Printing Office. 1916. Published for the years 1914-1916. 8vo. (8 x 6). 248 pp. Color frontispiece of a Mountain Quail, from a painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Many black and white photos showing a variety of scenes related to sport fishing and hunting. Charts and graphs. Text maps. A report containing the latest information on the condition of the natural resources throughout the state, with interesting comments by regional officers. The book is bound in colorful brown pictorial wrappers with black titles. A nice book. Very good..

Boston, Massachusetts. Charles T. Branford Company. 1955. Large Octavo (8 ½ x 6 ½). 522 pp. including index. Thirty-Two color plates show-casing the pinnacle of nineteenth century American fly tying and fancy flies. Black and white plates. The color plates in this edition are vastly superior to those in the later 1980 through 2000 reprints - in this 1955 edition the color plates were printed using six colors and they sparkle with clarity and brilliant coloration. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a good-very good pictorial jacket with chips and edge wear..

Boston, Massachusetts. Charles T. Branford Company. 1955. Large Octavo (8 ½ x 6 ½). 522 pp. including index. Thirty-Two color plates show-casing the pinnacle of nineteenth century American fly tying and fancy flies. Black and white plates. The color plates in this edition are vastly superior to those in the later 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s reprints - in this 1955 edition the color plates were printed using six colors and they sparkle with clarity and brilliant coloration. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Also with the original glassine dust jacket over the printed pictorial jacket - the book was published with it and this example is one of only a few times I’ve seen it. With the distinctive book plate of angling collector William C. Siebert on the front paste-down. A nice book. Near fine in a near fine printed jacket and very good glassine jacket with some edge wear..

Trappe, Eastern Shore of Maryland. Jamaica Point Farm. 1990. Octavo (9 x 6 1/2). 196 pp. Privately published. Limited edition. Book number 225 of 650 copies published. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Laid in is an inked letter penned by Os & Jeanette Owings on Jamaica Point Farm stationary and it’s addressed to a close friend. Black & white photos. A good history of fishing and hunting on the east coast. The book is bound in light in blue cloth with silver titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Very good in a slightly chipped, very good dust jacket.. Signed by Author.