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

Roosevelt, New York. Willmarth Tackle Company. 1936. 8vo. (8 x 6). 65 pp. including index. With the order blanks. Line drawings and photos. All manner of fishing tackle is offered in this catalogue - rods, reels (both fly and level wind), flies, lures, nets, hooks, tackle boxes, leaders, tying tools, etc. The book is bound in light green wrappers with black titles. A nice book and quite scarce. World Cat locates no copies. In very good condition..

New York. D. Appleton-Century Company. 1933. Second printing. Duodecimo (6 ½ x 4 ½). 68 pp. George Baldwin Potter is sent to an auction by his wife to bid on a dining room cupboard she eagerly wanted; unexpectedly, a large group of choice bamboo fly rods come up for bidding before the cupboard. Did George, a fatalistic fly fisher, fulfill his wife’s wishes? The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a near very good dust jacket with light edge wear..

Lyons & Burford, Publishers. New York. 1990. First Edition, Second Printing. 4 to. 339 pp. Eight color plates of flies. Detailed black and white photos. Mr. Talleur is a great instructor and this book will make you a better tyer or start you off on the right foot if you are just starting. As New. Bound in brown simulated leather. Published without a dust jacket.. F. Hardcover.

Campbell River, British Columbia. Published by The Campbell River Community Arts Council. 2012. Octavo (7 x 5). 22 pp. including the limitation page. Limited Edition. Book number 97 of 100 copies published. Signed by Ann and Roderick's four children, Valerie, Mary, Alan and Celia on the limitation page. Each of the Haig-Brown children write about their experiences growing-up under the love and guidance of their parents, and their lives and careers as adults. The book is bound in blue wrappers with black titles. A nice book Fine. . Signed by Author(s)..

London. Clerkenwell, E. C. Printed and published by W. Hall, 83 Red Lion Street. [n. d. but ca. 1877]. 8vo. (6 ½ x 3 ½). 16 pp. Illustrated throughout. The book covers rivers, ponds and canals in the vicinity of London plus descriptions of fish and how to angle for Tench - Eel - Chub - Barbel - Gudgeon - Roach - Perch - Carp. Includes information on Winches - Hooks - Rods - Artificial Flies - Lines - Paste Baits. The book is bound in its original light blue stitched printed wrappers with black titles. Light edge wear otherwise a very good example of a very scarce book. See Thacher p. 78 and The Angling Library of John Simpson, p. 50..

Sussex, England. Published by the British Engineerium. 1982. First edition. Octavo (9 x 6). 48 pp. Color plus black and white photos. Text drawings. All manner of historical fishing tackle (British and American) is described and photographed. Included are reels, flies, creels, rods, floats, etc. Some 606 antique fishing items are listed and described. The book is bound in colorful pictorial rappers with yellow titles. A nice book. Fine. .

Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The International Game Fish Association. 1975-2008. 4to. (12 x 9). 191 issues. The newsletter of the IFGA. Beginning with Vol. 37, #6 for November/December 1975 and continuing through Volume 70, #5 for September/October 2008. The early issues with 12 pp. and later issues with over 30 pp. Published bimonthly and full of information and photos about record catches, stories of battles with giant fish, etc. A fine long run. Missing six issues from being a complete run. Scarce. Fine. The lot. .

Logansport, Indiana. The John J. Hildebrandt Company. 1923. Quarto (10 x 8). 20 pp. plus colored price list laid-in. Text drawings and black and white photos. Hildebrandt’s specialized in spinners available in multiple combinations as well as flies for trout and salmon. There’s fishing successful stories included, too, with Hildebrandt’s spinners and flies provided the winning edge. An interesting catalogue and quite scarce. A bit of edge wear, but nonetheless very good..

A large collection of 352 black and white photos in an album showing members of the Manchester Fly & Bait Casting Club, club get-togethers, casting competitions, photos of members fishing (fly, bait, and lures), fish caught, with many large specimens, including Stripers, Salmon, and Trout, with the occasional Black Bass. The photos date from the late 1940s to the early 1950s, with the occasional photo dated a bit earlier. It would appear this club’s time has come and gone - I can find no record or reference to it. The photos are generally in very good condition, most with a description of the image inked in the margin, and in some cases on the photo itself. They range in size from 10 x 8, with most 6 x 5, and many in between these measurements. Many with taped edges holding the photos in place, with corresponding yellowing to the taped areas on the margins; the others have been pasted onto the album leaves. The album holding the photos is in poor condition, with several of the leaves… Read More

New York. Privately published by the Angler’s Club of New York. 1956. Limited Edition. One of 750 copies published. Octavo (9 x 6). 154 pp. plus appendix. Black and white plates showing many of the club’s members and several of these folks with envious catches of fish, including a large Osprey caught on a size 10 Light Cahill. There are chapters on the Our First Fifty Years - Our Possessions - The Library - The Club Bookplate. Primary paragraph headings begin with illuminated letters created by John Atherton. The book is bound in beige cloth with red titling labels on the spine and front cover. Brown cloth slip case. A very good book (spine label faded) in a very good slip case with some edge wear..

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1972. 8vo. 247 pp. plus colophon. Text illustrations. Timeless stories by the likes of Ernest Schwiebert, Roderick Haig-Brown, Arnold Gingrich, R. Palmer Baker, and of course, Theodore Gordon, etc. Bound in brown cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Very good with a very good dust jacket with light edge wear. .

New York. Fords, Howard, & Hulbert. 1883 [1881]. Third Edition. 8vo. (7 ¾ x 5). 299 pp. Since this book is a romance, no photos are required - only your imagination. Chapters include Black Brant and Curlew - Valley Quail of California - Duck Shooting - Silver Trout at Home - Trout and Trouble, etc. The book is bound in its original green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Floral end papers. Armorial book plate to front pastedown. This is a bright, sharp, clean book; nearly crisp if you can visualize it that way. Very good..

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No. 117 Market Street. April 23, 1883. Cameo Letterhead in bright red with white lettering. The billhead originated from the Banner Thomas Company and was issued for the purchase of a landing net in the sum $2.25. Early cameos are quite scarce and especially so with fishing receipts. An attractive cameo billhead. In fine condition..

London. Herbert Jenkins Limited. [n.d., but ca. 1923]. 8vo. (8 x 5 ½). 320 pp. including index. Advertisements. Attractive color photo frontispiece showing six feather wing Atlantic salmon flies. Black and white plates, including one of Thomas Stoddart. Includes chapters on Freshwater Trout - Tackle - Fly-Dressing - Trouting Flies - The Salmon - Salmon Flies - Tweed and Tributaries, etc. The book is bound in its original green cloth with black titles and rules. Previous owner's name on the front free end paper, otherwise a bright, clean very good book..

London. Country Life Limited. 1938. First Edition. 8vo. (8 x 5). 163 pp. including index. Photo frontispiece showing a rising trout. Black and white plates. The book is bound in green cloth with back titles. Previous owner's name in pencil on end paper, otherwise very good. .

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1985. Quarto (11 x 8). 118 pp. including bibliography, index. Limited Edition. Book number 43 of 300 copies published. Signed by the three authors on the limitation page. A colorful artificial fly dressed by one of the authors is mounted on a folded card. Color plates of flies. Black and white photos. Text illustrations. A comprehensive work on fly fishing for Pacific salmon in salt and fresh water. The book is bound in full gray leather with silver titles and decorations. Red silk marker. Matching leather slip case. A nice book. Fine in a fine slip case. . Signed by Author(s)..