Search Results: Titles starting with A from Bruce Cave Fine Fly Fishing Books

A color lithograph designed by B. Russell of New Bedford, Massachusetts. 1848. Printed by Lemercier, Paris. Lithograph by A. Mayer. The lithograph measures 23 1/2 x 33 1/2 inches including the frame. Printed underneath the image in a large font is "A SHIP ON THE NORTH-WEST COAST CUTTING IN HER LAST RIGHT WHALE," and in small type underneath the image "A Whale's Head, with the bone attached." The lithograph is bright and clean and it also shows on the left side of the primary image the same ship sailing at full mast. The lithograph is framed in walnut and it's of a later vintage. The lithograph is under Plexiglas. Shipping at cost; due to its size, packaging and shipment require a commercial service. In very good condition with just a little marginal staining on the lower margin. .

New York. Baker, Murray & Inbrie, Inc. 1920. First Edition. 8vo. (9 x 6). 48 pp. Illustrated plates with descriptive captions. From the front fly leaf: 'The stories contained in this volume were selected from 2,980 manuscripts submitted from all over the United States and abroad.' Includes stories from authors mostly not heard of before appearing herein and mostly not heard from after. Some essay titles: Fish Crazy - War Minnows - The Jugger Jugged - Tarpon on Fly Tackle - At the end of the Line - Golf Balls as Bass Baits, etc. The book is bound in its original green pictorial wrappers with orange and white titles. With the bookplate of angling book collector Jeffrey Norton. Very scarce. Light edge wear, otherwise very good. .

London. Arthur Barker, Ltd. 1935. First Edition. 4to. 308 pp. including index. Illustrated frontispiece. Text illustrations. Covers angling literature, salmon flies and fishing, dry-fly fishing, chalk streams, equipment, etc. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Spine and covers edges faded. Scattered foxing. Very good..

London. Methuen & Company, Ltd. 1943 [1935]. Second printing. 8vo. (8 x 5 1/2). 308 pp. including index. Inscribed by the author. Text illustrations. Chapter vignettes. The author writes about all-manner of fishing - fly, bait, and spinning. The book is bound in green cloth with white titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Very good in near very good dust jacket with light chips and edge wear.. Signed by Author.

Berkeley, California. Adams Angling. Books on Fishing and Hunting, Fly Fishing Tackle and Paraphernalia. A complete run of 78 catalogues published by Jim Adams over a 35 year period. Jim always offered choice books on fishing an hunting as well as a grand selection of prime rods, reels, flies, and miscellaneous tackle. Each item is well described with recommendations based on Jim’s first-hand experience and use of the tackle offered for sale. Jim has traveled the world many times fly fishing waters from British Columbia to Eastern Canada to New Zealand to Florida to Russia to Norway and points north and south, east and west. The catalogues issued in pictorial wrappers with black titles. The lot. All are in very good to fine condition. .

Syracuse, New York. Syracuse University Press. 1978. First Edition. 8vo. (8 x 5). 155 pp. plus colophon. Photo frontispiece. Black and white photos. An interesting account of fishing in the good old days before graphite rods and vinyl fly lines. The book is bound in blue cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket..

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1991. First Edition. 8vo. (9 x 6). 120 pp. Color plates showing a variety artificial fly patterns along with a few huge trout. Black and white photos. Text illustrations. Includes chapters on choosing lakes, equipment, strategies, seasons, etc. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Stackpole Company. 1953. First Edition. 8vo. (9 x 6). 268 pp. including index. Color frontispiece. Black and white photos. Text illustrations. A book with practical applications that are still relevant today. Bound in the second state binding of green cloth with gilt titles (without the color plate affixed to the front cover). As nice a copy as you are likely to find. A fine, bright copy with no wear..

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1992. First Edition. 4to. (10 x 7 ½). 159 pp. including bibliography, index. Color plates of flies. Color photos of steelhead, fishermen, and scenic rivers. Black and white photos. Materials list for many popular steelhead patterns. The book is bound in pictorial wrappers with green titles. Near fine..

London. Macdonald & Company Publishers. 1973. First Edition. 8vo. (8 x 5). 139 pp. Black and white plates with captions. Text drawings. Shows where salmon are generally located in a river and the various methods used to catch them. The book is bound in black cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of edge wear..

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Stackpole Company. 1953. First Edition. 8vo. (9 x 6). 268 pp. including index. Color frontispiece. Black and white photos. Text illustrations. A book with practical applications that are still relevant today; in many respects Eugene Burns was far ahead of his time. Unfortunately, the author was killed in a riot in Baghdad shortly after publication of this book. Bound in the first state binding of green cloth with gilt titles and with the color plate of a rainbow trout affixed to the front cover. Nice book. A bright, clean book. Near fine..

Guilford, Connecticut. The Lyons Press. 2001. First Edition. (8 x 7). 234 pp. including index. Introduction by John Gierach. Color plates showing A. K.'s flies plus step-by-step tying instructions with material lists. Excellent fly patterns developed and dressed by a man who knows what he's writing about. The book is bound in blue cloth with white titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Stackpole Company. 1953. First Edition. 8vo. (9 x 6). 268 pp. including index. Color frontispiece. Black and white photos. Text illustrations. A book with practical applications that are still relevant today. Bound in the first state binding of green cloth with gilt titles and with the color plate of a rainbow trout affixed to the front cover. Nice book. A very good, bright copy with a previous owner's name on the front paste down..

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1992. First edition. Quarto (11 x 9). 159 pp. including bibliography, index. Inscribed and signed by Deke Meyer on front end paper and with his fly, a Purple Matuka, dressed on a size 2/0 hook and it’s mounted with thread on a tipped-in card. Color plates showing a large number of steelhead patterns. Color photos of fish, rivers and fishermen. Instructional line drawings. A fine book that will help you become a better steelheader. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Signed by Author..

Guilford, Connecticut. The Lyons Press. 2001. First Edition. (8 x 7). 234 pp. including index. Signed by A. K. Best on the title page. Introduction by John Gierach. Color plates showing A. K.'s flies plus step-by-step tying instructions with material lists. Excellent fly patterns developed and dressed by a man who knows what he's writing about. The book is bound in blue cloth with white titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

Cincinnati, Ohio. Stewart Kidd Company Publishers. 1922. First Edition. 8vo. (7 x 5). 233 pp. including appendix. Color frontispiece showing a leaping tarpon. Black and white plates showing many outsized fish. Includes chapters on Salmon of Monterrey - Barracuda - Diary of an Offshore Angler - The Coast of Romance - Clemente Swordfish - An Ocean Goliath - Where the Coral Reefs Lie Bare, etc. The book is bound in its original blue cloth with gilt titles. A bit of soiling to the back board, otherwise very good..

Vancouver, British Columbia. Colophon Books. 1980. Quarto. (10 1/2 x 7 1/4). 40 pp. Limited Edition (First State). Book number 147 of 375 copies published. Signed by Valerie Haig-Brown at the conclusion of her Preface. A hand colored Kingfisher drawn by Jim Rimmer as frontispiece, tipped-in on the title page, signed and dated by him. Hand colored chapter headings by Jim Rimmer showing the five bird species encountered by Alison - the Dipper - Kingfisher - Heron - Mergansers and Osprey. Text illustrations showing Alison with the five birds. Included is the large folding prospectus laid-in plus the publisher’s reservation card. "Alison" was likely a composite of Haig-Brown’s two young daughters, Valerie and Mary. The story was originally penned by Roderick Haig-Brown in 1939-1940. "It is rather well worth writing about all Alison's birds," Haig-Brown wrote, and indeed it is. It’s a charming book for all ages. The book is bound in gray cloth with gilt titles on the… Read More

Orange, Connecticut. Practical Science Publishing Company, Inc. 1954. First Edition Thus. 8vo. 242 pp. including index. Color photo frontispiece showing two nice brookies. Color plates of flies. Black and white plates. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Very good in a near very good dust jacket with small chips to the top and bottom of the spine panel. .

Redditch, England. This is the price key to catalogue number 31, which equates to 1925. Large 8vo. 41 pp. The guide covers flies, hooks and lines. Text vignettes. Bound in orange pictorial wrappers with black titles. Very good. .

London. William Orr, 14, Paternoster Row. 1833. First Edition. Twelvemo (5 1/2 x 4 1/2). xviii, 138 pp. including index. Illustrated title page. Text drawings. Includes chapters on Pleasures of Angling - Food of Fishes - Flies for Each Month of the Fishing Season - Angling for Salmon - Fishing for Trout - Pike - Carp, etc. The book is bound in its original green cloth with paper titling labels on the spine and front cover. With a bookplate designed by Lance Hidy, V. S. "Pete" Hidy’s son. Light edge wear. Very good. .