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

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 2010. 4to. (10 ½ x 8). 192 pp. including bibliography, index. Limited Edition. Book number 99 of 200 copies published. Signed by Pierce Clegg and Peter McMullan on the limitation page. Foreword by Mark Hume. Artwork by Dave Hall. Color photos. Text illustrations in color and black and white. A breakthrough book on the Babine watershed. Includes chapters by the two authors as well as chapters by many longtime steelhead aficionados. The art work by Mr. Hall is excellent. The book is bound in black leather spine and green cloth with silver titles and decorations. Illustrated end papers. Pictorial dust jacket. Black cloth slip case with title on the spine panel. A nice, handsome book. Fine in a fine dustjacket and slip case..

Vancouver, British Columbia. 1999. First Edition. Quarto (10 1/2 x 8). 140 pp. With a signed holograph letter penned by Peter Caverhill to the late British Columbian fisheries biologist and expert steelhead fisherman, Ric Olmsted, laid-in. Color photos of the club members, with their biographies and a color photo of each member’s favorite fly, plus sixteen club members have signed the book. A complete history of club, including a listing of all members from its inception in 1969 up to the publication date; stories and essays written by members over the years which highlight interesting fly fishing experiences in the province. Text illustrations. The book is bound in full green leather with gilt titles on the front cover. A nice book. In fine condition. .

New York. Lyons & Burford, Publishers. 1995. First Edition. 8vo. (9 x 7). 198 pp. including bibliography, index. Inscribed and signed by Doug Swisher with a small drawing of fly on the front fly leaf. Illustrated by Mike Gouse. Color plates showing a variety of fly patterns. Black and white photos. Text illustrations. Includes chapters on how to find fishable water in the backcountry, tides, habits of game fish, realistic patterns, tackle, seasonal movements of game fish, snook and tarpon. Bound in brown and green cloth with white titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

New York. The Macmillan Company. 1951. First Edition. Octavo (8 x 5). 140 pp. Text illustrations.This was Oregon steelhead fly fisherman Mike Kennedy’s book, with his bookplate on the front paste down. Trey Combs described Mr. Kennedy as "Among the special members of the angling fraternity who count their days complete when casts have been made with precision, deliveries completed on the money, water covered correctly, with patterns intelligently selected and, yes, steelhead hooked, Mike Kennedy stands at the forefront" (Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies). Claude Kreider’s book is one of the early works on bamboo rod making. The book is bound in blue cloth with green and white titles. Pictorial dust jacket. The binding is fine in a good dust jacket with chips and edge wear. .

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..

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Stackpole Books. 2007. First Edition. Quarto (10 x 8). 172 pp. including index. A multitude of color photos showing the author’s favorite fly patterns - a mixture of nymphs and dries; there’s precise color photos showing how to dress each fly. Mr. Barr describes how to effectively fish his patterns. The book is bound in blue cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

New York. Frederick A. Stokes. 1905. First Edition. 8vo. (8 x 6). 238 pp. Illustrated and edited by Louis Rhead. Illustrated color frontispiece with tissue guard. Color plates showing fishing scenes and one particularly nice color plate of bass flies. Text drawings. The book is bound in its original green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. A nice book. Armorial book plate. Bright and very good..

New York. Lyons & Burford, Publishers. 1991. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo. (9 x 6). 250 pp. "Randy White loves living life on the edge and has a superb writer's ability to make each of us a fellow participant." Bound in black cloth spine with silver titles and beige cloth boards. Pictorial dust jacket. A pristine book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. .

New York. Lyons & Burford, Publishers. 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (9 x 6). 250 pp. Signed by Randy Wayne White on the title page. "Randy White loves living life on the edge and has a superb writer's ability to make each of us a fellow participant," wrote one reviewer. There’s also the quotation from an astronaut selected by Mr. White to head one of the book’s chapters: "Houston? Apollo eleven. I’ve got the world in my window." Indeed he has. The book is bound in black cloth spine with silver titles and beige cloth boards. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Signed by Author.. First Edition..

New York. Lyons & Burford, Publishers. 1993. First Edition. Signed by the author on half-title. 8vo. 190 pp. including appendices, notes. Black and white photos. If you fish the Beaverkill or like to read about it, this work is indispensable. Bound in yellow and cream cloth with red titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice copy. Fine in a fine dust jacket. .

Ellesmere, Shropshire. The Medlar Press Limited. 1998 [1949]. Limited Edition. Book number 423 of 845 copies published. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5). 213 pp. Illustrated by D. J. Watkins-Pitchford. There are full-page woodcuts in the text. Chapter vignettes. Writing about fishing is occasionally poetic and substantial and this book is a quality representative. The book is bound in blue cloth with red and silver gilt titles and decorations. Silk ribbon marker. A nice book in fine condition..

Boston. Richard G. Badger, Publisher.. The Gorham Press. 1930. First Edition. 8vo. 204 pp. Illustrated color frontispiece. Black and white photos. Text illustrations. Bound in black cloth with gilt titles. Light rubbing to spine ends, spine title dulled. Very good..

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. .

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Stackpole Company. 1957. First Edition. Octavo (8 x 6). 168 pp. Black and white photos. Joe Brooks describes the equipment choices for Bermuda, methods of fishing available to anglers, and the variety of fish species around the islands. Laid-in this book is a holograph letter written to Russell Chatham by steelhead and salmon fly fishing guide and conservationist, Carlo Bongio, at the time working out of the old Western Sport Shop in San Rafael. Mr. Bongio was holding Brooks’s book on his behalf. This book from Russell Chatham’s angling library. The letter is in fine condition. The book very good in a poor dust jacket with chips and tears. .

New York. Published by The American Museum of Natural History. 1916 - 1917 - 1923. First Edition. Tall 8vo. (9 x 6). Three Volumes. Vol. 1: 718 pp. Vol. 2: 702 pp. Vol. 3: 707 pp. including indices. A monumental work and study of fishes and fisheries literature - every known publication at the time of the bibliography's printing, in all languages, is included herein. This set was owned by the highly respected California Department of Fish and Game fisheries biologist and author, Leo Shapovalov - it was a Christmas gift from his mother in 1936; with his signature and stamp in each volume. With a four page review of the work by David Starr Jordan bound in at the front of volume one. This work should be required by anyone with an interest in this field. The set is uniformly bound in their original gray paper wrappers with black titles on the spine and front cover. Light wear and some age-toning to the spines, otherwise a very good set..

New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1900. 4to. (10 x 8). [14], 204 pp. including index, plus errata. Limited Edition. Book number 57 of 120 copies published. The volume was printed by the De Vinne Press. With a copper-engraved portrait of Izaak Walton as frontispiece, signed by the artist, Thomas Johnson. Engraved title page by Edwin Davis French. This edition printed on Van Gelder handmade paper. Includes 86 photo-engraved title pages from actual examples, beginning with the first edition of 1653 and concluding with a 1900 edition. Each volume of The Complete Angler described with collations, measurements of each volume, illustrations. The book is bound in its original half vellum spine and corners and mustard colored cloth boards with gilt titles on the spine and front cover. With a short, neat gift inscription on the front end paper to Walter Jennings, a member of the Restigouche Salmon Club during the early twentieth century. Quite scarce. A very nice book. Clean, bright and very good..

Far Hills, New Jersey. Meadow Run Press. 1997. Octavo (8 1/2 x 6). [x], 573 pp. including index and colophon. Limited Edition. 1000 copies published. Signed by the artist John Rice on the title page. A huge compilation of books, mostly focused on guns, shooting, and a good many track-and-smack titles. There’s enough material on and about hunting to metaphorically qualify for the movie "Unforgiven" Big Whiskey’s William Munny Award (as he faced off with Little Bill): "I’ve killed nearly everything that walks or crawls at one time another," said Munny as he looks down the barrel of his shotgun. There’s a lot of explaining about it herein and this is the most comprehensive compilation yet on the topic. There’s hunting dogs, too, and gunsmithing, and the shooting of ducks, geese, grouse, pheasants, partridge, big horn sheep, deer, elk, bear, old rifles, new rifles, pistols, coyotes, moose, doves, snipe, turkey, buffalo, mountain lion, fox, and on it goes. The… Read More

The Crowood Press. Wiltshire, England. 1990. First edition. Large 8 vo. 224 pp. Many stories about pursuing large game fish. Color plates of fish and fishermen. Fine in a fine dust jacket.. F. Hardcover.

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1995. Quarto (10 1/2 x 8). 48 pp. Limited Edition. One of 400 copies published in hard cover. Beautiful color photography of the Big Hole River which flows through western Montana. Colored text map. A precise guide to catching trout on the fly; there’s color photos of the most effective patterns. The book is bound in gray cloth with silver titles on the spine and front cover. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

New York. The Derrydale Press. 1940. Limited Edition. Book number 80 of 550 copies published. Octavo (7 x 5). 401 pp. Signed by Howard Walden and the illustrator, Milton Weiler, on the half-title page. Illustrated frontispiece. Illustrated by Milton C. Weiler. Black and white plates. One of the best introspective titles published by the Derrydale Press - friends and fly fishing matter most. The book is bound in its original black cloth with gilt titles and decorations on the spine and front cover and with a colored illustration of trout affixed on the front cover. Top edge gilt. With a former owners small label affixed on the front end paper, and small ghost tape marks on the end sheets. A nice book. Very good. ///// In the 1981 Summer Season issue of Fly Fisherman magazine, Howard Walden wrote his last essay. Titled "Young Blood and Old," it’s a compelling story by an aging fly fisherman who reluctantly gives up fishing. Mr. Walden was encouraged to write the essay by Nick Lyons, and… Read More