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

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1984.First Edition. 4to. (9 1/2 x 7 1/2). 150 pp. including bibliography, index. Four color plates of fish, fishermen and flies. Foreword by Gary LaFontaine. Illustrated by Mike Stidham. Hundreds of black and white illustrations plus photos. One of the best books on lake fishing for trout. The book is bound in white pictorial wrappers with brown titles. Light edge wear, otherwise very good. .

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1984. First Edition. 4to. (10 x 7 1/2). 150 pp. Four color plates of fish, fishermen and flies. Foreword by Gary LaFontaine. Illustrated by Mike Stidham. Hundreds of black and white illustrations plus photos. One of the best books on lake fishing for trout. The book is bound in cloth with silver titles and silver trout. Pictorial dust jacket. Very good in a very good dust jacket..

London. Herbert Jenkins. 1960. First Edition. 8vo. (8 x 6). 190 pp. including appendices, index. Color plates showing artificial flies and naturals with descriptive tissues. Black and white plates. Text illustrations. Includes chapters on the development of lake fishing, fly selection, natural flies and patterns to represent them, etc. Bound in blue cloth with dark blue titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of edge wear..

South Brunswick and New York. A. S. Barnes and Company. 1970. First Edition. Large 8vo. (9 x7). 217 pp. including index. Signed by Charles Brooks on the verso of the half-title. Black and white photos. Charles Brooks always played it straight with his fellow anglers - Big Flies and sinking lines equal Big Fish. The material herein will be of help to anyone who thinks large nymphs and streamers are the means to big fish success. Bound in cream sail cloth with purple titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Very good in a near very good dust jacket with light edge wear..

South Brunswick and New York. A. S. Barnes and Company. 1970. First Edition. Large 8vo. (9 x7). 217 pp. including index. Signed and inscribed by Charles Brooks on the front fly leaf and signed again by him on verso of the half-title. Black and white photos. Charles Brooks always played it straight with his fellow anglers - Big Flies and sinking lines equal Big Fish. The material herein will be of help to anyone who thinks large nymphs and streamers are the means to big fish success. The book is bound in cream sail cloth with purple titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Near very good with small check marks in the margins of the text in a near very good dust jacket with light edge wear..

South Brunswick and New York. A. S. Barnes and Company. 1970. First Edition. Large 8vo. (9 x7). 217 pp. including index. Black and white photos. Charles Brooks always played it straight with his fellow anglers - Big Flies and sinking lines equal Big Fish. The material herein will be of help to anyone who thinks large nymphs and streamers are the means to big fish success. Bound in cream sail cloth with purple titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Very good (previous owner's name on title page) in a near very good dust jacket with light edge wear..

South Brunswick and New York. A. S. Barnes and Company. 1972 [1970]. Second printing. Large 8vo. (9 x7). 217 pp. including index. Black and white photos. Charles Brooks always played it straight with his fellow anglers - Big Flies and sinking lines equal Big Fish. The material herein will be of help to anyone who thinks large nymphs and streamers are the means to big fish success. The book is bound in purple cloth with silver titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Near very good in a good-very good dust jacket with some rubbing. .

New York. Simon & Schuster. 1992. First Edition. Octavo (7 ½ x 5 ½). 254 pp. including notes, index. Signed by Datus Proper on the title page to the late Bozeman, Montana fishing guide, Gene Smith. Mr. Proper drowned while fishing a creek outside of Bozeman in 2003. Map frontispiece. Text illustrations. Insightful vignettes on life in Portugal to include travel, eating, and friends, along with some fly fishing. A scarce book signed. The book is bound in brown and cream 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. 4to. (11 x 9). 224 pp. Color frontispiece of a salmon. A large number of color photos which show fishing for salmon in Europe, North America, Iceland, and Russia. Text drawings. Color illustrations of flies. A book that glorifies this magnificent game fish in the countries and rivers where Atlantic salmon live, by a group of well-known writers including Joseph Bates, A. H. Chaytor, John Cole, Romilly Fedden, Roderick Haig-Brown, William Humphrey, Andrew Lang, Ernest Schwiebert, etc. The book is bound in blue cloth with silver titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications, Inc. 2010. Limited Edition. Book number 52 of 100 copies published. Signed by the author and Eldridge Hardie on the limitation page. 8vo. (8 x 6). 158 pp. Text drawings by Eldridge Hardie. The author recounts his days steelheading on the Kispiox and Babine rivers in British Columbia. The book is bound in cream and burgundy cloth with gilt titles and silk ribbon marker. Matching thick burgundy cloth slip case with a fly dressed by the author mounted within a recess on the side panel. A nice book. Fine in a fine slip case..

Forest Grove, Oregon. Champoeg Press. 1978. 8vo. (8 x 6). 169 pp. plus colophon. Limited Edition. Book number 638 of an unspecified number. Sixteen photos (most colored) laid-in a back pocket. Mr. Richardson was a gifted storyteller and he fished for steelhead and trout throughout the province with a bevy of close friends during its Golden Age - the tales herein capture British Columbia's charm and beauty. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. White dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a very good dust jacket with light soiling..

Forest Grove, Oregon. Champoeg Press. 1978. Octavo (8 x 6). 169 pp. plus colophon. This is a review copy with the publisher’s description letter of the book laid-in. Sixteen photos (most of them colored) laid-in a back pocket. Mr. Richardson was a gifted storyteller and he fished for steelhead and trout throughout the province with a group of close friends during some of the province’s most productive years - the tales herein capture British Columbia's charm and beauty. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Plain dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

Forest Grove, Oregon. Champoeg Press. 1978. Octavo (8 x 6). 169 pp. plus colophon. Limited Edition. Book number 12 of an unspecified number. With a lengthy inscription signed by Lee Richardson on the half-title page. A holograph letter signed by Mr. Richardson laid-in. Lee also signed his color photograph which is laid in a pocket at the back of the book. There’s a total of sixteen photos (most colored) laid-in a back pocket. The book’s 8 page prospectus is also signed by Champoeg’s editor, Bob Wethern, and it too is laid-in. Mr. Richardson was a gifted storyteller and he fished for steelhead and trout throughout the province with a bevy of close friends and fishing companions during the time of its Golden Age - which, of course, varies according to the motivations by those who claim it. Whenever it was, or is now, these tales capture British Columbia's charm and beauty. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. White parchment dust jacket. A nicest example… Read More

Forest Grove, Oregon. Champoeg Press. 1978. 8vo. 169 pp. plus colophon. Limited Edition. Copy number 198 of an unspecified number. Sixteen photos (most colored) laid-in a back pocket. Mr. Richardson fished for steelhead and trout throughout the province with a bevy of friends during its Golden Age and the tales herein capture British Columbia's charm and beauty. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. White dust jacket. The book's folding prospectus laid-in. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Stackpole Books. 1980. First Edition. 8vo. (9 x 6). 159 pp. including index. Two color plates showing Lee's flies. Black and white text drawings. Lee Wulff's lifetime of creative fly pattern invention and refinements are on full display. The book is bound in blue cloth with silver titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. .

Ottawa. Bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec. 1972. Octavo (8 x 5). 211 pp. plus colophon. Limited Edition. Inscribed and signed by Jean-Paul Dube on the limitation page. Book number 185 of 850 copies published (actually the final number published was 700). Color frontispiece. Black and white photos. Maps. A fine book on fishing for Atlantic salmon in Quebec’s streams and rivers. The book is bound in brown cloth with gilt titles. Matching brown cloth slip case with gilt titles. A nice book.The book and slip case in fine condition. .

London. Printed for B. White and Son, at Horace’s Head, Fleet Street. 1791. Third Edition with Corrections and Improvements. Octavo 8 1/2 x 6). [vii], viii-xxiii, [xxiv], 1-503 pp. plus indices [22] pp. The double page chart "The Outlines of Linnaeus System of Vegetables" [to face page 108] is bound with the Indices. The book is bound in its original tan and gray paper over boards with the title neatly inked on the spine. There is a bit of damp staining in the lower margins of the last few pages of the indices, two small tears on the corners of the end papers, and the front board is slightly split, but this is a very good book. .

Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1910. First American Edition. 8vo. (8 ½ x 6). 288 pp. including index. Black and white plates. Well-crafted, heartfelt instructions on how to fish for salmon - with the hope the sons will carry on the traditions and time-honored elegance of the sport. The book is bound in its original brown cloth with cream titles on the spine and front cover. With the bookplate of David B. Ledlie, fly fishing writer and trustee of the American Museum of Fly Fishing. Rubbing to the corners, a little foxing to the end papers, 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..

Sacramento. Department of Fish and Game. 1954. First Edition. 8vo. (9 x 6). 375 pp. Black and white photos. Tables and charts. Graphs. The classic study on the steelhead trout (now salmon) by Leo Shapovalov and Alan Taft.. Bound in black cloth spine and gray wrappers with black titles. The book is bound in black cloth spine and gray printed wrappers. A nice book. Very good..