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

[n. p.]. Published by the Northwest Fly Anglers. 1997. First Edition. 8vo. (7 x 5). 130 pp. including appendix. Black and white plates. Text illustrations. A nice history of the club, which includes listings of club members, officers, committees, outings and fishing trips, fly patterns, etc. The book is bound in blue cloth with silver titles on the spine and front cover. A nice book. Fine..

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1984. First edition. Oblong 4to. ( 10 x 7). 144 pp. Hardback. Color plates of many endangered trout species. This book represents the author's exhaustive search throughout the west for native trout. The book is bound in blue cloth with silver titles and decorations. Pictorial dust jacket. Very good in a very good dust jacket..

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1984. Oblong Quarto (8 1/2 x 11). 144 pp. Limited Edition. Book number 6 of 300 copies published. Inscribed and signed by Robert Smith to Bob Wethern on the limitation page. Foreword by A. Starker Leopold. Bob Wethern edited the book and was largely responsible for its publication. With two signed letters from A. Starker Leopold addressed to Bob Wethern laid-in. And with the original typed Foreword written by A. Starker Leopold laid-in (with minor corrections in ink). Mr. Leopold, long-time Professor of Zoology and Forestry at the University of California, Berkeley, wrote the Foreword shortly before his death in 1983. With a multitude of exact color photos showing the native trout the author describes in his book, with some species on the brink of extinction. Excellent personal accounts of fly fishing remote, small streams, for native trout. The Grand edition of this book. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Pictorial dust… Read More

Liverpool. William Potter, publisher. 1921 [1912]. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. Octavo (9 1/2 x 7 1/2). 163 pp. including index. Thirteen color plates showing natural and artificial flies along with color plates showing fly dressing materials, with a descriptive text plate and tissue guard facing each color plate. Black and white plates showing fly dressing techniques and a plate showing a streamside fly dressing kit. The book is bound in a fine binding of red decorated calf with gilt titles, raised bands with gilt rules on the spine, morocco corners, and red boards. Marbled end papers. Top edge gilt. Scattered foxing in the text, otherwise a handsome book.

Devon, England. The Flyfisher's Classic Library. 2002. 8vo. (8 x 6). 163 pp. including index. With a list of other titles available in the series bound-in at the back of the book. Limited Edition. Book number 81 of 750 copies published. Preface by Malcolm Greenhalgh. Photo frontispiece of the author. Thirteen attractive color plates showing natural and artificial flies and dressing materials. With line drawings demonstrating dressing techniques for the patterns. How to select materials, collection, storage, and how to choose the right fly. The book is bound in full brown leather with gilt titles on the spine and the FCL logo on the front cover. Marbled endpapers. Silk ribbon marker. Brown cloth slip case. A handsome book. Fine in a fine slip case..

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1997. First Edition. 8vo. (8 x 5 ½). 156 pp. including bibliography. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Black and white photos. Maps. The book is bound in colorful pictorial wrappers with red titles. A nice book. Fine..

New York - Washington. Fisheries Game & Forest Commission. U. S. Fish Commission. 1895-1907. All prints with Denton’s signature in facsimile. The nineteen prints measure 9 1/2 x 12 inches. 1. The Canadian Red Trout, Adult Male. 2. Male Land Locked Salmon or Quananiche. 3. Female Land Locked Salmon or Quananiche. 4. The Shad. 5. Long Eared Sunfish. 6. Fall Fish or Silver Chub. 7. The Smelt. 8. The Canadian Red Trout. 9. Steelhead or Salmon Trout. 10. The Atlantic Salmon. 11. Brook Sucker. 12. Hickory Shad. 13. Lake Trout. 14. Sunapee Trout or American Saibling. 15. Tahoe Trout. 16. (On One Plate): Roach - River Chub - Comon Silverside - Blunt Nosed Minnow. 17. (On One Plate): Red-Sided Minnow - Common Silverside - Creek Chub - Red-Nosed Minnow. 18. (On One Plate): Mummichoc - Fall Fish - Black Nosed Dace - Common White Sucker. 19. The Virginia Deer. The plates are all in fine condition. .

London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row; and Robinson, Son, and Holdsworth, Leeds. 1817 [1786]. Fourth Edition with Additions. 8vo. (7 x 4 ½). iv, 89 pp. Illustrated frontispiece showing a brown trout. Text vignettes. Includes chapters on Fishing Rods - Fly Dubbings - Landing Nets, Hooks - Of the Bag and Creel - The Salmon Trout - Fly Fishing - Fish that will take the Fly - Bush and Shade Fishing - Angling at Night, etc., etc. The book is bound in later brown mottled cloth with a burgundy calf label with the title in gilt. New end papers. The title page has been reattached and the book is clean with just a little foxing here and there within the text. Very good..

Carlisle: Printed and Published by C. Thurman. London; Edwards, Ave Maria Lane; Tilt, Fleet Street. 1837. First Edition. Octavo (7 x 5). [xvi], [1], 2-124 pp. Engraved frontispiece showing "Wetheral Bridge From Corby Green Walk," with tissue guard. A plate showing "Minnow Tackle." Text vignettes. Includes chapters on Fly-Fishing - Fly-Making - Description of Flies (which includes 82 types of artificial flies) - Salmon Fishing - Roe Fishing - Minnow Fishing - Water-Cricket, or Creeper-Fishing - On Salmo Salar, etc. The book is bound in the publisher’s green cloth with gilt title on the spine. A nice, clean book, with just a touch of edge wear. Very good. . First Edition.

New York. Lyons & Burford, Publishers. 1992. First Edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/2). 140 pp. Exquisitely crafted stories about fly fishing but also central to the essays and story themes is the author’s search for his father; it can be humbling, haunting, and at times emotionally crushing for many of us still searching for a father who we didn’t know well enough. This book from Russ Chatham’s angling book collection. The book is bound in green and cream cloth with white titles on the spine. Pictorial dust jacket. A neat book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. .

London. The Fishing Gazette, Ltd. 1933 [1927]. Second Edition. 12mo. (7 x 4). 195 pp. including index, appendix. Folding hook chart. Text illustrations. The book is bound in full green flexible leather with gilt titles on spine and front cover. All edges gilt. Pictorial dust jacket. Original slip case. A nice book. The book is in near fine condition, the dust jacket with a large chip on the spine panel, and the slip case with edge wear..

London. The Fishing Gazette, Ltd. 1927. First Edition. 12mo. (7 x 4). 191 pp. including index. Text illustrations. Bound in brown full brown flexible leather with gilt titles on spine and front cover. All edges gilt. Chip at top of spine with some rubbing to the spine. Good-very good..

New York. Crown Publishers. 1976. First Edition. 8vo. (8 ½ x 6). 184 pp. including index. Inscribed and signed by Charlie Brooks on front free end paper. Color plates showing Charlie Brooks' artificial fly patterns. Pattern list. Black and white photos. Text illustrations. A book destined for anyone interested in fishing big, fast western trout streams and rivers. The book is bound in light and dark blue cloth with blue titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

New York. Crown Publishers. 1976. First Edition. 8vo. (8 ½ x 6). 184 pp. including index. Color plates showing Charlie Brooks' artificial fly patterns. Black and white photos. Text illustrations. An ideal book for anyone interested in fishing big, brawling western trout rivers. The book is bound in light and dark blue cloth with blue titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

New York. Crown Publishers. 1976. First Edition. 8vo. (8 ½ x 6). 184 pp. including index. Color plates showing Charlie Brooks' artificial fly patterns. Pattern list. Black and white photos. Text illustrations. A book destined for anyone interested in fishing big, fast western trout streams and rivers. The book is bound in light and dark blue cloth with blue titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a near fine dust jacket..

New York. Lyons & Burford, Publishers. 1983. 8vo. (9 x 6). 184 pp. including index. Color plates showing many of Charles Brooks's creative flies designed to catch trout. Black and white photos. If you're interested in catching big fish and can handle the rods and lines necessary for success, this is a book for you. This is one of the titles published in The Gentleman's Fly-Fishing Library. The book is bound in brown decorated cloth with gilt titles and decorations. A nice book. Fine. .