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

Devon, England. The Flyfisher's Classic Library. 1996. Limited Edition. Book number 91 of 125 copies published. Signed by Jeremy Paxton on the limitation leaf. 8vo. (8 ½ x 6). 28 pp. Photo frontispiece of the author. Black and white illustrations from a 19th century edition of The Compleat Angler. This is a critical examination of Izaak Walton's and Charles Cotton's book, The Compleat Angler, first published in 1653. Mr. Paxman places Izaak Walton's contribution clearly within the realm of a plagiarist who had little regard for fishing etiquette and customs. Charles Cotton's contribution to fly fishing in the fifth edition of the book is generally held in high esteem because of its originality and because of its thoughtful examination of the angler's role streamside. The book is bound in green morocco spine with gilt titles and marbled boards. Green drop-back box lined with light green silk moiré cloth. A beautiful book. Fine in a fine box..

Meadow Run Press. Far Hills, New Jersey. 1999. Limited Edition. 8 vo. (9 x 6). 126 pp. One of 1500 copies. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Frontispiece. Black and white photos. Amusing stories for those who travel (or fish) in Scandinavia, or just dream of it. Fine in a fine clamshell box (As new)..

Amity, Oregon. Sand Lake Press. 1998. Limited Edition. Number 358 of 1000 copies. Color frontispiece. Text illustrations. Signed by the author on the title page. The Bob Wethern copy. Inscribed on the limitation page: "For Friend Bob, for many pleasant / memories shared together without / firing a single shot! / [signed] Dave Hagerbaumer". Above the inscription Mr. Hagerbaumer has drawn a goose in flight. Laid-in is a four-page holograph letter from David Hagerbaumer addressed to Bob Wethern in which the author discusses his books, up-coming publications, and encourages Bob to complete a book on fly-fishing. For those who may not have known about the late Bob Wethern, he was a distinguished man of letters and one of the founding members of the Flyfishers Club of Oregon. Mr. Wethern also served as acquisitions editor for the Champoeg Press of Forest Grove and in that role was the talented and driving force behind the publication of several well-known works, including two by the late George… Read More

New York. Random House. 1979. First Edition. Octavo (9 x 7). 193 pp. Signed by James A. Michener and the book’s illustrator, John Moll, on the half-title page. Illustrated frontispiece. Text drawings throughout. The book is bound in blue cloth with green titles on the spine. Illustrated map end papers. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.. Signed by Author..

Vancouver, British Columbia. Journal of the Vancouver Aquarium. Volume 2, Number 3. 1977. Octavo (8 x 6). 28 pp. Black and white photos. Text drawings. Haig-Brown wrote the text for a series of vignettes to accompany visual panels in the aquarium to assist visitors to gain the proper context for the live displays. This booklet reprints his vignettes. The book is bound in back and white pictorial wrappers with black titles. A fine book and scarce..

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Winchester Press. 1982. First Edition. 8vo. (9 x 7). 194 pp. Foreword by Gary LaFontaine. Illustrations by Robert Seaman. A fine collection of essays and stories by many leading angling writers of the time, including: Art Lee - Nick Lyons - John Merwin - Steve Raymond - Ernest Schwiebert - Robert Traver - Charles F. Waterman, etc. Bound in burgundy cloth with white titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

Devon, England. The Flyfisher's Classic Library. 1993. 8vo. (8 ½ x 6). 274 pp. Limited Edition. One of 1000 copies published. Photo frontispiece of Mr. Skues with his fishing rod, shoulder bag, and net. Black and white plates. This book is the best account on how to fish nymphs in chalk streams and slow moving streams; Mr. Skues was a fine, intelligent writer, gifted with wit and charm. The book is bound in half burgundy leather and burgundy cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Silk ribbon marker. Burgundy cloth slip case. One of the most handsome of The Flyfisher's Classic Library publications. Fine in a fine slip case. .

London. A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1928 [1921]. Second Edition. Octavo (9 x 6). xvi, 259 pp. plus a one page advertisement for Amadou (the ad is funny; a refreshing parody penned by Mr. Skues). Photo frontispiece showing ten variations of the blue dun fly. Three additional plates, two of which are colored showing how Mr. Skues dresses his nymphs. There is an amusing chapter at the end of book, "Chapter X. What we Have to Put with at the Club / Doggerel from the Club Journal / This is Mine." Mr. Skues describes in rhymes his curiosity and parody of the dry fly. This book firmly established G. E. M. Skues and his methods as the preeminent force in early twentieth century fly fishing. The book is bound in brown cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Pictorial dust jacket (the jacket is from the third printing). A very good book with some foxing within the text. The dust jacket is good/very good with edge wear and chips at the spine ends..

Far Hills, New Jersey. Meadow Run Press. 1997. Deluxe Edition. Copy number 1 of 75 numbered copies. Signed by John Cole and Hawk Pollard on the limitation page. Oblong 8vo. (9 x 10). 206 pp. plus colophon. Color illustrations by John Rice. Photographs by Jeffrey Cardenas and Gil Drake. This was the publisher's (Bill Trego) personal copy. A significant group of stories and essays by the best writers: Russell Chatham - Jeffrey Cardenas - Jimmy Buffett - George Reiger - Nick Lyons - Thomas McGuane - Robert F. Jones - Peter Corbin - Jim Harrison - Flip Pallot, etc. The book is bound in quarter black morocco spine with gilt titles and green, blue and gray patterned paper over boards. Colored map end papers. With the original plain white paper dust jacket with the number 1 written on the front. Also includes the brochure, West of Key West, with two essays by the editors, signed by both. The brochure is the same size as the book. The book and brochure are in a clamshell box constructed of green and black… Read More

New York. The Derrydale Press. 1939. Limited Edition. Set number 29 of 950 copies published. Two volumes: Vol. 1: 200 pp. Vol. 2: 191 pp. including index. Quartos (12 x 9). With the folding map of British Columbia fishing waters opposite page 3 in volume 1. (About 325 to 360 copies of the 950 sets published were issued with the folding map; thus these sets are first states). Color frontispiece showing flies dressed by William Nation, Tommy Brayshaw, Harkley & Haywood, Roderick Haig-Brown, and General Money in each volume. Exquisite color plates of fish by E.B.S. Logier. Black and white plates. Charts and tables, one folding. The Western Angler remains the finest reference on trout and salmon fishing on the Pacific Coast. The book is bound in the original red cloth with gilt titles and gilt fly on the front covers and spines. An unopened set. A quite nice, clean set. In near fine condition. .

New York. The Lyons Press. 1998. First Edition. 8vo. (9 x 6). 196 pp. including bibliography, index. Signed by Craig Mathews on the half-title. Color plates showing several recommended fly patterns. Illustrated by Rod Walinchus. Text drawings and maps. The book is divided into four parts: The Western Way - The Skills - The Flies - Yellowstone Country's Second Season. Bound in black and red cloth with white titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

New York. The Derrydale Press. 1939. Limited Edition. Set number 409 of 950 copies published. Two volumes: Vol. 1: 200 pp. Vol. 2: 191 pp. including index. Quarto (12 x 9). Inscribed and signed by Roderick Haig-Brown to Wes Drain (also signed by Roderick Haig-Brown in volume 2). Color frontispiece of flies dressed by Roderick Haig-Brown, Tommy Brayshaw, William Nation, Gen. Noel Money, and Harkley & Haywood in both volumes. Folding map of British Columbia fishing waters opposite page 3 in volume one. Exquisite color plates of fish by E.B.S. Logier. Black and white plates. A multitude of black and white photographs in both volumes. Charts and tables, one folding. Inscribed by Haig-Brown to legendary Washington State fly fisherman, Wes Drain. Wes Drain fished the Stillaguamish River extensively beginning in the 1940s and captured the Washington State record fly-caught steelhead, a twenty-pound, seven ounce fish during the 1947-48 season on his own fly creation, Drain’s 20, one of first flies to… Read More

New York. The Derrydale Press. 1939. Limited Edition. Set number 381 of 950 copies published. Two volumes: Vol. 1: 200 pp. Vol. 2: 191 pp. including index. Quartos (12 x 9). Inscribed and signed by Roderick Haig-Brown in 1947 to Walter Johnson on the half-title page (both volumes signed by Haig-Brown). Laid-in are several original color photos of Walt Johnson and Roderick Haig-Brown. Lightly tipped-in on the half-title page is a note in Walt Johnson's hand, written near the end of his life, presenting the two volumes to a close friend; the remainder of the photos are kept in a tipped-in envelope. Color frontispiece showing flies dressed by Roderick Haig-Brown, Tommy Brayshaw, William Nation, Gen. Noel Money, and Harkley & Haywood in both volumes. With the folding map of British Columbia fishing waters opposite page 3 in volume one. Exquisite color plates of fish by E.B.S. Logier. Black and white plates. Charts and tables, one folding. Walter Johnson was a legendary steelhead fly fisherman who… Read More

Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Snake River Books. 1974. Deluxe Edition. Book number 83 of 100 copies published. Signed by Jack Dennis on the limitation page. Volume 1: 258 pp. Quarto (11 x 9). Foreword by Curt Gowdy. Color photo frontispiece. Color plates showing a variety of Western fly patterns. Step-by-step black and white fly dressing instructional photos. Recommend to all fly fishers who angle in the West. The book is bound in half brown leather with gilt titles and cream sail cloth covers with a gilt fly . A nice book. Previous owner’s book plate on the front paste down. In near fine condition. .

New York. The Lyons Press. 1998. First Edition. 8vo. (9 x 6). 196 pp. including bibliography, index. Color plates showing several recommended fly patterns. Illustrated by Rod Walinchus. Text drawings and maps. The book is divided into four parts: The Western Way - The Skills - The Flies - Yellowstone Country's Second Season. The book is bound in black and red cloth with white titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

New York. The Derrydale Press. 1939. Limited Edition. Set number 57 of 950 copies published. Two volumes: Vol. 1: 200 pp. Vol. 2: 191 pp. including index. Quartos (12 x 9). With the folding map of British Columbia fishing waters opposite page 3 in volume 1. (About 325 to 360 copies of the 950 sets published were issued with the folding map; thus these sets are first states). Color frontispiece showing flies dressed by William Nation, Tommy Brayshaw, Harkley & Haywood, Roderick Haig-Brown, and General Money in each volume. Exquisite color plates of fish by E.B.S. Logier. Black and white plates. Charts and tables, one folding. The Western Angler remains the finest reference on trout and salmon fishing on the Pacific Coast. The book is bound in the original red cloth with gilt titles and gilt fly on the front covers and spines. There’s some discoloration on the outside fore-edge on volume one, otherwise a clean set. Near very good..

New York. The Derrydale Press. 1939. Limited Edition. Set number 621 of 950 copies published. Two volumes: Vol. 1: 200 pp. Vol. 2: 191 pp. including index. Quartos (12 x 9). This set without the folding map of British Columbia fishing waters opposite page 3 in volume 1; thus this set is the second state. Color frontispiece showing flies dressed by William Nation, Tommy Brayshaw, Harkley & Haywood, Roderick Haig-Brown, and General Money in each volume. Exquisite color plates of fish by E.B.S. Logier. Black and white plates. Charts and tables, one folding. The Western Angler remains the finest reference on trout and salmon fishing on the Pacific Coast. The book is bound in the original red cloth with gilt titles and gilt fly on the front covers and spines. There’s light surface rubs to the cloth, otherwise a clean, very good set..

New York. The Derrydale Press. 1939. Limited Edition. This is set number 715 of 950 sets published. Both volumes signed on the half-title page by Roderick Haig-Brown. Two Volumes. Vol. 1: 200 pp. Vol. 2: 191 pp. including index. Quarto (10 1/2 x 8). Color frontispiece of artificial flies in each volume. Exquisite color plates of fish by E.B.S. Logier. Black and white photos. Text drawings. Foreword by C. McC. Mottley. Since its publication 80 plus years ago, Haig-Brown's masterful treatment of fly fishing in the Pacific Northwest remains the most comprehensive and thorough account published. An unopened set. The two volumes bound in their original bright red cloth with gilt titles on the spines and front covers, gilt flies. A nice set. A very good, bright set.. Signed by Author..

Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Snake River Books. Two Volumes. 1974 & 1980. Deluxe Editions. Volume 1: 258 pp. Volume 11: 320 pp. 4to. (11 x 9). Vol. 1: One of approximately 100 copies published with a lengthy inscription signed by Jack Dennis along with a drawing showing a large Humpy dry fly. Vol. II: Copy number 324 of 500 copies published which is inscribed and signed by Jack Dennis, along with a fly dressed by him (an Elk Hair Caddis) mounted on the limitation page. Illustrated color frontispieces in each volume. Color plates. Step-by-step black and white tying instructional photos. These two books are fundamental references for fly fishers who angle in the West. Both volumes uniformly bound in half brown leather with gilt titles and cream sail cloth covers. A nice set. Volume 1 has a bookplate designed by Lance Hidy (Pete Hidy's son). Both volumes fine..

Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Snake River Books. 1980. Volume 11: 320 pp. 4to. (11 x 9). Deluxe Limited Edition. Book number 351 of 500 copies published. This copy inscribed and signed by Jack Dennis with a fly dressed by him (a Humpy) mounted on the limitation page. Illustrated color frontispiece. Color plates. Step-by-step black and white tying instructional photos. If you fish in the West this book provides sound advice and recommendations based on Mr. Dennis's years of experience. The book is bound in half brown leather with gilt titles on the spine and cream sail cloth covers. A nice book. Fine..