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New and Excellent Experiments and Secrets in the Art of Angling:  Being Directions for the Whole...

New and Excellent Experiments and Secrets in the Art of Angling: Being Directions for the Whole Art.

by Woolley, Hannah

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London. The first two leaves are supplied in manuscript and the last title . lacks the last leaf of the index. ** The angling title is complete, . the book has been professionally respined matching the original binding.. 1683. Third Edition. Hardcover. 24mo 5" - 6" tall; Contemporary blind ruled leather, frontispiece showing a woman and a woman with fishing rods. **Being pages [142]-167 of: The Accomplish'd lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery : containing I. the art of preserving and candying fruits & flowers..., II. the physical cabinet, or, excelllent receipts in physick and chirurgery : together wilth some rare and besutifying waters, to adorn and add loveliness to the face and body : and also some new and excellent secrets and experiments in the art of angling, 3. the compleat cooks guide, or, directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl, and fish, both iln the English and French mode... **OCLC #270816780. .
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Fresh-Water Bass.

Fresh-Water Bass.

by Bergman, Ray

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Used - Very Good+
Edition
First Edition
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New York: Wm. Penn Publishing Co.. Very Good+. [1942]. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 3/4 dark green morocco, top edge gilt, 436p., color plates, index. **Copy number 107 of 249 signed by the author, in publisher's gray box with printed label.; Signed by Author .
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Ristigouche and its Salmon Fishing.

Ristigouche and its Salmon Fishing.

by Sage, Dean, & Arnold Glingrich, Charles Defeo, & Ogden Pleisner

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As New
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First Edition Thus
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Goshen CT: Angler's & Shooter's Press. As New. 1973. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Publisher's full burgundy calf gilt, raised bands, top edge gilt, xxxviii, 304p., illustrated, two color plates, illustrated, bibliography, list of subscribers, in publisher's extra cost fitted box. **One of 250 copies.; Signed by Illustrator .
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Dry Fly Entomology: a Brief Description of Leading Types of Natural  Insects Serving As Food for...

Dry Fly Entomology: a Brief Description of Leading Types of Natural Insects Serving As Food for Trout & Grayling with the 100 Best Patterns of Floating Flies and the Various Methods of Dressing Them.

by Halford, Frederic M.

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Used - Text volume is rubbed with some loss of color. Plate volume has worn but complete spine top, board beginning to show at one cor
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First Edition
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London: Vinton & Co.. Text volume is rubbed with some loss of color. Plate volume has worn . but complete spine top, board beginning to show at one corner, the . 18 flies in the first two frames are incomplete, mainly lacking hackles, . still a tlight attractive set.. 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; Two volumes, full green morocco, uncut and unopened. Volume I, text: uncut and unopened, xvi, 314p., illustrated, 18 plates with wood engraved plates & 10 hand colored etched plates, index, advertisement for the "Halford Priceless" dry fly rod. Volume II, all edges gilt, contains the 100 flies in 12 recessed card mounts, title page and advertisement . **Set number 84 of 100, signed by Halford on both title pages.; Signed by Author .
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Spring Creek. Drawings by Mari Lyons.

Spring Creek. Drawings by Mari Lyons.

by Lyons, Nick

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Edition
First Edition
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[New York]: Atlantic Monthly Press. Fine. [1992]. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Cloth, paper spine label on front board, in fitted clamshell case with color illustrations mounted inside, 169p., illustrated. **This edition concists of twenty-six copies, lettered A to Z... Each copy contains an original watercolor by Mari Lyons, The binding of this edition was designed by Kenin Begos Jr.. This is copy C.; Signed by Author & Illustrator .
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Reminiscences from 50 Years of Flyrodding.

Reminiscences from 50 Years of Flyrodding.

by Rosborough, E. H. "Polly"

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First Edition
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[Caldwell ID]: Caxton Printers, Ltd.. Fine. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Full dark green art leather, titled in gilt on apine with pictorial gilt front board, xvi, [1], 309p., illustrated, color frontispiece. **Number 41 of 300 signed copies. .
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A Book of Small Flies, by Rene Harrop, Poul Jorgensen, Eric Leiser,  John Merwin, S. A. Neff, Jr....

A Book of Small Flies, by Rene Harrop, Poul Jorgensen, Eric Leiser, John Merwin, S. A. Neff, Jr. , and Ernest Schwiebert. Frontispiece by Al Barker.

by Oelgart, Isaac (Editor & Designer)

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First Edition
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Arlington VT: Isaac Oelgart. Fine. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Miniature; Miniature; Two volumes bound in full Hewitt niger, gilt tooled, with cloth covered slipcase. Volume I: 105, [1]p., colored frontispiece. Volume II: double shadow box containing eight miniature flies, two each tied by Schwiebert, Jorgensen, Harrop and Neff. Binding is 7.6 by 5.6 cm, pages are 7.3 by 5.6cm. **Related materiials include the 8vo prospectus with mounted title page and stitched in single-sided sheet containing "Contents" and page 7, one of 400 copies. Also a "thankyou" in the form of a colored etching initialed by the artist, with one page of text, same size as the book, and another etching, horizontal format, colored and initialed. All, other than the prospectus, being one of 60 numbered sets. **Bradbury p.167 #1. Hand O-47. .
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The Complete Angler.

The Complete Angler.

by Walton, Isaak & Charles Cotton

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Used - Very Good-; Lacks small piece from top of spine.
Edition
First American Edition
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London: Charles Tilt. Very Good-; Lacks small piece from top of spine.. 1837. First American Edition. Hardcover. Tilt's Miniature Classic Library; Miniature; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; Two volumes in one, red contemporary cloth, pictorial gilt spine showing crossed rod and net, boards ornately blind tooled with gilt stamping showing three fish, all edges gilt, 11.1 by 7.6cm, xi, 152, [3], 149p., frontispiece in each volume, publisher's ads. **With the American imprint of T. Wardle, Philadelphia. American Imprint 45195. Coigney 48. Henderson, Early American Sport, 2nd ed., page 185. .
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The Complete Angler.

The Complete Angler.

by Walton, Isaak & Charles Cotton

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Used - Very Good-; Light rubbing of extremeties with minor loss of color.
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First American Edition
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London: Charles Tilt. Very Good-; Light rubbing of extremeties with minor loss of color.. 1837. First American Edition. Hardcover. Tilt's Miniature Classic Library; Miniature; 32mo ; Two volumes, burgundy color leather, spine blocked in gilt, boards ornately blind tooled, all edges gilt, green ribbons, 10.8 by 7cm, xi, 152, [3], 149p., frontispiece in each volume, publisher's ads. **With the American imprint of T. Wardle, Philadelphia. American Imprint 45195. This set is enhanced with having the contemporary American ownership inscription of Samuel(?) B. Fales, Philad. 1839. Coigney 48. **We also have another set, poor condition, but from the same bindery. Bruns page 484, listed without number. Henderson, Early American Sport, 2nd ed., page 185. .
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