After the Catch

by Welker, Jim

Description: Very Good. 1977 Mainstream Marketing, Cleveland, Ohio. Printed by Fortran, Inc. Softcover with stiff brown leather-patterned cardboard covers bound and tied with a strip of leather. Front cover has gold stamped lettering and a fish illustration. Color frontispiece. Brown text and illustrations on tan paper. 64 pages + index. Includes a matching bookmark of same material as covers, with gold fish illustration and book title. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have very light surface wear. ... Read More

People of the Ice Whale: Eskimos, White Men, and the Whale

by Boeri, David

Description: Very Good. 1985 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Trade paperback. 285 pages. A Harvest HBJ Book. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

Fly Fishing for Salmon

by Chance, Jack

Description: Good; Good Jacket. 1973 Adam and Charles Black, London. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover has green textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Color frontispiece. Black and white illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Back cover has a 1 inch round dent that affects the last few pages as well. Outer inch of the top and fore edges of the covers are lightly faded. Pages clean and unmarked. 84 pages. Glossy color illustrated dust jacket has light edge and ... Read More

Modern Salmon Fishing

by Bridges, Anthony

Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1963 Adam & Charles Black. Reprint of edition first published in 1939. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Top edges colored red. Deckle bottom edges. 17 black and white plates. 34 black and white illustrations. NOT ex-library. NOT Remaindered. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Name in ink on front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 228 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully ... Read More

Where to Fish, 1975-1976: the Field Guide to the Fishing in Rivers and Lakes

by Orton, D. A.

Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1975 Harmsworth (London). 76th edition. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Separate fold-out map in built-in pocket in the front. Map title is "The Field Fishing Map of Great Britain". Color and black and white photographs. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners rubbed. Spine ends lightly bumped. Map in excellent condition, with minor creasing and one small tear at one edge. Map pocket partially pulled away from ... Read More

Fish and Fisheries of Australia

by Roughley, T. C.

Description: Very Good; Fair Jacket. 1961 Angus and Robertson, Sydney. First published 1951; fourth reprint. Hardcover has green textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Map endpapers. Color frontispiece. 63 color plates, 21 black & white plates, 10 text illustrations. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Spine covering is very lightly wrinkled; no stains. First and last 2 or 3 pages lightly wrinkled at ... Read More

River Management: the Making, Care and Development of Salmon and Trout Rivers

by Coston, H. E. Towner; Pentelow, F. T. K.; Butcher, R. W.

Description: Good; No jacket. 1936 J. B. Lippincott Company. Series: The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has tan cloth-textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering and cover decorations. Top edges colored brown. Black and white frontispiece, plates, and illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Bottom corner of back cover bumped. Top and fore edges of covers faded about an inch in. Covers lightly soiled. Covers have light surface and edge wear. ... Read More

Seatrout Fishing

by Scott, Jock

Description: Good+; Good Jacket. 1969 Seeley, Service & Co., Ltd. The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes, Vol. XXXV. First Edition. No additional printings listed. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with beige cloth-covered spine and gold spine and cover lettering. Color frontispiece of fishing flies. 32 black and white plates, plus black and white illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Top and fore edge of covers faded about an inch in. ... Read More

Sex and Fly Fishers: a Delightful and Insightful Celebration of Fly Fishing

by Russell, Keith

Description: Fine; Fine Slipcase. 1992 Stone Wall Press, Inc. Signed, Limited Edition. SIGNED by author on limitation page. "This is copy number 116 of a limited edition of 1000". NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and cover decorations. Black and white illustrations by Larry Largay. Illustrated endpapers. Yellow satin index ribbon attached at head of binding. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. ... Read More

Making and Using the Fly and Leader: With Notes on Stream Tactics and Tackle Balance

by Young, Paul M.

Description: Good; No jacket. 1938 Published By Author. Third Edition. NOT ex-library. Hardcover with wire spiral binding has red cloth-covered boards and gold cover lettering. Black and white plates. 97 pages + Appendix to Fly Patterns. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Covers lightly soiled. Imprinted bookplate on front endpaper. A few pages have a light handling smudge in the margin. Pages ... Read More

A Dictionary of Trout Flies & of Flies for Sea-Trout and Grayling

by Williams, A. Courtney

Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1949 Adam & Charles Black. First edition, First printing. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Deckle bottom edge. Blind-stamped publisher's logo on back cover. Color frontispiece. Color and black and white plates. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Endpapers lightly foxed. Pages very ... Read More

American Food and Game Fishes: a Popular Account of All the Species Found in America North of the Equator, With Keys for Ready Identification, Life Histories and Methods of Capture

by Jordan, David Starr; Evermann, Barton W.

Description: Good+; No jacket. 1902 Doubleday, Page & Company. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 7.5 x 10.25 inches, has beige buckram cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering on a brown leather spine panel. Top page edges are gilt. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Color and black and white photographs and illustrations, many on glossy plates. Deckle fore edges and bottom edges. 572 pages. Binding partially cracked at frontispiece. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and ... Read More

A Pilgrimage of Anglers

by Wilson, Eugene E.

Description: Good; No jacket; No Slipcase. 1952 Connecticut Printers. Limited Edition of 450, hand numbered and signed by author on limitation page. This is number 134. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green marbled paper-covered boards with forest green leather-covered spine and gold spine lettering. Deckle fore edges. Black and white illustrations by Katherine Wilson. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. One inch section of ... Read More

The Sporting Magazine; Or, Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chase and Every Other Diversion, Interesting to the Man of Pleasure and Enterprise. Vol. 2, April 1793-September 1793

by The Editors Of The Sporting Magazine

Description: Poor. 1793, The Sporting Magazine. Covers & most of spine missing. Formerly bound in leather, this volume has only one-third of the spine leather remaining, & that is flaking off. However, the pages are well sewn together & the free endpapers are still present. Pages have a variety of small stains, & a few closed edge tears, but are NOT brittle. Page 17-18 has been torn out, leaving only one corner remaining. Page 195-196 has a long open tear at spine. Some pages have nicks, chips, or small ... Read More

Trout Fly-Fishing in America

by Southard, Charles Zibeon

Description: Good; No jacket. 1914 E. P. Dutton & Company. First Edition. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with gilt spine and cover lettering and decorations. Top edges gilt. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have edge wear and surface rubbing. Covers lightly soiled, with several spots on the front. Front hinge partially cracked along top two inches, ... Read More

Trout

by Bergman, Ray

Description: Good; No slipcase. 1938 Penn Publishing Co. Number 130 of a Limited Edition of 149 copies. SIGNED by author on limitation page. Full leather binding, gilt illustration of a trout on a line jumping from a pond. Three raised spine bands, gilt lettering, Marbled endpapers have tanned edges. Deckle fore & bottom edges. Top edges gilt. Tissued frontispiece. 15 color plates. Black & white illustrations. Hinges NOT cracked. Binding cracked at limitation page, but still strong otherwise. Leather ... Read More