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London. Queen Anne Press. 1981. First Edition. 4to. (9 ½ x 7). 192 pp. including index. Color photo frontispiece showing a nice river scene. Color photos of rivers, fish and fishermen. Maps. Listen blokes, after a few drinks of Haig Scotch Whiskey, it won't matter if you're angling for salmon on an expensive Scottish beat or dunking for catfish in Cache Creek in Yolo County - it's all fun. The book is bound in blue cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

The Haig-Brown Kingfisher Creek Society was formed in 1980 "..to retain the natural setting on the Haig-Brown property for the enjoyment and education of the public," and to "..restore Kingfisher Creek and the enhancement of its salmon and trout habitat." Starting in 1980, the Directors of the Society began to issue newsletters to those interested in the project. Included herein are 59 issues of the privately published newsletter, beginning with the November 1982 issue and continuing through November 2002. They measure 8 1/2 x 17. The newsletters show the progression of this extensive undertaking over the course of twenty years. The first three issues are missing. Each issue is 2 pp. and several contain additional material issued by the Society. Many with reproduced hand-drawn maps showing the progress and development of the creek habitat and also a few with color photos showing the steady progression of the work. Almost all newsletters with their original mailing envelopes. These… Leer más

North Conway, New Hampshire. Fly Tyer Inc. 1981. Limited Edition. Book number 397 of 500 copies published. Signed by both authors on the limitation page. Quarto (11 x 9). 181 pp. including bibliography, index. Color plates showing many of the best patterns. Black and white photos including step-by-step dressing instructional photos. This is the first work devoted exclusively to hair-wing Atlantic salmon flies and it’s still best guide to dressing these flies. The authors offer practical suggestions as to the best methods of converting classic feather wing patterns into more practical hair-wing flies - the salmon don’t seem to notice the difference. Extensive pattern list. The book is bound in blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

North Conway, New Hampshire. Fly Tyer Inc. First Edition. 1981. Quarto (11 x 9). 181 pp. including bibliography, index. Six color plates showing many of the best patterns. Black and white photos including step-by-step dressing instructional photos. This is the first work devoted exclusively to hair-wing Atlantic salmon flies and it’s still the best guide to dressing the patterns. The authors offer practical suggestions as to the best methods of converting classic feather wing patterns into more practical hair-wing flies - the salmon don’t seem to notice the difference. Extensive pattern list. The book is bound in blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

North Conway, New Hampshire. Fly Tyer Inc. 1982.[1981] Second printing. 4to. (11 x 9). 181 pp. including bibliography, index. This is still best guide to dressing hair wing salmon patterns and converting classic feather wing patterns into more practical hair-wing flies. Color photos showing many patterns and a lovely water color by Charles De Feo entitled "Reflections". Extensive pattern list. Previous owner's name on front paste down, otherwise fine in a fine dust jacket..

Camden, Maine. Ragged Mountain Press. 1992. First American Edition. 8vo. 246 pp. including bibliography, index. Text illustrations. A fine compendium of information on the "why" of fly fishing for trout, citing numerous angling writers of the past who clearly understood the importance of the sport and its traditions. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice copy. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Copy #1. .

London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 1853. Third Edition. Octavo (7 x 4). viii, 312 pp. Illustrated frontispiece showing three Atlantic salmon flies. Woodcuts in the text. The third edition has been corrected and improved (there’s always a new "hook" to entice potential buyers). There are chapters on fly dressing, fly patterns, dyeing, etc. See Westwood & Satchell, pp. 85-86. "The chapters on fly-making are unusually clear and comprehensible." The book is bound in red calf spine and corners with a gilt title on the spine. Marbled boards and end papers. All edges marbled. The book is clean and bright. Very good. .

Casnovia, Michigan. Privately published by the author. 1992. Octavo (8 x 6 1/2). 242 pp. including index. Signed by the author on the front end paper. Black and white text drawings and photos. There are 15 chapters and sections on Charts, Sources and Tapers, and these chapters include how to select the right cane, planes, angles, binders, forms, glues, cork, finishes, final fitting, repairs, varnishes, staining, and rod designs, etc., etc,. The book is bound in a three-ring white plastic binder with black titles. Includes a floppy-disk (my how techno stuff has changed) within an envelope which calculates rod rings. A nice book. In fine condition. . Signed by Author..

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1994. First Edition. 4to. 46 pp. Color photos. Step-by-step instructions. Materials list. Bound in pictorial wrappers. Fine..

New York. The Derrydale Press. 1939. Limited Edition. Book number 1169 of 1250 copies published. Octavo (9 x 6). 240 pp. Illustrated frontispiece. Illustrations by Churchill Ettinger. Black and white plates. This is one of an undetermined number of copies issued in 1942 on behalf of the Clove Valley Rod and Gun Club. Signed by Ben Ames Williams at the top of the leaf. Great fishing and hunting stories by a gifted writer. The book is bound in cream and blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine and front cover. A nice bright and handsome book. Very good.. Signed by Author..

Alnwick, England. Hardy Bros. Ltd. 1926. Octavo (8 x 5). 374 pp. 48th. Edition. Color plates of trout and salmon flies, lures, minnows, etc. A large number of black and white illustrations showing reels, rods, lines, and other equipment miscellany sold by this world-famous tackle manufacturer. Articles by John J. Hardy, Hints on the Art of Angling, Dry-Fly fishing for Trout, Salmon Fishing with the Fly, Angling in Tasmania, Loch Fishing, Pike Fishing, Sea Fishing, Angling in Norway, Angling in New Zealand, etc. The catalogue is bound in the original light green colored cloth spine and green card covers with black titles and a photo of J. J. Hardy fishing on the front cover. Edge wear to the covers with a short closed tear on the front cover, old cello tape stains on the inside of the covers. A good-very good catalogue..

Grand Rapids, Michigan. Antekeier & Krause Publications. 1996. Quarto (11 x 8). 38 pp. Color photos showing natural stream insects, mayflies and caddis, and their corresponding artificial imitations. There’s also numerous text illustrations. Emergence charts. With sections on The River and its Hatches - Descriptions of the Natural Caddisflies - Caddisfly Imitations - Descriptions of the Natural Mayflies - Mayfly Imitations - Another Barbless Hook. A scarce book from the co-author of Selective Trout, Hatches, Fly Fishing Strategy, Prey, etc. There’s no copies to be found in the holdings of institutions or libraries. The book is bound in white plasticized pictorial wrappers with a comb spine, blue titles and color images of stream insects. There’s a drawback to this book, though. An enthusiastic dolt thought highlighting a few paragraphs with a yellow marker was a good idea; it’s not horrible, but more of an irritation. The book would be fine otherwise, so I’ll downgrade it… Leer más

Paducah, Kentucky. Collector Books. 2002. First Edition. 4to. (10 x 8). 368 pp. including index. An excellent history of the Heddon Company with voluminous color photos showing lures, reels, advertising posters and promotional material, advertising brochures and inserts, etc. With value ranges on the items described. The book is bound in pictorial blue cloth with white titles. A nice book. Fine..

Guilford, Connecticut. The Lyons Press. 2000 [2000]. Second printing. Octavo (9 x 6). 242 pp. including bibliography. With a generic signed inscription penned by Patrick Hemingway on the title page. Black and white plates. Foreword by Jack Hemingway. Edited and with an Introduction by Nick Lyons. Nick Lyons has selected a fine choice of Hemingway’s writing, to include stories and essays from his published books, contributions to periodicals, personal journals, notebooks, annotations, and other bits of stuff gathered here and there. The book is bound in black and grey cloth with grey titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A neat book. Fine in a fine dust jacket.. Signed..

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 2011. First Edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 6). 531 pp. including bibliography, index, plus colophon. Signed by the author on the title page. Inscribed, signed, and with a drawing by Patrick Hemingway on the Dedication page. Mr. Hemingway’s inscription essentially lays waste to the book, labeling it as "complete bull s**t." Without a doubt, Mr. Hemingway got straight to the point. The book is bound in blue and cream cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket.. Signed..

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1995. Quarto (10 1/2 x 8). 48 pp. Limited Edition. One of 400 copies published in hard cover. Beautiful color photography of the Henry’s Fork which flows through eastern Idaho. Colored text map. A precise guide to catching trout on the fly; there’s a color photo of the most effective patterns. The book is bound in gray cloth with silver titles on the spine and front cover. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

New York. Nick Lyons Books/Winchester Press. 1986. Limited Edition. Book number 433 of 500 copies published. Signed by Charlie Brooks on the limitation page. Quarto (11 x 9). 210 pp. including appendices, index. Black and white photos. Charlie Brooks didn't suffer fools with lightweight bamboo rods on his fast water - heavy sticks throwing cable-like lines designed to get nymphs the size of hummingbirds on the bottom were required for his type of fishing. The book is a rock-by-rock guide to the Henry's Fork. Mr. Brooks died of heart failure at Travis Airbase in Fairfield, California, before its publication. The book is bound in textured burgundy cloth with gilt titles. Purple slip case with gilt titles on the side panel. A nice book. Fine in a fine slip case.. Signed by Author..

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1995. First edition. 4to. (10 x 8). 48 pp. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Excellent color photos of artificial flies and attractive river scenes including a few nice trout. Maps. The book is bound in colorful pictorial wrappers with white and black titles. A nice book. Fine. .

New York. The Marchbanks Press. [n.d., but ca. 1932]. 8vo. (7 x 5). 8 pp. Mr. Hewitt's fly fishing products offered for sale, including flies, leaders, oil, leader soak, trout feed, condition chart. The booklet is bound in cream wrappers with staples. A very scarce Hewitt item. Light edge wear, otherwise very good. .

New York. The Marchbanks Press. 1934. 8vo. (7 x 5). 31 pp. Bibliographer Hank Bruns' copy with his distinctive red armorial book plate. Mr. Hewitt's treatise on fishing the nymph based many years' experience - he can be a little bombastic at times but what he writes is accurate and helpful. The book is bound in light green pictorial wrappers with dark green titles. A touch of fading to the edges, otherwise fine..