Western Fly Fishing Guide
Portland: Frank Amato Publications, 1987. First Edition. Wraps. Quarto; pp; 88; illustrated with black and white photographs, maps; original printed pictorial paper wrappers;. Where to go... etc. with ads. More
Portland: Frank Amato Publications, 1987. First Edition. Wraps. Quarto; pp; 88; illustrated with black and white photographs, maps; original printed pictorial paper wrappers;. Where to go... etc. with ads. More
Portland: Frank Amato Publications, (1992). First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Quarto; pp. 96 with bibliography; profusely ilustrated with color photographs, and a map; pictorial paper wrappers. Color plates of the best flies to fish the river. More
London: Eyre And Spottiswoode, (1949). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; viii, (ii), 206; illustrated with numerous photographs; blue cloth lettered in black in a dust jacket; previous owner's bookplate; a good or better copy, fore-edge spotted. Signed by the author, "tight lines" on a free fly leaf. Salmon fishing in..... More
(New York): Penguin Books, (1979). First Penguin edition. Paperback. Octavo; pp; 96; decorations; pictorial wrappers;. A delightful novella of angling obsession.... "The Moby Dick of this saga was a gigantic trout, a fish so enormous that other trout seemed mere minnows in comparison. The Cptain Ahab was William Humphrey, the..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, (1986). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 323; green cloth and beige paper covered boards lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket;. Inscludes "My Moby Dick" , "The Spawning Run" and other tales, a nice collection. More
(New York): Winchester Press, (1977). Third printing. Hardcover. Small quarto; pp; xv, (i), 224, index; illustrated with photographs by the author, line drawings; glossy black boards lettered in white in a dust jacket; some dustjacket edge wear at rear panel top;. This copy warmly inscribed on a preliminary by the..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. Limited Edition. Hardcover. (1949). Octavo (5.75 x 8.5), blue-green and black cloth, gilt, with gilt -stamped leaping bass at center cover. 200pp. 3 color plates and 18 photographs in black and white. Limited to 150 copies. This copy is not numbered, instead it..... More
Harrisburg: Stackpole Books, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. (Harrisburg): Stackpole books, (1990). Octavo, green leatherette, gilt, in dust jacket. Illustrated with color photos and black and white drawings. Photos by Norm Shires, tying sequence illustrations by Rich Shires. Foreword by Paul Schullery. Very good in very good jacket. Imitations of non-aquatic..... More
Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2002. First paperback printing. Hardcover. (2002). Quarto (8.5" x 10"), pictorial wraps. 144pp. Illustrated with vintage and color photographs. More
Sandpoint: Krokee Co., Publishing, 1994. Thomas Hunter. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited collector's edition of 225 copies. This is number 76. Octavo, grey gilt-stamped cloth with grizzly bear motif. 142, (3)pp. Illustrated by Thomas Hunter. Very good or better. This copy has an original watercolor by Thomas Hunter on the front..... More
Sandpoint: Keokee Co., Publishing, 1994. Thomas Hunter. Limited Edition. Cloth. Limited collector's edition of 225 copies. This is number 76. Octavo, grey gilt-stamped cloth with grizzly bear motif. 142, (3)pp. Illustrated by Thomas Hunter. Very good or better. This copy has an original watercolor by Thomas Hunter on the front..... More
(Far Hills N.J.): Meadow Run Press, (1996). First edition, thus. Limited to 1000 copies. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. 97 plus a colophon; Illustrated with a frontispiece and chapter head decorations; cream and green cloth in a slipcase with illustrated label;. 1000 copies of this edition were printed with added art work..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., (1976). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 203, index; illustrated with photographs; black cloth and green paper covered boards lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket;. Well presented instructional. More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1996). First edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xvi, (2), 3-287; Line drawings; blue cloth and light blue boards, lettered in silver in a dust jacket. No one writes of life on a river better than Nick Lyons. More
Portland: Frank Amato Publications, 1996. First printing. Paperback. (1996). Quarto, pictorial wraps. 48pp. Illustrated with photos and a map in color. More
Portland: Frank Amato Publications, (1996). Only Edition. Wraps. Quarto; pp; 48; beautifully illustrated with color photographs; original printed pictorial slick wrappers;. Colour plates of flies by Jim Schollmeyer, colour photographs throughout. Detailed, well illustrated account of the Miramichi River and its tributaries. Where to fish, how to get there, and..... More
Woodstock Vt: Countryman Press, (1991). Limited edition. Hardcover. Limited first edition,1/2500 cloth bound copies; Octavo; pp; x, 196, (ii), ad and colophon; Illustrated with photographs, line drawings and decorated endpapers; cream cloth lettered in brown script in a pictorial dust jacket;. A deligtful book on the joy of small water..... More
(Harrisburg): Stackpole Books, (1992). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xii, 372, index; Illustrated, color and black and white photographs, maps; red cloth letterted in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket;. After teaming up to fish every major trout stream in the United States, Meck and Hoover describe the fishing, hatches..... More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, (1977). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xi, (i), 112; Illustrated with photographs;blue cloth and light blue paper covered boards, spine lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket;. Ernest Hemingway, Charles Ritz and many others, an interesting diverting angling travelogue. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First American edition from English sheets. Hardcover. Duodecimo (5" x 7.5"), red cloth, gilt and decorated iin blind. 255pp. with index and bibliography. Illustrated primarily by photographs. Very good or better in like jacket. Jacket has some chipping, particularly at the bottom edge and..... More
(New York): Lyons & Burford, Publishers, (1991). First Edition. Octavo; pp. (x), 221 with index; Illustrated; black cloth and blue boards, gilt in a dust jacket;. Science as applied to practical angling. More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Company, (1973). Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xix, (iii), 613, index; illustrated with photographs, drawings, tables, charts, maps, by Samuel Bryant; green cloth with dark green title tiles on spine and upper board lettered in gilt, map endpapers, in a pictorial dust jacket;. Not an uncommon book..... More
Clinton NJ: Amwell Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xix (i), 335, (v), colphon, notes; Illustrated with the author's own specially commissioned art in color and black and white; decorated robin's egg blue bonded leather in a slipcase;. Ovington's outdoor experiences hunting for upland game birds, waterfowl, deer, and..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, (1975). First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto; pp; xii, (ii), 177, index; illustrated with photographs; cream cloth and khaki paper covered boards in a pictorial dust jacket;. The definitive book on the subject. More
New York: Crown Publishers, (1975). Review copy / Presentation copy. Hardcover. Small quarto; pp; xii, (ii), 177, index; illustrated with photographs; cream cloth and khaki paper covered boards in a pictorial dust jacket;. The definitive book on the subject. This copy is a review copy with promotional materials laid in..... More