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GAME FISH OF THE NORTHERN STATES OF AMERICA by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt

Fine in Fine Dust Jacket Marbeled paper covered boards, white linen backstrip Black paper label.
The Abercrombie & Fitch Library, Arno Press, New York 1967
Just a few line drawings are included, not attributed to any artist.
This has been reprinted from a copy in the collections of The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
324 pages with appendix.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number:.67-29248 copyright 1967, by Abercrombie & Fitch
"Published in 1862 under the pseudonym of Barnwell...(this) was one of the most important books on fishing ever to be published in America. The book not only contained an elaborate article on fish culture...but it was widely read and it established standards in sportsmanship."
"Robert Barnwell Roosevelt (1829-1906) fought Tammany most of his life. Author, politician, pioneer in conservation and reform, Roosevelt was born in New York City. Member of an old Knickerbocker family, he was educated in law. Shooting and fishing were his relaxation and when his sportsman's eye detected that fish and wild birds were speedily diminishing, he organized the various clubs of New York State into an association for the preservation of wild life." He was the Uncle of Pres. Theodore Roosevelt.
Item No: FW l Price: $30.00

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SUPERIOR FISHING; OR THE STRIPED BASS, TROUT, BLACK BASS, AND BLUE-FISH OF THE NORTHERN STATES by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt

Good, no dust jacket, grey-blue decorated cloth, gold lettering. etc.
New York, Orange Judd Company 1884, copyright 1884. This edition not in Bruns.
9 full page engravings, 11 smaller cuts.
Some wear to head and tail of spine, back inner hinge broken.
349 pages w/index and advertisements
Inscribed: "To George F. Ketchum, with fraternal regards of Fred E. Pond ("Will Wildwood")" Ketchum was the founder of the Warwick Valley (New York) Dispatch in 1885
"Embracing full directions for dressing artifical flies with the feathers of American Birds; An Account of a Sporting Visit to Lake Superior, etc. etc."
There is a full chapter, 38 pages on "Cookery for sportsmen", which includes recipes for game cookery, including "Daniel Webster's Chowder" which includes a bottle of port, or claret and 25 oysters"
Item No: FW 2 Price: $225.00

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FISHCRAFT A TREATISE ON FRESH WATER FISH AND FISHING by Will Wildwood, Author of "Handbook for Sportsmen", Etc.

Good, Small, 4 1/2 X 6 1/2" Red cloth, black lettering, black fish on cover.
Sportsman's Digest, Cincinnati, Ohio 1922 FIRST EDITION, Bruns #110 "NOT SEEN"
Small drawings of fish shape and markings dispersed throughout the pages, not attributed.
Inscribed on flyleaf G. F. Ketchum from "Will Wildwood" 1923. Inner hinges cracked, minor silverfishing.
146 pages plus 8 pages of adds
"Includes brief poetical selections prefacing the chapters descriptive of the various game fishes, thanks are due to ...Isaak McLellan".
"With comments on the haunts and characteristics of the principal game fishes and food fishes, modes of angling for them, suitable tackle, etc."
"The black bass is not a bass-it is a sunfish. The white perch is not a perch- it is a bass. The rock bass is not a bass- it is a sunfish....."
Item No: FW 3 Price: $110.00

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POEMS OF THE ROD AND GUN, Isaac McLellen, author, Pond, Fred E., editor

Good, Dark green cloth, black decor, gilt illustration and lettering cover, gilt lettering, spine.
Henry Thorpe, NY, 1886 Secretary of the Long Island Sportsmen's Association and Fountain Gun Club, Bruns #156
Frontis: "A Shot at the Start"
Inscribed on flyleaf:"To my friend G. F. Ketchum with fraternal regards of Fred E. Pond ("Will Wildwood"). Some silverfishing along outer hinge, light wear to head and tail, corners slightly worn & bumped. 2" spot on cover.
271 pages
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1886 by Isaac McLellan. First Edition
"An extraordinary spread of subject, poems about sheepshead, whiting, mackerel, seabrant, polar bears and kingfishers."Bruns
"English Skylark in Australia: In the Australian land, hard by the farmer's door, Spread idly on the grass were miners half a score:"
Item No: FW 4 Price: $165.00

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MUSKELLUNGE FISHING, by Ben C. Robinson

Near Fine, green binding, gold lettering, gold illustration on cover.
Appleton and Company, New York 1925 First Edition.
15 photographs
Inscribed on flyleaf:"From the library of Fred E. Pond "Will Wildwood" Presented to G. F. Ketchum" Some light foxing to blank endpapers and flyleaf, Illus p 112 coming loose, a few inkstains to back cover.
116 pages plus ads
Copyright 1925 by D. Appleton and Co.
Bruns # 75
"William C. Voght, Champion Fly caster, landed this thirty-pound muskellunge from the St. Croix River on a split bamboo fly rod of three and one-hlf ounces, and a light test line"
Item No: FW 5. Price: $325.00

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AMERICAN GAME IN ITS SEASONS. By Henry William Herbert "Frank Forester"

Very Good First Edition 1853 in Blue Cloth with blind stamping and gilt decorated cover and spine with gilt lettering.
New York, Charles Scribner, 145 Nassau Street, 1853
20 Illustrations, woodcuts, some by the author
Edgewear head and tail of spine, and back hinge, bookplate of former owner on front pastedown, edges of some pages are darkened with age, some light foxing.
343 pages plus ads.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by Charles Scribner. Bruns #158
"This volume, which is now for the first time submitted to the public in a connected form, is composed for the most part of papers which have appeared from time to time tin the pages of Graham's Excellent magazine, under the running title of "The Game of the Month"".
Chapters include "The Cariboo or American Reindeer, The Moose Deer, The Wild Goose, The Mallard and Widgeon, The American Snipe, Striped Bass, The American Trout, The Brent Goose, Bay Snipe, Hudsonian Godwit, The Salmon, The Woodcock, The Summer Duck, The Common Deer, The Blue Winged Teal, The quail, The Bittern, The ruffed grouse, The Yellow Perch, The Canvas-Back, The Winter Duck.
Item No: FW 6. Price: $155.00

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INVESTIGATIONS OF THE AQUATIC RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF PORTO RICO BY THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSSION STEAMER FISH HAWK IN 1899

Very Good, Black Cloth Binding with gilt lettering.
Washington, Government printing office 1900.
49 plates in full color, 33 by A. H. Baldwin and 16 by C. B. Hudson, 3 charts: San Juan Harbor, Mayaguez Bay, and Porto Rico.
Some small white flecks on cover, small marginal tear p 36, no loss of text, minor light foxing endpapers and flyleaf.
350 pages w/index and 6 pages including title page, and list of illustrations and text cuts.
Extracted from U. S. Fish Commission Bulletin for 1900. Pages 1 to 350, Plates 1 to 52.
Bruns # 17 Text by Barton Warren Evermann
"Soon after Porto Rico became a part of the United States the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries decided to make an investigation of the aquatic life of that island...The principal subjects of investigation were the fishes and fisheries of the island, the location and character of the different fishing grounds, the species taken on each etc."
Item No: FW 7. Price: $525.00

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McLANE'S GREAT FISHING AND HUNTING LODGES OF NORTH AMERICA

Fine in VG Dust Jacket, Grey paper covered boards, gilt lettering.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York 1984 Stated First Edition
Photographed by George W. Gardner, Edited with an introduction by A. J. McClane, Text by Terry Berger and Roberta Gardner, Designed and produced by Robert R. Reid.
A few small wrinkles in dust jacket.
176 pages.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number:83-22814. ISBN 0-03-061339-6
"The territory covered stretches from Coronation Bay on the Artic Ocean where the largest Artic char in the world are caught to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, where an exotic haven for duck hunters attracts a select group of adventurous sportsmen."
"Of the thousands of fishing and hunting lodges in North America, only a small percentage can be called great, not merely because of their amenities and the quality of the sport, but also for the professionalism of their management. "
Item No: FW 9. Price: $45.00

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THE HAIG GUIDE TO TROUT FISHING IN BRITAIN edited by David Barr.

Near Fine in Fine Dust Jacket Green Cloth with Gilt lettering.
Willow Books, Collins, 8 Grafton Street, London, 1983 First Edition.
Pictures by E. T. Atkinson, Dr. Eric Chaler, D. Dugan, W. J. Howes, Drew Jamieson, Moc Morgan, M. Nimmo, Arthur Oglesby, John Stridolph, Barbara and Graham Swanson, the late John Tarlton, John Topham and Dermot Wilson.
There are a few stains on the flyleaf, other wise fine condition.
192 pages w/index.
British Library Catalogue: SH687. ISBN 0 00 218030 8.
"From the chalk streams of Hampshire to the rushing rivers of Scotland and Wales, the brown trout fishing in Britain is amongst the finest in the world."
"The team of writers, whose skill with their pens is rivalled by skill with their rods and knowledge of their local waters, has been assembled under the gentle guidance of David Barr."
Item No: FW 10. Price: $32.00

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THE FLY-FISHINGEST GENTLEMEN by Keith C. Russell and 69 of his Brothers and Sisters of the Angle

Fine in Fine Slip Case, Dark Green simulated leather, gilt lettering.
Winchester Press, An Imprint of New Century Publishers, Inc. 1986 10th printing.
Contemporary drawings by Joseph C. Fornelli, with old engravings and woodcuts from the Elman Pictorial Collection.
This book is like new, and is #424 of 1200, signed by the author.
334 pages.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number:86-8786. ISBN 0-8329-0403-1 0-8329-0430-9 (case).
"Somehow, fly rods and shotguns go together, and surely Keith Russell goes exceeding well with both. A life-long fly fisher and waterfowler, Keith has served as senior vise president and trustee of Ducks Unlimited, Inc., and is currently a national director of Trout Unlimited and a trustee of the American Museum of fly Fishing. He has given much back to those resources which have meant so much to him, and, in his writing and editing, he contributes much to the pleasure of his fellow devotees." Gardner L. Grant, in forward.
Chapters include: "Half a Four-Leaf Clover, Dixon B. White; A Little Knowledge Can Be Dangerous, Salvatore Palatucci; How to Find Out Fast Who Are Your Really Close friends, Keith C. Russell; The Magic Rod, John Russell Woods; Twice Stung, Peg Keller" and more.
Item No: FW 11. Price: $125.00

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ART FLICK'S MASTER FLY-TYING GUIDE, by Art Flick, Ed Koch, Lefty Kreh, Ted Niemeyer, Carl Richards, Ernest Schwiebert, Helen Shaw, Doug Swisher & Dave Whitlock

Fine in Fine Dust Jacket, Red paper covered boards, Beige Cloth Backstrip, Red Lettering.
Crown Publishers, Inc. New York, copyright 1972, sixth printing.
More than 300 helpful black-and-white illustrations with 8 pages of flies in full color.
No markings or defects
207 pages w/index.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number:72-85693. ISBN 0-517-50023X.
"Never before has such an impressive galaxy of master fly-tyers been gathered together in one volume. Here nine of the nation's finest fly-fishermen disclose in precise, easy to understand directions and illuminating photographs and drawings how to tie some of their most effective patterns."
"Dry flies, wet flies, nymphs, saltwater patterns, midges, terrestrials, bass bugs, western patterns, bucktails, streamers, flies for salmon, the new No-Hackles and Paraduns, classic patterns and some never before described in print are all represented in ths important book."
Item No: FW 12.Price: $35.00

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CURRENTS & EDDIES + COVERTS & CASTS by William J. Schaldach.

2 Volumes in Slip Case, Fine condition.
Freshet Press, Inc. Rockville Centre, 1944, 1970 Limited to 1000 copies printed May 1970
8 Black & White, and 4 Color plates each volume, courtesy Crossroads of Sport, N.Y.C.
No markings or defects.
138pp each volume plus bonus Kingfisher plate in vol II.
"A trout in a fish market window is only a dead fish. A trout flashing from behind a boulder in fast water is a thing of beauty and a prize worth any effort." David Newell
"Stream fishing is a most satisfying and comforting occupation, a never-ending source of joy to those who follow it with the right spirit. It stirs the imagination and keeps alive the feeling of wonderment whithout which life means little." W. J. Schaldach
Item No: FW 13A. Price: $175.00

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THE PLEASURES OF FLY FISHING, By V. S. Hidy

Fine in VG, slightly chipped, price clipped Dust Jacket, Beige linen, red lettering.
Winchester Press Publisher New York 1972.
Photographs and Commentary on Streams, Rivers, Lakes, Anglers, Trout and Steelhead.
128 pages.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number:.77-159428. ISBN .0-87691-039-8.
"This book is an outward and visible sign of my inward, and spirtual involvement with Nature, fishing, and photography. It started out as pretty much a picture album, Then, as a longtime admirer of classic angling literature I thout of the great pleasure fly fishermen receive from reading the half-forgotten masterpieces of earlier angling writers."
"Fly fishing is a fair contest between the fish and the man. Success depends solely on the caprice of the fish, your won skill and perserverance. That is much." Sidney Buxton.
Item No: FW 14_ Price: $30.00

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TROUT FLIES NATURALS AND IMITATIONS By Charles M. Wetzel

Fine, in slightly chipped dust jacket, tan simulated leather over boards, dark blue, almost purple lettering.
The Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, copyright 1955 by C. M. Wetzel.
Illustrated with line drawings of wing detail, fly detail, method of tying detail.
152 pages w/appendix.
Library of Congress Number 55-11692.
Includes an emergence table detailing when and where certain flys emerge in climate corresponding to Pennsylvania's.
Detailed instructions for tying various flys, and where and when to fish with them for best success. It also includes a chapter on "Transplanting Stream Insects, another on "Fishing the wet fly"
Item No: _FW16A_ Price: $130.00

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ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE FOR THE ANGLER. The World's Best Fishing Stories. Edited by Charles K. Fox

Description: (1979), Hard cover, blue cloth, DJ,
A. S. Barnes, NY,
Condition =VERY GOOD, DJ GOOD w/ minor wear & spotting, edge tear.
249 pages
20 Stories by various Authors (Francis Francis; C. A. Augur; R. D. Blackmore; Henry van Dyke; T. Morris Longstreth; John Alden Knight; John Taintor Foote and others),
Size = 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches.
Item No: FW 17 Price: $ 22.00

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THE PHILOSOPHICAL FISHERMAN By Harold F. Blaisdell

First Printing Hard cover, grey cloth, DJ,,
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1969,
Condition =VERY GOOD, DJ GOOD w/ minor edge tears, minor wear, price clipped.
ix, 366 pages.
Size =6 x 8 3/4 inches.
Item No: FW 18 Price: SOLD

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NYMPHS AND THE TROUT By Frank Sawyer

Hardcover, green cloth, DJ,
Crown Publishing, Inc., NY, (1973),
Condition = FINE, DJ w/ 1/4 inch edge tear o/w FINE
272 pages.
Size = 5 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches.
"The Classic Book on Nymphs and Nymph Fishing Techniques"
Item No: FW 19 Price: SOLD

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THE ART OF FISHING WITH WORMS AND OTHER LIVE BAIT By Harold F. Blaisdell

First Edition. Hardcover, cloth, DJ,
Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1977,
Photographs by Mark Mitchell,
Size = 5 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches.
x, 241 pages,
Condition = FINE, DJ FINE.
A Note About the Author, A Note on the Type.
"A modern guide to the oldest form of fishing---".-
Item No: FW 20 Price: $16.00SOLD

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FLY - TYING MATERIAL TOOLS TECHNIQUE By Helen Shaw

Second Edition. Hardcover, cloth, DJ,
John Wiley & Sons, NY, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto, (1979),
Life-Size Photographs from the Fly-Tyers Side of the Vise.
Condition = FINE, DJ - VERY GOOD.
310 pages,
Size = 6 3/8 x 9 1/4 inches.
Item No: FW 21 Price: $24.00

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FEATHER IN THE BREEZE By J. Edson Leonard.

Hardcover, cloth, DJ,
Freshet Press, Rockville Centre, NY, (1974),
Illustrations-drawings.
Condition = corner bumped, bottom edge w/ small bump o/w VERY GOOD, DJ w/ edge tears, chip o/w VERY GOOD.
175 pages,
Size = 6 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches.
Item No: FW 22 Price: $15.00

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THE COMPLEAT BROWN TROUT By Cecil E. Heacox

First Edition, Hardcover, DJ,
Winchester Press, (1974),
drawings by Wayne Trimm.
Condition = FINE/FINE.
182 pages,
Size = 7 3/8 x 10 1/4 inches.
Item No: FW 23 Price: $30.00

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FISHING ADVENTURES IN CANADA AND U.S.A. By G. D. Luard

First Edition, Hardcover, DJ,
Faber and Faber Limited, London, (1950),
Illustrations=photographs, drawings.
Condition = corners nudged o/w VERY GOOD, DJ w/ tiny edge chips, price clipped o/w VERY GOOD.
157 pages,
Size = 5 5/8 x 8 3/4 inches.
Item No: FW 24 Price: $40.00

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MODERN FLY CASTING By John Alden Knight

Hardcover, DJ,
G. P. Putnam's Sons, NY, (1942),
Illustrations= photographs, drawings.
Condition = corner bumped else VERY GOOD, DJ chipped, light soil.
79 pages,
Size = 8 1/4 x 9 5/8.
"Introducing The Free Wrist Grip and The High Back Cast".
Item No: FW 25 Price: $24.00

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FLY-RODDING FOR BASS By A. D. Livingston

First Edition, Hardcover, DJ,
J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia & New York, (1976),
Illustrations=photographs, drawings.
Condition = FINE/VERY GOOD.
203 pages,
Size = 6 1/4 x 9 1/4.
Item No: FW 26 Price: $15.00

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JILL AND I AND THE SALMON By Jack Russell

First Edition, EX LIBRARY. Hardcover, DJ,
Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1950,
illustrations by Ralph L. Boyer.
Condition = VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD w/usual library marking & tape marks.
204 pages,
Size = 5 3/4 x 8 1/4
Item No: FW 27 Price: $15.00

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HOW TO TIE FRESHWATER FLIES By Kenneth E. Bay

First Edition. Hardcover, DJ,
Winchester Press, NY, (1974),
Photographs by Matthew M. Vinciguerra.
Condition = FINE/VERY GOOD (DJ w/ 1 inch tear top edge of front panel).
152 pages, Appendix,
Size = 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches.
Item No: FW 28 Price: $18.00

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FISHING FLIES AND FLY TYING by William F. Blades

Fine in Good Dust Jacket, Red cloth covered boards, gilt fly on front cover, and gilt lettering.
The Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, PA. Revised and enlarged edition.
Full color and black & white illustrations, with line drawings by the author.
If you want a real how-to-do it book on fly tying, this is the most comprehensive text you will find. Experts agree that the author's artificial flies copied from May Flies, Stone Flies, Caddis, Crane Flies and many, many others are far superior to any other.
319 pages with index..
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number:.61-17665 copyright 1951, by Stackpole and Heck, Inc., 1962 by The Stackpole Company
"Approximately 935 flies have been photographed, 200 of them in full color, and 210 pen drawings, painstakingly researched, and produced with the authenticity of an expert"
"Bill Blades was presented with THE DOLPHIN AWARD, highest honor in sport fishing and THE FISHING HALL OF FAME.
Item No: FW 29Price: $35.00

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NYMPH FISHING FOR LARGER TROUT by Charles E. Brooks

Fine in Fine Dust Jacket Blue paper covered boards, blue linen backstrip Black printing on spine.
Crown Publishers, Inc. New York copyright 1976 by Charles E. Brooks
Illustrated by Dave Whitlock, with black & white photographs, and line drawings and four pages in color.
Since nymphs comprise more than 90 percent of a trout's normal diet, nymph imitations are potentially the most effective flies for trout.
184 pages with index.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number:.76-10159
"Charles Brooks, a retired Air Force major, is a longtime fly-fisherman who now lives in that marvelous trout mecca, West Yellowstone, Montana. He has been an instructor in advanced fly-fishing methods for trout, and has published articles in FLY FISHERMAN, and elsewhere.."
Item No: FW 30 Price: $30.00

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FISHING WITH THE FLY Collected by Charles F. Orvis & A. Nelson Cheny

Very Good in VG Dust Jacket Light green cloth with black illustration and red lettering.
Charles E. Tuttle Co. Publishers, Rutland, Vermont
Sketches by Lovers of the Art, with Illustrations of Standard Flies
Slight edgewear to dust jacket, all else fine
First Tuttle edition, 1968, printed in Japan 329 pages w/325 numbered, index
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number:67-25012, originall published 1886 by Houghton< Mifflin & Co.
"15 color plates depicting more than 120 assorted fishing flies."
An informative and inspirational tribute to the sport. Twenty-four "Lovers of the Art" have set down in writing their vies on "The Angler's Greeting,", "Fly Casting for Salmon," "How to Cast a Fly," "A Perfect Day"
Item No: FW 31 Price: $40.00

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FISHING WITH THE FLY Collected by Charles F. Orvis & A. Nelson Cheny

Fine in VG Dust Jacket, dark green cloth, gold lettering on spine.
The Wellfleet Press Secaucus, NJ cy 1989
15 color plates of flies, and one map of Nipigon River
325 pp w/index plus3 pages of advice from noted fishermen.
ISBN 1-55521-377-4
"C. F. Orvis, born in 1831 in Mancheter, VT made his mark by founding in 1856, the fishing-tackle company that bears his name. The Green Mountains made him a trout fisherman, and his yankee practicality drove him to make a living from it. Few have ever combined them both so well."
In 1874 Orvis earned a patent for a ventilated fly reel that established seemingly forever how a fly reel should look, feel and perform. He made high-quality bamboo rods for the many, instead of for the few who'd wait for custom-builts. Later on, with Mary's help, he was pivotal in estasblishing standards for fine flies."
Item No: FW32 Price: $15.00

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YE GODS AND LITTLE FISHES by Eugene E. Slocum

Very Good in tattered Dust Jacket Green cloth Binding with red cloth backstrip, paper labels on spine and front cover.
NY Dodd Mead & Co. 1927
Bruns #173, first edition 1927 6" X 8"
Lower edge of spine faded, some shelf wear.
312 pages of good reading.
Printed by Vail-Ballou Press, Binghampton, NY
"This is the most delightful book on trout fishing I have ever read. It should be the Bible and Koran of all real fishermen" H. T. Webster, cartoonish
A Perfectly corking fish book. I swallowed it hook, line and sinker. The chapter on the breeding habits of trout should become a classic." George A. Dorsey
Item No: FW33 Price: $35.00

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OLD FOURLEGS, The Story of The Coelacanth, by J. L. B. Smith

Very Good in tattered Dust Jacket Blue cloth Binding with dark blue label & gold lettering on spine.
Longmans, Green and Co., London, NY, Toronto 1956
Photographs
light fading on backstrip, light shelf wear.
260 pages w/index
In 1939 J.L.B. Smith a famous ichthyologist started the scientific world by announcing the existence of the Coelacanth, long believed extinct.
"Old fourlegs is the story of the most sensational scientific discovery in natural history of this century, told by the scientist who is the central figure throughout.
Item No: FW34 Price: $65.00

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FAVORITE FLIES AND THEIR HISTORIES By Mary Orvis Marbury

Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket Green paper over boards binding with gold lettering on spine.
The Wellfleet Press, Secaucus, NJ cy 1988
Thirty two colored plates of flies, six engravings of natural insects and eight reproductions of photographs
light shelf wear.
522 pages w/index
Mary was not truly the author of this book; think of her instead as the compler and editor, a fromidable task itself. Her inquiries resulted in publishable responses from more than tw hunded fly fishermen in thirty-eight states, detailing almost three hundred flies.
"In the Victorian Era fly-fishing became popular as a "refined" way to fish, and the modern merchandising triangle of manufacturer, publisher and consumer was extablished.
Item No: FW35 Price: $30.00

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JACK IN THE BUSH by Rob't Grant

Very Good in original brown binding with gilt lettering and picture of fisherman catching a huge fish which is being netted by a friend. 1890 edition.
Jordan, Marsh & Co.
Illustrations by Frank T. Merrill.
Both inner hinges cracked, wear to head and tail of spine
374 pages plus list of other Jordan, Marsh books.
Small 8vo, 5 1/2 X 7 7/8 inches.
Subtitle A SUMMER ON A SALMON RIVER
Contents: Off to the Woods; The First Night in Canp; "Him Bright Salmon"; Settling Down; The Fourth of July; At the Big Salmon Hole; The Rivals; "Injun Falls"; Who Won the Rifle.
Item No: FW36 Price: $25.00

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