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Davis, J. Charles II . CALIFORNIA SALT WATER FISHING
NY 1949 1st Barnes. Octavo, 271pp., photo illustrations and line drawings, hardcover. Owner signed. Near VG, light cover soiling. no DJ. (a4835x)
$20.00 Knight, John Alden . THEORY AND TECHNIQUE OF FRESH WATER ANGLING
NY 1940 Harcourt Brace. 8vo., 223pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a8908)
$29.00 Gardner, Erle Stanley . HUNTING THE DESERT WHALE PERSONAL ADVENTURES IN BAJA CALIFORNIA
NY 1960. 8vo., 208pp., photos. VG, no DJ. (a20702)
$25.00 E. S. . BRITAINES BUSSEE WITH THE STATES PROCLAMATION CONCERNING HERRING-FISHING
NY 1974. Johnson reprint of original London 1615 edition. The English Experience No. 690. thin hardcover. sm8vo., about 39pp., red cloth with blue label. Near Fine, slight spot on front cover, no DJ. (a28378)
$45.00 Rivas, Luis R. and R. G. Walton Smith . LOU MARRON - UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI PACIFIC BILLFISH EXPEDITION PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR 1954
Coral Gables 1955. Marine Laboratory University of Miami. 8vo., 65pp. photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a38785)
$55.00 Smith, Peter . THE LAMMAS DRAVE AND THE WINTER HERRIN' A HISTORY OF THE HERRING FISHING FROM EAST FIFE
Edinburgh 1985. 8vo., 166pp., illustrations, wraps. VG, light rubbing. (a39506)
$39.00 (korea) . REPORT OF THE RESULTS OF EXPLORATORY FISHING IN SEA EAST OF KOREA
Pusan 1969 Fisheries Research & Development Agency. In Korean. 4to., 100pp., diagrams, wraps. VG. (a40444)
$40.00 (korea) . REPORT OF EXPLORATORY FISHING IN THE SOUTHWSTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Pusan 1968 Fisheries Research & Development Agency. In Korean. 4to., 173pp., diagrams, wraps. VG. (a40450)
$50.00 (korea) . REPORT OF EXPLORATORY FISHING IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
Pusan 1968 Fisheries Research & Development Agency. In Korean. 4to., 287pp., diagrams, wraps. VG. (a40451)
$60.00 Francis, Francis . HOT POT: OR MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS (1880)
London 1880 1st Field Office. Essays on Fishing; much on trout and salmon fishing. Hardcover. Small octavo, 316pp., original green cloth with black and gilt trim. Good, new endpapers, cover somewhat worn. (a48583)
$75.00 (japan) . BOOK IN JAPANESE ON FISHING AND USING FISH TO MAKE PAINTINGS AND WATERCOLOR DRAWINGS
1955 Japan Publications, Inc. In Japanese. Sm.4to., monochrome and color photo illustrations, stiff wraps with dust jacket. VG in VG DJ. (a57166)
$22.00 Meanley, Brook . NATURAL HISTORY OF THE KING RAIL
Washington 1969 Department of Interior. 8vo., 108pp., photo illustrations, original printed wraps. A few Depository Library stamps. VG. (a57328)
$23.00 Norris, Thaddeus . AMERICAN FISH-CULTURE, EMBRACING ALL THE DETAILS OF ARTIFICIAL BREEDING AND REARING OF TROUT; THE CULTURE OF SALMON, SHAD, AND OTHER FISHES
Philadelphia 1868 Porter & Coates. Sm.8vo., 304p., frontis, illustrations, original cloth hardcover. Label ar heel of spine. Good, new endpapers, part of spine re-attached, top part of front outwer hinge is worn and chipped. Scarce. (a59292)
$45.00 Carroll, Dixie . FISHING , TACKLE AND KITS - PRACTICAL INFORMATION GAME FISH: HOW TO LAND THEM; THE CORRECT TACKLE AND HOW TO USE IT
Cincinnati 1920 2nd Stewart & Kidd. Octavo, 334pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG. (a65434)
$30.00 Crawhill, Joseph . THE COMPLEATEST ANGLING BOOKE THAT EVER WAS WRIT, BEING OUT OF YE AND OTHER TONGUES BY A PERSON OF HONOR
Rockville Centre 1970. Freshett Press reprint of 1881 edition. Lg.4to., 239pp., printed on Nideggen paper, gilt patterned end papers, hardcover. Fine in VG plus gilt paper- covered slipcase. (a65972)
$39.00 Bergman, Ray . WITH FLY PLUG AND BAIT
NY 1947 1st William Morrow. Large octavo, 640pp., color illustrations, index, original hardcover. Owner bookplate on verso of front free flyleaf. VG, no DJ. (a66677)
$25.00 Venables, Colonel Robert . THE EXPERIENCED ANGLER: OR ANGLING IMPROVED
London 1969 Antrobus Press. Facsimile of 1662 edition. 12mo., lx (introduction), 61pp., original hardcover. Fine. (a66684)
$25.00 Boxberger, Daniel L. . TO FISH IN COMMON: THE ETHNOHISTORY OF LUMMI INDIAN SALMON FISHING
Lincoln 1989 University of Nebraska. Hardcover. Octavo, 212pp., index, cloth. Near Fine, some spots on front blank, no DJ., (a67126)
$24.00 Farrington, S. Kip Jr. . PACIFIC GAME FISHING
NY 1942 1st Coward-McCann. Hardcover. 4to., 290pp., photo illustrations, color drawings, index, bright bue cloth with gilt fish on front. Inscribed and signed by Farrington (to Philip B. Inglehart in 1942). Near Fine, faintest amount of spine color fading and slightest amount of foxing on a very few pages, no DJ. (a71060)
$115.00 Brookes, R. (Richard) . THE ART OF ANGLING, ROCK AND SEA-FISHING: WITH THE NATURAL HISTORY OF RIVER, POND AND SEA-FISH ILLUSTRATED WTIH 133 CUTTS
London 1740 1st John Watts. Hardcover. 12mo., (14), 249pp., (11), title page in red and black, full leather with 5 raised bands and mounted leather spine label. Owner signed neatly in ink on front end paper (Arthur Duff). VG, occasional light spotting in text. An excellent copy of an essential work for any serious collection of fishing books. (a71062)
$1050.00 An Angler (Humphry Davy) . SALMONIA: OR DAYS OF FLY FISHING
London 1829 2nd John Murray. In a series of conversations with some account of the habits offishes belonging to the genus Salmo. Hardcover. 12mo., 335pp., 6 fine engraved plates by Finden (collated complete), text illustrations, modern rebinding in 3/4 leather, raised spine bands, gilt spine lettering. The plates show: Denham, Loch Maree, Downton, Fall of the Traun, Hallstatt Lake and Town, Grundtl Lake. Old ink owner inscription on front blank and once in one outer text page margin. Fine. A Fishing Classic. (a71064)
$345.00 Kerr John Law . THE LEGEND OF USEPPA
c. 1939. Brochure promoting the Useppa Inn, beloved by big-time fishermen in Florida. Hardcover. Small octavo, 35pp., photo illustrations including two page photo centerpiece of the Inn, cloth. VG, faint indentation line on front, slight foxing on initial and final pages, no DJ. No ownership marks. (a75205)
$875.00 Gingrich, Arnold . THE FISHING IN PRINT: A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES OF ANGLING LITERATURE
NY 1974 1st Winchester Press. ISBN 0-87691-157-2. Hardcover. 4to., 344pp., illustrations, cloth. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. (a77739)
$25.00 Traherne, Michael . BE QUIET AND GO A-ANGLING
London 1949 1st Lutterworth press. Hardcover. Small octavo, 200pp., light blue silver illustrated cloth. Bookplate of Lyman P. Collins. VG plus, no DJ. (a77762)
$320.00 Walton, Izaak and Charles Cotton . THE COMPLETE ANGLER, OR THE CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S RECREATION
London 1896 John C. Nimmo. Fishing Classic, edited by John Major. Hardcover. Octavo, 445pp., small text illustrations, original green cloth with gilt lettering and three gilt fish on front. Top edge gilt. Bookplate of Lyman Collins. Top edge gilt. VG, light wear. (a77764)
$119.00 Salter, T. F. . THE ANGLER'S GUIDE: BEING A PLAIN AND COMPLETE PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE ARTOF ANGLING FOR SEA, RIVER , AND POND FISH; DEDUCED FROM MANY YEARS' PRACTICE AND OBSERVATION TO WHICH IS ADDED A TREATISE ON TROLLING
London 1830 7th with the Author's last corrections and additions, John Wicksteed. Hardcover. Octavo, 88 woodcut illustrations and steel engraved frontis portrait of Salter, original cloth covered boards with later paper spine. Good, faded and a bit worn. (a77888)
$120.00 Lyman, Henry . BLUEFISHING
Bodton 1952 Second Printing Salt Water Sportsman, Inc. Octavo, 98pp., illustrations, original flexible illustrated stiff wraps. Owner bookpltae. VG. (a81218)
$25.00 Casseday, Morton M. . THE LAND OF MANATEE FISHING AND SHOOTING IN FLORIDA NUMBER 3 FOR TOURIST, SPORTSMAN, AND INVESTOR
NY 1905 Presbrey. Large octavo, 24pp, of text with small photo illustrations advertising Florida' attractions, especially for fishermen and hunters, original stringbound wraps. Good plus, light fraying of cover edges. Number 3 only. (a81329)
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