The Cod Fisheries; The History of an International Economy by Innis, Harold A

Canberra, Australia: Dept. of External Affairs, 1955. Very Good, toning to front endpage, boards a bit bumped, in a Very Good dust jacket, 1" tear at spine fold and light edge wear. SCARCE in dust jacket. From the library of David G. Frey, one of the pioneers of paleolimnology, with his namestamp front endpage. With 19 figures in the text and 56 plates in black and white. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Piscataway, NJ: Winchester Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly toned and soiled. 1985. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0832904163 . xx, 296pp. Acknowledgements, forewords, black and white illustrations and photographs, graphs, tables, and index. "A book of inestimable value to the amateur rod-builder and the best assurance yet that rod-building - far from being a lost art - will grow and prosper in the future", from the rear jacket panel. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1902. First English Edition. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Green publisher's cloth with motif in gilt and silver. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear cloth age-toned with slight lower corner and spine tip wear. 8vo; 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches. 209 pages with an index, 48 photos on plates. First English edition. Ref: Bruns T64. "The coast of America, and more particularly that of Florida and Mexico, is the recognized resort of those who angle for the biggest that the sea has to give".   "In this volume I have endeavored to lay before fellow sportsmen at home some of the charms of fishing for tarpon ......" The author reminiscences and describes angling in Florida waters for tarpon, sharks, rays, catfish and bass. Reads like an old sailor's tale and is aimed to distinguish the fish that call the coast around Florida home from those elsewhere in the oceans, Turner-Turner's work has aided… Read More

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. Decorated Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Color Plates by Sutton Palmer. Publisher's Prussian blue pictorial cloth strikingly blocked to an Art Nouveau design in olive green, white, and gilt to spine and upper board, designed by A. A. Turbayne with his scarab monogram; top edge gilt. xiii, 287, [index]; with 75 colour plates with captioned tissue-guards after paintings by Sutton Palmer and a folding map. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Some foxing to the preliminaries. Gift inscription on the front free end-page to Helen Stanton Campbell from J. G. Stanton.. An exploration of angling opportunities of the English inland waterways as the landscape and cultural history of the settlements along the river banks are described. Background Information: Sutton Palmer is celebrated for his masterful watercolours, which are of universal appeal. His passion and ability for drawing were evident… Read More

The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being A Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing. In Two Parts: the first written by Mr. Izaak Walton, the second by Charles Cotton, Esq. with the Lives of the Authors: and notes, historical, supplementary, and explanatory, by Sir John Hawkins, Knt. and the present editor. Printed for Samuel Bagster, in the Strand, by R. Watts, at Broxbourne, on the River Lea, Herts, London, 1815. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 514 pp. Portrait frontispiece, full page engravings and numerous in-text illustrations including etchings by Percy Thomas, paintings by John Linnell, and engravings by G.E. Lodge; monthly fishing calendar, publisher's ads. Professionally rebound in quarter dark brown leather over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers. Toning to title page with offsetting from plates; occasional foxing spots. Tightly bound with some page corners remaining uncut. A beautiful collectible copy.

London: Chapman and Hall. Very Good+. 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean brown pebble cloth with bright gilt title on spine. Lightly rubbed front corners. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Illustrated with woodcut head and tail pieces and vignettes. Sports, Fly- Fishing, Angling ; Engraved illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 212 pages .

THE FROZEN DEEP BY WILKIE COLLINS, AUTHOR OF "THE WOMAN IN WHITE" AND "THE MOONSTONE". PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM F. GILL AND COMPANY, BOSTON, 1874, 1ST AMERICAN EDITION. ILLUSTRATED BY ALFRED FREDERICKS. USED. GOOD- CONDITION Green cloth boards with Black and gold gilt titling and ornamentation that remains fairly bright. Tight binding, bright pages. There is a liquid spill on a couple of pages as shown in our photos.

New York / Chicago: The Angler's Publishing Company / the Western Anglers Publishing Company, 1886. Hardcover. Fine with no dust jacket. 249 pages plus alot of pages of ads. very slight rubbing to covers. a beautiful copy. previous owner's name and address on inside front cover. ; 4 3/4 x 7 1/2

NEW YORK: EUGENE V. CONNETT FOR ANGLERS CLUB OF NEW YORK, 1927 NICE LOOKING BOOK WITH TEXTURED COVER, LIMITED EDITION 19 OF 423. FRONTISPIECE IS BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK PORTRAIT OF FRANK FORESTER. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. WONDERFUL DETAIL AND INFORMATION BY FORESTER. GREAT BOOK THE THE FISHERMAN AND LOVER OF THE OUTDOORS. Henry William Herbert (April 7, 1807 May 17, 1858), pen name Frank Forester, was an English novelist, poet, historian, illustrator, journalist and writer on sport. Starr writes that "as a classical scholar he had few equals in the United States . . . his knowledge of English history and literature was extensive; he was a pen-and-ink artist of marked ability; as a sportsman he was unsurpassed; his pupils idolized him." Catasauqua Creek is a ENESSW oriented creek draining 6.6 miles (10.6 km) (straight line distance) from springs of the Blue Mountain barrier ridge several miles below the Lehigh Gap in the ridge-and-valley Appalachians located upriver & opposite from… Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn at corners and spine, one spine . label missing, owner initials on front flyleaf, pages toned.. 1864. Hardcover. Three-quarter green leather with marbled sides and matching marbled edges and endpapers. Six spine compartments with red gilt-stamped leather label in one and one missing in another. iv, 432pp. Eight lithograph plates of fish species, including color plate of a pike, many other engravings in text. A handsome bound volume of issues of this Victorian fishing magazine, featuring articles about the natural history of various fish, reviews of fishing books, reports on fisheries, fishing techniques, pollution, Izaak Walton, and gossipy piscatorial puffery. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .