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The Fly and the Fish by Atherton, John - 1951
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The Fly and the Fish
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NY: The Macmillan Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket chipped with closed tear at the . bottom of the spine.. 1951. First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by the author. Black cloth with titles in silver. vii, 195 pages. Black and white illustrations, two color plates. Classic title by the well known artist and fly fishing enthusiast. A wonderful copy of a book that will become a highlight of any sporting library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Perth Scotland: P. D. Malloch, 1933. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Fine But For Slightest Traces Of Use. 151 Pages. Profusely Illustrated. Printer Code Is " 2/33 ". Laid In Is A Gun Licence, Dated 1934, Purchased In Inverness. An Exceptional Copy..
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Camden, SC: Liveoak Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1993. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hazelnut brown leather bound boards w/ gilt stamped lettering to front and spine, and gilt stamped border and fish illustration to front; four raised bands on spine; text block aeg; corners and head and foot of spine, and spine bands slightly rubbed, else exterior fine; sea green marbled decorative end papers; contains 60 color plates and B&W reproductions of etchings, drawings and watercolors by William J. Schaldach. Schaldach (1896 - 1982) was an American artist, editor, and writer; he held a number of editorial positions for outdoor magazines and publishing firms, and in addition to his prolific writing, his illustrations regularly appeared in magazines, calendars, outdoor advertising, and are included in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress and numerous museums. He is regarded as one of the foremost names in twentieth-century sporting art and literature. Fish…
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SCENES AND RECOLLECTIONS OF FLY-FISHING IN NORTHUMBERLAND, CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND
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The Dry Fly and Fast Water: Fishing with the Floating Fly on American Trout Streams, Together with Some Observations on Fly Fishing in General
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Freddy And Mr. Camphor. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Used. Good Condition/No Dust jacket included. Alfred A. Knopf 1944 Stated First Edition. A solid copy. Spine is sunned. Please see our photos. Summary: In Freddy and Mr. Camphor, Freddy is in need of a change and finds an opportunity for one as a caretaker on Mr. Camphor's houseboat. Of course, things never go as Freddy expects and a series of strange, amusing, and sometimes alarming adventures ensue. Please also see our Freddy The Pig catalogue.
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The Fishermans Magazine and Review, Volume I, April to December, 1864
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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 .
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The Fly and the Fish: Angling Instructions and Reminiscences
by John Atherton
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Skyhorse, March 2016. First Edition. Hardcover . Used - Good/Good. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, binding sound/tight and pages unmarked. Domestic orders shipped with USPS tracking numbers.
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The Fly and the Fish
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The Fly and the Fish
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Fly and the Fish: Angling Instructions and Reminiscences
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The Fly and the Fish
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Rockville Centre, New York, USA: Freshet Press, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. Good to Very Good condition. Minor wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Slipcase in good condition with minor to moderate wear. Pictures available upon request.
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The Fly and the Fish
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New York. Freshet Press. Rockville Centre, New York. 1971 [1950]. Second edition. 8vo. (8 ½ x 6). 195 pp. Two color plates of trout and salmon flies and materials list to dress the patterns. Illustrations by the author. A new Introduction to this edition by Maxine Atherton provides an intimate and personal look at John Atherton. Mr. Atherton's book has been hailed as one of a few mid-century angling titles which combines elegant descriptive writing with equally elegant art. The book is bound in black cloth (some call it leather - it's not) and yellow and gray colored textured paper over boards. Yellow textured slip case. Previous owner's blind-stamp on a few page corners, otherwise fine in a fine slip case..
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The Fly and the Fish
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THE FLY AND THE FISH
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Rockville Centre, NY: Freshet Press. VG+. 1971. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 195 pages. Includes slipcase. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .
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The Fly and the Fish
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New York: Macmillan Company, 1951. Black cloth, silver spine title, silver cover vignette, & a few black & white illustrations in the text; A very good copy with tiny wear to extremities; 195 pages. Size: 6.25"x9.25". Hardcover.
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Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1942 by arrangement with Outdoor Life. Prepared by the Editorial Staff of Outdoor Life with Photographs, Working Drawings, and Diagrams. Hardcover, embossed cloth boards with dust jacket. Single volume, 334pp. Overall, the book is in very good condition, however the dust jacket is in good condition. The dust jacket is intact and colors bright, but showing wear with some tears. It is encased in a removable mylar cover. The book has slight damage to the lower edge of spine. Page edges and end papers showing age toning and foxing. Pages are unmarked. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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The Best in the Outdoors! Chuck Wechsler"; signed and inscribed by artist Dan Metz on frontispiece: "For Pat & Charlie - Only the best. Blue Waters - Dan Metz"; else interior book clean and unmarked; tight binding; B&W illustrations by Dan Metz at the beginning of each chapter. Last Casts & Stolen Hunts is an anthology of sporting stories, both fiction and nonfiction, released by Sporting Classics Magazine; authors featured include Aldo Leopold, Zane Grey,…
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The Sky and the Forest
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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The Polynesian Triangle
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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THE FISHING GAZETTE & SEA ANGLER; July, 7, 1962- Dec. 29, 1962, 26 Issues
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Croydon, Surrey: The Fishing Gazette Limited, 1962. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. July 7, t Dec 29, 1962. pict. papre wraps, stapled at spine, 26 issues, in clean, bright condition, extra post required, Size: 4 to.,.
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Cecil Aldin The Story of a Sporting Artist
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Exeter, England: Webb & Bower. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. Mylar-wrapped tan dust jacket with red and black lettering to front and spine, and color reproduction of a hunting scene by Cecil Aldin to front; not price-clipped; corners slightly bumped; spine slightly faded; else fine; pale green boards printed with B&W drawing of a man fishing from a boat wrapping around front, spine and back; black lettering to spine; corners slightly bumped; else fine; card w/ previous owner name and inscription affixed to first free end paper; signed and inscribed by author on half-title page: "All good wishes - Roy Heron"; else interior book clean; tight binding; numerous color and B&W illustrations throughout. Roy Heron was a British journalist, author, and avid collector of Cecil Aldin's books and prints. Cecil Aldin (1870 - 1935) was a British artist, illustrator, sportsman, and member of the Royal Society of British Artists, renowned for his paintings…
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Spinning for Fresh Water Game Fish
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Little, Brown 1954. 8vo. First edition. Signed by the author opposite the copy right page. Good condition - text is clean and unmarked, boards and binding sturdy. Shows shelf and edge wear with dark stains on the spine, soiling and small white stains along some edges. No DJ.
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Montana's Last Best River
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Guilford, Conn: Lyons Press. Limited Edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. This is #515 of a limited edition of 885 published to support the Big Hole River Foundation. Included is a limited edition print by Dave Whitlock which is signed by George Grant, founder of the Foundation. The book and jacket are as new and the dust jacket is now in a mylar cover.
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The Art of Angling: Confirmed by actual Experience; with Several Recent Discoveries to Which is Added Nobb's Complete Troller; Also Diagnostics of the Weather with or Without the Barometer.
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London: Baldwin, Craddock & Joy, 1822. This is the eleventh edition, revised, corrected and rearranged. Original (or at least old) brown leather spine and corners with original red title label on spine. Boards have new marbled paper on, also new endpapers have been fitted. A previous owner's name and date ()ctober 12th 1849) on rev of frontispiece, some foxing to outer pages and a few other brown markings to the inner pages, but otherwise a good tight copy of this two-hundred year old fishing book. Covers fresh water angling in England, the types of fish caught, fishing rods, bait and flies - real or artificial., forecasting the weather with and without the use of a barometer, and the laws regarding fishing at the time. Also contains "The Complete Troller, or the Art of Trolling; with Descriptions of all the Instruments, Tackle and Materials Requisite for a Gentleman Troller, and Directions how to use them" by Robert Nobbs which deals with catching Pike. 255pp plus 2 page…
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