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Mainstream Marketing, Inc.; Fortran Inc., 1977. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1977 Mainstream Marketing, Cleveland, Ohio. Printed by Fortran, Inc. Softcover with stiff brown leather-patterned cardboard covers bound and tied with a strip of leather. Front cover has gold stamped lettering and a fish illustration. Color frontispiece. Brown text and illustrations on tan paper. 64 pages + index. Includes a matching bookmark of same material as covers, with gold fish illustration and book title. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have very light surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. "The trout lover's guide to enjoying and preparing his catch." Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Doubleday, Page & Company, 1902. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jacket. 1902 Doubleday, Page & Company. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 7.5 x 10.25 inches, has beige buckram cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering on a brown leather spine panel. Top page edges are gilt. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Color and black and white photographs and illustrations, many on glossy plates. Deckle fore edges and bottom edges. 572 pages. Binding partially cracked at frontispiece. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and rubbed. Covers lightly soiled. Text pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Last page of index has an old tape repair in the margin only. A few pages are chipped at the fore edge. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Adam & Charles Black, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1949 Adam & Charles Black. First edition, First printing. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Deckle bottom edge. Blind-stamped publisher's logo on back cover. Color frontispiece. Color and black and white plates. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Endpapers lightly foxed. Pages very lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 376 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. See our listings for more collectible fishing books.

Angus and Robertson, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Very Good ; Fair Jacket. 1961 Angus and Robertson, Sydney. First published 1951; fourth reprint. Hardcover has green textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Map endpapers. Color frontispiece. 63 color plates, 21 black & white plates, 10 text illustrations. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Spine covering is very lightly wrinkled; no stains. First and last 2 or 3 pages lightly wrinkled at binding. Gift inscription on half-title page. Bookshop sticker from Sydney on verso of front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 343 pages. Color illustrated jacket has tattered top and bottom edges, with several tears and overall rubbing and wrinkling. Dust jacket has small price in ink on front. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Adam and Charles Black, 1973. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good ; Good Jacket. 1973 Adam and Charles Black, London. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover has green textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Color frontispiece. Black and white illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Back cover has a 1 inch round dent that affects the last few pages as well. Outer inch of the top and fore edges of the covers are lightly faded. Pages clean and unmarked. 84 pages. Glossy color illustrated dust jacket has light edge and surface wear, but has the same dent in the back panel and some darkening at the top and fore edge of the back panel. Dust jacket is price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. See our listings for more collectible fishing books.

Published By Author, 1938. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1938 Published By Author. Third Edition. NOT ex-library. Hardcover with wire spiral binding has red cloth-covered boards and gold cover lettering. Black and white plates. 97 pages + Appendix to Fly Patterns. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Covers lightly soiled. Imprinted bookplate on front endpaper. A few pages have a light handling smudge in the margin. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. No dust jacket, as issued. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1952 Doubleday & Company, Inc. First Edition, stated. First printing. No additional printings listed. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with salmon spine lettering and cover decoration. Color and black and white illustrations by Janet Roemhild. Binding getting loose in a few places in the text, with webbing peeking at signature divisions. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Bottom front corner badly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear, with a nick at the bottom edge of the front cover. Name in ink on front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. See our listings for more collectible fishing books.

Adam & Charles Black, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1963 Adam & Charles Black. Reprint of edition first published in 1939. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Top edges colored red. Deckle bottom edges. 17 black and white plates. 34 black and white illustrations. NOT ex-library. NOT Remaindered. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Name in ink on front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 228 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. See our listings for more collectible fishing books.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1985 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Trade paperback. 285 pages. A Harvest HBJ Book. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked.

Connecticut Printers, 1952. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket ; No Slipcase. 1952 Connecticut Printers. Limited Edition of 450, hand numbered and signed by author on limitation page. This is number 134. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green marbled paper-covered boards with forest green leather-covered spine and gold spine lettering. Deckle fore edges. Black and white illustrations by Katherine Wilson. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. One inch section of top surface of the leather covering at the head of the spine is peeled off. Edges rubbed. Imprinted bookplate on front endpaper. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 176 pages. No dust jacket. No slipcase. "Author's Accounting" letter laid in at rear; dated Oct 1, 1952, describes subscription rate calculation for edition. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

J. B. Lippincott Company, 1936. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1936 J. B. Lippincott Company. Series: The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has tan cloth-textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering and cover decorations. Top edges colored brown. Black and white frontispiece, plates, and illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Bottom corner of back cover bumped. Top and fore edges of covers faded about an inch in. Covers lightly soiled. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Name in ink on front free endpaper. Small spot on rear endpaper. Pages very lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 263 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. See our listings for more collectible fishing books.

Seeley, Service & Co., Ltd., 1969. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good+ ; Good Jacket. 1969 Seeley, Service & Co., Ltd. The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes, Vol. XXXV. First Edition. No additional printings listed. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with beige cloth-covered spine and gold spine and cover lettering. Color frontispiece of fishing flies. 32 black and white plates, plus black and white illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Top and fore edge of covers faded about an inch in. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Name in ink on front free endpaper, dated 1970. Pages clean and unmarked. With Contributions by W. M. Shearer, and Arthur E. J. Went. 216 pages. Plain dust jacket with red lettering has full-color paper pasted-on panels on front and on spine. Jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, small to 1 inch tears, small stains on back, and creases. The spine paste-on is peeling up and creased at one… Read More

Stone Wall Press, Inc., 1992. Hardcover. Fine. Fine ; Fine Slipcase. 1992 Stone Wall Press, Inc. Signed, Limited Edition. SIGNED by author on limitation page. "This is copy number 116 of a limited edition of 1000". NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and cover decorations. Black and white illustrations by Larry Largay. Illustrated endpapers. Yellow satin index ribbon attached at head of binding. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. 325 pages. Foreword by J. Steven Renkert. Matching blue cloth-covered slip case shows no shelf wear. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

The Sporting Magazine, 1793. Hardcover. Fair. Poor. 1793, The Sporting Magazine. Covers & most of spine missing. Formerly bound in leather, this volume has only one-third of the spine leather remaining, & that is flaking off. However, the pages are well sewn together & the free endpapers are still present. Pages have a variety of small stains, & a few closed edge tears, but are NOT brittle. Page 17-18 has been torn out, leaving only one corner remaining. Page 195-196 has a long open tear at spine. Some pages have nicks, chips, or small holes in text. 2 plates out of 12 are MISSING. All of the plates have foxing on edges; some plates have stains as well. One plate has a repaired closed tear. Includes index, instructions to binder, & Racing Calendars from March-June 1793. 384 + 24 pages. 'Sold by J. Wheble.' PLATES: Moonshine, a Celebrated Deer - The Oatland Stakes at Ascot - View of the Veterinary College - The Death of the Fox - Attack of Mr. Munro by a Tiger - Lurcher - Stag Chase through the… Read More

The Penn Publishing Company, 1938. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No slipcase 1938 Penn Publishing Co. Number 130 of a Limited Edition of 149 copies. SIGNED by author on limitation page. Full leather binding, gilt illustration of a trout on a line jumping from a pond. Three raised spine bands, gilt lettering, Marbled endpapers have tanned edges. Deckle fore & bottom edges. Top edges gilt. Tissued frontispiece. 15 color plates. Black & white illustrations. Hinges NOT cracked. Binding cracked at limitation page, but still strong otherwise. Leather binding is in good condition, with some rubbing to corners & edges. Corners lightly bumped. Outer inch or so of the back cover is sun faded, as is top half-inch & fore edge of front cover. Pages very lightly & uniformly tanned but still supple. Three pairs of pages have tanned areas from newspapers clippings that were stored between pages. Otherwise, pages clean and unmarked. One B&W plate has a spot of foxing. 451 pages. NO slipcase or additional set of… Read More

E. P. Dutton & Company, 1914. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1914 E. P. Dutton & Company. First Edition. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with gilt spine and cover lettering and decorations. Top edges gilt. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have edge wear and surface rubbing. Covers lightly soiled, with several spots on the front. Front hinge partially cracked along top two inches, but still strong. Back hinge NOT cracked. Top three inches of half title page is loose. Gift inscription on front free endpaper in pencil. Front endpaper has small rubbed area at top corner. Light binding crack near center. Pages clean and unmarked. Illustrations and color plates by H. H. Leonard; 20 color plates with tissue guards, 12 black & white. Plates are on glossy paper. Two color plates have light foxing on the back. Tissue guard on one plate… Read More

Harmsworth, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1975 Harmsworth (London). 76th edition. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Separate fold-out map in built-in pocket in the front. Map title is "The Field Fishing Map of Great Britain". Color and black and white photographs. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners rubbed. Spine ends lightly bumped. Map in excellent condition, with minor creasing and one small tear at one edge. Map pocket partially pulled away from endpaper at the top. Pages clean and unmarked. 472 pages. Color dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small tears. Small stray red ink pen mark on back cover of jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. See our listings for more collectible fishing books.