Search Results: Titles starting with O from Bruce Cave Fine Fly Fishing Books

New York. Privately printed for Thomas Gibbons Mineola, L.I. 1922. First Edition. 8vo. (8 x 5). 159 pp. Map frontispiece. Black and white plates. Salmon fishing in the days when the fish were plentiful and the fishermen few. The book is bound in the original red cloth with gilt titles. With the original prospectus laid-in. A bright, crisp book. Former owner's signature on front end paper, otherwise fine..

New York. David McKay Company, Inc. 1959. First Edition. 8vo. (7 x 5 ½). 168 pp. Photo frontispiece showing a school of trout. Black and white plates. An excellent text covering the basics of fly fishing. The book is bound in light blue cloth with black titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

New York. David McKay Company, Inc. 1959. First Edition. 8vo. (7 x 5 ½). 168 pp. Photo frontispiece showing a school of trout. Black and white plates. The book is bound in light blue cloth with black titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Very good in a good dust jacket with a large chip at the top of the spine and front cover..

Far Hills, New Jersey. Meadow Run Press. 1996. Limited Edition. 1500 copies published. 8vo. (9 x 6). 97 pp. plus colophon. New Introduction by Faith, Lawton and Gordon Lamb. With added artwork by Gordon Allen. This is a re-issue of Dana Lamb's first book, published in 1963, with chapters on: Leviathan - If Only - Opening Day - The Best is Yet to Come - How to really Enjoy a Martini - Well I'll be Damned - After All These Years, etc. The book is bound in yellow and green cloth with black titles. A nice book. As New. .

New York. Simon & Schuster. 1991. First Edition. 8vo. (9 x 5). 237 pp. A great fishing writer who died too early. His prose is timeless and ageless, such as this quote: 'God came to me at 1:03 P.M. in the parking lot of the McDonald's in Pigeon Forge and told me to pack up and get into the mountains.' The book is bound in two-tone green cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

New York. Simon & Schuster. 1991. First Edition. 8vo. (9 x 5). 237 pp. A great fishing writer who died too early. His prose is timeless and ageless, such as this quote: 'God came to me at 1:03 P.M. in the parking lot of the McDonald's in Pigeon Forge and told me to pack up and get into the mountains.' The book is bound in two-tone green cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Some spotting to the top edge, otherwise fine in a fine dust jacket..

Livingston, Montana. Clark City Press. 1990. Oblong Quarto (9 1/2 x 10 1/2). 135 pp. plus colophon. Limited Edition. Book number 120 of an unspecified edition. Inscribed, signed and dated by Russell on the half-title page. With a pencil sketch drawn by Russ underneath the inscription, and with a tipped-in color print of Russ’s original oil on canvas painting "The Seasons" in the collection of the Museum of the Rockies mounted on the dedication leaf. Essays by Jim Harrison, Chris Waddington, and Russell Chatham. With color reproductions of 100 paintings by Chatham, which trace his thirty-year career as a landscape painter from his California period through his Montana period. This limited edition is a bit of an anomaly: the book is bound in beige cloth with gilt titles on the spine and front cover, like the regular limited edition, and it’s numbered 120 by Russ on the colophon page, like the others. It has a silk ribbon marker. And it has a pictorial dust jacket, while the regular… Read More

Livingston, Montana. Clark City Press. 1990. Oblong Quarto (9 1/2 x 10 1/2). 135 pp. plus colophon. Inscribed, signed and dated by Russell on the half-title page. Laid-in is a print that closely approximates the image "Summer Pine" which appears on the front cover of the book. The print is signed in pencil by Russell using his Papermill Creek / Tomales Bay monogram, and it was signed by him in 2019 in Belmont, where he spent his last days. The book includes essays by Jim Harrison, Chris Waddington, and Russell Chatham. With color reproductions of 100 paintings by Chatham, which trace his thirty-year career as a landscape painter from his California period through his Montana period. The book is bound in pictorial wrappers with black titles on the spine and front cover. The print was done on mould paper and the image measures 3 x 3 inches with the overall paper measurements of 10 x 9 inches. The book is in near fine condition as is the print.. Signed by Author..

Sussex, England. Published by the British Engineerium. 1982. First edition. Octavo (9 x 6). 48 pp. Color plus black and white photos. Text drawings. All manner of historical fishing tackle (British and American) is described and photographed. Included are reels, flies, creels, rods, floats, etc. Some 606 antique fishing items are listed and described. The book is bound in colorful pictorial rappers with yellow titles. A nice book. Fine. .

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1989. First Trade Edition. Octavo (8 x 6). 119 pp. Signed by Ralph Wahl on the title page. Black and white photos. This is Ralph Wahl's account of his secret fishing spot, one that he enjoyed for nearly 50 years before encroaching civilization and nature finished it. During the time he fly fished his favorite spot, Mr. Wahl caught and generally released a bodacious number of fish. The book is bound in blue cloth with gilt titles. Map end papers. Pictorial dust jacket. A beautiful book. Fine in a fine dust jacket.. Signed by Author..

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1989. 119 pp. Octavo (9 x 6). Limited Edition. Book number 56 of 200 copies published. Signed by Ralph Wahl on the limitation leaf. Foreword by Steve Raymond, who was a good friend of Mr. Wahl’s. Black and white photos. This is Mr. Wahl's account of his secret fishing spot, his Shangri-La, one that he enjoyed for nearly 50 years, before encroaching civilization and nature finally dissolved it. A fundamental book for those interested in the fly fishing culture of the Pacific Northwest. The book is bound in blue cloth with gilt titles. Map end papers. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Signed by Author..

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1989. First Trade Edition. Octavo (8 x 6). 119 pp. Black and white photos. This is Ralph Wahl's account of his secret fishing spot, one that he enjoyed for nearly 50 years before encroaching civilization and nature finished it. The book is bound in blue cloth with gilt titles. Map end papers. Pictorial dust jacket. A beautiful book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1989. 119 pp. Octavo (9 x 6). Limited Edition. Book number 140 of 200 copies published. Signed by Ralph Wahl on the limitation leaf. Foreword by Steve Raymond, who was a good friend of Mr. Wahl’s. Black and white photos. This is Mr. Wahl's account of his secret fishing spot, his Shangri-La, one that he enjoyed for nearly 50 years, before encroaching civilization and nature finally dissolved it. A fundamental book for those interested in the fly fishing culture of the Pacific Northwest. The book is bound in blue cloth with gilt titles. Map end papers. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Signed by Author..

Bend, Oregon. Privately published. 2006. Printed by Maverick Publications. Octavo (8 x 6). 331 pp. including appendices, bibliography. Signed by Joseph Beelart on the title page. Color plates showing river scenes, rods, and rod makers. Black and white photos. The book is all-encompassing regarding everything connected to bamboo rods and their construction in Oregon: Historic Makers - Current Makers - Restorers - Original Equipment Manufacturers - Cane Enthusiasts - Fishing in Oregon. The book is bound in pictorial wrappers with green titles. A nice book. Fine. . Signed by Author..

An original and vibrant artist's proof painting executed in watercolor and acrylic showing a steelhead jumping clear of a northwest stream - likely an Olympic Peninsula river and perhaps a favorite spot of the late Syd Glasso; signed by the artist. In the lower left corner is an original pencil drawing of a steelhead, initialed by Bill Elliott. Mr. Elliott is a respected outdoor artist and illustrator of books; his work has also appeared in numerous periodicals. Below the colored illustration, in a recessed mount, is a variant 'Polar Shrimp' fly on a size 2 hook, dressed by famed northwest fly tier, Syd Glasso of Forks, Washington, with his signature. Mr. Glasso was an exceptionally gifted dresser of steelhead spey flies and Atlantic salmon fly patterns, with a world-wide reputation for excellence and craftsmanship. Flies dressed by Syd Glasso have become extraordinarily difficult to find. The painting measures 14 x 18 {overall measurements of 22 ½ x 23 under glass) with double… Read More

Boston, Massachusetts. Privately published. 1996. First edition. Octavo (8 x 5 1/2). 74 pp. including index. Signed by Jack Gartside on the title page. Volume Two (Volume One was geared towards freshwater flies). Text drawings and photographs. These are innovative fly patterns dressed by a gifted fly fisher who at age 10 received fly dressing instructions from legendary Red Sox baseball great, Ted Williams. The book is bound in cream pictorial wrappers with blue titles. A nice book. Fine..

Charles De Feo (1891-1978) was commissioned by The House of Seagram to illustrate two Gadwall in flight in the late 1940s. The artwork was used by Seagram's for their promotional advertising. Mr. De Feo's original drawing (signed in the lower right corner) is the more colorful piece shown at the top, and the published and much touched-up (and quite somber) version is mounted below. Each measures 11 3/4 x 9 with the overall dimensions of 28 x 18. Charles De Feo was a well-respected outdoor artist who illustrated many books and magazines, to include Outdoor Life, Sports Afield, Cosmopolitan plus many others. Perhaps he is best remembered for his exquisite drawings of salmon in Roderick Haig-Brown's 1941 publication of Return to the River. Professionally mounted, matted and framed. In fine condition..

Altrincham. Sherratt and Hughes. 1942. Limited Edition. Number 231 of an unspecified limitation. 4to. (10 x 8). 156 pp. including appendices. Photo frontispiece of J. Arthur Hutton. Black and white plates. Folding table. Charts. Colored map. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Discoloration to front and back covers. Interior is bright and clean. A good only copy..

Rochester, New York. The Otto Bernz Company, Inc. 1955. First Edition and also a Limited Edition. 8vo. (7 x 5). Black and white photos. Line drawings. With a label affixed to the title page which reads "Special Limited Edition / Presented to the Members of the / Outdoor Writers Association of America / State College, Pennsylvania, June, 1956". Inscribed and signed by Joe Bates on the front fly leaf. "To my friend -- / Judith Bowman -- / with surprise that / one who knows so much / about books would want / this one. / Best wishes from -- / [signed] Joe Bates Jr. / 2-2-1988". The late Judith Bowman, who titled herself the "uncaged woman" and who sold sporting books for many years, passed away a few years ago. The book is bound in red cloth with gilt titles on the spine. This one for the Joe Bates fan. A nice book. Very good..