Portland, Oregon: Frank Amato, 1999. Paintings by the author. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 8-1/2 x 11", stiff pictorial wrappers, 111pp, 1p ad, color illustrations throughout. "Review Copy - Not for Sale" ink-stamped half-title. Foreword by Lefty Kreh. "The R.L.S. (Roccus Leneatus Saxatilis - i.e., striped bass) Method for Creating the.....
Portland, Oregon: Frank Amato Publications, 1983. Photography by Bill Baker and Harry Geron; Sketches by Sue Hibicke. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, gilt decorated burgundy textured cloth, 88pp, index, 32pp of color plates showing 137 flies. #55 of a limited edition of 300 copies. The book presents a selection of 137.....
Liverpool: The Liverpool Printing and Stationery Company, Limited / Henry Whitty, (1886). First issue thus. 4-3/8 x 5-1/4", gilt decorated green cloth over thin boards, 45pp, appended by 1p advertisement for Henry Whitty Fly Making catalogue. 9 colour plates illustrating 55 flies. Preface derides Kirby Hooks as being now chiefly.....
Portland, Oregon: Frank Amato, 1993. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, blue leatherette, 296pp, illustrated. #21 of a limited edition of 60 numbered copies, signed by the author and illustrator on pasted-on folding card with custom fly attached first paste-down endpaper. Inscription to fishing companion signed by the author with extra fly.....
New York: Anglers Club of New York / The Macmillan Company, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, blue cloth with Angelr's Club of New York slug in gilt front board, 195pp, 2 color plates bound in, 2 additional copies of the color plates laid in. Limited to 222 copies printed for.....
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, green cloth, 149pp, 12 photographic illustrations, maps. Illustrated from photographs by the author. A classic guide and memoir of flyfishing in the waters in and near Yellowstone Natinoal Park. One of the first books on the subject and still.....
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, green cloth, viii, 127pp. The pleasures of fly fishing in the northeastern United States and Canada. Ranging from boyhood remembrances to his wife's first fishing expedition, the author revels in being a trout fisherman. "An old phrase evokes the.....
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 8-5/8 x 11-1/4", black boards, xx, 396pp, pictorial endpapers (feathers), 160 dramatic color plates photographed by Michael Radencich illustrating more than 800 flies. Signed by author Pamela Bates Richards "With Best Wishes" on half-title. Edited by Bob Warren, forewords by Keith Fulsher.....
Lyon, Mississippi: Derrydale Press, 1995. Limited Edition. Leather. Fly Fisherman's Gold Library, Limited Edition of 2500 copies, unnumbered. Fly plates by Dr. Edgar Burke; Drawings by Ivin Sickels 2nd. Originally published in 1947, Bergman's classic offers a wealth of information on bait-fishing, fly-fishing, bait casting, spinning and trolling. Octavo, black and gilt decorated.....
London: Blacker, 1855. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original green embossed cloth, xiv, 259pp, fully illus. Moderate foxing, rubbing to cloth front board, contemporaneous ink owner's name title-page, owner's ink stamp front paste-down endpaper, hinges unobtrusively reinforced, original deep brown endpapers, very good. Second and best edition, the previous edition published.....
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 1/2 beige cloth, teal paper over boards, xii, 242pp, apps., index, four pages of flies in full color, and over 200 step-by-step photographs. Birthday presentation inscription signed by "Dave" (Whitlock) to Kathy (Guard, of Caddis Fly Angling Shop of Eugene).....
Atlanta, GA: Anglers Press, 1975. 8-5/8 x 11-1/4 x 1-1/2", gilt-titled forest green textured leatherette, ix, 543pp, 26pp plates, glossary of terms, 8-1/2 x 11" sheet of "Errata & Addenda" laid in. A classic and comprehensive bibliography of literature on the art of angling.From the author's Editorial Comment: "The art.....
Portland, Oregon: Salmon Trout Steelheader, 1976. Illustrations by Jeff Dayne. First Edition. Hardcover. 8-1/2 x 11-1/8", green cloth, silver titles, 118pp, Signed by the author on the title page. Cover photo by Bill McMillan. Also signed by two notable flyfishermen photographed in the book: Bill Nelson (p. 26) & Bill.....
Lyon, Mississippi: Derrydale Press, 1992. Limited Edition. Leather. Octavo, gilt decorated burgundy full leather, xx, 308pp, xxvi, 330pp, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Limited Edition of 2500 sets, unnumbered. Originally published in 1937, a practical guide to cooking virtually every kind of wild game, game fish and crustacean with everything from.....
New York: Doubleday, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 1/2 off-white cloth, buff paper over boards, 259pp. Boldly signed by the author on the title page in blue ink. In River Teeth, Duncan brings us stories of indelible characters: a solitary woman struggling to corral a flock of idiot sheep; a......
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, 1/2 turquoise cloth, gold paper over boards, ix, 294pp. Inscribed "To Mark" and signed by the author on the title page. Gus Orviston sets out to find the perfect fishing hole and finds himself and a greater appreciation for.....
Portland, Oregon: Frank Amato, 1985. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, silver decorated grey leather, 8pp color plates, apps. biblio., index, fully illus., ribbon marker, in publisher's leatherbound slip-case. #129 of a deluxe limited edition of 300 numbered copies, signed by all three authors on limitation page with tissue guard. Pasted-on folding.....
North Conway, New Hampshire: Fly Tyer Inc., 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8-5/8 x 11-1/8", gilt decorated blue cloth, 181pp, 3pp for Personal Fly Tying Patterns, biblio., index, 6 full-page color plates (5 plates illustrating 40 flies in color & a full-page artist's rendering of "Reflections-A Miramichi salmon fishing scene by.....
Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8-3/4 x 11-1/4", green paper over boards, x, 286pp, glossary, index, fully illustrated in color throughout. Signed by the author on half-title. With roots in the mid-1800s on Scotland's River Spey, spey casting is an efficient and graceful way for.....
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. Illustrations by Glenn Wolff. First Edition. Hardcover. 5-5/8 x 8-3/4", 1/4 fuschia cloth, buff paper over boards, 223pp, illustrated with line drawings. Signed by the author on the half-title. First Edition, First Printing.A self-described trout bum, "the bohemian equivalent of a country gentleman", John.....
New York: Pruett Publishing Company, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 6-1/8 x 9-1/4", 1/2 navy blue cloth, teal paper over boards, 193pp. Signed by the author on the half-title. First Edition, First Printing. In the world of fishing there are magic phrases that are guaranteed to summon the demon. Among them.....
New York: Pruett Publishing Company, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 6-1/8 x 9-1/4", 1/2 navy blue cloth, teal paper over boards, 193pp. Signed by the author on the half-title. First Edition, First Printing. In the world of fishing there are magic phrases that are guaranteed to summon the demon. Among them.....
New York: Lyons & Burford, Publishers, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 5-5/8 x 8-1/2", 1/4 black cloth, blue paper over boards, 84pp, illus. Signed by the author on the title page. First Edition, First Printing."The secret places are the soul of fishing.... It may be a private spring creek with armed.....
Portland, Oregon: Frank Amato Publications, 1981. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. 8-1/2 x 11-1/8, silver decorated and titled burgundy leatherette, grey endpapers, 223pp, glossary, biblio., biological supply houses, index, fully illus. #13 of a limited edition of 250 copies. Signed by both authors on half-title.With a foreword by "Polly" Rosborough; Illustrations.....
Salem: Beaverdam Press, 1992. Illustrated by Richard Bunse. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 16mo, first five volumes quarterbound in dark forest green Harmatan goat skin with multicolored paper over boards designed by Richard Bunse and produced by Sandy Tilcock, invoking the natural imagery of the Pacific Coast region, five diary volumes have.....
