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Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1858. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. red, blind-stamped, gilt dec. cloth, cover and spine, viii, 195, (1) blank, (4) adverts., frontis. (folding map), light edge and corner wear, corners lightly bumped, light wear at spine ends, an attractive copy of a rare title, see; Westwood & Satchell; BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA, pp., 38. Size: 12mo.
Them Ol' Brown Fish: Billy Westmorland on Smallmouths by Westmorland, Billy; Mayer, Larry - 1976
by Westmorland, Billy; Mayer, Larry
Them Ol' Brown Fish: Billy Westmorland on Smallmouths
by Westmorland, Billy; Mayer, Larry
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Westmorland, Celina, TN, 1976. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Book . VG HB in VG DJ, protected by archival polyester cover. Scare account of fishing on Dale Hollow Lake in KY & TN. 224 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. Brown textured paper over boards w/gold title on spine. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Light foxing on page edges. Unclipped DJ has foxing on back, unaffecting the outside. 1/4" closed tear at top of front panel repaired. From Mayer's preface: "It's written in the fishing language instead of the English language.... Billy and I chose to talk directly to fishmen..." Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 0 lbs 13 oz. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Sports; United States; 1970s; Fishing & Hunting. . Main Picture: Westmorland (1976), Them Ol' Brown Fish - Dust Jacket, now protected in archival polyester cover. Picture 2: Westmorland (1976), Them Ol' Brown Fish - Front Cover and Spine. Picture 3: Westmorland (1976), Them Ol' Brown Fish - Title Page. Picture 4: Westmorland (1976), Them Ol' Brown Fish - Publication Information. Picture 5: Westmorland (1976), Them Ol' Brown Fish - Pictures on the Front and Back Flaps of the Dust Jacket. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 712. .
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- Date Published 1976
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THE BORDER ANGLER: A Guide Book to the Tweed and Its Tributaries and the Other Streams Commanded By The North British Railway, With an Accurate Map of the District
by Bertram Andrew
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The Angler's Guide; containing easy instructions for the youthful beginner, with several observations on fishing, pointing out the proper times and seasons for the different kinds of fish, as also the best mode of angling for them.
by A Lover of the Art (George Smith)
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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London: Joseph Smith, 193 High Holborn, 1828. Small 12mo, pp viii, 136, some foxing throughout, bound in a later half calf and marbled boards, rubbed. [LACKING the frontispiece, which appears never to have been bound in]. Extremely scarce.. Half-Leather. Good.
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Management and Ecology of Lake and Reservoir Fisheries
by Cowx, I.G. (editor)
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- 9780852382837 / 0852382839
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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Oxford: Fishing News Books (an imprint of Blackwell Science Ltd, 2002. Large 8vo, pp xii, 401, immaculately clean internally, decorated cloth, the lower cornes very slightly bumped otherwise this copy would be as new. [In this comprehensive edited book, international experts in fisheries management and ecology review and appraise the status of lake and reservoir fisheries, assessment of fisheries yields, trophic ecology, rehabilitation and conservation, including a special section on African lakes where so much information of huge relevance to fisheries managers is now available. Contributions come from around the world. Carefully edited by an internationally respected editor. Has been generated from acclaimed HIFI Symposium.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.
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Measure of the Year
by Haig-Brown, Roderick L.
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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New York, William Morrow and Company, 1950, hardcover, x-260 pp, First U.S. Edition, First Printing, Signed by the Author on the title page, Good in Fair dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, dampstain to fore-edge of boards affecting no other area, small bookstore sticker to front pastedown, text block top edge darkened. Dustjacket price-clipped, edge nicks, spine faded, faint dampstains to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The well-known author of Return to the River, A River Never Sleeps, and The Western Angler traces the development of the seasons and their effect upon his world, the habits of fish and game, the details of family and community life, and, more broadly, the position of mankind amidst the wonder and beauty of the world of nature.
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Fisherman's Spring
by Haig-Brown, Roderick L.
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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New York, William Morrow and Company, 1951, hardcover, 222 pp, First U.S. Edition, First Printing, Signed by the author on the half-title page, Good condition lacking dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine end and corner wear, faded spot at top edge of front board. The respected fishing expert and author of The Western Angler, Return to the River, and A River Never Sleeps presents a look at the intricacies of fly-fishing and his philosophy of life, inspired by the opening of the trout season.
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SCENES AND RECOLLECTIONS OF FLY-FISHING IN NORTHUMBERLAND, CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND
by Oliver, Stephen The Younger. [Pseud. William Andrew Chatto
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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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 .
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Mayflies: An Angler's Study of Trout Water Ephemeroptera {Signed}
by Malcolm Knopp; Robert Cormier
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780962666384 / 0962666386
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Granville, New York, United States
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Helena, MT: Greycliff Pub Co, 1997. Signed first edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Helena, MT: Greycliff Pub Co., 1997, first printing. 4to., 8 3/4" x 11 1/4", xvi+366pp., illustrations by Robert Cormier. Signed by Knopp and Cormier on half title, with Cormier's signature embellished with the drawing of a mayfly. Small spot on front edge of page block, else fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed. 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 4to.
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The Autobiography of a Fisherman
by Day, Frank Parker
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1927. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Essentially fine, with just the slightest rubbing to extremities, in a jacket with an invisible small slit in the spine. A tight, possibly unread copy..
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Newcastle Fishers' Garlands: A Collection of Right Merrie Garlands for North Country Anglers
by Joseph Crawhall
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Hudson, New Hampshire, United States
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"NEWCASTLE FISHERS' GARLANDS" - A Collection of Right Merrie Garlands for North Country Anglers, edited by Joseph Crawhall. 1864; George Rutland; Newcastle-on-Tyne, United Kingdom. The book is a compilation of content from past publications of "The Fisher's Garland" from 1820 to 1864. At the back of the book is a Memorial to Izaak Walton, best know as the author of "The Compleat Angler.""Dedicated to the Members of the Coquet-Dale Angling Club, with an earnest hope that the lines herein cast may perchance rise some stray Roxby or Doubleday of that honourable body, and induce an attempt to resume and continue the Newcastle Fishers' Garlands, so charmingly set forth by the spirits of a former generation."Condition:Some areas of bubbling under the cloth on the front cover; sharp corners; bright gilt lettering on the spine; light soiling to front and back covers. Tight binding. No cracks. No loose pages. Occasional foxing to a handful of random pages...otherwise, the pages are clean and white with no…
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The Angler's Guide Book and Tourist's Gazeteer of the Fishing Waters of the United States and Canada 1886
by Harris, William C. Compiled and Edited By
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Washburn, Wisconsin, United States
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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
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The Sky and the Forest
by Forester, C.S
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
by Kipling, Rudyard
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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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
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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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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Outdoor Life Cyclopedia
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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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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Last Casts & Stolen Hunts The World's Best Hunting & Fishing Stories!
by Casada, Jim; Wechsler, Chuck (editors)
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Moab, Utah, United States
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Camden, SC: Liveoak Press, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. Mylar-wrapped orange dust jacket with black lettering to front and white lettering over blue blocking to spine; color illustration of a grizzly bear, Canada geese, and a lunar eclipse to front cover; jacket like new; postcard with B&W bighorn sheep illustration by Dan Metz laid in, with note addressed to previous owners from Metz; signed and inscribed by editor Chuck Wechsler on half title page: "For Pat & Charlie… 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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Freddy And Mr. Camphor
by Brooks, Walter R
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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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Cecil Aldin The Story of a Sporting Artist
by Heron, Roy
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Moab, Utah, United States
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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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THE FISHING GAZETTE & SEA ANGLER; July, 7, 1962- Dec. 29, 1962, 26 Issues
by Marston, A. Norman (Publisher & Editor)
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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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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Spinning for Fresh Water Game Fish
by John D. Bates, Jr
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Cashiers, North Carolina, United States
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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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The Wind in the Willows (The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf)
by Grahame, Kenneth, Introduction By A. A. Milne, Color Plates By Arthur Rackham
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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. Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind In The Willows. Copyight 1940. Heritage Press. USED. VG+ Condition/ VG+ Original Canary yellow cart Slipcase. Blue boards with drawing of Toad dressed as the washerwoman on the Front Cover. February, 1966 Printing Thus of 20,000 copies. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 190 pages. 6 1/2 X 10. Please see stock photos. Our copy is crisp and clean with a clean spine, appearing almost unread. Quite charming.
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