Search Results: Authors starting with A from Bruce Cave Fine Fly Fishing Books

Newton Abbot, Devon. David and Charles. 1973. First Edition. 8vo. (8 x 5). 163 pp. Text illustrations. The book is bound in purple cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Foxing on the fore edges, otherwise fine in a fine dust jacket..

Guilford, Connecticut. The Lyons Press. 2001. First Edition. (8 x 7). 234 pp. including index. Introduction by John Gierach. Color plates showing A. K.'s flies plus step-by-step tying instructions with material lists. Excellent fly patterns developed and dressed by a man who knows what he's writing about. The book is bound in blue cloth with white titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

Boulder, Colorado. Pruett Publishing Company. 1989. Later printing. Oblong 8vo. (8 x 9). 174 pp. plus Afterword, index. Signed by A. K. Best with a brief inscription on the title page. A size 20 dry fly, a St. Vrain Red Quill, dressed by A. K. Best, laid-in. Step-by-step black and white photos showing the best methods of tying flies for trout - tools, tailing materials, ribbing and materials, bodies, wings, and hackle techniques. A book that will help you dress better flies. The book is bound in colorful pictorial blue cloth with white and yellow titles. Published without a dust jacket. A nice book. Fine. .

Guilford, Connecticut. The Lyons Press. 2001. First Edition. (8 x 7). 234 pp. including index. Signed by A. K. Best on the title page. Introduction by John Gierach. Color plates showing A. K.'s flies plus step-by-step tying instructions with material lists. Excellent fly patterns developed and dressed by a man who knows what he's writing about. The book is bound in blue cloth with white titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

Mansfield, Connecticut. Maurizio Martino Published. 1995. Limited to 200 copies published. 8vo. (8 x 5). 245 pp. Approximately 2000 book, pamphlets, and catalogs are listed. Mr. Sage's angling library was substantial with many of the milestones in angling represented and fully described. The book is bound in turquoise cloth with gilt titles. A nice book. Fine..

Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1910. First American Edition. 8vo. (8 ½ x 6). 288 pp. including index. Black and white plates. Well-crafted, heartfelt instructions on how to fish for salmon - with the hope the sons will carry on the traditions and time-honored elegance of the sport. The book is bound in its original brown cloth with cream titles on the spine and front cover. With the bookplate of David B. Ledlie, fly fishing writer and trustee of the American Museum of Fly Fishing. Rubbing to the corners, a little foxing to the end papers, otherwise very good. .

London. Adam & Charles Black. 1961 [1949]. Third Edition. 8vo. (9 x 6). 378 pp. including appendices, index. Illustrated color frontispiece showing natural flies. Color plates showing artificial flies. Black and white plates. The book is bound in blue cloth with gilt titles. Light edge wear to the cloth, previous owner's brief gift inscription on the front free end paper, otherwise very good..

London. Adam & Charles Black. 1949. First Edition. 8vo. (9 x 6). 376 pp. including appendices, index. Illustrated color frontispiece. Color plates showing artificial flies. Black and white plates. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Very good in a good-very good dust jacket with a chip or two on the back panel, and age-toning to the spine panel. .

Birmingham. Privately published. 1924. Quarto (9 1/2 x 6). [5], 6-73 pp. Inscribed and signed by Wilson-Browne on the title page. Laid-in is a typed letter signed written by Wilson-Browne addressed to American artist, Frank W. Benson; it’s dated May 14, 1931. Frank Benson is known for his realistic paintings, impressionism, and etchings. Wilson-Browne sent his listings of angling books for sale to Frank Benson with the proviso that few remain for sale, the majority long sold to collectors; he also pointed out that he did have a "few scarce and desirable books to dispose of," and requested Mr. Benson reply with a list of titles he would be interested in. The book is also a fine reference; yes, it’s a list of offerings but it’s also a bibliographical check-list, which includes many scarce and rare books, including interesting details on the editions and printings. The book is bound in black cloth spine and cream boards with black titles. A scarce publication in very good… Read More

Berryville, Virginia. Blue Ridge Press. 1949. First Edition. Large Quarto (11 x 8). xvii, 443 pp. Engraved frontispiece. Black and white plates showing several authors described within the text. Foreword by Ernest R. Gee. The biographies begin with the Second Duke of York and continue on through William Hamilton Maxwell through to Henry William Herbert through to Anthony Trollope through to Francis Francis through to William A. Baillie-Grohman, sailing on to Frank Gray Griswold, then around the bend to Frank A. Stewart, and on to Miss Kathleen F. Parker; the list of luminaries goes on and on. Nearly every sporting author with American or British origins is included herein. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles on the spine and "Mr. Osbaldeston’s Furrier" in gilt and color on the front board. Glassine dust jacket. Green cloth slip case with a white titling label on the spine. A beautiful book. As nice a book as you’ll see. Fine in a fine glassine dust jacket and fine slip case.. Read More

The Grange, Ellesmere, Shropshire. The Medlar Press Limited. 1995. Limited Edition. Book number 245 of 1489 copies published. 12mo. (5 1/2 x 3 1/2). Facsimile printing of an unpublished manuscript diary compiled in 1843. Two volumes. Volume 1: A transcript of the original ms. with commentary by Len Cacutt, 130 pp. Volume II: Facsimile printing of the original manuscript with colored and plain plates of salmon flies and freshwater fish, 386 pp. Forty-two plates of fish and flies for trout and salmon. The colored plates of both the fish and flies are exceptionally well produced in exquisite detail. Volume I bound in burgundy printed wrappers. Volume II bound in full black leather with gilt titles. Black cloth slip case. A beautiful production from The Medlar Press. Books and slip case in fine condition. .

New York. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. 1971. First Edition. 4to. (10 x 8). 256 pp. With a brief inscription and signed by Mr. McClane on the front end paper. Color photos showing a large number of outsized game fish. Fishing for trout, salmon, and salt water game fish the world over. The book is bound in colorful pictorial cloth with red titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Very good in a very good dust jacket.. Signed by Author.

Far Hills, New Jersey. Meadow Run Press. 1997. Tall 8vo. (9 x 7). 70 pp. plus colophon. Limited Edition. One of 1500 copies. Drawings by John Swan. Full-page text illustrations. Sex, sort of, even if it’s imaginary, and salmon fishing, described and illustrated in tight, concentric circles, and with the culmination of the catching of a nice fish. The book is bound in burgundy and brown tweed cloth with gilt titles. Blue cloth slip case with a pictorial lettering label. A nice book. Fine in a fine slip case..

New York. Baker, Murray & Inbrie, Inc. 1920. First Edition. 8vo. (9 x 6). 48 pp. Illustrated plates with descriptive captions. From the front fly leaf: 'The stories contained in this volume were selected from 2,980 manuscripts submitted from all over the United States and abroad.' Includes stories from authors mostly not heard of before appearing herein and mostly not heard from after. Some essay titles: Fish Crazy - War Minnows - The Jugger Jugged - Tarpon on Fly Tackle - At the end of the Line - Golf Balls as Bass Baits, etc. The book is bound in its original green pictorial wrappers with orange and white titles. With the bookplate of angling book collector Jeffrey Norton. Very scarce. Light edge wear, otherwise very good. .

Oakland, California. Angler Publications. 1983. F irst Edition. Quarto (10 1/2 x 8). 87 pp. Foreword by Larry Green. Color photos of the author and his catches of stripers in several geographical parts the bay. Mr. Cuanang covers all methods of fishing including fly fishing. This book from Russell Chatham’s angling book collection. Mr. Chatham claimed to have caught 10,000 striped bass on the fly in San Francsico Bay during his time fishing it. The book is bound in colorful pictorial wrappers with black titles. There’s light edge wear to the binding and blacked-out price on the front cover. Very good..

London. Chapman and Hall, Ltd. 1892. First Edition. 8vo. 224 pp. including index. Text illustrations. Covers overview of sea fishing, ethics, species and diversity, chapters on the primary species, angler's equipment, literature, etc. Bound in the original black cloth with gilt titles. A nice copy. Fine..

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 2005. First Edition. 4to. (10 x 8). 195 pp. The book includes innovative fly patterns dressed primarily for trout and steelhead. The flies are dressed by 47 fly dressers and a list of materials needed to dress the flies is included. The flies are shown in step-by-step color photos and there is photo of each fly dresser. There are many unique patterns on display herein. The book is bound in colorful green cloth (spiral hardbound) with black and white titles. A nice book. Fine..

Vancouver, British Columbia. The Phoenix Press. 1992. Limited edition. Book number 1 of 15 copies published. Octavo (9 x 6). 80 pp. including the colophon. The book is signed by Al Purdy and Alex Widen on the limitation page. Without explanation this copy number 1 does not have Jim Rimmer’s colored illustration of cougar tipped-in on the title page. Black and white photos, with a full-page text diagram drawn by Haig-Brown. The bulk of the book with interesting and revealing exchanges of correspondence between Al Purdy and Roderick Haig-Brown, dating from 1974 through 1976, with Purdy’s "The Death of a Friend" an especially memorable tribute to the life and spirit of Roderick Haig-Brown. The book’s title "Cougar Hunter" was taken from Purdy’s same titled essay in the final chapter, and it’s a beautiful, striking, thoughtful biography of Roderick Haig-Brown. Al Purdy and Alex Widen formed a partnership in 1992 to publish Cougar Hunter under the banner of The… Read More

Alaska Flyfishers. Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1983. 8vo. (9 x 5). 88 pp. including index. Limited Edition. Copy number 263 of 300 copies published. Color plates of flies. A complete list of patterns with tying instructions and notes on how to fish them. Bound in full brown leather with gilt titles. Published without a dust jacket. Fine. .

Privately published journals by the late Albert Haas Jr., recounting his days fly fishing and also his life’s experiences celebrating interesting and personal situations. "Keeping in Motion" is 91 pp. and "In Slower Motion" is 86 pp. Octavo. (8 x 6). These two volumes are probably the only two journals he completed. "In Slower Motion" is inscribed and signed by him, and the inscription is addressed to Bob Wethern, the late editor of Rivers of Oregon series of books, and the founding Secretary of Flyfishers’ Club of Oregon, also author of The Creel: McKenzie River Edition. In both journals, Mr. Haas’ focus is primarily on fly fishing the west coast, but he ranges far and wide beyond its coast, streams and lakes. He was politically active, a committed environmentalist, and he participated in several marches against U. S. war involvement. One placard in particular stated his position on war exactly: "Fighting for Peace is Like Screwing for… Read More