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

London. Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd. 1898. First Edition. 8vo. (7 x 5). 195 pp. including index. Photo frontispiece showing two fishermen streamside, with tissue guard. Black and white plates. This book is part of The Anglers' Library edited by Herbert Maxwell. A survey of angling in the region and streams with detailed information for each location. The book is bound in the original brown cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Green ribbon marker. Two book plates, one angling, to the front pastedown and front free end paper, with some browning, foxing to the title page and tissue guard, article on rainbow trout from the 1901 'Field' tipped-on the back end paper, otherwise, very good..

London. Queen Anne Press. 1981. First Edition. 4to. (9 ½ x 7). 192 pp. including index. Color photo frontispiece showing a nice river scene. Color photos of rivers, fish and fishermen. Maps. Listen blokes, after a few drinks of Haig Scotch Whiskey, it won't matter if you're angling for salmon on an expensive Scottish beat or dunking for catfish in Cache Creek in Yolo County - it's all fun. The book is bound in blue cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

Boston. David R. Godine, Publisher. 1987. First Edition. 4to. 232 pp. including bibliography, index. Illustrated color frontispiece of a leaping salmon. Twenty color plates of salmon flies and a river scene. Black and white photos. Text illustrations. A landmark book, showcasing the renaissance of nineteenth century patterns. A book produced with the highest quality standards by David Godine. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Decorated end papers. Pictorial dust jacket. Still in shrinkwrap and original shipping box. As new with a new dust jacket.. Hardcover.

No place (Norwalk). Privately published. 2004. 8vo. 19 pp. An account of salmon fishing on the north coast of Mendocino County, California. This piece first appeared in The Overland Monthly in 1874. An interesting, lively story. This is a homemade book, published in a small edition of 30 or less copies. Hand colored illustrated paper covered boards, black cloth spine. As New.. Hardcover.

Wilmington, New York. Adirondack Sports Publication. 1982. First Edition. Signed by the author. 8vo. (9 x 5 ½). 114 pp. Illustrated frontispiece. Text illustrations. Maps. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Photo end papers. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice copy. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

Shrewsbury, England. Swan Hill Press. 1993. First Edition. Large 8vo. 174 pp. plus bibliography. Color plates. Maps. Charts. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Very good with a very good dust jacket.. F. Hardcover.

Madison, Ohio. Sunrise Publishing Company. 1992. 8vo. 201 pp. plus colophon. This is the Deluxe Edition. Number 65 of 74 copies. Signed by the author. Color frontispiece of several very desirable books. Black and white plates showing many titles. An extra color photo of the frontispiece is laid-in. A fundamental and most excellent bibliography on Borzoi publications, with full descriptions, values, scarcity, etc. Also has an excellent chapter by Judith Bowman titled 'Values of Out of Print Sporting Books." Bound in full burgundy leather with gilt titles. With a burgundy cloth slip case that has a titling label and is numbered to match the book. Fine in a fine slip case. .

Winchester Press. 1980. First edition. 8 vo. 146 pp. Introduction by Ed Zern. Colored end papers with the author's patterns. The author describes the fly patterns which have been effective for him. Fine in a fine dust jacket.. F. Hardcover.

Oslo, Norway. Landbruksforlaget. 1991. First Edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 6 1/2). 75 pp. Text illustrations. Charts and diagrams. The book is bound in colorful pictorial coated cloth with brown titles. A scarce Norwegian work on bamboo rod construction. Fine..

New York. Lyons & Burford, Publishers. 1993. First Edition. 4to. 549 pp. plus index. Black and white photos. Text illustrations. Diagrams. Everything you would want to know about making, fixing, adjusting and improvising tackle is found herein. Bound in green and orange cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Fine with a fine dust jacket..

Alnwick, England. Hardy Bros. Ltd. 1926. Octavo (8 x 5). 374 pp. 48th. Edition. Color plates of trout and salmon flies, lures, minnows, etc. A large number of black and white illustrations showing reels, rods, lines, and other equipment miscellany sold by this world-famous tackle manufacturer. Articles by John J. Hardy, Hints on the Art of Angling, Dry-Fly fishing for Trout, Salmon Fishing with the Fly, Angling in Tasmania, Loch Fishing, Pike Fishing, Sea Fishing, Angling in Norway, Angling in New Zealand, etc. The catalogue is bound in the original light green colored cloth spine and green card covers with black titles and a photo of J. J. Hardy fishing on the front cover. Edge wear to the covers with a short closed tear on the front cover, old cello tape stains on the inside of the covers. A good-very good catalogue..

Far Hills, New Jersey. Meadow Run Press. 2001. Limited Edition. One of 1500 copies published. 8vo. (7 ½ x 6). 68 pp. plus colophon. Color plates showing many outsized tarpon and the fishermen who pursue them. Black and white historical plates. The book is bound in purple cloth with gilt titles. Clear plastic dust jacket. Blue cloth slip case with a pictorial lettering label. A nice book. Fine with a fine dust jacket and slip case.. Hardcover.

Dant, Oregon. Privately published. 1991. First Edition. Quarto (11 x 9). 131 pp. Printed on rectos only. This is a 22 year diary which includes extensive accounts of fly fishing for trout and steelhead on the Deschutes River in central Oregon between the years 1959 and 1981. There are additional day-to-day accounts of life on the river, with good descriptions of the natural history of the area. A scarce book, with likely just a small number published. The book is bound in green paper covers with a black comb ring binder. There’s some creasing to the front cover, otherwise a very good book..