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

Post Mills, Vermont. August 5, 1920. One leaf (8 1/2 x 8). Billhead receipt for a variety of rod parts. Chubb rods were "Built on Honor." A nifty piece of early Chubb ephemera. In very good condition..

New York. The Macmillan Company. 1930. First Edition. 8vo. (7 x 5). 143 pp. Black and white photo frontispiece showing the author fishing. Black and white photos, all of which show the author fishing streams and rivers. Text drawings. There are good chapters on rods, flies, and fishing dry flies. The book is bound in brown cloth with gilt titles. The spine is faded, and there is a longwinded inscription on the front end paper, praising the book, but the writer had great difficulty putting a lid on it. Otherwise a very good..

New York. The Macmillan Company. 1930. First Edition. 8vo. (7 x 5). 143 pp. Black and white photo frontispiece showing the author fishing. Black and white photos, all of which show the author fishing streams and rivers. Text drawings. This copy signed by Baird Foster, who was a member of the New York Angler's Club, a bamboo rod maker, and sometimes associate of Everett Garrison. There are good chapters on rods, flies, and fishing dry flies. The book is bound in brown cloth with gilt titles. Spine a touched age-toned, otherwise very good..

David & Charles. London. 1991. First edition. 4 to. 183 pp. Stories from a dozen gillies, well-written, fascinating essays. Color photos and drawings. Numerous black and white drawings, maps and reproductions from older publications. Beautiful color end papers. Fine in a fine dust jacket.. F. Hardcover.

Haynes, England. 1988. First edition. 4 to. 168 pp. Foreword by Tony Mills. Wonderful color photographs of fish (huge barbel, carp, tench, bream, and pike), fishermen, and fishing waters. Good stories. American anglers can learn a great deal from this book. U.K. coarse fishermen are some of the best in the world. Fine in a fine dust jacket (As new).. F. Hardcover.

Los Angeles, California. Published by the Friends of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum and the Los Angeles Maritime Museum Research Society. 1997. First Edition. 4to. (11 x 9). 126 pp. including appendix, bibliography, glossary. One of 100 copies published in hardback. Black and white historical photos. Text illustrations. Includes sections on Tackle - The Abundant Fishes - Fishing for Money - Pioneers and Personalities. The book is bound in blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine and front cover. A nice book. Fine..

London. Collins. 1943. First United Kingdom Edition. Octavo (8 x 5 1/2). 288 pp. including glossary. Roderick Haig-Brown spent a good deal of his early life working in the logging camps in Washington state and on Vancouver Island in British Columbia as a cruiser and surveyor; his novel of loggers and their way of life was based on first-hand experience. The first United Kingdom edition was titled The Tall Trees Fall to appeal to a U. K. audience unfamiliar with the title of the American edition, Timber. A Novel of Pacific Coast Loggers. The glossary is worth a few minutes of your time. It explains the terms used by loggers to describe their trade and it will help with the reading of the text. The book is bound in brown cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Pictorial dust jacket. A pristine book. Fine in a fine bright dust jacket..

London. Collins. 1943. First United Kingdom Edition. Octavo (8 x 5 1/2). 288 pp. including glossary. Roderick Haig-Brown spent a good deal of his early life working in the logging camps in Washington state and on Vancouver Island in British Columbia as a cruiser and surveyor; his novel of loggers and their way of life was based on first-hand experience. The first United Kingdom edition was titled The Tall Trees Fall to appeal to a U. K. audience unfamiliar with the title of the American edition, Timber. A Novel of Pacific Coast Loggers. The glossary is worth a few minutes of your time. It explains the terms used by loggers to describe their trade and it will help with the reading of the text. The book is bound in brown cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a very good dust jacket with light edge wear..

Far Hills, New Jersey. Meadow Run Press. 1998 [1906]. First Edition Thus. 8vo. (7 ½ x 5). 78 pp. plus colophon. Introduction by Randy Wayne White. Illustrated frontispiece. Black and white plates. This book is one of the earliest accounts of fishing for tarpon. The book is bound in black and green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Cloth slip case with titling label affixed on the side panel. A nice book. Fine in a fine slip case..

Far Hills, New Jersey. Meadow Run Press. 1998 [1906]. First Edition Thus. 8vo. (7 ½ x 5). 78 pp. plus colophon. Introduction by Randy Wayne White. Illustrated frontispiece. Black and white plates. One of the earliest accounts of fishing for tarpon. The book is bound in black and green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Cloth slip case with titling label affixed on the side panel. A nice book. Fine in a fine slip case..

Sanibel Island, Florida. Privately published. Lost Stories. 1990. First Edition. 8vo. (8 x 5 1/2). 40 pp. Foreword by Randy Wayne White. Includes three essays penned by early tarpon fishing pioneers: Tarpon Fishing in Florida by Robert Grant. A Winter's Sport in Florida November, 1889 by O. A. Mygatt. On the Trail of the Tarpon 1939 by Charles M. Breder, Jr. Black and white reproduced historical photos and text illustrations. The book is bound in white pictorial wrappers with black titles. In nice condition. Fine..

Hobart. Privately published. 1994. First Edition. 8vo. (7 ½ x 5 ½). 336 pp. A stream-by-stream and lake-by-lake description of the fishing opportunities in Tasmania. Maps, black and white photos, line drawings. The book is bound in colorful pictorial boards with white and blue titles. A nice book. Fine..

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 2000. First Edition. Quarto (11 x 9). 116 pp. including appendices, index. Foreword by Ernest Schwiebert. Black and white photos. Text and line drawings. Tables and charts. A thorough and technical examination of the growth fly rod technology over the centuries with a concentration on advances made during the past few decades. The book is bound in black cloth with silver titles. A nice book. In fine condition..

Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 2000. First Edition. Quarto (11 x 9). 116 pp. including appendices, index. Foreword by Ernest Schwiebert. Black and white photos. Text and line drawings. Tables and charts. A thorough and technical examination of the growth fly rod technology over the centuries with a concentration on advances made during the past few decades. The book is bound in colorful pictorial wrappers with white and black titles. A nice book. In fine condition..

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Stackpole Books. 1994. First Edition. 8vo. 262 pp. including bibliography, index. Color plates showing artificial terrestrial patterns. Text illustrations. Pattern list. Bound in burgundy and gray cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice copy. Fine in a fine dust jacket. .

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Stackpole Books. 1994. First Edition. 8vo. (8 x 6). 262 pp. including bibliography, index. Signed by Harrison R. Steeves on the title page. Color plates showing artificial terrestrial patterns. Text illustrations. Pattern list. The book is bound in burgundy and gray cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice copy. Fine in a fine dust jacket. .

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Stackpole Books. 1990. First Edition. 8vo. (9 x 7). 173 pp. including index. Color plates showing several famous Letort anglers and effective fly patterns. Foreword by Paul Schullery. Black and white sequential tying photos. Text drawings. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a very good dust jacket with a crinkle on the top edge of the front panel..

Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg. PA. 1994. First Edition. 8vo. 262 pp. Eight color plates of artificial flies. Black and white illustrations. Pattern list. A first rate book on land insects, with a great deal of insight on legendary spring creek anglers Marinaro and Fox. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.. Hardcover.

Sisters, Oregon. Published by David Communications. 1998. First Edition. Quarto (10 x 8). 31 pp. plus 9 pp. appendices. Signed by Terry Barron on the title page. Color plates showing a few fly patterns for the lake’s cutthroats, many of which reach enormous size. Black and white photos showing numbers of large fish and happy fly fishers. Text drawings and maps. The most important point the author makes addresses how to dress properly, which is critical when the lake’s weather is at its nastiest and it’s when the fish are most active. Tackle recommendations are sound. The book is bound in colorful pictorial wrappers with red titles. A nice book. Fine. . Signed by Author.

Theodore Gordon, "though once a real person, he has become our myth," [John McDonald]. Theodore Gordon (1854-1915) was the metaphorical bridge between English dry fly patterns and the American dry fly. Certainly, though, he has been credited with much more than that: for instance, his thorough understanding of aquatic entomology; his introduction of the dry fly to America; that he was "the father of modern American angling"; none of those claims are actually correct, according to angling historian Paul Schullery. Nonetheless Gordon was indeed a thoughtful and gifted writer, and he corresponded with several of angling’s great writers and thinkers of the time, including G. E. M. Skues, Frederic Halford, and Robert Bright Marston, editor of The Fishing Gazette in London. This letter from Robert B. Marston is addressed to Theodore Gordon’s mother, Fanny Jones Gordon, shortly after Theodore’s death on May 1, 1915. Upon learning of his death, R.B. Marston, the influential… Read More