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

Washington. Government Printing Office. 1898. 8vo. 171 + 340 pp. Black and white plates, one folding. Text illustrations. Charts and graphs. With stamp "Compliments of Dr. E. H. Muller". Bound in the original black cloth with gilt titles. Light edge wear. Near very good..

Plano, Texas. The Thomas B. Reel Company. 1990. Limited Edition. Number 263 of 750 copies. 8vo. 104 pp. including bibliography, index. Edited by Brian J. McGrath. U. S. Patents Class 43 Sub-Class 18 - 26. 1854 to 1931. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

Washington. Government Printing Office. 1892. (Report for the period July 1888 to June 1889). Large 8vo. (8 ½ x 6). 902 pp. including index. With a multitude of maps, charts and graphs, many folding, and several in color. This work concentrates on the Pacific Coast fisheries but also with reports on other western states are included as well. An enormous compendium of late nineteenth century fisheries studies. The book is bound in a fine binding of brown morocco spine and corners and marbled boards. Marbled end papers. Previous owner's gift inscription on the front fly leaf and light edge wear to the binding, otherwise a nice book. Very good..

New York. The Derrydale Press. 1938. Limited edition. Book number 407 of 950 copies published. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/2). 367 pp. The title page is printed in red and black. Illustrated by Milton C. Weiler. Illustrated color frontispiece with tissue guard. Color plus black and white plates. Mr. Walden was a fine writer, his style uncomplicated and passionate, and you’ll recognize his vulnerabilities and vicissitudes on the stream are pretty much like ours. A fine read. Nick Lyons wrote in 1981 that Howard Walden was the last surviving writer published by The Derrydale Press. The book is bound in black cloth with gilt titles and decorations on the spine and front cover plus the oval color adornment. The problem with this edition is the publisher utilized a cloth fabric that nearly dissolved the gilt titles and decorations. So here we are, the cover titles nearly invisible. A clean, very good book..

New York. Aperture Foundation. 2000. First Edition. Square Quarto. (10 x 10). 96 pp. including afterword, acknowledgments. Signed by Thomas McGuane and Charles Lindsay on the half-title page and with a drawing by each man alongside their signatures. Text by Thomas McGuane; black and white photos by Charles Lindsay. These are close-up and personal photos which put you mid-stream, standing next to the photographer; accompanied by McGuane’s prose. The book is bound in grey cloth with black and blind-stamped titles. Pictorial dust jacket. As nice a book as you’ll see. Fine in a fine dust jacket.. Signed by Author(s)..

Camden, South Carolina. The Premier Press. 1985. 8vo. (7 x 5). 367 pp. Limited Edition. Book number 456 of 3000 copies published. Title page printed in brown and black. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Color and black white plates. Text drawings. A well-written book by a master fly fisherman who was able to capture the essence of the sport and then describe it beautifully. Howard Walden was the last of the Derrydale authors to pass away in 1984. The book is bound in full blue leather with gilt titles and decorations. Marbled end papers. All edges gilt. A nice book. Fine..