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$75.00
1n31a/18

Everybody's Book on Angling: Showing the Habits and Haunts of Fish, How to Catch Them and What Tackle and Baits to Use; Thames Angling Described; And Hints Given as to the Fishing on the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk; With Useful Informati


AMPHLETT, F H

12mo, pp. 170 + [14 (advts)]; red leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; publisher's device to front board in gilt; advt eps, illus.; G- (heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; heavy tanning & soiling to pg edges with heavy chipping; heavy tearing to joints, front board loose; leather to spine cracked; heavy tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to ht & tp; heavy cracking to front & rear hinges).

PUBLISHER: W. R. Russell & Co. n/d

KEYWORDS: fish fishing angling angler game sport England Saxon's Everybody Series

$575.00
1o18a/1

American Big Game Fishing


CONNETT, EUGENE V (ed); HUNT, LYNN BOGUE (illus.)

LIMITED FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. xxii + 251; blue cl bds, spine & front board lettered & decorated in gilt, teg, fore & bottom edge deckled, illus. eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: The Derrydale Press 1935

KEYWORDS: fish fishing game sport angling angler big United States America first edition

$160.00
1o18a/2

Sea Level: Adventures of a Saltwater Angler


CARDENAS, JEFFREY; BUFFETT, JIMMY (introd)

Super 8vo, pp. 187; green cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; in black heavy card slipcase; F (in original plastic packaging, unopened).

PUBLISHER: Meadow Run Press 2002

KEYWORDS: fish fishing angling angler sport game sea ocean saltwater

$175.00
1o18a/8

The Cruise of the Fisherman: Adventures in Southern Seas


GREY, ROMER

FIRST EDITION. Crown 8vo, pp. viii + 268; red cl bds, spine & front board lettered in yellow; frontis., plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in facsimile d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate creasing & curling to front & rear flaps).

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1929

KEYWORDS: Romer Grey fishing fish angling angler sport game ocean sea saltwater adventure first edition

$525.00
1o18a/9

The Fisherman Under the Southern Cross: A Story of Adventure in New Zealand


GREY, ROMER

FIRST EDITION. Crown 8vo, pp. viii + 274; green patterned buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in red; frontis., plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges, eps, prelims & terminals); in facsimile d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1930

KEYWORDS: Romer Grey fishing fish angling angler sport game ocean sea saltwater adventure New Zealand first edition

$90.00
1o18a/11

Songs and Ballads of Sport and Pastime


TOMLINSON, WILLIAM WEAVER (ed)

12mo, pp. xxiv + 294 + [10 (advts)]; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; arabesque border in blind & wreath ornment enclosing title in gilt to front board; teg; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscripton in black ink to front pastedown; heavy cracking to front hinge, light to moderate cracking to rear hinge; moderate cracking to central & rear gutters).

PUBLISHER: Walter Scott 1895

KEYWORDS: 19th century sport game songs poetry poems verse ballad pastime fishing hunting

$40.00
1o18a/12

An Old Man's Holidays


THE AMATEUR ANGLER [MARSTON, E]

Foolscap 8vo, pp. [16] + 140 + [4 (advts)]; green buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, roll-tooled borders in gilt & illus. in black to front board; teg, frontis., plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep; heavy cracking to hinges; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters).

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston and Company 1901

KEYWORDS: E Marston angling angler fish fishing river stream sport game travel

$65.00
1o18a/13

Big Game at Sea


HOLDER, CHARLES FREDERICK

LIMITED EDITION. UNNUMBERED. imp. 8vo, pp. xv + 352; blue leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, gilt rules to spine, double roll-tooled border in gilt & illus. to front board; aeg, marbled eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG- (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; two lg closed tear to front joint, one from head, one from tail; prev booksellers stick to rear board).

PUBLISHER: The Derrydale Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Charles Frederick Holder fish fishing angling angler sea ocean saltwater game sport

$200.00
1o18a/14

Fly Patterns: Tie Thousands of Flies


Dry, Nymph, Emerger, Streamer, Steelhead, Saltwater, and Warmwater

KAUFMANN, RANDALL & MARY; STIDHAM, MIKE (illus.)

FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY AUTHORS. Imp. 8vo, pp. 478; black cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus. prelims, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning to edges).

PUBLISHER: Western Fisherman's Press 2008

KEYWORDS: fish fishing fly angling angler flies tying dressing sport game pattern insect imitation

$30.00
xx177pol207840

The Contemplative Man's Recreation: A Bibliography of Books on Angling and Game Fish in the Library of British Columbia


STARKMAN, SUSAN B & READ, STANLEY E (ed); MACKENZIE, N A (forew); HAIG-BROWN, RODERICK L

8vo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Library of the University of British Columbia 1970

KEYWORDS: angling angler fishing fish game sport bibliography book history books list handlist guide

$45.00
w14a/8

Win Without Boasting: The Derek Jones Story


WRIGHT, DON

Quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, boards sl warped, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Don Wright 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand harness racing horse horses sport Derek Jones biography biographies memoir

$40.00
2e18b/6

Zane Grey: A Photographic Odyssey


GREY, LOREN

FIRST EDITION. Imp. 8vo, pp. [10] + 211; grey cl bds, spine lettered in white; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light tanning throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; lg open tear to front flap at head).

PUBLISHER: Taylor Publishing Company 1985

KEYWORDS: Zane Grey fish fishing angling angler adventure travel sport game life lives pictorial history

$15.00
xx177pol1207922

The Guileless Trout


MCCASKIE, H B

8vo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Cresset Press 1950

KEYWORDS: fish fishing trout flies angling angler sport game recreation

$17.50
xx185pol207940

Olympic Obsession: The Inside Story of Britain's Most Successful Sport


CROSS, MARTIN

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Breedon Books 2001

KEYWORDS: Great Britain British sport rowing comeptition competitivegold medals medallists

$120.00
1y36a/9

Champion Blokes


SMITH, MAX

RARE THUS, SIGNED by 29 of the outstanding sportsmen who are the subject of this book, AND signed and dated by the author, octavo, green buckram boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, 231pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing/discolouration to spine & boards/edges, light tanning to page edges & eps, sl foxing to rear eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasng & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sports history sport heroes signed collectables collectibles former champions

$25.00
xx183pol208065

Arthur's Boys


ROMANOS, JOSEPH

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Moa Beckett 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history sports athletics track field Arthur Lydiard coaches trainers athletes biographies first editions

$27.50
xx183pol208066

Trout Fishing


BROOKS, JOE & BEECHAM, TOM (Drawings)

CERTIFIED AS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JACK G MELL, imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Popular Science Publishing 1972

KEYWORDS: sport hobbies fly fishing flyfishing angling trout Joe Brooks

$35.00
xx182pol208098

Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas


GREY, ZANE

Imperial octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Derrydale Press 2000

KEYWORDS: sport fishing hobbies Zane Grey literature

$18.50
xx172pol208223

Rocket Ron: The Ron Necciai Story and His Record-Setting 27 Strikeouts


STONE, GEORGE

8vo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Infinity Publishing 2008

KEYWORDS: Ron Necciai baseball 20th century sport sporting history

$60.00
ak1/18a/27

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1958 (95th Year)


PRESTON, NORMAN (Ed & Preface)

LACKS D/W, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & title page, frontispiece, xxxvi + 1035pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, top corners of pgs961-982 creased)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1958

KEYWORDS: sport history Wisden past issues 1958 almanacks cricket statistics results

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