Salmon Fishing. The Lonsdale Library Volume X
London: Seeley, Service, 1931. First Edition, 242 of 275 copies on handmade paper, signed by the author. The... Read More about Salmon Fishing. The Lonsdale Library Volume X
Price: $6,500
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“Tales of an Older Day. Virginius and the Baby” by Sparse Grey Hackle, in: The Anglers’ Club Bulletin, Vol. 31...
New York: 1952. Witty note about the escapades of Eugene V. Connett and Col. Teddy Roosevelt Jr., fishing on the Brodhead. With “Authors on the Couch”, reflections by Sparse Grey Hackle on the work of George M. L. La Branche. Read More about “Tales of an Older Day. Virginius and the Baby” by Sparse Grey Hackle, in: The Anglers’...
Price: $100
The Anglers’ Club of Philadelphia. Founding Dinner. The Racquet Club. February 1, 1951 [… Annual Dinner] [With:] Salmon Anglers of...
Philadelphia: 1947-1962. Uncommon ephemera from this group of Philadelphia anglers, organized by Frank C. Roberts, Jr., and with many members of the Anglers’ Club of New York in attendance. Lee Wulff showed color movies at the Salmon Anglers dinners in 1947-8 (the first program is signed by Lee Wulff); a...... Read More about The Anglers’ Club of Philadelphia. Founding Dinner. The Racquet Club. February 1, 1951 […...
Price: $850
An Angler’s Delight
The Best of the Anglers’ Club Bulletin 1920-1972. With an Introduction by Sparse Grey Hackle (Alfred W. Miller).
New York: Privately printed by the Anglers' Club of New York, 1972. First Edition, one of 1,000 copies. An Angler’s Delight. A lively compilation of prose and poetry by 18 contributors to the distinguished club's Bulletin, including “Sparse”, Eugene V. Connett, III, Richard C. Hunt, Dana S. Lamb, H.G. Pickering..... Read More about The Best of the Anglers’ Club Bulletin 1920-1972. With an Introduction by Sparse Grey Hackle...
Price: $150
Well Dressed Lines, Stripped from the Reels of Five New Englanders.
New York: Privately Printed by The Anglers’ Club of New York, 1962. First, limited edition, one of 500 copies. A collection of angling prose and verse by David McCord, Francis W. Hatch, Edward Weeks, Leslie P. Thompson, and Edmund Ware Smith. ("The cod / Is odd. / The Cape Codder..... Read More about Well Dressed Lines, Stripped from the Reels of Five New Englanders
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The Angler’s Pocket-Book; or, Compleat English Angler...also, Nobbs’s Celebrated Treatise on the Art of Trolling.
London: Printed by H.K. Causton, 1805. Third edition. Robert Nobbs’s treatise was originally printed separately in 1682. Read More about The Angler’s Pocket-Book; or, Compleat English Angler...also, Nobbs’s Celebrated Treatise on...
Price: $450
The American Angler. Devoted to Fishing — Brook, River, Lake and Sea — Fish Culture. Volume 2, nos. 2, 5-10...
New York: The Angler's Publishing Company, 16 July to 4 November 1882. First edition. A choice and representative group of issues of this important, early, and long-lived angling periodical, with contributions by the leading American and Canadian angling writers of the day, including Harris, James Henshall, Charles Hallock, et. al...... Read More about The American Angler. Devoted to Fishing — Brook, River, Lake and Sea — Fish Culture. Volume...
Price: $750
Angling print: “Hen & Cockfish”.
No. 26 of 100 copies. Read More about Angling print: “Hen & Cockfish”
Price: $300
Log of the Eleventh Annual Cruise of the Second Presbyterian Fishing Club of Philadelphia, July 2nd to 13th, 1881, inclusive...
Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott, Printers, 1881. First edition. Hijinks and fishing in the Delaware Bay. The humorous folding map bears the legend Map of the Bottom of Delaware River and Bay. Compiled from Explorations by the 2nd Presbyterian Fishing Club, on their 11th Annual Cruise, 1881. Uncommon. Read More about Log of the Eleventh Annual Cruise of the Second Presbyterian Fishing Club of Philadelphia, July...
Price: $350
The Angler's Hand-Book containing Concise Instructions for Every Department of the Art.
London: G. Routledge, 1846. “New Edition”. A diminutive, popular treatise, first published in 1838; this is the 4th edition, according to Westwood & Satchell. The delightful hand-colored plates display a total of 24 flies. Read More about The Angler's Hand-Book containing Concise Instructions for Every Department of the Art
Price: $800
Hardy's Angler's Guide.
Alnwick, England: Hardy Bros., LTD, 1930. 52nd edition. Forms part of the annual catalog series. Read More about Hardy's Angler's Guide
Price: $150
DEAN SAGE COPY
My First Touch of Angling by A Biggish Boy [in Peter Parley's Annual: A Christmas and New Year's present for...
[London: W. Kent, 1865]. Extract bound seperately. DEAN SAGE COPY. Read More about My First Touch of Angling by A Biggish Boy [in Peter Parley's Annual: A Christmas and New Year's...
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Though Memory Plays Me False. A Story of Anticosti. The St. Lawrence River Isle of Enchantment, the life of William...
[Southbury, CT: Gretchen E. Engel], 1971. First Edition. Very unusual in hardcover. Inscribed to Bill Wigton by the author. Read More about Though Memory Plays Me False. A Story of Anticosti. The St. Lawrence River Isle of Enchantment,...
Price: $300
The Salmon Streams of Anticosti Island.
Montreal: Consolidated Paper Corporation Limited, Anticosti Division, [n.d., ca. 1937]. Sixth edition. Anticosti, “the treasure island of the Saint Lawrence,” was maintained as a private hunting preserve by French chocolate manufacturer Henri Menier from 1896 until 1926. It was bought by a Canadian paper consortium and this brochure is evidence..... Read More about The Salmon Streams of Anticosti Island
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The Settler and Sportsman in Anticosti.
London: Morris & Co., 8 Philpot Lane, 1885. First Edition. The rarest of the Anticosti books. Only copy we have seen. "...gives a concise and interesting account of the physical features, public works, natural resources, industries, minerals, and general condition of this island, which lies in the mouth of the great..... Read More about The Settler and Sportsman in Anticosti
Price: $1,500
Constitution and By-Laws of the Twin City Fish and Game Protective Association of Fort Smith and Van Buren, Ark.
Van Buren, AR: Thayer Bros. Print, n.d., ca 1890s]. First edition. The object of this Association shall be to create and foster a public sentiment in favor of the protection of the Fish and Game in the State of Arkansas, … and to procure the stocking of the streams and..... Read More about Constitution and By-Laws of the Twin City Fish and Game Protective Association of Fort Smith and...
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An Angler's Paradise and How to Obtain It.
London: The Angler Limited, 1895. First Edition. An expert's treatise on all aspects of fish ponds and fish culture, primarily trout. Read More about An Angler's Paradise and How to Obtain It
Price: $125
Trout Unlimited's Guide to Pennsylvania Limestone Streams.
[Harrisburg, Pa.]: Stackpole Books, [1992]. First edition, Deluxe Issue , #47 of 203 copies, signed by the author. Read More about Trout Unlimited's Guide to Pennsylvania Limestone Streams
Price: $85
Turn-of-the-Century Sheet Music
When I Was a Boy: sheet music.
Chicago and New York: McKinley Music Company, 1897. Turn-of-the-Century Sheet Music. “How many times I've wandered with a home-made rod and line / To the softly running brook and shady glen...”. An attractive turn-of-the-century angling item. Read More about When I Was a Boy: sheet music
Price: $150
One of 100 Copies
Country/City: A Year at the River.
[Stanwood, Washington]: Kingfisher Press, 1998. First edition, one of 100 copies signed by Arnold, with an original trout fly affixed to inside front cover. One of 100 Copies. Read More about Country/City: A Year at the River
Price: $275
The Arte of Angling 1577. edited by Gerald Eades Bentley, with an Introduction by Otto von Kienbusch & Explanatory Notes...
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Library, 1956. First edition. Read More about The Arte of Angling 1577. edited by Gerald Eades Bentley, with an Introduction by Otto von...
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Petri Artedi sueci Genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis...
Grypeswaldiae: Ant. Ferdin. Roese, 1792. Second edition (first ed., 1738). Peter Artedi or Petrus Arctaedius (February 22, 1705 - September 27, 1735) was a Swedish naturalist and is known as the "father of Ichthyology." Artedi was born in the province of Ångermanland. Intending to become a clergyman, he went, in 1724..... Read More about Petri Artedi sueci Genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum...
Price: $1,000
Asbury Park Fishing Club 1924.
[Asbury Park, New Jersey]: 1924. Nicely produced club book, illustrated with portraits of members, photographs of fishing, line drawings, and a good group of articles. “New Record Tuna Catch” by Claude E. Holgate mentions Zane Grey. Van Campen Heilner (author of Salt Water Fishing, 1937) was president of the club..... Read More about Asbury Park Fishing Club 1924
Price: $750