Inscribed to John McDonald
Fishless Days. By Sparse Grey Hackle
New York: Privately Printed and Published by The Anglers' Club of New York, 1954. First edition, one of... Read More about Fishless Days. By Sparse Grey Hackle
Price: $1,000
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A Century with the Anglers’ Club. With Introduction, Essays and Artwork by Club Members.
New York: The Anglers’ Club of New York, 2006. Prosek, James. First edition, no. 19 of 100 numbered deluxe copies. The excellent and colorful history of the famed Anglers’ Club of New York, published on the occasion of its centennial. Read More about A Century with the Anglers’ Club. With Introduction, Essays and Artwork by Club Members
Price: $1,500
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 Dettes. A Catskill Legend.
Fishkill, New York: Willowcreek Press, 1992. First edition. Read More about The Dettes. A Catskill Legend
Price: $100
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The Dettes. A Catskill Legend.
Fishkill, New York: Willowcreek Press, 1992. First trade edition. SIGNED. Read More about The Dettes. A Catskill Legend
Price: $125
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
Fly-Fishing in Salt and Fresh Water.
London: Van Voorst, 1851. First edition. Read More about Fly-Fishing in Salt and Fresh Water
Price: $1,250
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
Pleissner et al
The Helen Shaw Collection. Trout and Salmon Flies. Limited Editions. Guest book signed by Alfred W. Miller [“Sparse Grey Hackle”]...
N.p: n.d. Pleissner et al. Guest book from the studio of the great fly tier, Helen, Shaw, with just a handful of names — but what legendary visitors have signed here: artist Ogden Pleissner, distinguished fly fisherman and author Sparse Grey Hackle, angling illustrator Charles De Feo! Read More about The Helen Shaw Collection. Trout and Salmon Flies. Limited Editions. Guest book signed by Alfred...
Price: $400
The Houghton Club Commonplace Book 1827 - 1902. A facsimile.
Stockbridge: published by and for the Members, [30 November] 2019. One of 60 copies. The Houghton Club, which holds the fishing rights to more than a dozen miles of the river Test, was founded in 1822, with five members joining at the dissolution of the Longstock Club (an association dating..... Read More about The Houghton Club Commonplace Book 1827 - 1902. A facsimile
Price: $8,250
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...
Price: $150
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 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..... Read More about The Settler and Sportsman in Anticosti
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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
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...
Price: $100
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..... Read More about Petri Artedi sueci Genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum...
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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
At Nonantum Club Lac Bouchette, P.Q. May 17 - June 5 1894 Come ! Hurry Up !
[[N.p: 1894]. Pictorial record of the Nonantum Club, an American fishing club organized from New Haven circa 1892, with lands leased on Lac des Commissaires next to the lake village of Lac Bouchette (west of Saguenay). The club is mentioned in reports of Canadian angling in Field and Stream at..... Read More about At Nonantum Club Lac Bouchette, P.Q. May 17 - June 5 1894 Come ! Hurry Up !
Price: $1,500