Ocean City, N.J: Ocean City Fishing Club [printed by Eakins, Palmer & Harrar, Philadelphia], 1918. Ocean City Fishing Club. Founded in 1913, the Ocean City Fishing Club is the oldest continuously operated fishing club in the country.Extensively illustrated club book, with portraits and anecdotes of many members (Bruns notes years..... Read More about 1918 Year Book. Ocean City Fishing Club

New York: [Privately Printed], 1919. First edition. Inscribed on the flyleaf, “Christmas Greeting, Henry Abbott”. Abbott’s little birchbark books, tales of hunting and fishing in the Adirondacks, were privately printed between 1914 and 1932. "All the series rare and expensive”, according to Bruns. Read More about Fish Stories

[n.p: s.n., 1927]. An anonymous narrative of a camping trip in the Adirondacks, Moose River Mountain, Black Bear Mountain, Bald Mountain, Limekiln Lake. The party fished for trout (though sometimes ended up with shiners), foraged for blueberries and raspberries, and met some characters along the way, including (to the author's..... Read More about A Weeks Sojourn in the Adirondack Mountains [cover title: A Week of Camping at Third Lake...

London: Witherby & Co, 1911. First English Edition (both American & English editions published simultaneously). With chapters on - "A River of New Brunswick," "Tuna Fishing in the North Atlantic," "The Edge of the Great Lakes," "New Scotland," and "The Land of Evangeline." "First book seen to spell Nipigon in..... Read More about A Fisherman's Summer in Canada

London: Sands and Co, 1901. First edition. Articles on the varieties of shooting and angling in every European country, including Russia and the Turkish Empire. Read More about Sport in Europe

London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1852. Second edition. "Never in our recollection, says a writer in the Gentleman's Magazine, "has the contemplative man's recreation been rendered more attractive, nor the delight of a country life set forth with a truer or more discriminating zest than in these pleasant pages."..... Read More about Spring-Tide; or, The Angler and His Friends

London: John B. Day, 3, Savoy Street, Strand, 1876. First edition, second issue. VERY FINE COPY. The manuscript upon which Aldam based his text appeared at auction in 1999; the author's name was revealed to be Robert Whitehead, but nothing further of the author is known. Both issues of this..... Read More about A Quaint Treatise on "Flees, and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making," By an Old Man Well...

London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. First Edition. A lighthearted look at sport and camping in the Canadian wilds. Read More about Salmon-Fishing in Canada. By a Resident

London: William Pickering, 1847. First Pickering edition, reprinted from the 1845 privately printed edition. Colloquy on angling after the fashion of Izaac Walton and Charles Cotton, by a noted collector of Walton and Johnsoniana With 2-page ad for Pickering's "Books on Angling" at the front. Read More about The River Dove. With some Quiet Thoughts on the Happy Practice of Angling

New York: Scribners, 1903. Limited edition of 160 copies on hand-made paper. Read More about Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle. From the Book of St. Albans … With an Introductory Essay...

London: Joseph Smith [James Bullock, Printer], 1828. An abridged edition of “The Gentleman Angler” first published in 1726. This edition simplified for novices in the art. VERY RARE as are the earlier editions, the only copy of this edition we were able to locate being in the British Library. The..... Read More about The Angler's Guide containing Easy Instructions for the Youthful Beginner with Several...

Manchester: Abel Haywood and Son, 1883, 1882, 1894. First editions of the 2nd & 3rd Series, second edition of the 1st Series. Papers given at the monthly meeting of the Club. A very attractive set, and very scarce in the triple decker format. Read More about Anglers' Evenings. Papers by Members of the Manchester Anglers' Association. 1st - 3rd Series

New York: 1950. Witty and informative article on Eugene V. Connett and the origins of the Anglers’ Club Bulletin in 1920-21.With “The Salmon Rivers of Spain” by Edward R. Hewitt. Read More about “Tales of an Older Day. Virginius and the Baby” by Sparse Grey Hackle, in: The Anglers’...