Harrisburg: Stackpole and Heck, 1951. Including the frontispiece, there are 6 color plates; many black and white illustrations and text drawings by the author. 234 pages. Short 4to, bound in full brown padded leather with gilt titles and gilt fly on the front cover, a.e.g. (binding is edgeworn and with small repairs to head and rear corner. Harrisburg: Stackpole and Heck, (1951). Deluxe Limited Edition - number 36 of only 100 copies printed. Pattern lists. A very good solid copy..... More

New York: James Cummins, 1989. 434 pages, tall thick 8co, red cloth, d.w. New York: James Cummins, 1989, First Edition, Limited. Fine. One of 540 numbered copies signed by the author. More

New York: Moore142 pages, 1858. Thin 8vo, 142 pages, original brown cloth, (worn, some browning). New York: A.O. Moore, 1858. Second edition of possibly the first American book on the subject. More

New York: Scribner, 1926. Black & white photographic illustrations. 12mo, dark green cloth-backed green boards; uncut. New York: Scribner's 1926. Corners bumped and with one small stain on cover, still a very good copy. One of 750 copies. A revised and enlarged edition of the privately printed first edition of 1923. More

Pittsburgh: The Pittsburgh Bibliophiles, 1970. Tipped in color frontis, 28 full-page black-and-white plates. xx + 350 pages, tall 8vo, green cloth. Pittsburgh: The The Pittsburgh Bibliophiles, 1970. A fine copy. More

London: Longmans, 1891. With 3 etchings and numerous illustrations by W.G. Burn-Murdoch. Tall 8vo, pale blue boards with parchment spine (worn at ends and joints repaired; title page starting). London: Longmans, 1891. First edition, large paper copy, number 27 of only 150 copies printed. Overall a very good(-) copy with etchings evenly toned from the tissue overlays. More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1892. 32 fine colored plates with tissue guards, 6 engravings and 8 photographic reproductions. 522 pages. Tall thick, 8vo, green cloth, decorative front cover (slight wear & some rippling on spine, internally clean). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1892). A very good(+) copy. Early Printing, with the 1892 publication date on the copyright page and no date on the title page. Previous owners name on inside front cover. More

New York: Century, 1883. Hundreds of woodcut illustrations throughout the text. 892 pages, thick 4to, pictorial tan cloth, decorative spine (rubbed at the top). New York: Century, (1883). Very good. Among the contributors are Dan Beard, John Burroughs, George Bird Grinnell, James A. Henshall, John Muir, Thaddeus Norris, Charles E. Whithead, and others. More

Boston: Stratford, 1923. Numerous photographic illustrations. with photos. 259pp., tall 8vo, burgundy cloth, edgeworn d.w. Boston: Stratford, 1923. First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Inscribed by he author on the fly-leaf. More

London: Darling, 1851. Illustrated. 166pp., 12mo, rebound in gilt-lettered half leather over green cloth with original covers laid down. London: J. and D. A. Darling, 1851. A very good copy. More

New York: Paisley Press, 1936. Frontispiece portrait, tissue guard, 32 illustrations in black & white. 301pp. 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Paisley Press, First Edition. 1936. Fine. Fine copy in a cloth slipcase. More

Preface by L. de Boisset. Illustrated with 46 drawings in the text and 32 b/w photographic plates. 282pp printed on woodpulp paper so the pages are somewhat toned, as usual. Original pictorial wrappers (edgeworn with a few chips and folds); uncut edges. Paris: Librairie des Champs-Elysees, 1953. First edition. A very good copy of this uncommon angling book. More

North Humberside: Chevington, 1989. Poetry on Trout and Angling by various Authors. Etchings by D.R. Wakefield. Folio, leather backed marbled boards. (North Humberside): Chevington Press, 1989. Limited Edition. Fine. 13 etchings, printed in color, with poetry by Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, Rupert Brooke, John Donne, & others. One of only 75 copies, on handmade paper, signed by the printer and artist. Fine, in a cloth slipcase. More