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 about Fishing Flies and Fly Tying. American Insects and Their Imitations

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 about Izaak Walton: A New Bibliography 1637 - 1987

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 about A Treatise on the Artificial Propagation of Fish, with the Description & Habits of such kinds...

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 about The Compleat Angler 1653-1967: A New Bibliography

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 about Angling Sketches

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 about Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters

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 about The Anglican Friar and The Fish Which He Took By Hook And By Crook

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 about A New Chronicle of the Complete Angler

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 about Pris sur le Vif: Ombres, Truits, Saumons

London: George Harrap, 1931. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 12 full-page color plates, and 25 b/w drawings in the text; pictorial endpapers and illus. title page. 224pp. 4to, original gilt-lettered vellum; uncut edges, t.e.g. London: George Harrap, (1931). A fine copy. Limited edition. Number 335 of 775 copies signed by Rackham on the limitation page. Latimore & Haskell, p. 66. More about The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation

London: A & C Black, 1928. Several illustrations. 246 pages. 12mo, un-lettered brown sheep, printed d.w. (well-worn and repaired with tape), board slipcase with paper labels. London: A. & C. Black, 1928. First edition thus. A fine copy in poor dust wrapper and very good slipcase. A facsimile of the 1653 first edition. More about The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation.; Being a Discourse of Fish and...

New York: Thomas Crowell, 1880. Edited by John Major from the fourth London edition. Illustrated with steel and wood engravings by John Absolon and J.T. Willmore. 2 volumes, 12mos, gilt stamped green cloth, top edges gilt, titles in red and black. New York: Thomas Crowell, circa 1880. A very good(+) set. More about The Complete Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation

London: Pickering, 1836. With Original memoirs and Notes by Sir Harris Nicolas. 2 volumes with rubricated titles. Beautifully illustrated with 61 engraved plates by various artists, printed on India paper within the text or as a full-page plate. [16], ccxii, [2], 129; [2], 131-436, [32]pp printed on thick paper. Thick imperial 8vos, handsomely bound in 19th century full black morocco with gilt-stamped covers and spine; a.e.g. (expremities rubbed, one inner hinge strengthened, scattered foxing and some browning on margins). London... More about The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Rivers,...