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

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

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

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

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

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

Chiswick: Caradoc Press, 1905. 8vo, illustrated with ornamental initials, engravings by H. G. Webb, uncut; rubricated title, handsomely rebound in full teal morocco, black leather spine labels. Chiswick: The Caradoc Press:,1905. Near FIne. Number 169 of 350 numbered copies. More

Boston: Little Brown, 1889. Frontispiece and 10 engravings by various artists and 6 etchings by Harlow + 74 woodcuts throughout the text. 2 volumes, rubricated title pages, unprinted endpapers, scattered foxing, 8vo, original green cloth with a decoratively gilt spine and decorative cover. Boston: Little Brown, 1889. Very good(+) pair. The first James Russell Lowell edition with a new introduction by him. Number 431 of 500 numbered copies printed at the University Press, Cambridge. More