Angler Profiles.
Bowling Green, KY: The Hope Group, inc., 2000. Wraps. 9 x 6". 335 pp. In excellent condition. Includes photos, drawings, recipes, and tips from the greatest anglers.
HUNTING & FISHING
The Sound of Wings.
Waco, Texas: Texian Press, 1974. Cloth. 8vo. 49 pp. Light wear to edges of dj, light soiling. Signed and inscribed to ffep. Stories and reflections about hunting waterfowl and upland game in New England.
Grouse and Woodcock:; A Gunner's Guide
Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1995. Paperback. 224 pp, 8vo. Paperback. Inscribed by Johnson on title pg. Shelfworn w/ crease to top edge of front cover, lt soil to textblock and eps. Musty odor. Text clean, binding tight. Inscribed.
Salmon Flies:; Their Character, Style, and Dressing
Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1999. Cloth. 191 pp., oblong 8vo. Cloth hardcover in dj. Some light scuffing, rubbing, flexing & shelfwear to boards; crease to rear board. Faint creasing to joints. Slight shelfwear, cocking & shaking to spine but binding very sturdy. Some faint soiling to textblock edges. Pgs clean.....
Fish Bulletin 176: The Marine Recreational Fishery in Northern and Central California.
California: California Dept. of Fish and Game, 1995. Paperback. 8vo. 190 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, former owners name to cover and ffep. A historical comparison (1958-1986), Status of Stocks (1980-86) and effects of changes in the California Current.
Fly Patterns of Umpqua Feather Merchants.
Glide, Oregon: UMpqua Feather Merchants, 1998. Hardcover. 4to. 231 pp. Spine ends and corners are bumped and rubbed, rubbing to covers. The World's 1,500 best flies. Illustrated throughout in color.
Guns & Ammo For Hunting Big Game.
Los Angeles: Petersen Publishing Co., 1965. Hardcover. 384 pp., 4to. Hardcover in dj. Profusely illustrated w/ 179 b&w photos & line drawings of guns, hunters & their formidable prey in breathtaking landscapes. Light scuffing & wear to boards. Slight shelfwear, cocking & shaking to spine but binding sturdy. Library imprint.....
A Fisherman's Philosophy.
Whitehaven: The Whitehaven News Ltd., 1935. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 213 pp. foxing throughout, spine ends and corners rubbed and bumped, wear to edges, off-setting from dj to frep and ffep. Wear to dj corners, spine ends and edges, small one inch tear to dj spine. With colored illustrations by.....
Dynamite:; Mink & Coon Trapping
Riverton, WY: Tom Krause, 1995. First printing. Paperback. 64 pp., 8vo. Stapled paperback. First printing. Covers fine. Textblock clean & crisp. Illustrated w/ b&w photos & line drawings.
Bright Salmon and Brown Trout.
Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1964. Cloth in Slipcase. 8vo. 111 pp. Slipcase has light soiling, light wear to corners. Collection of fishing stories.
A.B. Frost: The American Sportsman's Artist.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1916. Cloth. 4to. 154 pp. Some foxing to covers and spine, wear to spine ends, paste action to end papers. Series of paintings and drawings of hunting scenes.
Shooting on Upland, Marsh, and Stream.
Chicago and New York: Rand McNally, 1890. Cloth. 473 pp. 8vo. Cloth. Wear and scuffing to boards. Bumping to spine ends and corenrs w/ board exposure to corners, small tears to spine corners as well as 1/2 " tear to head corners, a few small open tears to edges. Spine.....
Report on a Game Survey of the North Central States.
Madison: Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute, 1931. Cloth. 299 pp. 4to. Cloth. Lightly scuffed and edgeworn. Sm. damp stains to front cover. Bumping to sp. head w/ sm. tear, lt bumping to sp. foot. Spotty soil to top edge and faintly to bottom edge. Lightly shaken.
Tight Lines:; Ten Years of the Yale Anglers' Journal
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007. First edition. Cloth. 246 pp., oblong 12mo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. Contains 48 stories, recollections, essays & poems. Very light flexing & shelfwear to boards. Some very light creasing to joints. Slight cocking & shaking to spine but binding very sturdy.....
American Foxhunting: An Anthology.
Millwood, VA: The American Foxhound Club, 1970. Cloth. Folio. 212pp. Light shelf wear to spine ends & cover corners; light rubbing to covers. Signed by author; one of 2500 copies. 79 Classic stories, sketches, essays & poems Illustrated by 128 paintings, drawings, prints & photographs.
The Fur and Feather Series: The Grouse.
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1894. First edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. 293 pp. Wear, sunning and small tears to spine. Rear joint repaired. Light soil to covers, bottom corners bumped. Browning to edges; spotting to endpapers. Light foxing and spotting on some pages. Illustrated frontispiece.
A Portrait of Shooting.
Rugby: Anthony Atha Publishers and the Game Conservancy, 1979. First edition. Quarter Leather in Slipcase. Folio. 252 pp. #227 of 1100 copies. Fine but for previous owner's inscription on half-title, very faint musty odor (no visible cause), slight bump to lower corner of front cover. Green cloth and leather, gilt.....
An Insight To Sports; Featuring Trapshooting
Seattle: Sports Vision, Inc., 1984. First edition. Paperback. 147 pp. 8vo. Paperback. Soiling and rubbing to wraps, price sticker to upper right corner of cover, staining to text block edges, two address labels from publisher affixed to the copyright page. Vision training for use in clay pigeon shooting and other.....
Fishing With McClane:; 30 Years of Angling with America's Foremost Fisherman
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 332 pp., 4to. Hardcover in dj. First edition. Educational stories by the editor of 30 years for Field & Stream magazine. Slight shelfwear, cocking & shaking to spine but binding very sturdy. Some faint soiling to textblock edges. Po library imprint.....
Gran'Pappy's Pistol or To Hell With Gun Collecting.
NY: Coward McCann, Inc, 1956. Cloth. 8vo. 152pp. Book in great condition. Edgewear w/ tear to front head corner; light rubbing to rear of dj " A book for everybody particularly armchair sportsmen a satire on people and things in part also an autobiography revealing a philosophical approach to something.....
Days Afield:; Journeys and Discoveries in Hunting and Fishing
New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc., 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 205 pp, 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. Lightly shelfworn, light foxing/soil to edges. Faint dampstain and minor rippling to lower edge and corner of last approx. 70 pgs and reps. Interior otherwise clean, binding tight. Dj scuffed and lt. soiled.....
How To Still Hunt Red Fox.
R. H. McLaughlin, 1946. Hardcover. 31 pp., 8vo. Stapled paperback. Methods of hunting, tracking, time to hunt, turning, scaring from dens, crossings, size shot, trapping fox & owls. Some light soiling & wear to covers. Pgs clean & crisp.
Stillwater Trout.
Garden City, NY: Nick Lyons Books/Doubleday, 1980. First edition. Quarter Cloth. 4to. 223 pp. Dj light soil, sl. rubbing. Back panel of dj torn in half. Inscribed by Merwin on half-title. Some light pencil markings in margin. B/w drawings by Victor Ichioka, photos. Signed.
Streamside Reflections:; Fly-Fishing for Trout and Salmon
San Diego: Thunder Bay Press, 1990. Cloth. 143 pp. 4to (squarish oblong). Cloth in dj. Light scuffing and scratching to dj, minor wear to edges, sm. chip to color coating on front upper corner. Sl. edgewear to book, sm. dk stain to bottom front edge at corner. Illustrated with photographs.....
The Masters On The Dry Fly.
Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 246 pp., 4to. Hardcover in dj. First edition. An intensely educational text on the subject of fly-fishing compiled by 18 masters of the craft, including Ed Zern, Bernard "Lefty" Kreh, Art Flick, Ernest Schwiebert, Michael Fong & Robert Warner. Profusely.....