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Description: Very Good. 1977 Mainstream Marketing, Cleveland, Ohio. Printed by Fortran, Inc. Softcover with stiff brown leather-patterned cardboard covers bound and tied with a strip of leather. Front cover has gold stamped lettering and a fish illustration. Color frontispiece. Brown text and illustrations on tan paper. 64 pages + index. Includes a matching bookmark of same material as covers, with gold fish illustration and book title. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have very light surface wear. ... Read More
Description: Very Good. 1985 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Trade paperback. 285 pages. A Harvest HBJ Book. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Adam and Charles Black
Date published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780713613742ISBN:0713613742
Description: Good; Good Jacket. 1973 Adam and Charles Black, London. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover has green textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Color frontispiece. Black and white illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Back cover has a 1 inch round dent that affects the last few pages as well. Outer inch of the top and fore edges of the covers are lightly faded. Pages clean and unmarked. 84 pages. Glossy color illustrated dust jacket has light edge and ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Adam & Charles Black
Date published: 1963
Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1963 Adam & Charles Black. Reprint of edition first published in 1939. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Top edges colored red. Deckle bottom edges. 17 black and white plates. 34 black and white illustrations. NOT ex-library. NOT Remaindered. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Name in ink on front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 228 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmsworth
Date published: 1975
Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1975 Harmsworth (London). 76th edition. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Separate fold-out map in built-in pocket in the front. Map title is "The Field Fishing Map of Great Britain". Color and black and white photographs. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners rubbed. Spine ends lightly bumped. Map in excellent condition, with minor creasing and one small tear at one edge. Map pocket partially pulled away from ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Angus and Robertson
Date published: 1961
Description: Very Good; Fair Jacket. 1961 Angus and Robertson, Sydney. First published 1951; fourth reprint. Hardcover has green textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Map endpapers. Color frontispiece. 63 color plates, 21 black & white plates, 10 text illustrations. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Spine covering is very lightly wrinkled; no stains. First and last 2 or 3 pages lightly wrinkled at ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company
Date published: 1936
Description: Good; No jacket. 1936 J. B. Lippincott Company. Series: The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has tan cloth-textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering and cover decorations. Top edges colored brown. Black and white frontispiece, plates, and illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Bottom corner of back cover bumped. Top and fore edges of covers faded about an inch in. Covers lightly soiled. Covers have light surface and edge wear. ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Seeley, Service & Co., Ltd
Date published: 1969
Description: Good+; Good Jacket. 1969 Seeley, Service & Co., Ltd. The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes, Vol. XXXV. First Edition. No additional printings listed. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with beige cloth-covered spine and gold spine and cover lettering. Color frontispiece of fishing flies. 32 black and white plates, plus black and white illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Top and fore edge of covers faded about an inch in. ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Published By Author
Date published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780914960928ISBN:091496092X
Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1991 Published By Author. SIGNED by author on half-title page. Limited Numbered Edition of 500, this is number 498. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and cover decoration. Map endpapers. Color frontispiece and one color plate of paintings by Frederic Remington. Black and white photographs and illustrations; drawings by Ed Dodd. 149 pages. Subtitle on jacket: Tales of the Quebec Bush. Printed and bound by ... Read More
Edition: Illustrated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stone Wall Press, Inc
Date published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780913276617ISBN:0913276618
Description: Fine; Fine Slipcase. 1992 Stone Wall Press, Inc. Signed, Limited Edition. SIGNED by author on limitation page. "This is copy number 116 of a limited edition of 1000". NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and cover decorations. Black and white illustrations by Larry Largay. Illustrated endpapers. Yellow satin index ribbon attached at head of binding. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Published By Author
Date published: 1938
Description: Good; No jacket. 1938 Published By Author. Third Edition. NOT ex-library. Hardcover with wire spiral binding has red cloth-covered boards and gold cover lettering. Black and white plates. 97 pages + Appendix to Fly Patterns. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Covers lightly soiled. Imprinted bookplate on front endpaper. A few pages have a light handling smudge in the margin. Pages ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Adam & Charles Black
Date published: 1949
Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1949 Adam & Charles Black. First edition, First printing. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Deckle bottom edge. Blind-stamped publisher's logo on back cover. Color frontispiece. Color and black and white plates. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Endpapers lightly foxed. Pages very ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company
Date published: 1902
Description: Good+; No jacket. 1902 Doubleday, Page & Company. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 7.5 x 10.25 inches, has beige buckram cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering on a brown leather spine panel. Top page edges are gilt. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Color and black and white photographs and illustrations, many on glossy plates. Deckle fore edges and bottom edges. 572 pages. Binding partially cracked at frontispiece. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Connecticut Printers
Date published: 1952
Description: Good; No jacket; No Slipcase. 1952 Connecticut Printers. Limited Edition of 450, hand numbered and signed by author on limitation page. This is number 134. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green marbled paper-covered boards with forest green leather-covered spine and gold spine lettering. Deckle fore edges. Black and white illustrations by Katherine Wilson. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. One inch section of ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Sporting Magazine
Date published: 1793
Description: Poor. 1793, The Sporting Magazine. Covers & most of spine missing. Formerly bound in leather, this volume has only one-third of the spine leather remaining, & that is flaking off. However, the pages are well sewn together & the free endpapers are still present. Pages have a variety of small stains, & a few closed edge tears, but are NOT brittle. Page 17-18 has been torn out, leaving only one corner remaining. Page 195-196 has a long open tear at spine. Some pages have nicks, chips, or small ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Company
Date published: 1914
Description: Good; No jacket. 1914 E. P. Dutton & Company. First Edition. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with gilt spine and cover lettering and decorations. Top edges gilt. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have edge wear and surface rubbing. Covers lightly soiled, with several spots on the front. Front hinge partially cracked along top two inches, ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Penn Publishing Company
Date published: 1938
Description: Good; No slipcase. 1938 Penn Publishing Co. Number 130 of a Limited Edition of 149 copies. SIGNED by author on limitation page. Full leather binding, gilt illustration of a trout on a line jumping from a pond. Three raised spine bands, gilt lettering, Marbled endpapers have tanned edges. Deckle fore & bottom edges. Top edges gilt. Tissued frontispiece. 15 color plates. Black & white illustrations. Hinges NOT cracked. Binding cracked at limitation page, but still strong otherwise. Leather ... Read More