Henry Alken. The National Sports of Great Britain. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1825. Second edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrated with fifty engraved plates after designs by Alken. Publisher’s terracotta cloth, stamped in gilt to front cover, endleaves in yellow. Housed in later leather-backed cloth clamshell box by Aquarius of London.

Bates, Jr., Joseph D. Streamers & Bucktails. The Big Fish Flies. Illustrated with pencil drawings by Bill Elliott, and pen-and-ink drawings by Milton C. Weiler. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First edition.Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. With TLS signed by Bates, as well as an.....

Edward Larocque Tinker. Joe B. Frantz, introduction. Helen Torrey, illustrator. The Splendid Spectacle of Portuguese Bull Fighting. Austin, TX: The Encino Press, 1967. First edition, one of 300 copies designated for general distribution. Signed by Edward Larocque Tinker and Joe B. Frantz. Octavo. 21pp. Publisher's red quarter cloth over illustrated paper-covered boards, original acetate dust.....

H. T. Rev. Cheever. Life in the Sandwich Islands: or, the Heart of the Pacific, As It Was and Is. New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1851. First edition. Twelvemo. 355pp. Illustrated. Rebound in later black buckram, spine lettered in gilt, endleaves refreshed. "A good picture of the islands at.....

Francis Francis. A Book on Angling: Being a Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling in Ever Branch with Explanatory Plates, etc. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1880. Fifth edition. Octavo. xvi, 516 pages with 8 pages of ads and the publisher’s 12 paged June 1881 catalog bound in the.....

[H. G. Wells]. The Humours of Cycling. London: James Bowden, 1897. First edition. Quarto. 96pp. Illustrated by various artists. Publisher’s gray pictorial cloth, spine lettered in black, front cover lettered and decorated in red and black, edges stained yellow, in later cloth dust wrapper and titled leather and cloth slipcase.First edition.....

Frederic M. Halford. Modern Development of the Dry Fly: The New Dry Fly Patterns, the Manpulation of Dressing Them, and Practical Experiences of Their Use. [Devon]: The Flyfisher’s Classic Library, 2005. Limited edition, No. 39 of 150 numbered copies.   Octavo. xxiii, 219 pages. Color and black and white plates.....

[SIGNED/LIMITED]. Tony Hayter. G.E.M. Skues: The Man and the Nymph. London: Robert Hale, [2013]. Limited first edition, No. 34 of 40 deluxe copies. Signed by Tony Hayter. Octavo. 368 pages. Color and black and white plates. Bound in full green leather over thick boards, gilt fisherman device stamped on front.....

Dr. George Parker Holden. Streamcraft: An Angling Manual. Cincinnati: Stewart & Kidd Company, 1919. First edition. Twelvemo. [xvi], 264 pages. Photographic frontispiece, eight black and white plates, eight color plates of commercial flies, and numerous in text illustrations. Decorative initials by Louis Rhead.  Bound in publisher’s green cloth with gilt.....

Bernard S. Horne. The Compleat Angler 1653-1967: A New Bibliography. Pittsburgh, PA: The Pittsburgh bibliophiles, 1970. Limited edition, one of 500 copies, out of series. Octavo. 350pp. Illustrated. Publisher’s green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, original dust jacket listing a retail price of $25.00.

[INSCRIBED] Bertram D. Lackey. Outwitting Trout with a Fly. Letters of a Western Angler. [Los Angeles: Bertram D. Lackey, 1929.] First edition. Inscribed by the author to “Ernest” dated “May 9th-29” on the first blank, ownership signature of “Ernest W. Knight” on the second rear blank. Octavo. 132 pages, includes.....

Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. London: Jonathan Cape, 1932. First English edition. Octavo. 358pp. Illustrated with photos. Publisher's orange cloth, spine and front lettered in black, brown topstain.From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. 

[INSCRIBED] W. H. Lawrie. Scottish Trout Flies. An Analysis and Compendium. London: Frederick Muller Limited, [1966]. First edition. Presentation inscription on the front free endpaper “To:/ John Macdonald, a fellow-spirit/ to while away the odd fishless hour./ W.H. Lawrie.” Ownership signature of author John MacDonald (The Complete Fly Fisherman and.....