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Wetzel, Charles M.American Fishing Books. A: Wetzel, Charles M.American Fishing Books. A Bibliography from the Earliest Times up to 1948. 4to, 3/4 green oasis goat, hand-marbled boards and endpapers, housed in mahogany slipcase with a March Brow

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Library of fishing books: fly fishing, fly tying, flats: Library of fishing books: fly fishing, fly tying, flats fishing, how to books, trout, saltwater, fly patterns, 27 boxes. Estate of Michael Coe, PhD, New Haven, CT.

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Twelve Fishing Books: Twelve Fishing Bookstallest, quarto, 11-1/4 in., as follows: Charles M. Wetzel, Practical Fly Fishing, owner signed (1945); Fred Everett, Fun With Trout, author signed (1952); Verne E. Davison, Homema

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(11VOL) FLY FISHING, ANGLING, TROUT, & OTHER FISHING BOOKS: Including: American Angler's Guide, 4th edition, D. Appleton & Co., New York; Streamcraft: an Angling Manual by Dr. George Parker Holden, signed frontice page and with dust jacket; Trout (2 vol) b

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Antique Fishing Books Complete Angler Scots 1787: Lot consists of 12 volumes including "A Retrospective View of the Scots Fisheries" second edition, Edinburgh, 1787; "Salmonia or Days of Fly Fishing" by An Angler, Philadelphia, 1832; "The Complete An

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Twelve (12) Hardback Fly Fishing Books.: Twelve (12) hardback books on fly fishing and related. Mostly first editions in dust jackets.

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(7pc) TROUT FISHING & OTHER FISHING BOOKS: Including: The Speckled Brook Trout, R. H. Russell; With The Trout Fly by Ladd Plumley, 1929; Angler's Creel by Alexander Wanless, first printing; Fishing and Shooting by Earl Buxton, "cheaper edition

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4 Hardcover Fishing Books: Natural History of the Fishes of Massachusetts by Jerome V. C. Smith, 1833. The Arte of Angling 1577, Princeton University Library 1956 Fishing with a Book by William Van Wyck, 1933 A Discourse Utter'

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4 Fishing Books: The Autobiography of a Fisherman by Frank Parker Day, 1927 Fly-Fishing Days by Louis V. Pirsson, 1946 A Fly Fisher's Life by Charles Ritz, 1959 Fun with Trout by Fred Everett, 1952. From the Estate of

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Two Edward Hewitt Fishing Books: Telling on the Trout, 1926 Hewitt's Handbook on Fly Fishing, 1933. From the Estate of Everett “Rett” Foster of Clayton, NY. Mr. Foster had an extensive collection of hunting, angling and outdoor s

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(4pc) 20TH CENTURY FISHING BOOKS: Including: a Greg Pfaff handmade tooled leather fishing journal; The Lure and Lore: Trout Fishing by Alvin R. Grove, Jr.; An Angler's Entomology by J. R. Harris; and Upstream and Down by Howard T. Wal

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Lot Of 20: Assorted Vintage Fishing Books.: This lot includes ten hard bound to include "Western Trout" 1948 first edition by Knopf, "The Western Angler" by Haig-Brown 1947, "Fisherman's Fall" Haig-Brown 1964, "Fishing the Dry Fly" by Wright 19

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Eight Deep Sea Fishing Books: Eight Deep Sea Fishing Books Atlantic Game Fishing by S. Kip Farrington, Jr., Illus. by Lynn Bogue Hunt 1937. Pacific Game Fishing by S. Kip Farrington, Jr., Illus. by Lynn Bogue Hunt 1942. Fishing th

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6 Fishing Books: A Disclourse Utter'D in Part at Ammauskeeg-Falls in the Fishing Season, 1971 by Joseph Seccombe, Limited Edition of 1000, Signed by the Illustrator, with sleeve The Brook Trout and the Determined Angl

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Fly Fishing Books Author Signed: Perrault's Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies, Blue Upright, Figuring out Flies. All books are signed by authors.

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Arnold Gingrich (3) Fly Fishing Books: Three books of fly fishing by Arnold Gingrich. Includes: The Well-Tempered Angler 1965 first edition with dust jacket unclipped; The Joys of Trout 1973 with dust jacket clipped; and The Fishing in Pri

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Group of thirteen books of fishing. Includes: 1) The Trout and the Fly by Clarke and Goddard. 1980. 2) Bonefishing! by Randall Kaufmann. 2000. 3) The Dry Flay by Gary LaFontaine. Inscribed by the author. 1990. ... and more. Measures 12 in. x 10 in. x 12 in. Provenance: Private collection Polson, Montana. If lot is absent of a condition report a condition report may be requested via email. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. We ship most items in this auction in house and gladly combine shipping if possible of multiple items. This lot will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested.