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1931Best.-Nr. 28571New York: Richard R. Smith 1931. First American edition. Cloth. Very Good. Clothbound 8vo. 63 pp. Stated First American Edition. One of five hundred copies. With seven hand-colored facsimilies of old prints. Essays on fishing. A very good example in simple green cloth covers lettered in gilt at front panel and spine. Spine is lightly and uniformly faded. Richard R. Smith unknown books
1939Best.-Nr. 39141939. Folded menu 12 x 16.5 cm. 4 pages plus wrapper. Manuscript menu for a dinner in honor of the winners of the fishing derby of a private club. Includes the names of the previous and new champions as well as the menu along with two pieces of fishing doggerel. The wrapper includes a drawing of a fisherman's bag with a chromolithograph image of a rainbow trout pasted-down. Tiny bit of soiling to the wrappers otherwise fine. unknown books
1715Best.-Nr. WRCAM39757London 1715. Small folio broadsheet. 1p. plus printed docket title on verso. Dbd. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Mild foxing. Very good. A rare British leaflet from the Fishmonger- Smackman Controversy of 1715. That year a bill was in motion before Parliament that would regulate various aspects of the fishing industry including fish size net use and mesh size and the importation of lobster. The latter issue ignited a significant controversy between and among British fish merchants and lobstermen with the most vocal merchants supporting a clause that would remove a ban on the sale of lobsters caught by foreigners. In the present document the pro-free-trade-lobster fishmonger lobby responds to a recent leaflet by fellow fish merchants allied with the smackmen. An early example of commercial lobbying literature which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons at the time of the accession of King George I and the British general election of 1715. ESTC records five copies at the University of London Oxford California State Library Harvard and Yale. HANSON 2122. unknown books
1715Best.-Nr. WRCAM39842London 1715. Small folio broadsheet. 1p. plus printed docket title on verso. Dbd. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Mild foxing. Very good. A rare petition to Parliament relating to a current bill concerning the mesh size of fishing nets used along the coast of Great Britain. The fishing lobby here argues that the clause limiting mesh size to four inches except for use with "Herrings Pilchards Sprats and Sardenas" will prevent the catching of various larger fish and lobster and thereby ruin much of the national fishing industry. They claim that the fishmongers who support the regulation would prefer "to bring in Foreign Fish caught in Foreign Bottoms" and profit from the higher prices. A leaflet published the same year entitled AN ANSWER TO THE CASE OF THE COASTING FISHERMEN indicates the present document was written by the lobsterman lobby. An early example of commercial lobbying literature which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons at the time of the accession of King George I and the British general election of 1715. ESTC records copies at only two institutions Oxford and the University of London. HANSON 2118. unknown books
1830Best.-Nr. 314070Philadelphia: Judah Dobson 1830. First edition first issue without the Morris portrait and before explanatory text was added at p. viii. Two lithographic views lithographic portraits of Robert Wharton and Jonas Cattell. viii 127 1 8; ii 56 1 errata pp. 8vo 8 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches. Modern quarter morocco over marbled boards all edges gilt pp. 44/45 have been professionally repaired and strengthened with Japanese tissue scattered foxing throughout. First edition first issue without the Morris portrait and before explanatory text was added at p. viii. Two lithographic views lithographic portraits of Robert Wharton and Jonas Cattell. viii 127 1 8; ii 56 1 errata pp. 8vo 8 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches. WITH MANUSCRIPT. With manuscript receipt for member assessment of $150 for the new club headquarters mounted to old endleaf. Leaf with mounted receipt and Manuscript receipt reads: "Rec'd May 22nd 1844 of Geo. R. Justice Esq/One Hundred and fifty dollars in full for/assessment of March Meeting for purchase/of Territory by Schuylkill Fishing Co/$150 Wm V. Anderson". In 1732 27 Quakers founded "the Colony in Schuylkill fishing club" acquiring land and fishing rights along the west bank of the river about a mile north of present-day Fairmount which was part of William Penn's treaty with the Lenni-Lenape Indians. Over the years the clubhouse known as "the Castle" has moved several times in response to damming pollution and the arrival of the railroad in 1887. Since 1944 it has been on the adjoining edge of Nicholas Biddle's Andalusia estate. In 1843 the Schuylkill Fishing Company purchased a plot of land known as "Millmont" where they held their June 1843 meeting despite the Castle's unreadiness. At the March 1844 meeting the Committee in charge of arrangements pertaining to the new property made a report which was then adopted by the members that all members would be assessed $150 due on the first day of May with a ten day grace period or in three installments of $50 for the next three years due each first of May. See A History of the Schuylkill Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill 1732-1888 pp. 154-158. 1844 was also the year that the club officially incorporated under the name "Schuylkill Fishing Company" with William V. Anderson as one of the Trustees. George R. Justice 1803-1964 was a "citizen" member of the club from 1843 until 1863 holding various offices over the twenty years of his membership. William V. Anderson 1797-1869 was the Seventh Governor of the club serving from 1849-1854 having joined the club in 1824 and holding other offices before assuming the Governorship. He is listed in this volume as "Coroner." "Schuylkill is the most ancient fishing club that exists and its founders are said to have passed a treaty with the chiefs of the Leni-Lenape or Delaware Indians who granted them the privilege to hunt the woods and fish the waters of the Schuylkill" Westwood & Satchell. Additionally this edition is quite rare: "Almost priceless today never offered except in later editions.the entire Schuylkill story is highly important in American angling history" Bruns. American Imprints 2578 2579; Bruns M74; Howes M-636; Phillips 265; Sabin 49133; Westwood & Satchell p. 190 Judah Dobson unknown books
1906Best.-Nr. 314428Philadelphia: Printed for the State in Schuylkill 1906. 44 pp. Made at the Sign of the Ivy Leaf in Philadelphia. 1 vols. 12mo. Original suede covers yapp edges printed paper label on front cover. Rubbed spine defective inner hinge cracked. Good plus. 44 pp. Made at the Sign of the Ivy Leaf in Philadelphia. 1 vols. 12mo. "The Fishing Company . prior to the Revolution was 'The Fishing Colony in Schuylkill.' Apparently it was a little satire as far as the name is concerned insofar as being a separate colony and later a state." Bruns p. 406. RARE record of the oldest fishing club in America. OCLC records a single copy of this edition College of Charleston Greville Haslam Collection. Bruns p. 405 noting an 1860 edition. OCLC: 853168350 Printed for the State in Schuylkill unknown books
1932Best.-Nr. 256563Philadelphia: Published by the Members of the State in Schuylkill; Published by the Citizens of the State in Schuylkill 1932. Illustrated. With tipped in photos of Citizen McFadden the Castle State in Schuylkill Closing Day 201st Year 1932 in Vol. 1 and of the Clock House Openning Day May 1933 in Vol. 2. 446; 517 1 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Bound in Publisher's three quarters red morocco gilt-stamped emblematic fish tooling on spine t.e.g. with paper wrappers bound in by Alfred Smith & Co. Fine. Illustrated. With tipped in photos of Citizen McFadden the Castle State in Schuylkill Closing Day 201st Year 1932 in Vol. 1 and of the Clock House Openning Day May 1933 in Vol. 2. 446; 517 1 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Bruns S74; Howes M636 Published by the Members of the State in Schuylkill; Published by the Citizens of the State in Schuylkill unknown books
1922Best.-Nr. 246406New York: Privately Printed for the Author and His Friends by H.S. Nichols 17 E. 33rd St 1922. First edition no. 26 of 50 copies signed by the Author with an eight-line inscription. Frontispiece and 29 half-tone plates. pp. i-ii blank iii-xvi xvii-xviii half-title 1-115 116 blank 1 printer's notice. 1 vols. 8vo. Original dark green cloth covers with gilt borders upper board with gilt vignette of schooner lower board with vignette of swordfish t.e.g. Very slightly rubbing to spine ends otherwise a fine copy. First edition no. 26 of 50 copies signed by the Author with an eight-line inscription. Frontispiece and 29 half-tone plates. pp. i-ii blank iii-xvi xvii-xviii half-title 1-115 116 blank 1 printer's notice. 1 vols. 8vo. One of 50 Copies. Rare and privately printed account of fishing for swordfish off Montauk Point and the adjacent waters of Block Island. McAleenan was also the author of several sporting memoirs issued in very limited numbers. He has a flair for writing and writes lovingly of this three-week adventure harpooning swordfish battling sharks sighting whales etc.: ".glad days cheery companions and the joy of living.for those who have heard the wind in strange places." Foreword. This copy is signed by the author and is additionally inscribed by him with a paragraph beginning "Dear George to you friend of my heart I send this diary of a cruise on as sweet a schooner as ever sailed ." and signed "Joe". Bruns M-91 omitting title and full description; Litchfield p. 79 Privately Printed for the Author and His Friends [by H.S. Nichols, 17 E. 33rd St] unknown books
1889Best.-Nr. 255166Philadelphia: Published by the Members of the State in Schuylkill 1889. First edition. Illustrated. 446 pp. Press of Bando Printing & Publishing Company. 2 vols. 4to. Bound in three quarters brown morocco gilt-stamped tooling on spine t.e.g. wrappers bound in By Whitman Bennett some soiling internally else Very fine. Bookplate of William Van Winkle. First edition. Illustrated. 446 pp. Press of Bando Printing & Publishing Company. 2 vols. 4to. Van Winkle Copy. Bruns S74; Howes M636 Published by the Members of the State in Schuylkill unknown books
1925Best.-Nr. 245004Wareham Mass 1925. Advertising Poster printed in red and green on heavy card illustrated with jumping Trout fly rod creel etc. 14 x 11 inches. Some minor edgewear. Fine. Advertising Poster printed in red and green on heavy card illustrated with jumping Trout fly rod creel etc. 14 x 11 inches. Fly-Fishing on the Cape. An 8-page promotional booklet for the same trout ponds ca. 1923 featured in the first part of the American angling library of Jeffrey Norton but little else is recorded. An attractive fly-fishing poster. unknown books
1920Best.-Nr. 224036Reading: privately printed 1920. With 6 photographic plates and two inserted photographs. 2 38 pp. Typewritten text on rectos only. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green textured cloth title stamped in gilt on upper board speckled edges binder's ticket of Knill & Sons Reading. Fine. With 6 photographic plates and two inserted photographs. 2 38 pp. Typewritten text on rectos only. 1 vols. 8vo. Fisherman's Memoir: Pike and Thames Trout. Nostalgic privately produced memoir of angling in the Thames Valley a century ago. Chapman was a Reading tobacconist and a keen fisher and he recounts his experiences fishing on private lakes ponds and local rivers including the Kennet and Thames as well as misadventures in boats dense fogs notable catches of Pike and Thames trout and an incident of river pollution. The other copy we have seen varies slightly in the pagination and does not include the two photographs of sea fishing off the Cornwall coast. Curious interesting and uncommon. privately printed unknown books
1920Best.-Nr. 224039Reading: privately printed 1920. With 6 photographic plates. 41 pp. Typewritten text on rectos only. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Original green textured cloth titled stamped in gilt on upper board speckled edges. Bookplate of O.M. Reed "Omar" with his ownership signature dated August 1934 and annotations. Reed's draft of an essay and correspondence with A.E. Hobbs loosely inserted. Old cellotape mark along front pastedown where letter was tipped in. Fine. With 6 photographic plates. 41 pp. Typewritten text on rectos only. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Fisherman's Memoir: Pike and Thames Trout. Nostalgic privately produced memoir of angling in the Thames Valley a century ago. Chapman was a Reading tobacconist and a keen fisher and he recounts his experiences fishing on private lakes ponds and local rivers including the Kennet and Thames as well as misadventures in boats dense fogs notable catches of Pike and Thames trout and an incident of river pollution. The other copy we have seen varies slightly in the pagination and the page format. Reed and his correspondent A.E. Hobbs discuss the book's author and identify most of the places alluded to in Chapman's narrative which includes a portrait of the author holding a 20-pound fish taken from the Thames. An uncommon work produced in just a few copies with an illuminating correspondence concerning this curious and interesting book. Not in Hampton's Angling Bibliography 1881-1949. Not in BL or OCLC privately printed unknown books
1753Best.-Nr. 25666London: Printed by Thomas Baskett 1753. pp. 277-280. 1 vols. Folio. Removed. Some marginal tears reinforcement along spine else a very good copy. pp. 277-280. 1 vols. Folio. An Act for reducing the Number of Directors of the Corporation of the Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain trading to the South Seas and other Parts of America; and for encouraging the Fishery; and for regulating the Election of the Governors and directors of the said Company. Printed by Thomas Baskett unknown books
1889Best.-Nr. 240613London: Fores 1889. First edition. With 18 sepia lithographs by Wycliffe Taylor verse text printed below. 20 ff. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Evergreen boards upper board pictorial. Rebacked with red cloth spine. Some edge wear. Gift inscription dated 25 December 1889. Bookplate of W. Keith Rollo. Very good plus. Taylor Wycliffe. First edition. With 18 sepia lithographs by Wycliffe Taylor verse text printed below. 20 ff. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Illustrated poem on fishing a Scottish loch a tale of one that got away. The title page is undated; Coleby reports ca. 1890; the present copy bears a December 1889 inscription. With the bookplate of W. Keith Rollo author of Fly Fishing in Northern Streams 1924 and The Art of Fly Fishing 1931. Coleby Regional Angling Literature p. 32 Fores unknown books
1929Best.-Nr. 28345New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company 1929. First edition. Cloth. Very Good . Small clothbound octavo. 270 pp. With thirty-five illustrations. Essays on trout fishing by the fishing editor of Field and Stream. A handsome very good plus copy. No dustwrapper. Frederick A. Stokes Company unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 224837First edition. Thin octavo 4 3/4" x 7 3/8". Edited by C.A. Voss. 19 page original stiff printed covers and fold out map. Very good a few spots. R.E. Owen for the New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department paperback books
1889Best.-Nr. 011511NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1889. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Vol VI No 2. Two interesting articles on lawn tennis and fishing in Florida plus an installment of Stevenson's "Master of Ballantrae" and other articles. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
2000Best.-Nr. 30088Portland OR: Western Fisherman's Press 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 415 pp. With color photographs by Brian O'Keefe and illustrations by Mike Stidman. Minor shelfwear else a sound very good copy. The dustwrapper has some small chips and tearing at the base of the front panel. Otherwise a handsome copy. Terrific book for fans of bonefishing. A large and heavy volume. Western Fisherman's Press hardcover books
1942Best.-Nr. 28430London: Adam & Charles Black 1942. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo. 518 pp. "A compendium by a well-known member of the Flyfisher's Club. an encyclopedia of fishing for trout sea trout salmon and pike." Second edition fourth printing. Small hardbound volume printed in gilt at spine. Clean very good copy with a small bookstore ownership sticker on the inside front pastedown. Adam & Charles Black hardcover books
1977Best.-Nr. 28136San Francisco: San Francisco Examiner 1977. First edition. Paperback. Very Good . Trade paperbound volume. 95 pp. Illustrated with drawings by Chatham who is known for his artwork as well as his skills as a fisherman. A handsome very good copy. This copy has been briefly INSCRIBED by Chatham and dated in 1986. San Francisco Examiner paperback books
1966Best.-Nr. 27769New York: A. S. Barnes 1966. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. Reprint edition of Harris' classic work on angling and the insect world. With 103 colour photograps by T. O. Ruttledge and with 27 black and white photographs and 27 maps and diagrams. A handsome very good copy in dustwrapper. A. S. Barnes hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 77873hardcover. 43 color illus. very thin sq. 4to cloth. Ottawa: Enviroment Canada 1974. Fishing in Canada. vg unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 60856Aransas Pass TX: Hoot Bevers 1960. Broadside 14 x 11 inches employing several sizes and styles of type. Leaving from "Aransas Pass - Port Aransas Causeway / "Quickest Way to the Gulf." Advertising outings on the "Misty" and the "Porpoise" all day fishing from $50 plus bait tackle refreshments etc. 6 passengers maximum. Poor quality paper browning else very good. Folded. #7964. Hoot Bevers unknown books
1920Best.-Nr. 56442McAllen TX 1920. Photograph black & white 5 x 7 inches picturing six fisherman each holding up a fish or two on a string all together eight large red drum also called channel bass redfish or puppy drum and two with large saltwater rods and appropriate reels gathered beside a frame house. Image a little faded. Very good. 2998. unknown books
1938Best.-Nr. 30303New York: The Derrydale Press 1938. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. Small clothbound quarto. 152 pp. With illustrations by Edwin Megargee. A handsome very good copy in rich red woven cloth binding with printed paper label afixed to the front panel. Even toning to spine color otherwise near fine condition.#441 of 1250 copies. The Derrydale Press unknown books
