Softcover. Larkspur, CA, Tamal Vista Publications, Second Edition, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 81 pages. Softcover. Full page illustrated wraps with only light marginal wear to edges. Clean inside & out with numerous illustrations in black & white. The Cosine Wherry is "a strong, lightweight, high performance rowboat, well designed for racing yet practical for fishing, a wonderfully shaped boat with a lot of stability." This builder's guide covers the mold, planking, fiberglassing the hull & interior, materials list, design details & more. Clean copy with sharp corners, profusely illustrated. A nice copy.
Hardcover. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 223 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. US, Upper Access, Inc., 1st, 2010-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 242 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Softcover. New York, Forest and Stream, 1st, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 280 pages. B&w photographs and illustrations throughout. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Minor wear and rubbing to cover. Else a clean, tight copy.
NY, Farrar & Rinehart, 1st US, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Transl. from Hungarian by Elizabeth Jacobi. Light soil to covers otherwise very good
Paperback. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press., 1st wraps, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 177 pages. Illustrated with black & white line drawing on frontispiece, maps, charts. Tear at top spine. Spine fade, soil. Foxing to endpaper. Paperback.
Hardcover. London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 3rd Ed., 1894, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 151 pages, the Third Edition, revised and enlarged. Dark green cloth covers are worn, especially corners and the rear board is badly bumped. Internally clean. Previous owner's inscription reads: "Lakota Club from C Sheldon July 8th 1913". Probably outdoor enthusiast Charles Sheldon. Lakota Club was (and still is) a private fishing club in Barnard, Vermont.
Hardcover. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 2nd Impression, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages, illustrations and photographs throughout. Minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight.
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1881, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 299 pages plus 4 pages of "interesting books for boys." Copious black & white illustrations. Blue cloth cover, back scuffed and discolored. Front: gilt title laid over brown design. Spine slightly faded but gilt still bright.
Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st Limited Ed., 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 142 pages. Some pages in rear unopened. Illustrated with black & white photos by Mrs. Pickard. SIGNED BY PICKARD on half-title page. No. 92 of 150 signed and numbered copies. Folded Irish Tourist Assoc. map in pocket (closed tear to top edge) on back paste-down endpaper. Edges yellowed. Front hinge cracked at endpapers at bottom (1 inch). Cloth cover discolored at edges and spine. Gilt lettering on front cover, spine.
Hardcover. New York, Lyons, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 176 pages. Black cloth, silver lettering. Very good pictorial dust jacket has minor shelf wear. Previous owner's ink stamp front fly leaf. Color photography by R. Valentine Atkinson.
Softcover. Madison WI, University of Wisconsin Press, Reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. Softcover with light edgewear. A guide to improving the habitat in streams damaged by human activity. Light scratching on front and rear covers. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE.
Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Story and few cartoons of fishing by Hoff. Dust jacket with light edgewear, price clipped.
Hardcover. Piscataway, NJ, Winchester Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, INSCRIBED BY WETHERELL on title-page. previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st , 1903, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 20 black & white plates. Gilt decorated, green cloth, top edge gilt. American Sportsmans Library
Softcover. Berkeley, Calif., North Atlantic Books, 2nd printing, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 275 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half title page. Light sun-fade to spine. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. 1st, May 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 182 pages. White dust jacket and covers with color illustration, color plates and photographs throughout. Light rubbing to dust jacket, clean covers, pages crisp and unmarked; a very neat, tight copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, PA, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1st, 1904, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 63 pages plus illustrated plates, hardcover. Marbled cover boards with a gray cloth spine have some edge wear and rubbing. Interior pages are mostly clean and bright, though the chipped title page with the author's signature pictured below had previously separated from the binding, and is now laid-in. Binding is otherwise solid. Contains B&W plates illustrating a variety of fishes. This book is a detailed study of the various species of fishes found in the Sumatra region of Indonesia. It provides a comprehensive overview of the morphology, taxonomy, and distribution of the different types of fishes found in the area. An essential reference book for ichthyologists, marine biologists, and anyone interested in the study of fishes. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. This copy was withdrawn from the collection of the Harvard University Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and contains their paste-in and related markings throughout, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34472
Hardcover. NY, Winchester Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 316 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in remarkably good condition for its age. Cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. From the 1870s on, sportsman across America formed hundreds of disparate organizations that fostered responsibility for game habitats and spearheaded the creation of national parks. Reiger tells how these organizations lobbied for laws regulating hunting and fishing. Clean copy. Record # 33700