My Hobby is Trout Fishing by Wackett, L.J - 1946

Melbourne: The Author, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Melbourne, The Author, 1950. Octavo, xii, 235 pages with 13 plates (3 in colour). Cloth lightly rubbed; extremities a little worn; contemporary ownership stamp; a very good copy.

Melbourne, J.T. Picken & Sons 1950.. xii+236pp. 8vo. With colour and b/w illustrations. Original cloth, A very good copy.. First edition. A very detailed examination of the art of trout fishing and review of books on the subject. Facsimile dustwrapper supplied.

(Melbourne: J.T. Picken and Sons print: 1950) First Edition. Gilt pictorial cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. xii, 235. Illustrated. Technical Appendix. Index. Chapters include ‘On Angling Books’, ‘The Effect of Temperature and Pressure on Trout’, ‘Insects which the Trout will Take’, ‘Observations on the Technique of Fly Tying, and the Selection of Flies for Imitation’, ‘Tactics on the River’, Etc. First Edition. Gilt lettering faded (as to be expected). an owner's signature on the front fixed endpaper.A very light wrinkling at fore edge margins. Otherwise a near fine copy in very good dust-jacket which is a little sunned on its spine.

Melbourne, J.T. Picken, 1950.. xii+235pp. 8vo, illustrated, original cloth in dustwrapper, a very good copy.. First edition.

Published by the author, Melbourne, 1950.. Octavo, xii+236pp, illustrated, original boards in dustwrapper, a near fine copy.. First edition. On the back free endpaper is a short potted biography of the author in neat pencil. Wackett is widely regarded as 'the father of the Australian aircraft industry'.

C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.

Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.

Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1942 by arrangement with Outdoor Life. Prepared by the Editorial Staff of Outdoor Life with Photographs, Working Drawings, and Diagrams. Hardcover, embossed cloth boards with dust jacket. Single volume, 334pp. Overall, the book is in very good condition, however the dust jacket is in good condition. The dust jacket is intact and colors bright, but showing wear with some tears. It is encased in a removable mylar cover. The book has slight damage to the lower edge of spine. Page edges and end papers showing age toning and foxing. Pages are unmarked. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.

Camden, SC: Liveoak Press, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. Mylar-wrapped orange dust jacket with black lettering to front and white lettering over blue blocking to spine; color illustration of a grizzly bear, Canada geese, and a lunar eclipse to front cover; jacket like new; postcard with B&W bighorn sheep illustration by Dan Metz laid in, with note addressed to previous owners from Metz; signed and inscribed by editor Chuck Wechsler on half title page: "For Pat & Charlie… The Best in the Outdoors! Chuck Wechsler"; signed and inscribed by artist Dan Metz on frontispiece: "For Pat & Charlie - Only the best. Blue Waters - Dan Metz"; else interior book clean and unmarked; tight binding; B&W illustrations by Dan Metz at the beginning of each chapter. Last Casts & Stolen Hunts is an anthology of sporting stories, both fiction and nonfiction, released by Sporting Classics Magazine; authors featured include Aldo Leopold, Zane Grey,… Read More

Freddy And Mr. Camphor. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Used. Good Condition/No Dust jacket included. Alfred A. Knopf 1944 Stated First Edition. A solid copy. Spine is sunned. Please see our photos. Summary: In Freddy and Mr. Camphor, Freddy is in need of a change and finds an opportunity for one as a caretaker on Mr. Camphor's houseboat. Of course, things never go as Freddy expects and a series of strange, amusing, and sometimes alarming adventures ensue. Please also see our Freddy The Pig catalogue.

The Adventure of Wrangel Island, Alaska (1925 Macmillan 1st Edition) HISTORY OF ALASKA. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No DJ included. Fold-out map affixed to binding at the back of the book has never been opened. The story of the (unsuccessful) attempted colonization of Wrangel Island Alaska. 413 pages plus appendix, Index. Titling is still bright. A clean, solid copy. Scarce.

Exeter, England: Webb & Bower. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. Mylar-wrapped tan dust jacket with red and black lettering to front and spine, and color reproduction of a hunting scene by Cecil Aldin to front; not price-clipped; corners slightly bumped; spine slightly faded; else fine; pale green boards printed with B&W drawing of a man fishing from a boat wrapping around front, spine and back; black lettering to spine; corners slightly bumped; else fine; card w/ previous owner name and inscription affixed to first free end paper; signed and inscribed by author on half-title page: "All good wishes - Roy Heron"; else interior book clean; tight binding; numerous color and B&W illustrations throughout. Roy Heron was a British journalist, author, and avid collector of Cecil Aldin's books and prints. Cecil Aldin (1870 - 1935) was a British artist, illustrator, sportsman, and member of the Royal Society of British Artists, renowned for his paintings… Read More

Croydon, Surrey: The Fishing Gazette Limited, 1962. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. July 7, t Dec 29, 1962. pict. papre wraps, stapled at spine, 26 issues, in clean, bright condition, extra post required, Size: 4 to.,.

Little, Brown 1954. 8vo. First edition. Signed by the author opposite the copy right page. Good condition - text is clean and unmarked, boards and binding sturdy. Shows shelf and edge wear with dark stains on the spine, soiling and small white stains along some edges. No DJ.

Guilford, Conn: Lyons Press. Limited Edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. This is #515 of a limited edition of 885 published to support the Big Hole River Foundation. Included is a limited edition print by Dave Whitlock which is signed by George Grant, founder of the Foundation. The book and jacket are as new and the dust jacket is now in a mylar cover.