Hardcover. NY, Assouline, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Lost Fish is a stunning collection of antique illustrations featuring endangered marine life, published by luxury book publisher Assouline. With over 200 detailed illustrations, this book offers a unique opportunity to appreciate the beauty of life underwater while reflecting on the changing aquatic environment. The illustrations are taken from the nineteenth-century scientific anthology of The Count de Lapecede, a leading authority on aquatic species at the time. Through these intricate prints, readers are reminded of the fragility of our environment and provided with a visual history. The ornate details and lavish colors pay homage to the fleeting species of the ocean and serve as a poignant reminder of the importance of conservation. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Caldwell, Idaho, The Caxton Printers, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 265 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Scarce. Illustrated by Anton Otto Fisher. A frank and detailed description of the life of a English deep-sea fisherman. Moderate edgewear to dust jacket, chipping most pronounced along top edge. Chipping to dust jacket spine as well. Foxing to all edges. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 339 pages. Hardcover with only minor wear to dust jacket. Black and white pictures throughout. Previous owner's embossed stamping on front-fly leaf and signature. Otherwise clean.

Hardcover. London, John Lane, 1st, 1896, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, polished blue calf with ornate gilt rule to edges of both covers, spine with brown calf label with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt, blue and gray pattern endpapers. Decorative gilt design overall on spine. 107 pages, 6 etchings by E. Philip Pimlott. Edited by R.H. Case. A fine anthology of angling poetry, compiled by Buchan and published while he was still a student at Oxford. Sources include William Shakespeare, John Dennys, Phineas Fletcher, WilliamBrowne, Edmund Waller, John Floud, Sir Henry Wotton, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh, William Basse, Izaak Walton, John Donne, John Chalkhill, Charles Cotton, John Bunyan, Alexander Pope, John Gay, James Thomson, John Armstrong, and others. Mild sunning to top edge of covers, ink name and short inscription dated '96 on first blank page. Otherwise clean and tight.

1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Small boy out-fishes the oldtimers, art by William Meade Prince. 10 1/4 X 13 1/2", very good. Mailing label. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Native American Indian fishing from shore, two-color art by N.C. Wyeth. 10.5 x 13.5", very good, mailing label. Light stain by masthead. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Lobster fishermen, art by Mead Schaeffer. 10.5 x 13.5". Very good. Schaeffer enrolled in the Pratt Institute in 1916. In 1922, at age 24, he was hired to illustrate a series of classic novels for publisher Dodd Mead. During the 1930s and 1940s he received commissions from magazines including Good Housekeeping, McCall's, the Saturday Evening Post, The Ladies Home Journal, Country Gentleman, and Cosmopolitan. He produced 46 covers for the weekly Saturday Evening Post. His work as a war correspondent for the Post during World War II resulted in a well-known series of covers illustrating American military personnel. For most of his career lived in Arlington, Vermont, where his studio was in a barn. Norman Rockwell was a good friend, and Schaeffer and his family often posed as models for Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post illustrations and paintings.

Shrimp Fisherman, art by Mead Schaeffer. 10.5 x 13.5", very good. Small price in teaser box. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Fisherman, cartoon art by Ed Koren. 9 x 11", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

1972, Book: Very Good, Color art by Reilly of fish swimming under a bright summer sun. 8 3/4 X 12", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

1972, Book: Very Good, Color art by Birnbaum of couple in yellow slickers fishing in rain. 8 3/4 X 12", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. Light corner crease. You are buying THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

1968, Book: Very Good, Color cartoon of layers of strange fish under the water by Addams. 8 3/4 X 12", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

1970, Book: Very Good, Color art by Martin of fishing men beside stream in country landscape. 8 3/4 X 12", very good. Small corner crease. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

1966, Book: Very Good, Color art by Francois of three fisherman at end of ocean pier. 8 3/4 X 12", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

1976, Book: Very Good, Color art by Getz of people fishing from steel-frame bridge. 8 3/4 X 12", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Hardcover. Harrisburg PA, The Stackpole Company, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 287 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Maroon cover with gilt lettering and affixed picture of a fisherman in bright color. Black-and-white illustrations throughout by Fred Everett and three color illustrations in addition to the frontispiece. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Freshet Press, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardback in slipcase; 1970 reprint of 1828 edition. Three engraved plates of flies, vignette engravings of fish. Cream linen, spine titled in gilt, green angler motif and titles to front of yellow paper-covered slipcase. The first three editions were published anonymously. Cornerstone fly fishing book because of insights into techniques and biology; one of first books to show both natural mayflies and caddis along with artificials. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York , Crown Publishers, Inc., 5th printing, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 184 pages. Preface by Joe Brooks. Hundreds of drawings, eight pages in full color. Black cloth cover, oversized, minor wear to edges. Dust jacket has some wear to edges and corners. Clean, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper and Brothers, 2nd pr., 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 267 pages, color frontispiece, 58 b&w photographic plates. Blue cloth covers with a pastedown photo of fish on front, top edge gilt. Publisher's code of I-T on copyright page indicating a September 1919 printing, 3 months after the June 1919 date on the same page. Spine has darkened and gilt faded so title is barely visible, but covers very good and interior of book is clean and tight.

Hardcover. London, L. Upcott Gill , 1st thus, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 'A very complete book on late-nineteenth century angling methods (Hampton)'. Contains sections on Coarse Fish, Pike, Game Fish and Salt Water. 128, 92, 127, 108 pages respectively. With 4 full-page plates as frontispieces to each section and numerous text-drawings. Illustrated adverts. at beginning and end of text. Good plus with minor edgewear, small spot of discolration to cover, gilt bright.

Hardcover. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 1st, 1904, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in marbled boards with a green cloth spine, 304 pages, 9 1/4 by 12 inches. Ex-lib of Harvard University with bookplate on inside front cover, light stamping. "Reprinted from the Memoirs of the California academy of sciences, vol. IV." 225 pages of text and charts followed by 33 exquisite b&w plates of fish. Sound attractive copy despite scratches, edgewear to cover boards. This book is more for an ichthyologist than a fisherman. Very technical. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 64 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Mary Chalmers. An I Can Read Book. Charming tale of little Davy & how he makes perfect gift for mother's birthday. Bright, clean copy of a book first published in 1962.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Illustrated in 2-color, full-color by Booz. Dust jacket chipped, edgeworn.

Softcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 2nd pr., 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 421 pages, b&w illustrations. Located only blocks from Tokyo's glittering Ginza, Tsukiji-the world's largest marketplace for seafood-is a prominent landmark, well known but little understood by most Tokyoites: a supplier for countless fishmongers and sushi chefs, and a popular and fascinating destination for foreign tourists. Early every morning, the worlds of hi-tech and pre-tech trade noisily converge as tens of thousands of tons of seafood from every ocean of the world quickly change hands. Clean, bright copy.