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Bates, Joseph D. The art of the Atlantic salmon fly. D.R. Godine, 1987.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 1987. Boston: David Godine. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in near fine DJ. DJ is lightly sunned.

Seller: Cottage Street Books, Greenwich, NY, U.S.A.

Bates (Joseph D., Jr.).. THE ART OF THE ATLANTIC SALMON FLY. David R. Godine., 1987.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Near fine book and jacket.

Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.

Bates, Joseph D. Jr.;McDaniel, Henry. The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly. David R. Godine Publishing, Boston, 1987.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 232 pp. The history and evolution of the Atlantic Salmon fly, bibliography, index. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: Fireside Angler, Smithtown, NY, U.S.A.

Bates, Joseph D. Jr.;McDaniel, Henry. The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly. David R. Godine Publishing, Boston, 1987.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 232 pp.The history and evolution of the Atlantic Salmon fly, bibliography, index. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: Fireside Angler, Smithtown, NY, U.S.A.

Joseph D. Bates, Jr.. The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly. David R. Godine, Boston, Massachusetts, 1987.

Price: US$33.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: One of 4000 trade copies bound in blue cloth. A large book. Sold in U.S.A. only and shipped by media mail only. Recognized as the definitive work on the subject of the Atlantic Salmon Fly.

Seller: Richard F. Murphy, Jr. Old Books, Hartford, CT, U.S.A.

Bates, Joseph D.. The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly. David R. Godine Publisher, 1987.

Price: US$37.85 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01

Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

Bates, Joseph D., Jr.. Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly. Godine Publisher, David R., 1987.

Price: US$48.31 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.

Bates, Joseph D. Jr.;McDaniel, Henry. The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly. David R. Godine Publishing, Boston, 1987.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: 232 pp.Still sealed in original shrinkwrap. The history and evolution of the Atlantic Salmon fly, bibliography, index. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: Fireside Angler, Smithtown, NY, U.S.A.

Joseph D. Bates, Jr.. The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly. David R. Godine, Boston, 1987.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A handsome copy of the 1987 1st trade edition. Clean and Fine in its navy-blue cloth. And in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with one inconspicuous, thin cut along the rear flap-fold. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by Henry Mc Daniel.

Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.

Bates, Joseph D. Jr.;McDaniel, Henry. The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly. David R. Godine Publishing, Boston, 1987.

Price: US$130.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 232 pp.Book: Inscribed by the author on the half title page to Judith Bowman. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: Fireside Angler, Smithtown, NY, U.S.A.

Joseph D. Bates, Jr.. Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly. David R. Godine, 1987.

Price: US$195.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Signed and numbered (#136/250) by the author! Limited Edition/First Edition in a nice case! An extra suite of colored plates in a green cloth case tied with a turquoise ribbon has some age spotting to outside of some of the booklets.

Seller: Spike706, Poughkeepsie, NY, U.S.A.

Bates, Joseph. The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly (LIMITED EDITION). David Godine Publishers, Boston, 1987.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Gray cloth with gilt spine titles on red leather label; 4to; 232pp; patterned endsheets; illustrated with color frontispiece after painting plus drawings by Henry McDaniel, b/w and color photos; included is an additional suite of color plates, loose in a ribbon-tied cloth-covered chemise; matching gray cloth slipcase with paste-paper sides which match the book's endsheets; limited to 250 numbered (#124) signed copies. "Here Bates, the acknowledged expert in the field, makes the first contemporary attempt to present a full account of the Atlantic salmon fly." With chapters on early beginnings; glimmerings of color; materials and fly construction; British and Welsh influence; the Americanization of salmon flies, etc. Numerous color plates depict hundreds of flies from Bates' collection. A near fine copy in all respects, perhaps from Bates' personal library with his armorial bookplate affixed to front pastedown.

Seller: David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.

Bates, Jr., Joseph D.. The Art of The Atlantic Salmon Fly. David R. Godine, Publisher, 1987.

Price: US$375.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: Limited Edition of 220 copies. Autographed by the Author. Slipcase (As New). Imported cloth binding. Suite of color plates included in case. Leather spine title label.

Seller: Peasant Birch Booksellers, Newport, NH, U.S.A.

Bates, Joseph D. Jr.;McDaniel, Henry. The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly. David R. Godine Publishing, Boston, 1987.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: 232 pp.Limited edition of 250 copies in canapetta cloth and leather spine label, in a matching canapetta and paper slipcase (paper matches the endpapers) and with the extra suite of colored plates in green cloth case tied with a turquoise ribbon. In the original cardboard outer shipping container. The history and evolution of the Atlantic Salmon fly, bibliography, index. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: Fireside Angler, Smithtown, NY, U.S.A.

Bates, Joseph D.. The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly. David R. Godine, Boston, 1987.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, one of 250 copies, signed by the author and with a separate portfolio of the 23 color plates of flies. 25 color plates. Line drawings and color frontispiece by Henry McDaniel. 232 pp. 1 vols. 4to (8-1/2 x 11 inches). With signed portfolio of 23 colored prints laid into box. Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 168 Natural dutch linen over boards, red leather spine label; portfolio in light blue cloth with ties, in a cloth and pastepaper slipcase as issued. Very fine 25 color plates. Line drawings and color frontispiece by Henry McDaniel. 232 pp. 1 vols. 4to (8-1/2 x 11 inches) First edition, one of 250 copies, signed by the author and with a separate portfolio of the 23 color plates of flies.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Bates, Joseph. The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly (DELUXE EDITION). David Godine Publishers, Boston, 1987.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Gray linen with gilt spine titles on red leather label; 4to; 232pp; illustrated with color frontispiece after painting plus drawings by Henry McDaniel, b/w and color photos; included is an additional suite of color plates, loose in a cloth-covered portfolio which is signed by Bates on the pastedown; matching gray cloth clamshell box with leather spine label; limited to 85 numbered (#XCI) signed copies; the deluxe edition comes with a mounted salmon fly, "Colonel Bates" tied, numbered & signed by Ron Alcott. From the publisher, "Here Bates, the acknowledged expert in the field, makes the first contemporary attempt to present a full account of the Atlantic salmon fly." With chapters on early beginnings; glimmerings of color; materials and fly construction; British and Welsh influence; the Americanization of salmon flies, etc. Numerous color plates depict hundreds of flies from Bates' collection. This copy contains a signed letter from the publisher stating this is an out-of-sequence copy, o/w identical to the original 85. A near fine copy in all respects.

Seller: David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.

Bates, Joseph D.. THE ART OF THE ATLANTIC SALMON FLY. David R. Godine, Boston, 1987.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: Deluxe edition limited to 85 copies, this the first numbered I in the series I-LXXXV, bound in quarter leather by Claudia Cohen. Signed by the author, with an additional, personal inscription from him to "my good friend.with best wishes for many more years of good fishing" on the half title. Includes an additional portfolio of color plates also signed by the author, and an actual mounted and matted salmon fly, signed on the mat by the dresser, in this copy by Ted Kantner. All housed in a cloth-coverd, clamshell box. As new.

Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.

Bates, Joseph D. Jr.. The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly. David R. Godine, 1987.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Description: Red quarter leather over beige cloth in matching cloth clamshell. Signed by author. Fine. Clamshell fine with a few faint scuffs and one bumped corner. In original cardboard carton.

Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

Bates, Joseph D., Jr.. The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly.; Line drawings and frontispiece by Henry McDaniel. David R. Godine, Boston, (MA), 1987.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Description: 4to. 232 pp. Illustrated, color plates. Owner's embossed blindstamp on title page, else a fine copy. First edition, 1/85 copies signed by the author and bound in quarter leather by Claudia Cohen, issued with an extra suite of the color plates enclosed in a cloth portfolio, also signed by the author, and a hand-tied salmon fly of the Colonel Bates pattern mounted on acid-free mat board and signed by the tier, all enclosed in a tan cloth clam-shell box. The fly with this copy was tied by Ron Alcott.

Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.

Bates, Joseph D., Jr.. The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly. Boston: David R. Godine, 1987, 1987.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Deluxe edition, limited to 85 copies bound in quarter leather by Claudia Cohen and signed by the author, with an additional portfolio of color plates also signed by the author, and an actual mounted and matted salmon fly, signed on the mat by the dresser. The fly in this copy (and in very few other copies) was dressed and signed by Ron Alcott, the only fly-dresser singled out and discussed in the book for his excellence (full-page photograph on page 175). Large 4to, fine in clamshell box.

Seller: Cole & Contreras / Sylvan Cole Gallery, Sitges, BCN, Spain