Gartside Jack (11 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. White card covers with green titles and decoration; comb-style binding; 8vo; 138pp; illustrated with b/w photos & drawings; printed in an edition of 500 copies. Featuring over three hundred striper fly patterns from around the country. An annotated collection of successful fly patterns with tying instructions. Uncommon, as are all of Gartside's titles. This copy bears a signed presentation inside front cover. The true 1st printing with $18.95 publication date to front cover. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. White glossy card cover stock with titles and decorations in blue; 8vo; 52 pp; illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. "Featuring over 100 original patterns tied with Corsair, the new and exciting fly tying material." Annotated pattern listings for both fresh and salt water species. All of Gartside's booklets have become collectible and are quite hard-to-find. This copy spotted on both covers, internally quite clean and inscribed by Gartside inside front cover. Inscribed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2nd edition. 272 pages. 10.25x9.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. White card cover stock, titled in green, b/w photo center; 8vo; 67+1pp ad at rear; illustrated with b/w photos. In this book, Gartside relates incidents in his life that center around fishing, especially with his innovative flies. There's plenty of patterns & tying instructions included as well. Quite amusing to say the least! This copy in fine condition and now hard-to-find.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed and inscribed by the author inside front cover, else pages clean; binding tight; very minor wear to covers. 51 pages. Illustrated. First edition of Gartside's first book on flies, this one focusing on patterns tied with Corsair tubing. Scarce. Original cover price 9.95. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".

Paperback. Condition: Fair. 2nd edition, 1995; inscribed by author on inside front cover; 162 plastic-comb-bound pages with no marks; small stains on fore edge; front cover has a large brownish smear on half of it.

PAPERBACK. Condition: VG. 1ST. SPIRAL BOUND PAPERBACK, ONE OF 500 COPIES.

Boston, Massachusetts. Privately published. 1996. First edition. Octavo (8 x 5 1/2). 74 pp. including index. Signed by Jack Gartside on the title page. Volume Two (Volume One was geared towards freshwater flies). Text drawings and photographs. These are innovative fly patterns dressed by a gifted fly fisher who at age 10 received fly dressing instructions from legendary Red Sox baseball great, Ted Williams. The book is bound in cream pictorial wrappers with blue titles. A nice book. Fine.

Boston, Massachusetts. Privately published. 1993. This is a photo copy of the first edition produced and photo copied by Jack Gartside once the initially published copies were sold. Octavo (8 x 5 1/2). 51 pp. including index. Printed on rectos only. Text drawings and photographs. The fly patterns herein are streamers for both freshwater and saltwater, together with lists of materials needed to construct the patterns. The book is bound in cream pictorial wrappers with black titles and a blue plastic comb spine. A nice book. Fine.

Boston, Massachusetts. Privately published. 1995. Second Edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/2). 164 pp. including index, bibliography. Inscribed and signed by Jack Gartside on the inside of the front cover. Text illustrations. Black and white photos. A multitude of striper fly patterns are listed, together with the dressing materials needed along with construction instructions for all the patterns. The book is bound in cream pictorial wrappers with green titles and a green plastic comb spine. A nice book. Fine.

Boston, Massachusetts. Privately published. 1993 and 1995. Flies for the 21st Century bound with Striper Flies. First Editions. Octavos (7 1/2 x 5 1/2). 51 pp. and 140 pp. including index, bibliography. Inscribed and signed by Jack Gartside on the inside of the front covers in both books. Text illustrations. Black and white photos. A significant number of streamer patterns are listed along with their dressing instructions. The late Jack Gartside, a world-renowned fly fisherman and innovative fly dresser, is shown on page 18 in Striper Flies posing as if he was dressing flies at Rick's Bar in the 1942 film, Casablanca. These two titles were bound together by Mr. Gartside. The books are bound in cream pictorial wrappers with green titles and a green plastic comb spine that is printed in white letters "Striper Flies - Gartside". Includes the two-page prospectus. Both books are very nice and in fine condition.