Van Gorman Egan (38 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very clean tight copy. Near fine condition. Lacking the dust jacket. Ritchie, Lorne (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, 2003, one of 380 soft cover editions published by Riverside Publications, Campbell River, B.C. Condition: fine, Dust Jacket: near fine with mark on illustration on front and two slight markings on back. Illustrated and designed by Loucas Raptis. Bound in dark blue wrappers with gilt title/author on front. Wrapped in mylar. Raptis, Loucas (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. 2004. Limited first edition. 178 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial jacket over paper cover. Black and white photographs. Signed with dedication from the author on front free endpaper. Limited edition of 400 copies. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has mild edge wear. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1988, First Edition, Condition: Fine Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Burgundy cloth boards, text block and edges are clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Gilt lettering on cover and spine is bright. Embossed Tyee Club Logo on FFEP is protected by tissue paper. Photos are crisp. Dust jacket is clean, unmarked and whole. Gilt on jacket cover and spine is bright. ISBN numbers are faded on rear cover. Dust jacket has minor edge wear. Wrapped in mylar.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Used, soft cover, 1958 first edition. Condition:fine. Ritchie, Lorne (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Burgundy cloth with spine & cover titles in gilt; 4to; 208pp illustrated with frontispiece sketch by Thomas Brayshaw, color and b/w photos plus map; color photographic dust jacket. "The Tyee Club of British Columbia began in 1924 with a group of anglers who returned to Campbell River each year in pursuit of the elusive "Tyee" - a coastal Indian word meaning, "the chief", a Chinook salmon, 30 pounds or larger. The battle with a Pacific Chinook Salmon is on - anything can happen! If the fish is boated, and weighs 30 pounds or more, the catch is recorded and the angler becomes a registered member of the Tyee Club!" This copy fine in like jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Limited Edition, standard hardback numbered 663/1000. 2008 by Canwest Publisher's, Campbell River. Condition: very good, solid green boards, clean, tight text block, small rubbing on title page, deckled fore edge, gilt titles on spine and cover. Dust Jacket: good/fair with sticker wear and water stains on back right. Paste down end paper has a pocket with a fold-out booklet of 2 maps of the Nimpkish River, a 1956 Sports Illustrated cover photo of Haig-Brown, and Haig-Brown flies. The cover reads "Remembering Roderick Haig-Brown on the 100th Anniversary of the birth of one of world's greatest conservationists and anglers." Black and white photos. Introduction written by daughter, Valerie Haig-Brown, and prologue by friend and angler Van Gorman Egan.…

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

leather_bound. Condition: Very Good. A very nice copy. Text in clean/unmarked condition. Owners name on flyleaf. DJ shows wear and has some minor tears. Binding is tight. Your Satisfaction Guaranteed. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available.

Hardcover. Condition: FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: FINE. First edition. Both book and jacket are crisp, and very clean. New archival mylar dj cover. 24 cm. 151 pages. Limited edition of 130 copies of which this is #12. Signed by author on front free endpaper. Includes a handwritten letter from the author, as well as a promo sheet. Additional info or photos on request. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging, with tracking and insurance. Signed by author.…

Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition (Limited Edition). Bound in dark green faux leather with gilt titles on upper board and on spine; illustrated dust jacket. One of 130 signed copies, #58. 151 pages. Loucas Raptis (illustrator). Signed by Author.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988). 1988 1st edition. Large 4to. Ppx,208. Colour & b/w photographs, bibliography. Dust-wrapper bill-matter by Valerie Haig-Brown. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. Tissue guard laid in*. "The Tyee Club of British Columbia is unique among sporting organisations of the world and this volume tells its story from before its official beginning in 1925 to the present. .From early reports published in England by British sporting gentlemen, the reputation of the big fish of Campbell River grew and spread around the world." Chapters include; royalty in fishing; a style of fishing; a banner fish; reputation building; the Catalina connection (and Zane Grey); beginnings of tradition; camps and lodges; strokes for tyee folks; tackle - choices and testing; spoons and plugs; awards; records - won and lost; guides; today and tomorrow; midsummer's dream; tyee club records; Campbell river chinook stock data. * The tissue guard is to protect the embossed stamp of the emblem of the Tyee Club of British Columbia which is to be found in the front free end-paper. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to. 208 pages. Maroon cloth, gilt titles; signed by author to title page, tissue guard laid in, sepia toned and full color illustrations; color pictorial dust jacket. Little wear, scattered small blemishes to exterior; signed by guide in addition to author to title page, otherwise unmarked; light wear to jacket extremities, scattered blemishes. A very good plus copy in a very good jacket. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine. Second Printing. Limited to 300 copies on acid-free paper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Illustrations by Lorne Ritchie, Frontis by Gordon E Buckli, fly decorations by Hans Buckli. Owner's embossed stamp on title page. A fine copy in like jacket. 179 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. First edition second printing. Limited to 300 copies on acid-free paper. Signed by Egan on the title page. Book has creasing to the head of the spine. Unclipped DJ has creasing to top edges and original price sticker to back cover. A collection of vignettes, reminiscences, commentaries and reflections that quietly reveal the importance of rivers and river angling. ***** Free shipping available to UK buyers. For customers located outside the UK, if the actual cost of shipping your order is lower than the price paid, then a refund of the difference will be issued. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. 114 p. 24 cm. Sound and square binding in green, cloth-covered boards, with gilt titles on spine and upper board. Virtually no discernible wear. Dust jacket has a 1" closed tear to its bottom edge near the spine. The edges show a little wear. White panels have some light soil. "Remembering Roderick Haig-Brown on the 100th Anniversary of the birth of one of the world's greatest conservationists and anglers". A chronicle of his life. Black and white photographs. . Introduction by Valerie Haig Brown. Copy no. 323 of 1,000. Signed on the limitation page by Van Egan.…

Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Large format, 8 1/2" x 11", bound in dark reddy brown cloth with gilt lettering on upper board and on spine. Extensive blurb on front flap of dust jacket by Valerie Haig-Brown. This is the trade edition (there was also a deluxe leather bound edition). 208 pages with colour and B&W illustratiions from photos, 2 appendices, and a bibliography. Frontispiece sketch by Tommy Brayshaw. Heavy and may require additional postage depending on destination.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, 1988. Published by Ptarmigan Press, British Columbia. 208 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Dust wrapper. Very Good.

Condition: Good. Limited Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Used, hardcover, 2008 signed limited Edition. Condition: as new. dust jacket: as new. This gilted, wavy edged book is a signed and numbered Limited edition. Signed by Author.

Campbell River, B.C. Riverside Publications. 2003. First Edition. Octavo (8 x 6). 151 pp. One of 380 copies published. Signed by Van on the title page. Illustrated by Loucas Raptis. The book is comprised of Van's wonderful, lyrical stories."based on a period when angling opportunities were a pure joy." with sections, Rivers of Return, Tidal Rhythms, Winter into Spring and Meeting at the Yew, etc. The book is bound in blue pictorial wrappers with gilt titles. French fold pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine jacket. Signed by Author.…

Campbell River, B.C. Riverside Publications. 1999 [1998]. First Edition, Second Printing. One of 300 copies published. Signed by Van on the title page. Illustrated by Lorne Ritchie. Van's evocative prose will take you back in time when fishermen (and women) were more civil and the trout and salmon more cooperative. With parts titled: Little Rivers - The River Through My Window - Magic Hours - Clearwater - Dickens' Trout - Messages from the Past - The Enchanted River. The book is bound in blue cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A beautiful book. Fine in a fine jacket. Signed by Author.…

First Edition. First edition, 1/180 signed by the author. 4to. 208pp. Illustrated, plates, some in color. Imitation burgundy leather, publisher's slipcase. Fine. Signed.

First Edition. Campbell River, British Columbia. Published by the Ptarmigan Press. 1988. First Edition. Quarto (11 x 9). 208 pp. including bibliography. Illustrated frontispiece by Tommy Brayshaw. Color plates showing many outsized Tyee plus the men and women who caught them. Black and white historical photos. Text illustrations. This is Van's rich, vivid history of the world-famous fishing club. Color reproduction of The Tyee Club logo on specially made endpapers. Insightful dust jacket blurb by Valerie Haig-Brown. The book is bound in burgundy cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket.…

Limited Edition. Campbell River, B. C. Riverside Publications. 2004. Limited Edition. Book number 25 of 130 copies published. Signed by Van on the limitation page. Octavo (9 x 6). 178 pp including appendices. Photo frontispiece of Maxine and Van with a huge Tyee. This is the third title in the Rivers series. Black and white photos. Maps, charts, plus trophy winners. Van tells an intimate and personal story of the Campbell River estuary and the annual return of Tyee salmon. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Embossed emblem of the Tyee Club of British Columbia on the front end paper. Pictorial dust jacket with raised gold titles. A beautiful book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Author.…

Limited Edition. Campbell River, B. C. Riverside Publications. 2004. Limited Edition. Book number 30 of 130 copies published. Signed by Van on the limitation page. Octavo (9 x 6). 178 pp including appendices. Photo frontispiece of Maxine and Van with a huge Tyee. This is the third title in the Rivers series. Black and white photos. Maps, charts, plus trophy winners. Van tells an intimate and personal story of the Campbell River estuary and the annual return of Tyee salmon. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Embossed emblem of the Tyee Club of British Columbia on the front end paper. Pictorial dust jacket with raised gold titles. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Author.…

Campbell River, British Columbia. Published by the Ptarmigan Press. 1988. First Edition. Quarto (11 x 9). 208 pp. including bibliography. Illustrated frontispiece by Tommy Brayshaw. Color plates showing many out-sized Tyee plus the men and women who caught them. Black and white historical photos. Text illustrations. This is Van's rich, vivid history of the world famous fishing club. Color reproduction of The Tyee Club logo on specially made end-papers. Insightful dust jacket blub by Valerie Haig-Brown. The book is bound in burgundy cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. …

Campbell River, British Columbia. Published by the Ptarmigan Press. 1988. First Edition. Quarto (11 x 9). 208 pp. including bibliography. Signed by Van Egan on the title page. Illustrated frontispiece by Tommy Brayshaw. Color plates showing many out-sized Tyee plus the men and women who caught them. Black and white historical photos. Text illustrations. This is Van's rich, vivid history of the world famous fishing club. Color reproduction of The Tyee Club logo on specially made end-papers. Insightful dust jacket blub by Valerie Haig-Brown. The book is bound in burgundy cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a very good dust jacket with a touch of edge wear. …

Condition: Fine. Campbell River, British Columbia. Published by Canwest. 2008. Octavo (8 x 6). 115 pp. including appendix. Limited Edition. Book number 17 of 1000 copies published. Signed by Van Egan on the limitation page. "Remembering Roderick Haig-Brown on the 100th Anniversary of the birth of one of the world's greatest conservationists and anglers." Introduction by Valerie Haig-Brown. Black and white photos. This is Van's poignant account of his friendship with the Haig-Browns, and his camaraderie with Roderick and their fishing the streams and lakes on Vancouver Island. The volume has a fold-out booklet in a back pocket showing the Haig-Brown flies utilized in the book, two maps of the Nimpkish River, drawn by Haig-Brown, and a 1956 color cover photo of the April 1956 issue of Sports Illustrated featuring Van hooking a brown trout. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles on the spine and front cover. Pictorial dust jacket. The text sheets are deckle-edged. A pristine book. Fine in a fine jacket. Signed by Author.…

Limited Edition. Campbell River, B.C. Riverside Publications. 2003. Octavo (8 x 6). 151 pp. Limited Edition. Book number 87 of 130 copies published. Signed by Van on the limitation page. Illustrated by Loucas Raptis. The book is comprised of Van's wonderful, lyrical stories."based on a period when angling opportunities were a pure joy." with sections, Rivers of Return, Tidal Rhythms, Winter into Spring and Meeting at the Yew, etc. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine jacket. Signed by Author.…