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Published by Meadow Run Press. Stone Harbor, New Jersey. 1991., 1991
ISBN 10: 0962060941ISBN 13: 9780962060946
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
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Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1991). (1961) 1991 new edition. Small 8vo (132 x 196mm). Ppxlii,117. B/w photographs, illustrations. Blind-stamped trout motif to green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 950 copies. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper and slightly dusty slip-case. Eugene V. Connett III was an angling author of note and founder of The Derrydale Press. My Friend The Trout was Connett's last book, in which he summed up the experience of a lifetime of close observation of trout and their environment. Connett is particularly good on the senses and instincts of trout. Chapters include: Seventeen-page introductory essay by Ernest Schwiebert; Preface by the author; Introductory remarks; Instincts of trout; Experience teaches; The senses of trout; The eyesight of trout; The trout's outlook; The trout's view of a fly; Vision in the dark; A trout's table manners; The reader's reward; About fly tying. A good, enlightening read. .
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First edtion. 8vo; pp. xiii, 117; illustrated from drawings.A very good copy in original gilt-stamped red cloth, in a good price-clipped dust jacket. An analysis of the psychology of the trout.
Published by D. Van Nostrand Company, New York, 1961
Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Stated. First printing of first edition. Clean unmarked copy, dust jacket price clipped, small bookseller's label "Vroman's Pasadena". Illustrated with drawings, 117 pages. Dust jacket in a new protective mylar sleeve.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xIii, [4], 117 PP. this is the author s last book, written in 1961. After having spent a lifetime fly fishing for trout, studying the fish and the waters, any erudite, thoughtful angler would have to learn something. Connett certainly did and writes about it here. Very insightful information. The author was the founder, editor and publisher of The Derrydale Press, the premier American publisher of sporting books in the twentieth century. Book: Previous owner's name on top of first three pages, an smeard ink spot on blank page behind frontis. Dustjacket: some soiling with a chip and nick here and there. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Bruce Cave Fine Fly Fishing Books, IOBA., Citrus Heights, CA, U.S.A.
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Stone Harbor, New Jersey. Meadow Run Press. 1991 [1961]. Limited Edition. 950 copies published. 8vo. (7 x 5). 117 pp. including index plus addenda which includes several photos of Mr. Connett. Illustrated frontispiece. Text illustrations. A perceptive book, covering how trout react when feeding on insects and how fishermen should approach and fish for them. Mr. Connett's last book. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Black cloth slip case with titling label on the side panel. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket and slip case.
Seller: Bruce Cave Fine Fly Fishing Books, IOBA., Citrus Heights, CA, U.S.A.
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Stone Harbor, New Jersey. Meadow Run Press. 1991 [1961]. Limited Edition. 950 copies published. 8vo. (7 x 5). 117 pp. including index plus addenda which includes several photos of Mr. Connett. Illustrated frontispiece. Text illustrations. A perceptive book, covering how trout react when feeding on insects and how fishermen should approach and fish for them. Mr. Connett's last book. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Black cloth slip case with titling label on the side panel. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket and slip case.
Published by Meadow Run Press [c1991], 1991
Seller: Janet & Henry Hurley, Westmoreland, NH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; xxxvii, 117 pages; In slipcase as issued, illustrated, index.
Published by John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 10: 0442016727ISBN 13: 9780442016722
Seller: CONTINENTAL MEDIA & BEYOND, Ocala, FL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Used: Good. 1994 paperback former library book 5th ed instructor's manual isbn 0-442-01672-7 268 pages:::e-3.
Seller: Bruce Cave Fine Fly Fishing Books, IOBA., Citrus Heights, CA, U.S.A.
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Stone Harbor, New Jersey. Meadow Run Press. 1991 [1961]. Limited Edition. 950 copies published. 8vo. (7 x 5). 117 pp. including index plus addenda which includes several photos of Mr. Connett. Signed by Ernest Schwiebert at the conclusion of his Introduction. Illustrated frontispiece. Text illustrations. A perceptive book, covering how trout react when feeding on insects and how fishermen should approach and fish for them. Mr. Connett's last book. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Black cloth slip case with titling label on the side panel. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket and slip case.
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. xIii, [4], 117 PP. this is the author s last book, written in 1961. After having spent a lifetime fly fishing for trout, studying the fish and the waters, any erudite, thoughtful angler would have to learn something. Connett certainly did and writes about it here. Very insightful information. The author was the founder, editor and publisher of The Derrydale Press, the premier American publisher of sporting books in the twentieth century. Book: Previous owner's name on FFEP Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. Princeton, New Jersey. 1961., 1961
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
(Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. Small 8vo (132 x 197mm). Ppxviii,117. Two b/w plates of flies, b/w illustrations. Red boards with gilt trout motif to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Owner's address to end-paper, a little browned. Good-plus in price-clipped dust-wrapper. Eugene Virginius Connett III "was the founder of The Derrydale Press and the author of numerous books, most all of which are concerned with angling and shooting. Published in 1961, [this book] was the author's last book. Told with grace and affection, [it] is the distillation of a lifetime of trout fishing and close observation."Eugene Virginius Connett III "was the founder of The Derrydale Press and the author of numerous books, most all of which are concerned with angling and shooting. Published in 1961, [this book] was the author's last book. Told with grace and affection, [it] is the distillation of a lifetime of trout fishing and close observation." Chapters include: Introductory remarks; Instincts of trout; Experience teaches; The senses of trout; The eyesight of trout; The trout's outlook; The trout's view of a fly; Vision in the dark; A trout's table manners; The reader's reward; About fly tying. A good book on the senses and instincts of trout. .
Published by D. Van Nostrand Company, Princeton, 1961
Seller: Bowman Books, Wooster, OH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition stated. Clean, tight hardcover bound in full cloth with unmarked interior and text. The dust jacket remains unclipped ($4.95) with a touch of soiling, else fine. NOT ex-lib. A clean, tight copy in jacket. Indexed. xiii, 117pp.
Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Thus. xxxvii, [5], 117, addenda [10] New as issued in slipcase. Foreword By Eugene V. Connett IV Introduction By Ernest Schwiebert. Signed by Ernest Schwiebert. This is the author s last book, written in 1961. After having spent a lifetime fly fishing for trout, studying the fish and the waters, any erudite, thoughtful angler would have to learn something. Connett certainly did and writes about it here. Very insightful information. The author was the founder, editor and publisher of The Derrydale Press, the premier American publisher of sporting books in the twentieth century. One of 950 copies Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Introduction Author. Limited Edition.
Van Nostrand, Princeton, 1961, first edition. Illustrated with drawings. 5.25" x 7.75". 117 pp. Decorated red cloth, rear cover corner bumped, ink owner name on endpaper. ".the distillation of a lifetime of trout fishing and close observation". "What the fish sees, and how he reacts" (Bruns). Very good in very good wrapper.