Lots 401 - 410

Lot 401

Lot #401: WALLWORK, JAMES: "THE MODERN ANGLER"
Manchester, 1897. First edition, octavo, rebound in modern buckram. Includes 2 handcolored plates and 3 black and white plates. Embossed Newberry Library stamp on the title page and page 101.
Estimate: $ 600.00 - $ 800.00

Lot 402

Lot #402: WALTON, IZAAK: "COMPLETE ANGLER"
Boston, Goodspeed, 1928. Octavo. Green morocco with large black inlays and 6 gilt fish surrounding black inlaid lily pads and gilt florals. A unique copy for Frank S. Hatch. Includes a watercolor by Marian Hatch, an ink drawing by W.A. Dwiggins and an ink inscription by Charles Goodspeed. Also including a note to Frank by Bliss Perry, who wrote the introduction; signed by D.B. Updike and the designer A. de Sainty. The entire edition was 600 copies.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $500

Lot 403

Lot #403: WEST, LEONARD: "THE NATURAL TROUT FLY AND ITS IMITATION"
St. Helens, privately printed, 1912. First trade edition, octavo, bound in green cloth. Includes 16 plates - 13 are colored. 3 autograph letters from West to Robert Bright Marsten - all concerning the publication of this book, the deluxe edition. In one letter he draws a fly and describes the materials and how to make it.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $425

Lot 404

Lot #404: WETZEL, CHARLES M.: "AMERICAN FISHING BOOKS - A BIBLIOGRAPHY"
Newark, DE, 1950. Quarto, bound in 3/4 navy morocco. 1 of 200 copies signed and hand bound by the author.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1250.00 Sold at $500

Lot 405

Lot #405: WETZEL, CHARLES M.: "TROUT FLIES - NATURALS AND IMITATIONS"
Harrisburg, 1955. Quarto, bound in full brown morocco. Limited edition signed by Wetzel and with 12 plates handcolored by the author.
Estimate: $ 750.00 - $ 1000.00 Sold at $450

Lot 406

Lot #406: WHEATLEY, HEWITT: "THE ROD AND LINE"
London, 1849. First edition, octavo, bound in original brown cloth. Housed in a cloth clamshell box. Includes 9 handcolored plates.
Estimate: $ 700.00 - $ 900.00

Lot 407

Lot #407: WHEATLEY, HEWETT AND FRANCIS, FRANCIS: TWO SCARCE TITLES WITH HANDCOLORED PLATES
(1). Wheatley, Hewett, "The Rod and Line ..." London, 1849. First edition, duodecimo, bound in 1/2 green morocco. Includes 9 handcolored plates of flies. (2). Francis, Francis: " A Book of Angling." London, 1867. First edition, octavo, bound in plum cloth. Includes 15 plates, 5 are handcolored.
Estimate: $ 700.00 - $ 900.00

Lot 408

Lot #408: WILLIAMSON, JOHN: "THE BRITISH ANGLER: OR A POCKET COMPANION FOR GENTLEMEN FISHERS, ..."
London, 1740. First edition, duodecimo, bound in full modern calf. Includes engraved frontis and 3 folding plates. Title page shaved at bottom.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $250

Lot 409

Lot #409: WULFF, LEE: TWO LIMITED EDITION COPIES
(1) "Leaping Silver." New York, 1940. Small quarto, bound in 1/2 morocco, includes slipcase. 1 of 540 copies signed by Wulff. (2). "The Atlantic Salmon." New York, Barnes, 1958. Quarto, bound in 1/2 goatskin, includes slipcase. 1 of 200 copies. Color frontis signed by Wulff.
Estimate: $ 700.00 - $ 900.00 Sold at $450

Lot 410

Lot #410: AMERICAN FISHING BOOKS: FOUR SCARCE TITLES
(1) Dawson, George: "Pleasures of Angling with Rod and Reel for Trout and Salmon." New York, 1876. First edition, octavo, bound in gilt pictorial cloth. (2). Hallock, Charles: "The Fishing Tourist: Angler's Guide and Reference Book." New York, 1873. First edition, octavo. (3) Lanman, Charles: "A Tour to the River Saguenay, in Lower Canada." Philadelphia, 1848. First edition, octavo. (4). Prince, W.C.: "I Go A-Fishing." New York, 1873. First edition, octavo.
Estimate: $ 600.00 - $ 800.00 Sold at $325