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Pacific Book Auction Sale 616: The Richard Beagle Collection of Angling & Sporting Books
June 1, 2017
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318 Lots, including the following:
SAGE, DEAN. The Ristigouche and Its Salmon Fishing. “The rarest and most beautiful book on salmon fishing.” $15,000-25,000.
SCHMOOKLER, PAUL M., EDITOR. The Salmon Flies of Major John Popkin Traherne. “No. 24 of 28 Deluxe Edition copies. Signed by Schmookler and Sils on the limitation-page. Contains one of the original flies tied by Paul M. Schmookler… only a few bound in full morocco, most of the deluxe copies are in half morocco and marbled boards.” $3,000-5,000.
WEST, LEONARD. The Natural Trout Fly and Its Imitation. “The number of copies produced is sometimes speculated at 30 but this seems rather generous given the scarcity of copies appearing at auction.” $10,000-15,000.
ALDAM, W.H. A Quaint Treatise on “Flees, and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making,”… 22 sunken mounts containing samples of fly-making materials and two specimen flies on 11 pages… original pictorial green cloth… Endpapers renewed. $3,000-5,000.
WALTON, IZAAK & CHARLES COTTON. The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. First Navarre Society Edition… modern Cosway-style binding by Bayntun-Riviere… oval watercolor portrait of Walton inset in front cover. $3,000-5,000.
BERGMAN, RAY. Trout. First edition, signed by Bergman. $1,200-1,800.
Full catalogue here.