RUSSELL CHATHAM.

The Angler's Coast. {The Book is Signed by Russell Chatham. Accompanying the Book is a Striper Fly Dressed by Russ and a Striped Bass Print Illustrated by Him}.

Livingston, Montana. Clark City Press. [1976] 1990. Quarto (11 x 9). 163 pp. plus colophon. First Clark City Press Edition. Signed and with a brief inscription by Russ "For Diane / Kentfield - July 15 / Russell Chatham" / [Papermill Creek / Tomales Bay monogram] / "1991." Laid-in the book is a Striped Bass fly dressed by Russ on a size 3/0 saltwater hook; it measures 5 inches in length, and it too is as scarce as candid booksellers. Also accompanying the book is a black and white print showing a striper illustrated by Russ, 7 x 1 1/2 inches; it was drawn on thick mat paper, which measures 10 x 13 1/2 inches, and it too was completed in a small limitation. The text is the same as the 1976 first edition, differing only with a new Introduction by Russ and added black and white photos, many showing Bill Schaadt and Russ Chatham fly fishing. Text drawings by the author. Chatham’s book is, in my biased opinion, the best work on fly fishing published during the last 40 years. The book is bound in cream cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Photo end papers. Pictorial dust jacket. Both are in fine condition. The striper fly and the print are also fine. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 010609

RUSSELL CHATHAM.

The Angler's Coast. {Signed by Russell Chatham & Tom McGuane. Accompanying the Book is a Striper Fly Dressed by Russ and a Signed Limited Edition Print Showing a Silver Salmon}.

New York. Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1976. Octavo (8 x 5). 158 pp. First Edition. Signed, dated and with a small drawing by the author, "Russell Chatham / Deep Creek" [Papermill Creek/ Tomales Bay monogram] / "1982". The book is also signed on the front end paper by Tom McGuane, who wrote the Prologue to the book. Accompanying the book is a Striper fly dressed by Russell, which measures 5 inches in length and it’s dressed on a size 3/0 saltwater hook. There’s also a limited edition print drawn by Russ showing a Silver Salmon, penciled in Russ’s hand with the number "190/200" / [Papermill Creek/Tomales Bay monogram] / "1994". The print was initially included with the limited edition of Deep Waters published in 1994, and whether it’s from one these copies or issued separately, isn’t known. The print measures 6 x 7 1/2 inches. The book was illustrated by Russ; his fishing and nature stories and essays are some of the finest written during the last 40 years. Clearly one of the very best books on fly fishing, but it also celebrates his longtime friendship with Bill Schaadt, fly fisherman extraordinaire. A nice book, fly, and print. The book is fine (with the nearly always present binder’s glue visible in the gutter of the half-title) in a fine dust jacket; the fly and print are also in fine condition. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 010825

RUSSELL CHATHAM.

The Angler's Coast. {With a Signed Post Card Penned by Russ Celebrating a Big Alaskan Salmon}.

Livingston, Montana. Clark City Press. [1976] 1990. Quarto (11 x 9). 163 pp. plus colophon. First Clark City Press Edition. Laid-in the book is a signed post card penned by Russ, posted from Yakutat, Alaska, in 1983: "The Big One didn’t get away. My arm is still sore from pulling it in." The text in this edition is the same as the 1976 first edition, differing only with a new Introduction by Russ and added black and white photos, a good many showing Bill Schaadt and Russ Chatham fly fishing together. Text drawings by Russ. The book is bound in cream cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Photo end papers. Pictorial dust jacket. The book, jacket and the post card are in fine condition. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 010611

RUSSELL CHATHAM.

The Angler's Coast. {Signed by Russell Chatham}.

New York. Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1976. Octavo (8 x 5). 158 pp. First Edition. Introduction by Thomas McGuane. Signed, dated, and with a small drawing by Russ on the half-title page: "Russell Chatham / DEEP CREEK" / [Papermill Creek - Tomales Bay monogram] / "1979". The book’s text illustrations were drawn by Russ. This is Russ Chatham’s and Bill Schaadt’s monograph, a fixation on their extraordinary Pacific Coast fly fishing experiences - Herculean distance casting, obsessive/ compulsive feats of non-stop, day and night fishing for 50 pound salmon, verbal jousting for the best casting spots, and it concludes with Russ’s laconic and inspirational moments described in the chapter "A Sometime Island of Dreams." These fishing stories and essays are the finest written during the last 40 years. The book is bound in green and gray cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 010996

RUSSELL CHATHAM.

Dark Waters: Essays, Stories and Articles.

Livingston, Montana. Clark City Press. 1991 [1988]. Second printing. Octavo (9 x 7). 208 pp. Illustrated by the author. Black and white photos. Foreword by Nick Lyons. Compelling, interesting stories penned by a master writer. No other west coast writer has captured and expressed in such absorbing language fly fishing for salmon, steelhead and stripers as has Russ Chatham. The black and white photo on the front cover was taken by Russ of his friend Guy de la Valdene during a successful salmon fly fishing trip to Iceland. If you would like to read about the adventure from Guy’s point-of-view, read his book "On the Water." The book is bound in pictorial wrappers with white titles. Just a touch of edge wear, otherwise a fine book.

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Book number: 010883

RUSSELL CHATHAM.

Dark Waters: Essays, Stories and Articles By Russell Chatham. {Deluxe Edition. Signed and Numbered by Russ with an Original Striper Fly Dressed by Russ Laid-in.}

Livingston, Montana. Clark City Press. 1994. Octavo (8 1/2 x 7). 205 pp. plus colophon. Deluxe Limited Edition. Book number 75 of 200 copies published. Signed by Russell on the half-title page. The limited edition includes a Silver Salmon print, signed and also numbered (75) by Russ. Accompanying this book is a striped bass fly dressed by Russ, his 7 inch long "Black Phantom" striper fly dressed on a size 3/0 saltwater hook. This is the same fly pattern he used to catch his 36 pound world record stripper in 1966. Included too is a color photo showing the record fish exhibited in the Golden Gate Angling & Casting Club in San Francisco. These essays and stories are among the finest outdoor/sporting themes published over the last 40 years. The book is bound in burgundy cloth with Russell's facsimile signature in gilt and date on the front cover and title on the spine. The book is kept in a matching burgundy cloth slip case. The book, slip case, and fly in fine condition.

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Book number: 011105

RUSSELL CHATHAM.

One Hundred Paintings. {Limited Edition Together with Russell Chatham’s Gallery Exhibit Binder Containing 93 Color Images of Russell’s Lithographs Offered for Sale}.

Livingston, Montana. Clark City Press. 1990. Oblong Quarto (9 1/2 x 10 1/2). 135 pp. plus colophon. Limited Edition. Book number 120 of an unspecified edition. Inscribed, signed and dated by Russell on the half-title page. With a pencil sketch drawn by Russ underneath the inscription, and with a tipped-in color print of Russ’s original oil on canvas painting "The Seasons" in the collection of the Museum of the Rockies mounted on the dedication leaf. Essays by Jim Harrison, Chris Waddington, and Russell Chatham. With color reproductions of 100 paintings by Chatham, which trace his thirty-year career as a landscape painter from his California period through his Montana period. This limited edition is a bit of an anomaly: the book is bound in beige cloth with gilt titles on the spine and front cover, like the regular limited edition, and it’s numbered 120 by Russ on the colophon page, like the others. It has a silk ribbon marker. And it has a pictorial dust jacket, while the regular limited edition does not; it’s the same jacket issued with the trade cloth bound copies. There’s no slip case with this book. And at the same time this limited edition appears to throw a little sand in the publishing gears regarding the number of copies actually made available to the public - heretofore the consensus on the number of copies of the limited edition published has more or less settled on 275 - is this hybrid limited included in that number? It’s anyone’s guess. The book is in fine condition and the jacket is near fine with a little rubbing at bottom of the jacket’s spine. //////////// Accompanying the book is Russell’s Gallery Exhibit Binder which holds 93 colored photos showing Russ’s lithographs (mostly Montana scenes) available for sale; the binder was used by gallery folks to keep track and record inventory. The images range in size from 11 x 8 1/2 to 5 x 6 inches and each image is identified along with the year completed. There’s an introductory essay written by Russ titled "Is it a Lithograph, or is it a Lithograph?" with a typed tab attached which reads "Russell Chatham." The photos are kept in plastic sleeves in a three-ring binder. Images under the headings "Rare Prints" and "Latest Releases" show the price for each lithograph penned in ink underneath the photo. There’s also a few additional and separate color photos kept in a sleeve, ranging from photos of Russ’s paintings and lithos and a couple of unidentified photos. The photos and binder in fine condition. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 010438

RUSSELL CHATHAM.

One Hundred Paintings. {Inscribed & Signed by Russell Chatham Together with a Signed Print Laid-in}.

Livingston, Montana. Clark City Press. 1990. Oblong Quarto (9 1/2 x 10 1/2). 135 pp. plus colophon. Inscribed, signed and dated by Russell on the half-title page. Laid-in is a print that closely approximates the image "Summer Pine" which appears on the front cover of the book. The print is signed in pencil by Russell using his Papermill Creek / Tomales Bay monogram, and it was signed by him in 2019 in Belmont, where he spent his last days. The book includes essays by Jim Harrison, Chris Waddington, and Russell Chatham. With color reproductions of 100 paintings by Chatham, which trace his thirty-year career as a landscape painter from his California period through his Montana period. The book is bound in pictorial wrappers with black titles on the spine and front cover. The print was done on mould paper and the image measures 3 x 3 inches with the overall paper measurements of 10 x 9 inches. The book is in near fine condition as is the print. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 010826

RUSSELL CHATHAM.

Russ Chatham’s Greetings Cards (125 of them) with Russ’s Summer Pine Image on the Front Panel.

The greeting cards were printed by Russ in 1990 by his Clark City Press and each card measures 5 x 7 inches with the image of "Summer Pine" on the front panel. This same painting was printed on the dust jacket of Russ’s book "One Hundred Paintings." The original 1974 oil is in the Peter Fonda and Becky Fonda collection. There are 125 cards in a clear plastic wrap. The cards are blank inside so you can pen whatever comes to mind. A cool gift for the person who has nothing, and it’s a neat way to spread the remarkable art of Russell Chatham. The cards are all in fine condition.

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Book number: 011107

RUSSELL CHATHAM.

Striped Bass on the Fly. A Guide to California Waters.

San Francisco. Prepared by Examiner Special Projects. 1977. First Edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5). 96 pp. Black and white photos. Text illustrations by the author. Maps showing the locations where the prime action takes place. Incisive information by Mr. Chatham on how best to fly fish for stripers; the right flies, proper tactics, rivers and tides, and, of course, plenty of Mr, Chatham’s wit and humor. The information herein is just as applicable today as it was forty-plus years ago. The book is bound in colorful pictorial wrappers with black titles. In very good condition.

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Book number: 011189

THOS. H. CHUBB.

Retail Catalogue for 1891. Issued by Thos. H. Chubb, The Fishing Rod Manufacturer, Post Mills, Vermont, Manufacturer of Fishing Rods and Anglers' Supplies. (Thomas H. Chubb).

Hartford, Connecticut. A. Mugford Engraver and Printer. 1891. Ninth Edition. Octavo (9 x 6). 125 pp. plus eight plates of stunning chromolithographs showing artificial flies for trout, lake trout and bass. Text illustrations. Text drawings showing a variety of fishing products offered by the Chubb Company, including a large number rods and rod accessories, reels, hooks, spinners, fly boxes, knives, etc. With eight beautifully rendered color plates showing artificial flies in full nineteenth century splendor. Also stories and essays on tools and tackle by James A. Henshall, Bow-Fin Fishing in the South Slang, Salmon Fishing, Southern Fishing, Curiosities of Angling, Sport in Oregon, etc. One of America's premier nineteenth century angling catalogues, and this catalogue exceptionally rare issued with colored plates of flies. This was the age of the Fancy Fly - colorful things nearly the size of hummingbirds; curiously snickered at today, it's likely many of today's killer fly patterns will succumb to the same fate 100 years from now. The 1891 catalogue was the last original Chubb catalogue issued - a fire destroyed the factory in the same year. There were additional catalogues issued using the Chubb company name, however the company was rebuilt and under different ownership from 1891 onward. The book is bound in its original burgundy cloth with gilt titles and front cover gilt illustration. Rare and simply beautiful. Very good.

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Book number: 008175

Keywords: Thomas H. Chubb

HORROCKS-IBBOTSON CO.

A Chinese Secret for Fishermen.

Utica, New York. Horrocks-Ibbotson Co. [n. d. but 1932]. Sextodecimo (6 x 2 1/2). 12 pp. Text drawings. The title of the booklet refers to Chinese Tonkin Cane which has been treated with a Chinese "secret substance" and that Horrocks-Ibbotson called "Hexi-Super-Cane-Rods." The rod manufacturer claimed these new rods provided 25% greater tensile strength, more snap, sensitivity, no twisting, and longer life; in short a wonder rod: "A Chinese Secret that puts more thrills in Fishing." There’s also ads for reels, flies, and lines. The booklet is bound yellow wrappers with red and black titles. A quite scarce catalog. With the stamp of a tackle dealer on the front and back covers. Very good.

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Book number: 010837

TREY COMBS.

Steelhead Fly Fishing.

New York. Lyons and Burford, Publishers. 1991. First edition, first impression. Quarto (11 x 9). 494 pp. including bibliography, index. Color plates showing a large number of steelhead fly patterns dressed by many well-known fly fishers, including several premier practitioners of the art. Plus dressings for hundreds of flies. Black and white photos and biographies highlighting Pacific Coast steelhead fly fishing pioneers along with a few "steelhead crazies" and descriptions of the rivers they fish. A monumental and well-received book on the sport. The book is bound in black cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Pictorial dust jacket. A previous owner has tipped-in on the front end paper a color plate (salmon flies) from Mary Orvis Marbury’s book, Favorite Flies (the plate is from an early edition - printed in six colors - and it’s a belated homage to Victorian beauty). A very good book in a very good dust jacket with a touch of edge wear.

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Book number: 010921

TREY COMBS. (FRANK MATARELLI).

Steelhead Fly Fishing. {Inscribed & Signed by Trey Combs to the Legendary San Francisco Fly Dressing Tool Maker, Frank Matarelli.}

New York. Lyons and Burford, Publishers. 1991. First Edition, first impression. Quarto (11 x 9). 494 pp. including bibliography, index. Inscribed and signed on the half-title page by Trey Combs to the late San Francisco fly dressing tool maker, Frank Matarelli. The book is also signed and inscribed to Mr. Matarelli by fly dresser Steve Gobin, whose flies are featured in the book. Color plates showing a large number of steelhead patterns. Dressings for hundreds of flies. Black and white photos and biographies of many West Coast steelhead fly fishing pioneers along with a few just plain "steelhead crazies." A monumental book and the final word on this terrific fish and sport. The book is bound in black cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 010928

THOMAS H. CHUBB ROD COMPANY.

T. H. Chubb Rod Company Manufacturers of Fishing Rods and Tackle. {Billhead}.

Post Mills, Vermont. August 5, 1920. One leaf (8 1/2 x 8). Billhead receipt for a variety of rod parts. Chubb rods were "Built on Honor." A nifty piece of early Chubb ephemera. In very good condition.

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Book number: 010923