(FISHING) The fishing library of Frederick W Pickard

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(FISHING.) The fishing library of Frederick W. Pickard. 143 volumes, various sizes and conditions, most in publisher's cloth; library copies, in generally strong condition, most with catalogue numbers painted on backstrips, library bookplates on front endpapers, and circulation cards on rear endpapers. Vp, 1857-1973

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A library of American and English fishing books, with a select few hunting books included for good measure, collected by sporting author Frederick William Pickard (1871-1952) and including four of his own works. Includes a manuscript diary kept by Pickard's wife Jane Coleman Pickard during their 1939-40 South Pacific cruise, which discusses his fishing activities. Other highlights include: Atherton. The Fly and the Fish. Macmillan, 1951 Connett. Random Casts. #208 of 1075. New York, 1939 Forester. Trouting Along the Catasauqua. One of 423. New York, 1927 Gill. Practical Dry-Fly Fishing. New York, 1912 Gordon. The Complete Fly Fisherman. New York, 1947 Holder. The Big Game Fishes of the United States. New York, 1903 Phair. Atlantic Salmon Fishing. One of 950. New York, 1937 Pickering. Angling of the Test. #109 of 297. New York, 1936 Rhead. The Speckled Brook Trout. New York, 1902 Roosevelt. Hunting in Many Lands. New York, 1895 Schaldach. Fish by Schaldach. #204 of 1560. Philadelphia, 1937 Skues. Side-Lines, Side-Lights & Reflections: Fugitive Papers of a Chalk-Stream Angler. Philadelphia, [1932?] Wylie. The Big Ones Get Away! New York, 1940. Complete list available upon request. Provenance: most volumes were gifts of Frederick W. Pickard or his estate to the Keene Valley Library Association in the Adirondack Mountains of New York circa 1945-1965.