To the uninitiated, ice fishing seems improbable, wacky, and dangerous. But every winter, more than 2 million hardy northerners go to their place on the lake: literally on the lake. Striking story-telling photographs by Layne Kennedy and engaging essays by outdoor writer and fisherman Greg Breining capture the quirky world of ice fishing - its natural beauty and solitary subzero vigils, along with its oddball practices and practitioners.Kennedy and Breining take readers to fun-filled if bizarre festivals that include 'Guys on Ice' in Door County, Wisconsin, the Tip-Up Town USA festival on Michigan's Houghton Lake, and the supremely self-mocking International Eelpout Festival on Minnesota's Leech Lake, which honours a slimy, pot-bellied, finny critter. Photos offer peeks inside ice houses that range from a plastic-bag cocoon to an impossibly luxurious Adirondacks ice residence with front porch and wet bar. Travel to a frozen lake in the Boundary Waters, to ice cities that form and disband overnight, and to the Volga River near Moscow, shadowed by the KGB. Perhaps most importantly, "A Hard-Water World" allows the reader to enjoy the beauty, wonder, and, yes, insanity of ice-fishing all year round and in the comfort of his or her own home. 127pp.
Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2008, Cloth, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: New. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 9780873516242

Inventory #20797

Price: £ 15.00 GBP ($ 18.00 approx. - € 15.90 approx.)

N.B. Lacks ffep. Stain to bottom edge of inside D/J. Rubbing to head of D/J spine. Small tear to corner of D/J.
Unwin Hyman, 1990, Cloth, Book Condition: Good, Jacket Condition: Good. . . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

ISBN: 0044405731

Inventory #42181

Price: £ 9.50 GBP ($ 11.40 approx. - € 10.07 approx.)

Inscribed by the Author on ffep. N.B. Bottom edge of boards, corners and head and tail of spine slightly rubbed. Fading to D/J with heavier fading to spine. Edges of D/J crinkled with mark to top edge of rear D/J. Heavy rubbing to bottom left corner of rear D/J. 352pp.
H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd, 1982, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: Good. Signed First Edition. . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

ISBN: 0854931422

Inventory #32411

Price: £ 25.00 GBP ($ 30.00 approx. - € 26.50 approx.)

N.B. Head and tail of spine and corners of boards and D/J a little bumped.
The Sportsman's Press, 1991, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

ISBN: 094825355X

Inventory #36452

Price: £ 10.00 GBP ($ 12.00 approx. - € 10.60 approx.)

This book features baitfish, crab, shrimp, eel worm, and topwater flies, including: Argentine blonde; hi-tie; bendback; jiggy; Bob's banger; mini puff; bucktail deceiver; popper; Chernobyl crab; rabbit eel; clouser deep minnow; seaducer; crazy Charlie; snapping shrimp; crease fly; surf candy; deceiver; toad fly; floating minnow; ultra shrimp; gotcha; whistler; gurgler; and wobbler. This book gathers in one handy volume the best flies for catching the most sought-after saltwater species, including striped bass, bluefish, redfish, snook, weakfish, sea trout, snappers, jacks, yellowtail, bonito, bonefish, and tarpon. Ed Jaworowski distills the many saltwater flies available today to the essential, innovative flies that are the foundation of the sport. He shares tying techniques and tips as well as knot-tying instructions and notes for fishing the flies.N.B.Slight crease mark to top section of spine.124pp.
Stackpole Books, 2007, Paperback, Book Condition: Like New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. First Edition. . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

ISBN: 9780811734592

Inventory #24971

Price: £ 11.50 GBP ($ 13.80 approx. - € 12.19 approx.)

Collins, 1989, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: Very Good. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0044404484

Inventory #49673

Price: £ 7.50 GBP ($ 9.00 approx. - € 7.95 approx.)

N.B. Pages a little yellowed. Some light rubbing to edges and corners of D/J.
The Sportsman's Press, 1989, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0948253398

Inventory #36454

Price: £ 10.00 GBP ($ 12.00 approx. - € 10.60 approx.)

N.B. lacks ffep. Head and tail of spine slightlu rubbed. Some foxing to half title page and rear fep. 147pp.
Adam & Charles Black, 1949, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: No Jacket. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN:

Inventory #32315

Price: £ 9.50 GBP ($ 11.40 approx. - € 10.07 approx.)

Bookplate on front pastedown.Slight spotting to endpapers.
Longmans, Green & Co Ltd, 1895, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Seventh Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN:

Inventory #40159

Price: £ 20.00 GBP ($ 24.00 approx. - € 21.20 approx.)

D/J motsly complete but with some loss and tearing.Bookplate on ffep.
Adam & Charles Black, 1944, Cloth, Book Condition: Good, Jacket Condition: Poor. Fifth Impression. . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

ISBN:

Inventory #46125

Price: £ 9.50 GBP ($ 11.40 approx. - € 10.07 approx.)