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Home > The Writings of Zane Grey > Fishing Books


Fishing Books

These books recount Zane Grey's experiences in the outdoors. These books provide first hand details of Zane Grey's outdoor life and are richly illustrated with photos. Most are concerned about his fishing adventures.

A Note on First Editions

First editions of these books command very high prices and are considered some of his rarest works. Even reprints of these books command high prices and are very uncommon.

For information on Harper's First Edition codes, click here.


Listing of Zane Grey's Fishing Books


An American Angler in Australia
1937. Harper & Brothers, NY. 115 pages.
Code letters B-M and "First Edition" stated on copyright page.

Tales from a Fisherman's Log
1978. Hodder & Stoughton, Auckland. 117 pages.

Tales of Fishes
1919. Harper & Brothers, NY. 267 pages.
Code letters F-T.

Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas
1925. Harper & Brothers, NY. 216 pages.
Code letters K-Z and "First Edition" stated on copyright page.

Tales of Fresh-water Fishing
1928. Harper & Brothers, NY. 277 pages.
Code letters F-C and "First Edition" stated on copyright page.

Tales of Southern Rivers
1924. Harper & Brothers, NY. 249 pages.
Code letters H-Y and "First Edition" stated on copyright page.

Tales of Swordfish and Tuna
1927. Harper & Brothers, NY. 203 pages.
Code letters H-B and "First Edition" stated on copyright page.

Tales of Tahitian Waters
1931. Harper & Brothers, NY. 303 pages.
Code letters I-F and "First Edition" stated on copyright page.

Tales of the Angler's Eldorado, New Zealand
1926. Harper & Brothers, NY. 228 pages.
Code letters G-A and "First Edition" stated on copyright page.

Zane Grey's Adventures in Fishing
1952. Harper & Brothers, NY. 263 pages.

Zane Grey's Book of Camps and Trails
1931. Harper & Brothers, NY. 211 pages.

Tarpon the Silver King
(New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Co., New York, 1906) Pamphlet.

Great Game Fishing at Catalina.
Santa Catalina Island Co., 32 pages in stiff pictorial wraps. Issued in envelope. Pamphlet.

Fishing in the Gulf Stream
Miami Anglerfs Club, Miami, 1922. Pamphlet.

The Bonefish Brigade
Zane Grey, Pasadena, 1922.

Fly Fishing
Ibbotson Horrocks, New York, 1936. Pamphlet.

The Adventures of Finspot
D.J. Books, San Bernardino, 1974.

The Lord of Lackawaxen Creek
Lime Rock Press, Salisbury, Ct., 1981.

The Undiscovered Zane Grey Fishing Stories
Winchester Press, 1983.

Zane Grey in the South Pacific
Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1982.

Books By Romer Grey - Zane Grey's Brother
Tales of a Deep Sea Angler, Harpers, 1930

Books by Romer Grey - Zane Grey's Son
The Cruise of the Fisherman, Harpers 1929

The Fisherman under the Southern Cross
Harpers 1930















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