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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers
1905.
1st Cardoc.
155 pages Top edge gilt printed in red and black, illustrated with engraved portrait frontispiece facing a cartouche facsimile of the first edition title, a river scene, six small engravings of fish and two pages of music, the second printed upside down as called for. Presentation inscription to the front paste down. Elkin Mathews folded page bound at rear printed in red and black with their motif in red. Limited to an edition of 350 copies this copy un-numbered. Bound in ? dark red morroco Coigney 230
[22499] |
£135.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers
1905.
1st Cardoc.
155 pages Top edge gilt printed in red and black, illustrated with engraved portrait frontispiece facing a cartouche facsimile of the first edition title, a river scene, six small engravings of fish and two pages of music, the second printed upside down as called for. Number 113 of an edition of 350 copies. Finely bound in full green morroco by Bayntun of Bath gilt fish motifs to spine compartments. The spine light even fading and edges of the boards. Coigney 230 ?250
[22510] |
£250.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler, The Lives Of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson
1929.
1st Nonesuch Edn,.
X 631 pages, text and full page illus by Thomas Boulter and Charles Sierist, and edited by Geoffrey Keynes, limited to 1600 copies, full tan morroco binding in slipcase. Coigney 303.
[9111] |
£170.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler, Waltons Lives
1825, 1827.
1st Pickering Edn,.
2 Vols, XVII 314, XIX 442 pages, 12mo, engraved frontis and 1/2 title to The Complete Angler and woodcut text illus, engraved frontis to The Lives. The Complete Angler is mostly an unopened copy, both volumes bound in publishers cloth with paper labels, The Lives showing slight chipping to top of spine, o/w a vg set. Coigney 30.
[8478] |
£120.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler, Waltons Lives
1825 1827.
1st Pickering Edn,.
2 Vols, XVII 314, XIX 442 pages, 12mo, engraved frontis and 1/2 title to The Complete Angler and woodcut text illus, engraved frontis to The Lives. The Complete Angler is mostly an unopened copy, both volumes bound in publisher's cloth with later paper labels. The Angler some chipping to top of spine of rear The Lives showing chipping to top of spine, edges o/w a vg set. Coigney 30. [ref: 8478 ]
[22210] |
£85.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Walton, The Lives Of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson
1929.
1st Nonsuch Edn,.
X 631 pages, illus by Thomas Boulter and Charles Sierist, limited to 1600 copies full published leather binding in slipcase, vg. Coigney 303
[14645] |
£170.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Complete Angler
1823.
1st major Edn.
John Major.
2 Vols in 1, xi 152, 149 pages, 12mo, engraved frontis to each volume, browning and spotting to title pages and frontis, also some browning to contents. Bound without 1/2 title or adverts in a contemporary full tan calf, gilt decorated spine, red title label, some darkening and light rubbing. The first edition with an American imprint. Coigney 48 Horne 47.
[21363] |
£220.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Complete Angler
1893.
1st Edn, Tercentenary edition, Harting Edn.
Samuel Bagster.
2 Vols, xix 245 243 pages, TEG, small 4to., illus including etchings by Percy Thomas + drawings etc, limited to 350 numbered copies, bound in the original 1/4 velum binding over green cloth boards, gilt fish vignette to spines and flying heron in gilt to upper board. This edition is edited with notes from a naturalist's point of view J.E.Harting who was librarian of the Linnear Society. There are 45 illus these consist of 43 full page engravings on Japon paper, the plates engraved by Audinet Linnel, there are 12 engravings in the text after drawings by G.E.Lodge. A vg clean copy.
[21360] |
£220.00 |
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Walton Izaak |
The Complete Angler
1893.
1st Edn, Tercentenary edition, Harting Edition.
Samuel Bagster.
xix 245 243 pages, Two volumes TEG, small 4to., illustrations including 45 illus these consist of 43 full page engravings on Japon paper, the plates engraved by Audinet Linnel, there are 12 engravings in the text after drawings by G.E.Lodge, limited to 350 numbered copies, this being number 71 bound in the original 1/4 velum binding over green cloth boards, gilt fish vignette to spines and flying heron in gilt to upper board. A partly unopened copy, a very clean bright set in the original green cloth DJs in a cloth covered slipcase. The slipcase UNRECORDED by Coigney, Oliver and Horne. The thick card slipcase is covered in the same green cloth as the DJs and the boards of the binding, the title in gilt and imprint is on the short edge rather than on spine backed edge, a few old marks to the cloth. This edition is edited with notes from a naturalist's point of view J.E.Harting who was librarian of the Linnean Society.. A very clean bright fine set in the original DJs and rare slipcase. ?420
[22274] |
£420.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Complete Angler + The Lives
1844, 1847.
D Bogue - Henry Washbourne printed at the Shakespeare Press.
2 volumes, 1x 418, xiv 453 pages, TEG, 12 full page plates + text illus to The Angler, 6 full page + text illus to The Lives. Bookplate of Herbert S Snarbey and tipped in signature dated 1847 to each volume. Bound in full tan calf, blind stamped clover leaf to spine edges, typical of an art and crafts binding, base of spine stamped 1874, stamped to rear board lower margin possibley binders initials 19L.K.02. A vg matching set, the Walton is the 6th (titled 4th) Major edition. Coigney 56
[20519] |
£240.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy The Perusal Of Most Anglers
1930.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
124 pages, TEG, small folio illus by Frank Adams with coloured frontis and nine coloured chapter headings, framed with piscatorial pen and ink drawings + 4 pen ink chapter headings and ten tail pieces, limited to 450 copies signed and numbered by the artist, this copy is unumbered, bound in the original marbled paper covered boards, vellum spine, vg. Coigney 308
[21153] |
£90.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy The Perusal Of Most Anglers
1930.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
124 pages, TEG, small folio illus by Frank Adams with coloured frontis and nine coloured chapter headings, framed with piscatorial pen and ink drawings + 4 pen ink chapter headings and ten tail pieces, limited to 450 copies signed and numbered by the artist, this copy is No 342, bound in the original marbled paper covered boards, vellum spine, vg+, in the original card box worn on corners. Coigney 308
[10950] |
£180.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Lives Of Wotton, Hooker, Herbert And Sanderson
1827.
1st Pickering Edn,.
XIX 442 pages, 12mo., frontis illus, bookplate, original red pebbled cloth, paper label chipped with loss.
[565] |
£45.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Lives Of Wotton, Hooker, Herbert And Sanderson
1827.
rep Edn,.
William Pickering.
XIX 442 pages, 16mo., AEG, browning to engraved frontis illus,, full brown morroco, cg. Coigney 388.
[15992] |
£120.00 |
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WALTON Izaak & COTTON Charles |
The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Mans Recreation
1815.
2 volumes in 10 mixed editions of the 1815 Bagster and 1824 2nd Major edition. Also including small section from The Sporting Magazine, 4 pages the angler's poem, 14 pages mounted two to the page of Thomas Gosdens sporting buttons. The first 5 volume have an engraved title with Walton cartouche and volume number. The plates of various subjects including portraits views etc many of angling , sporting, fish and river related. Including 8 coloured engraved prints of various fish with a river, angling background with printed titles no imprint 4 comical angling watercolours circa 1820 in the style of Robert Frankland. 8 coloured lithographs drawn on stone by J Hitchens of angling resorts round London published by W.J Huggins marine publishers 105 Leadernhall Street, 7 in similar style by C. Bigot no imprint other than the address "3 Ball Alley Lombard St". A four-page strip panorama 2 strips to the page showing hunting shooting and angling scenes with fine contemporary colouring. Many coloured views of river scenes where an angler or anglers have been neatly added to the scene. Includes sporting engravings by Barlow Howlett Seymour Alken etc. Bound in a circa 1860s in a full red morroco by Eedy Binder 257 Tavistock St, some darkening to spine with light rubbing to edges. Tipped onto verso of the FEP of Vol 1 a hand written note describing the set and stating, from the library of Frederic Ouvry. Ouvry's Library was sold by Sotheby's in 1882 The Walton being lot 1460 described as very tastefully and extensively illustrated with rare portraits, views, plates of fish birds, insects, fishing and sporting subjects etc. Bound in a circa 1860s in a full red morroco by Eedy Binder 257 Tavistock St, some darkening to spine with light rubbing to edges. Tipped onto verso of the FEP of Vol 1 a hand written note describing the set and stating, from the library of Frederic Ouvry. Ouvry's Library was sold by Sotheby's in 1882 The Walton being lot 1460 described as very tastefully and extensively illustrated with rare portraits, views, plates of fish birds, insects, fishing and sporting subjects etc Vol 1-105 plates Vol 2- 132 Vol 3 129 plates Vol 4 152 plates Vol 5 136 plates Vol 6 123 plates Vol 7 131 plates Vol 8 116 plates Vol 9 130 plates Vol 10 154 plates
[20196] |
£3500.00 |
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Walton, Izaak, and Charles Cotton |
The Complete Angler. Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of River Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing... and Instructions How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream by Charles Cotton. With original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas.
1860.
second Nicholas Edition.
Nattali And Boyd.
New York.
ccxii (8) 129 - 436, 32pp index 2 volumes large 8vo with 61 plates and vignettes. Using the illustrations of the first Nicolas edition (1836) for which the publisher William Pickering used 27 of the most prominent artists of the time. Bound in the publishers grained red cloth as Coigney (78 first copy). Spotting to the frontis and title page to volume one, rubbing to head tails of the spines and lesser so to edges.
[23514] |
£330.00 |
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WATSON John |
The English Lake District Fisheries
1925.
new and revised.
TN Foulis Ltd.
XV 271 pages, frontis + 11 plates, light spotting to first few pages, publishers green cloth, vg. First published in 1899 now completely revised with an introduction by Sir Herbert Maxwell. A guide to the river, lakes and fishes, best flies etc.
[19658] |
£35.00 |
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WAYTE Neil |
River Carping
2000.
1st Edn,.
The Crowood Press Ltd.
Ramsbury.
175 pages, 4to, illus from b/w and colour plates, fine in dj.
[21539] |
£25.00 |
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WAYTH C. |
Trout Fishing On The River Darent, A Rural Poem
1845.
1st Edn,.
John Mortimer.
71 pages, closed tear to top blank margin of title page, some foxing and age browning to contents, contemporary inscription on FEP, publishers blind stamped red cloth, head and tail of spine rubbed, also rubbing to rear spine edge 3cm going through cloth. WS238
[17091] |
£95.00 |
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WEATHERALL Norman L. |
Pike Fishing
1961.
1st Edn,.
H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd.
142 pages, illus, in b/w from photographs vg+ in dj.
[1977] |
£20.00 |
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WEBSTER David |
The Angler And The Loop Rod
1885.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwood and Sons.
XII 340 pages, 24pp advs, frontis portrait of the author + 4 plates in colour 3 of flies, angling bookplate of E.W.F. Sippall and W.J. Turell, tide mark on front and rear end paper top edge, light rubbing to head and tail of spine, green cloth showing angler and rod in black to upper board, vg.
[18071] |
£60.00 |
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WEBSTER David |
The Angler And The Loop Rod
1885.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwood and Sons.
XII 340 pages, 24pp advs, frontis portrait of the author + 4 plates in colour 3 of flies, spotting to prelims, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to front paste down, pictorial green cloth showing angler and rod in black to upper board, vg.
[16692] |
£85.00 |
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WEST Leonard |
The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitation Being an Angler's Record of Insects Seen At The Waterside and the Methods of Tying the Flies
1912.
1st Edn,.
The author.
St Helens.
144 pages, TEG, 19 plates, 13 in colour of flies, apart from some light foxing to FEP, a very clean copy in the original green cloth, gilt title to upper boards. .A classic work on fly-tyeing and trout fishing and of fly-fishing entomology. Hampton states that this edition was limited to 1500 copies.
[16033] |
£90.00 |
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WEST Leonard |
The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitation Being an Angler's Record of Insects Seen At The Waterside and the Methods of Tying the Flies
1912.
1st Edn,.
The author.
St Helens.
144 pages, TEG, 19 plates, 13 in colour of flies, some even browning to end paper, bound in the original green cloth, gilt title to upper boards the binding is marked and rubbing to edges, 3cm split to top front edge of spine, corners bumped. The contents clean and the binding remains tight. A good working company of a classic title.
[22003] |
£30.00 |
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WEST Leonard |
The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitation Being an Angler's Record of Insects Seen At The Waterside and the Methods of Tying the Flies
nd Circa 1912.
1st Edn,.
the author.
St Helens.
144 pages, 19 plates, 13 in colour of flies, some foxing to EP's and occasionally to contents ammorial bookplate of Norman James McCaskis to front paste down, original green cloth, gilt title to upper boards, vg. .A classic work on fly-tyeing and trout fishing and of fly-fishing entomology. Hampton states that this edition was limited to 1500 copies.
[12948] |
£80.00 |
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WEST Leonard |
The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitation Being an Angler's Record of Insects Seen At The Waterside and the Methods of Tying the Flies
1912.
1st Edn,.
the Author.
St Helens.
144 pages, TEG, 19 plates, 13 in colour of flies, apart from some light foxing to FEP, a very clean copy in the original green cloth, gilt title to upper boards.
[14924] |
£90.00 |
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WEST Leonard |
The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitation Being an Angler's Record of Insects Seen At The Waterside and the Methods of Tying the Flies
nd Circa 1912.
1st Edn,.
The Author.
St Helens.
144 pages, 19 plates, 13 in colour of flies, some foxing to EP's and occasionally to contents, original green cloth, gilt title to upper boards, vg. .A classic work on fly-tyeing and trout fishing and of fly-fishing entomology. Hampton states that this edition was limited to 1500 copies.
[2133] |
£220.00 |
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West Trefor |
Barbel: A Lifetime's Addiction
2005.
Whacke It Publications.
Swindon.
206 pages, 4to illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs. SIGNEND on the title page by Trefor West. A fine copy in the publishers pictorial binding in dj. The author his passion for Barbel and the rivers they swim in edited by Nigel Botherway
[23655] |
£75.00 |
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WESTWOOD Thomas |
The Chronicle Of The Complete Angler Izaak Walton And Charles Cotton Being A Bibliographical Record Of Its Various Phases And Mutations
1883.
W Satchell.
xxii 9 pages, 4 page adverts, large 8vo., occasional pencil lining to blank margins, publishers 1/4 roan over cloth covered boards, some surface rubbing to the spine, this edition with notes and additions by Thomas Satchell. The first was published in 1864, the adverts at the end printed in red and black are for Satchell publications of old fishing books. The book describes 94 editions of the Compleat Angler 1653-1881 Coigney page 383 Appendix B
[21408] |
£120.00 |
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Wheat Peter |
ANGLING DOWN THE YEARS: SCENES OF FISHING, FUN AND FRIENDSHIP.
2004.
1st.
The Little Egret Press..
St. Germans, Cornwall.
xii,190 pages., Illustrated with b/w photographs, and drawings by Tom O'Reilly, LIMITED EDTION of 25 copies this being number 7, signed by Peter Wheat and Tom O'Reilly, bound in full dark blue leather with gilt title to the upper cover all edges gilt. In slipcase, a fine copy. . Selected pieces by the author "gathered .to form a book of favourite scenes of fishing, fun and friendship down the years".
[23643] |
£220.00 |
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WHEAT Peter |
The Fighting Barbel
1967.
1st Edn,.
Ernest Benn.
115 pages, advs, illus with photos and drawings, vg in dj, light rubbing to head and tail of spine of dj, surface rubbing to rear flap. Includes distributions by Peter Stone, Richard Walker, Tag Barnes, Carl Forbes etc., a very difficult title to find.
[20799] |
£90.00 |
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WHEAT Peter |
The Fighting Barbel
1967.
1st Edn,.
Ernest Benn.
115 pages, advs, illus with photos and drawings, vg in dj, light surface rubbing to rear flap of dj. Includes distributions by Peter Stone, Richard Walker, Tag Barnes, Carl Forbes etc., a very difficult title to find.
[5674] |
£90.00 |
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WHEAT Peter (compiler) |
The Fighting Barbel
2000.
2nd Edn.
The Medlar Press.
Ellesmere, Shrops.
131 pages, text illustrations from photographs and drawings. Publishers' cloth with gilt title and barbel vignette to upper board A fine copy number 165 of a limited edition of 800 copies. First published in 1967 with chapters contributed by Peter Stone, Dick Walker, Fred Russell, John Ginifer, S.Donald Stone, John Mitchell, Ian R. Howcroft, Alan Barker and Tag Barnes.
[22194] |
£85.00 |
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WHEAT Peter editor |
Fishing As We Find It
1967.
1st Edn,.
Warne.
153 pages, illus, pictorial laminated covers, vg+ copy in similar dj, includes contributions from Jim Gibbinson, Fred J. Taylor, David Forbes, Frank Guttfield etc.
[20689] |
£20.00 |
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WHEATLEY Hewitt |
The Rod And Line, Or Practical Hints And Dainty Devices For The Sure Taking Of Trout Grayling etc In Five Parts.
2002.
reprint.
Fly Fisher''s Classic Library.
Moreton Hampstead, Devon.
AEG, 9 plates in colour of baits, flies etc. This is one of the de-luxe edition of 25 numbered copies, this being No 6 bound in full dark green morroco with a salmon fly The Captain tied by Bo Nielsen of Denmark and mounted within in the upper board. The book contained in a silk lined dark green drop over box. A fine copy, this edition has a new introduction by David Beazley, first published in 1849. Thomas Westwood noted tyhe book as "Characterised by a mixture of caustic humour and sound practical knowledge"
[19117] |
£300.00 |
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WHEELDON J.P. |
Sporting Facts And Fancies
1894.
1st Edn,.
Edgar S Shrubsole.
261 pages, advs with advert for Kynoch cartridges to rear board, publishers light blue cloth titled in black, vg, articles on fishing and shooting including roach, carp, pike fishing. Wheeldon was the author of Angling Resorts Near London
[12869] |
£40.00 |
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WHEELDON J.P. |
Sporting Facts And Fancies
1894.
1st Edn,.
261 pages + adverts, publishers light blue cloth, vg, articles on fishing and shooting including roach, carp, pike fishing.
[9204] |
£40.00 |
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WHEELEY C.H. |
Coarse Fish With Notes On Taxidermy Fishing In The Lower Thames, etc
1897.
1st Edn,.
VIII 268 pages, adv, full page and text illus, bookplate of the Manchester Anglers Assoc. to front paste down, green cloth binding, gilt title to upper board, vg, published in The Anglers Library, and edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell, and F G Aflalo. A practical account of modern methods of taking coarse fish with special regards to the Thames.
[12544] |
£50.00 |
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WHEELEY C.H. |
Coarse Fish With Notes On Taxidermy Fishing In The Lower Thames, etc
nd circa 1900.
reprint Edn,.
VIII 268 pages, full page and text illus, green decorated covers, vg, published in The Anglers Library, and edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell, and F G Aflalo. A practical account of modern methods of taking coarse fish with special regards to the Thames.
[14342] |
£25.00 |
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WHITING William |
Sweet Obsessions Carp And Willowdown
nd Circa 1990.
1st Edn.
The author.
56 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, pictorial card cover, a fine copy. Angling for carp over 20 years at a lake in Suffolk named by the author as Willowdown Pool also includes a collection of the author's poems.
[21540] |
£80.00 |
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WILCOCKS J.C. |
The Sea Fisherman, Comprising the Chief Methods Of Hook and Line Fishing In The British And Other Seas, And Remarks On Nets, Boats, And Boating
nd 1865.
1st Edn,.
Stephen Barbet, Guernsey for the author..
196 pages, 12 pages related advs. upwards of 100 illustrations, bound in contemporary plain 1/2 leather, cloth sides generally darkened and rubbed to edges, g+. Privately printed and published by the author. "The first text book of sea angling and notable as the only early angling book I know to be published in the Channel Islands" rare, David Beazley Bloomsbury Sale 2003
[12715] |
£200.00 |
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WILCOCKS J.C. |
The Sea Fisherman, Comprising the Chief Methods Of Hook and Line Fishing In The British And Other Seas, And Remarks On Nets, Boats, And Boating
1875.
3rd new enlarged and almost entirely rewritten Edn,.
XVI 298 pages, 12 pages advs. illus throughout, some spotting to prelims, original blue cloth with gilt eel basket to upper board, light rubbing to corners of covers, vg-. Describes the fish, tackle, baits etc.
[12718] |
£25.00 |
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WILCOCKS J.C. |
The Sea Fisherman, Comprising the Chief Methods Of Hook and Line Fishing In The British And Other Seas, And Remarks On Nets, Boats, And Boating
1875.
3rd new enlarged and almost entirely rewritten Edn,.
XVI 298 pages, 12 pages advs. illus throughout, bookplate and stamp on EP's for the Manchester Anglers Assoc, original blue cloth with gilt eel basket to upper board.
[11337] |
£36.00 |
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WILDFOWLER |
Shooting And Fishing Trips In England France Alsac Belgium Holland Bavaria
1878.
1st Edn,.
Chapman And Hall.
viii-400 pages, engraved frontis and 1/2 title, armorial bookplate of C.T. Anstruther to front paste down.Publishers maroon cloth with decorative designs in black, marking to the upper a good+ copy. An abridged edition of the 2 volume 1st edition of 1876, a collection of shooting and fishing stories.
[22428] |
£30.00 |
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William o'' ye west (William Forsyth) |
Lay of Lochleven
1887.
1st Edn.
Robert Forrester.
Glasgow.
108 pp, Top edge gilt 25 plates from line drawings 19 are portraits 6 are of views of anglers etc. Publishers blue cloth gilt vignette of the Saint Mungo Angling Club to upper board repeated in blind stamp to rear cover slight crease mark to spine cloth. A very good copy, a long descriptive poem relating to the loch and the club and members.
[22127] |
£32.00 |
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WILLIAMS F.T. |
The Anglers Pocket Diary And Monthly Guide
1867.
1st Edn,.
unpaginated, publishers limp brown patterned covers, gilt title to upper board, vg. The last few pages show details of fishing stations with cost of return tickets and distances form London issued by a Long Acre tacklemaker. W/S 240
[15398] |
£180.00 |
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WILLIAMS Russ, CADIEUX Charles L. |
The Ways Of Game Fish
1972.
1st Edn,.
Chicago.
326 pages, large 4to., illus with colour plates and drawings and etchings by Bob Hines, Fred Sweny and R.H.Palenski, pictorial end papers, presentation inscription on FEP margins to Rex Wood and signed by both authors, original blue cloth with coloured insert of a fisherman to upper board in worn dj, this edition is published as a collector's edition.
[12170] |
£35.00 |
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WILLIS BUND J. |
Salmon Problems
1885.
1st Edn,.
VI 215 pages, bookplate of the Manchester Anglers Assoc, a vg copy, the author was chairman of the Severn Fishing Board.
[12581] |
£35.00 |
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WILSON James |
The Rod And The Gun Being Two Treatises On Angling And Shooting
1840.
1st Edn,.
Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh.
XII 10 439 pages, advert leaf, frontis foxed + 8 other engraved plates and text illus, publishers cloth darkened with gilt title and sporting vignette to spine, head and tail of spine rubbed. Between the two treatises is a 10 page list of angling books, "The treatise is much above the ordinary level as a manual" WS 242.
[14648] |
£45.00 |
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WILSON James |
The Rod And The Gun Being Two Treatises On Angling And Shooting
1841.
reprint Edn,.
Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh.
VII 468 pages, TEG, engraved frontis, full page engraved plates and text illus, bound by J Larkins in 1/2 tan morroco, sporting motifs to spine, some darkening to the leather, original cloth covers bound in at rear, the fishing extends to 276 pages with a 10 page list of books on angling, the remaining pages cover shooting, and is based on the Oakleigh Shooting Code by the author but with large additions, both treatises appeared in a lesser form in the Encyclopedia Britannica Riling 508 "The treatise of angling is much above the ordinary level as a manual" W.S. 242
[14265] |
£80.00 |
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WILSON John |
Fifty Years A Fisherman, The Autobiography Of John Wilson
1999.
Boxtree.
256 pages, 4to, illus in colour and b/w from photographs and drawings, fine in dj, personal inscription to Len signed by John Wilson, Len is Len Head author of "Tench" and other angling books and articles.
[21249] |
£25.00 |
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WILSON John |
A Specimen Fishing Year, John Wilson's Fishing Year
1977.
1st Edn,.
A & C Black.
159 pages, illus, a vg clean copy in similar price clipped dj, no other defects. John Wilson's first book. A year fishing for specimen fish in Norfolk
[15996] |
£40.00 |
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WILSON R.L. |
Ruger & His Guns: A History of the Man, the Company and Their firearmsge The Official History Of Colt Firearms, From 1836 To The Present
1996.
1st Edn,.
Simon & Schuster,.
New York.
viii -358, Landscape 4to illustrated throughout in colour from photographs and in b/w with line drawings. A fine copy in DJ. Special edition of 250 copies this being number 170 inscribed to Rob Adams and signed by R Wilson.
[22158] |
£35.00 |
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WILSON T.K. |
The Trout Spinners Companion
1952.
1st Edn,.
The Skipton Printers Ltd.
Skipton.
88 pages, advs, illus, pictorial card covers, some soiling to covers, g+.
[15669] |
£15.00 |
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WOOLLEY Roger |
The Fly Fisher's Flies
1948.
2nd Edn,.
The Fishing gazette Ltd.
59 pages, 12mo. illus, publishers green rexine binding gilt title to upper board vg. This new edition has been revised by the author and includes illustrations of nearly 200 flies.
[19755] |
£25.00 |
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WOOLLEY Roger |
Modern Trout Fly Dressing
1932.
1st Edn,.
Fishing Gazette.
VIII 224 pages, full page plates + 1 folding, brown rexine binding, vg.
[20067] |
£25.00 |
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WORTHINGTON S.and E.B. |
Inland Waters Of Africa, The Result Of Two Expeditions To The Great Lakes Of Kenya And Uganda, With Accounts Of Their Biology, Native Tribes And Development
1933.
1st Edn,.
Macmillan.
XIX 259 pages, frontis illus of a "monster nile perch" + 39 b/w plates from photographs, large folding map, publishers brown cloth, vg. Includes chapters on fish, flesh and fowl, primitive fishermen, farming the waters, angling for trout etc.,
[16072] |
£55.00 |
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YARRELL William |
A History Of British Fishes 2 volumes + Supplement
1836 / 1839.
1st.
John Van Vorst.
3 Vols, xxxvii- 408- 472 ? 72 All edges gilt, illustrated with nearly 400 woodcuts, supplement illustrations bookplate of Albert Harrison to each volume. Some spotting to the blank prelims. Bound in a later 19th century ? dark green morroco marbled sides, the spines evenly faded to brown a vg set. . Westwood and Satchell page 244 "Indispensable in every English anglers library as a work of reference, Yarrell's work contains many useful hints in connection with the sport".
[23506] |
£180.00 |
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YATES Chris |
The Deepening Pool
1990.
1st Edn,.
Unwin Hyman.
192 pages., Small 4to illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs, pictorial end-papers. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. A fine copy in dust-wrapper. "The chronicle of a compulsive angler in pursuit of barbel, carp, pike and more.
[23649] |
£30.00 |
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YATES Chris |
Four Seasons Fishing Diaries being the fishing diaries of Christopher Yates June 1977 March 1981
1996.
1st Edn.
Medlar Press.
Ellesmere.
252 (2) pages, illustrated with text drawings to text, a loose original photograph of Chris fishing in a punt and a loose facsimile of the author's hand-drawn map of Redmire Pool. A title-page label signed by Chris Yatesumber 295 of a limited edition of 1489, two tone green cloth with title and float to upper board with gilt border a fine copy so often found without the loose photo and map.
[23661] |
£100.00 |
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Yates, Chris |
THE WATERLOG YEARS
2006.
1st Edn.
Medlar Press.
303 pages, A fine copy in DJ. A collection of Yates's articles in 'Waterlog' magazine.
[23665] |
£36.00 |
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YATES Chris, JAMES Bob, MILES Hugh |
A Passion For Angling
1993.
1st Edn,.
Merlin Unwin/BBC Books,.
Ludlow & London,.
191 pages, 4to. Colour photographs throughout, and b/w illustrations by Rodger McPhail. Compliments slip from Merlin Unwin Books, SIGNED by Chris Yates and Bob James pasted onto the front-end paper, a fine copy in DJ.
[23634] |
£38.00 |
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YATES Christopher |
Casting At The Sun The Reflections Of A Carp Fisher
1986.
1st Edn,.
Pelham.
232 pages, b/w illustrations from photographs by the author, + illustrations by Clare Hatcher, pictorial end-papers.Foreword by "BB" vg in dj , dj has light rubbing to head of spine . A modern classic on carp fishing.
[15305] |
£65.00 |
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YATES Christopher |
Casting At The Sun The Reflections Of A Carp Fisher
1986.
1st Edn,.
Pelham.
232 pages, b/w illustrations from photographs by the author, + illustrations by Clare Hatcher, pictorial end-papers.Foreword by "BB"a fine copy in dj . A modern classic on carp fishing.
[14197] |
£80.00 |
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Yates Christopher |
FALLING IN AGAIN: TALES OF AN INCORRIGIBLE ANGLER.
1998.
1st Edn.
Merlin Unwin Books.
Ludlow.
211 pages, Illustrated with drawings to chapter-heading by the author. Signed by Chris Yates on the half title page. A fine copy in likewise DJ. . "In this rich collection of angling tales, Chris Yates has paired together his experiences of carp, barbel, pike, roach, gudgeon, chub, even bass".
[23672] |
£85.00 |
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Yates Christopher |
HOW TO FISH.
.
1st Edn.
Hamish Hamilton.
256 pages, Chapter heading vignettes pictorial end papers, signed by Chris Yates on the half title. Maroon cloth, spine titled in silver. title a fine copy in DJ. A collection of his angling reminiscences, mostly about perch fishing.
[23657] |
£40.00 |
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YOUNG Andrew |
The Angler And The Tourist's Guide To The Rivers, Lakes And Remarkable Places In The Northern Counties Of Scotland To Which Is Added Instructions To Young Anglers
1857.
1st Edn,.
Adam and Charles Black.
Edinburgh.
IV 117 pages, 12mo, large folding map before title, strengthened on fold some discolouration to free EP. Original green cloth within fishing devices, repeated in blind stamp to rear board, even fading to spine.
[16921] |
£140.00 |
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YOUNG Archibald |
The Angler's & Sketchers Guide to Sutherland
1880.
1st Edn,.
William Patterson.
Edinburgh.
11930 pages, folding map before title, spotting to EP's, publisher's green cloth, gilt title to upper board, a vg copy of the scarce 1st edition. Salmon and trout fishing in the area with a chapter on flies and tackle.
[14098] |
£85.00 |
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YOUNG Archibald |
The Angler's & Sketchers Guide to Sutherland
1881.
2nd Edn,.
editor William Patterson.
Edinburgh.
X 130 pages, advs, folding map, inner hinge paper cracked, original brown cloth with gilt title to upper board, this edition has extra material.
[2985] |
£65.00 |
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YOUNG FISHERMAN |
The Young Fisherman A Complete Guide To Angling Showing The Tackle And Bait Required, The Rivers, Ponds etc.,
nd circa 1856.
. Edn,.
H Elliot.
11 pages, adverts, printed blue paper covers showing fish vignette and title to upper flap, advert to rear. No 4 of Eliot's one penny pamphlets, small circular bookplate of Alan John Jarvis to verso of front flap, vg contained in 1/4 leather drop over box. W/S94
[17335] |
£200.00 |
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YOUNGER John |
On River Angling And Salmon And Trout: More Particularly As Practised In The Tweed And Its Tributaries
1840.
1st 2nd issue Edn,.
William Blackwood and Sons.
Edinburgh.
94 pages, AEG, 16mo, 1 page table of salmon flies, publishers limp green cloth, gilt title and fish vignette to upper board, cloth slightly faded but still a vg+ copy of a fragile and scarce book. John Younger was a shoemaker at Kelso who enjoyed a great local reputation as an angler and fly dresser. WS 244
[14008] |
£900.00 |
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YOUNGER John |
River Angling For Salmon And Trout
1864.
rep Edn,.
Kelso.
XII 220 pages, frontis illus of the author, original blind stamped cloth with gilt fishing vignette to upper boards, slight mottling to rear boards, still a vg copy. This is the last edition with a 35 page memoir of the author and a list of tweed salmon flies also includes chapter on creeper fishing. John Younger was a shoemaker at Kelso who enjoyed a great local reputation as an angler Westwood Satchell 244
[6368] |
£150.00 |
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YOUNGER John |
River Angling For salmon And Trout With A Memoir And A List Of Tweed Salmon Casts
1995.
rep Edn,.
Fisherman''s Classic Library.
Bovey Tracey.
xviii 220 pages, advs, frontis illus of the author, 1/4 red leather binding, reprinted from the 1860 edition which has a memoir of the author, a fine copy in slipcase limited to 1000 copies.
[19252] |
£32.00 |
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YOUNGER John |
River Angling For Salmon And Trout With A Memoir Of The Author Together With Treatise On The Salmon, And A List Of The Tweed Salmon Casts
1860.
2nd Edn,.
J. & J. H. Rutherford.
Kelso.
xliv 206 pages, advs, portrait illus of the author, original blind stamped green cloth with gilt fishing vignette to upper boards, small chip to cloth at head of spine, a vg copy. This edition contains "a memoir of the author together with a treatise on the salmon and a list of the Tweed salmon casts" also added 2 chapters on the creeper and stone fly by the editor.
[2393] |
£85.00 |
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YOUNGER Steve |
Fenland Zander
1996.
1st Edn,.
Tahjo.
Kings Lynn.
159 pages, illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and drawings, fine in dj. The fish, history, tackle, and fishing for Zander.
[22930] |
£35.00 |
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ZOUCH Thomas |
The Life of Izaak Walton Including Notes on his Contemporaries
1823.
1st Prowett Edn.
Septimes Prowett.
ii 93 pages, AEG, 20 plates engraved by Gosden + engraved title, and text woodcuts. Armorial bookplate to the front paste down. Contemporary full calf with central blind stamp of the Walton title cartouche from the 1st edition recent matching spine light rubbing to the edges of the boards. Possibly a Gosden binding originally but not signed. Coigney 407
[23452] |
£80.00 |
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ZOUCH Thomas |
The Life of Izaak Walton Including Notes on his Contemporaries
1823.
1st Prowett Edn.
Septimes Prowett.
ii 93 pages, AEG, 20 plates engraved by Gosden + engraved title, some age browning to plates and text, contemporary full calf decorative central blind stamp to front and rear, spine in 5 compartments, red label corner of board showing wear and to head and tail of spine. Coigney 407
[19609] |
£80.00 |
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