In three volumes, totalling approximately 1,800 pages, with engraved title page each volume, 68 plates (10 folding, all of which have been linen-backed), index; nineteenth century brown morocco, the spines lettered and decorated in gilt between raised bands, marbled papered boards, rubbed, edges lightly worn; all edges sprinkled red; later..... More
A book about marshes and the sea; shooting and fishing; wildfowl and waders and men who sail in small boats. Pp. 256, frontispiece, plus 14 plates, appendix, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and creased, the edges quite chipped and split; a little light foxing; George G. Harrap, London, 1949..... More
in the library of Daniel B. Fearing. Pp. 138; Maurizio Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre,CT., n.d.[c. 1998]. Edition limited to 150 copies. *Facsimile of the extremely limited (25 copies) 1911 first edition. Daniel Fearing's collection contained over 2,000 books on fish and fishing. More
Pp. x+222, 18 plates (2 coloured), appendix, index; demy 8vo; grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt, small piece chipped from foot of spine, edges of boards a trifle flecked; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and rubbed, edges lightly chipped and split, a couple of tiny surface grazes to back panel, the..... More
With a description of those fishes to be found in British fresh waters. An hitherto unpublished manuscript by A. J. Lane, Gentleman (1843). A transcription from the original, with commentary, by Len Cacutt. Pp. xxiv+3-130(misbound, with pages 43-73 placed between pp. 106 & 107); f'cap. 12mo; maroon stiff paper wrappers..... More
Pp. [ii]+252+[iv](index), text illustrations, index; green papered boards, edges and spine slightly faded; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle worn; Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1953. *Complete, illustrated guide to all 72 major American sport fish; chapters on tackle, bait, spinning, flies, &c. More
Chubs, Dace, Minnows, and Shiners. Illustrated by Dot and Sy Barlowe. Pp. 64, text illustrations, index; small cr. 4to; dust wrapper, heavily silverfished; William Morrow, New York, 1976. *For children. More
An impression of the British Fishing Industry. Illustrated by Robert Frame. Pp. [vi]+232, text illustrations; boards lightly rubbed and faded; inscription on upper free endpaper and on half-title page, the free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Secker & Warburg, London, 1957. More
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The Compleat Angler; The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson. With Love and Truth, & Miscellaneous Writings. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Illustrations by Thomas Poulton and Charles Sigrist. Pp. x+632, engraved frontispiece portrait and 5 plates (one lacking the tissue guard), l0 coloured text illustrations of fish, 2..... More
A celebration of Australian fly fishing. Foreword by Peter Luck. Pp. 160, printed in blue & black and illustrated in colour throughout, text maps, glossary, index; large square 4to; black cloth, spine lettered in white, boards a trifle bowed and corners lightly rubbed, the lower board damp stained and slightly..... More
A bibliography from the earliest times up to 1948. Together with a history of Angling and angling literature in America. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. 236(last blank), frontispiece, pictorial title page, full page illustrations and facsimiles; small cr. 4to; dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, CT, 2003..... More
Pp. 230(last blank), tailpiece decoration (Williamson's owl device); blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in white, a trifle foxed, the spine cloth faintly faded; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly foxed, edges and backstrip slightly browned and a trifle creased, with a couple of short splits; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Faber..... More