Pp. 98, frontispiece plus 6 plates; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and worn, edges split and chipped; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, apparently issued without upper free endpaper, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Oliver & Boyd, London, 1950. First edition. More
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
Pp. 197+[3](advertisements, last blank), frontispiece plus 14 plates, index; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, bottom edge a trifle shelf worn; top edges green; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and rubbed, edges lightly split, small number stamp on back panel; Herbert Jenkins, London, n.d. New and revised edition. 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. First edition. 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. 94, 8 coloured plates, numerous black & white text illustrations; narrow demy 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, a trifle sprung, edges lightly rubbed; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Frank Amato Publications,Portland, Oregon, 1988. Eighth printing. More
Pp. 48, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, index; tall cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, slightly soiled and a trifle sprung; H. J. Noll,New York, 1969. First edition. More
With three etchings and numerous illustrations by W. G. Burn-Murdoch. Pp. xii+176+[4](advertisements), frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 9 plates, text illustrations and decorative initials; dark green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards flecked, edges a trifle rubbed, the fore-corners slightly bruised; t.e.g., others uncut; occasional... More
Pp. 280(last publicity), frontispiece, 16 plates, text illustrations and figures, index; gilt lettered blue cloth, lightly creased at head and foot of spine; inked inscription on upper free endpaper, blue pencil marks through 1 page of text; Herbert Jenkins, London, 1944. Third printing, revised and extended. *A book on all... 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
Pp. 128(last blank), coloured frontispiece, 8 black & white plates, text illustrations and figures, tables, glossary, index; edges and spine faded and slightly foxed; ownership inscription in red ink on upper free endpaper, edges of leaves slightly foxed, scattered light soiling; Hodder & Stoughton, Melbourne, 1958. First edition. 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
Or, the contemplative man's recreation. Being a discourse of rivers, fishponds, fish and fishing not unworthy the perusal of most anglers. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Pp. 224, 12 coloured plates with lettered guards, title page vignette printed in green, black & white text illustrations, pictorial endpapers printed in brown; tall... 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
Drawings by Donald Downs. With a Foreword by Taff Price. Pp. xiv+146, 14 coloured plates (1 double page), numerous black & white text illustrations and figures (some full page), fly-tying terminology, index; narrow cr. 4to; tiny chip to bottom edge of lower board; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, backstrip faded... 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 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. *Facsimile... More
A companion book to 'A Clear Water Stream'. Pp. 218; tiny bruise to bottom edge centre of upper board; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, a little light foxing; Faber & Faber, London, 1959.New and revised edition... More
Pp. 230(last blank), tailpiece decoration (Williamson's owl device); printed paper wrappers, foxed and browned, slightly canted, the lower wrapper damp stained; pages faintly browned at edges; Faber & Faber, London, n.d.[1958]. Proof copy. 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
Pp. 320(last colophon), title and colophon vignettes, endpaper map printed on green paper stock; brown cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, boards a trifle canted, the cloth faded, fore-corners slightly bruised; top edges once red (now faded), bottom edges uncut; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges heavily chipped and quite brittle... More
Pp. xii+218(last blank), 8 plates, numerous text figures, appendices; slight bruise to top edge of upper board near fore-corner; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split; free endpapers faintly offset; A. & C. Black, London, 1974. New edition, reprinted. *Originally published under the title Dry-fly Beginning, in 1957. More