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

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

Foreword by Jason J. Garrett. Pp. xii+124, 8 coloured plates, numerous black & white text illustrations, appendix, glossary, indices; small cr. 4to; pictorial black cloth, lettered and decorated in white, small indentation towards centre of upper board, corners a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, the back panel lightly damp..... 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 An hitherto unpublished manuscript by A. J. Lane, Gentleman (1843).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

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

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

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. 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