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THE SCIENTIFIC ANGLER
Written by David Foster. Illustrated by David Foster.
Stock no. 2112291
Published by Bemrose & Sons Limited. 11th Almost very good condition.

11th edition. Being a General and Instructive Work on Artistic Angling. With illustrations and steel engravings of the author. Red cloth with gilt titles. Spine is browned with large black ink 'splash' mark to it; chipping to top. Front cover is bowed. Joints are a bit cracked; showing webbing and weak. Name in ink to front endpaper. A little chipping to some pages. Page browning. Rear free endpaper detached.

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ELEMENTS OF ANGLING A BOOK FOR BEGINNERS
Written by H.T. Sheringham.
Stock no. 2112276
Published by The Field & Queen (horace Cox) Ltd.. 2nd Very good condition.

Second edition. Green cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. This is Circa. 1920s.

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ANGLING IN SALT WATER
Written by John Bickerdyke.
Stock no. 2112275
Published by L. Upcott Gill. Circa 1905. Almost very good condition.

Maroon spine, with gilt title. Marbled boards. B/w illustrations. A Practical Work on Fishing With Rod and Line In the Sea, From the Shore, Piers, Jetties, Rocks, and from Boats, Together with some Account of Hand-Lining. A New edition enlarged, Revised and having many fresh illustrations. Top small piece of spine is torn off. Scuffing and wear along cover edges. Marks to covers. Ink stamp to front pastedown. Some page browning and foxing.

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SEA & COAST FISHING
Written by F.G. Aflalo.
Stock no. 1808197
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1901. Very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine, black title and illustration to front. Top edge gilt. 228 pages including index plus adverts to rear. Spine browned, a few marks to boards. Front hinge split but binding tight. A few hinges pulled. A few grubby marks to contents. Overall a good working copy.

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SKETCHES OF BRITISH SPORTING FISHES
Written by John Watson.
Stock no. 1808195
Published by Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1st 1890. Good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xi and 143 pages. Front board badly dampstained. Front endpaper missing. Name & address to endpapers. A few grubby marks to contents. One or two hinges pulled. A good working copy.

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SALMON THE WORLD'S MOST HARASSED FISH
Written by Anthony Netboy.
Stock no. 1709637
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. The status of one of the world's most extraordinary, and delicious, fish. And the means which can be taken to preserve it. ISBN: 0233968563.

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THE COMPLETE ANGLER'S VADE-MECUM
Written by Capt. T. Williamson.
Stock no. 1807687
Published by Payne And Mackinlay. 1st 1808. Almost very good condition.

...Being A Perfect Code of Instruction on the Above Pleasing Science: Wherein are Detailed, A Great Variety of Original Practices and Inventions; Together With All That Can Contribute to the Sportsman's Amusement and Success. Paper boards. 10 b/w engraved plates to rear. xi and 316 pages. Expertly re-backed with matching modern paper, board edges also expertly repaired to match boards. Ink stamp to front pastedown. Deckled edges. Page 9-16 have loss to top margin corner. A few grubby finger marks to margins. Some slight bleeding of text. All plates present. A good working copy for the books age of over 200 years old.

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MY WAY WITH THE POLE
Written by Tom Pickering; Colin Dyson.
Stock no. 2110396
Published by Pisces Angling Publications. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Compiled and edited by Dyson. B/w photos. ISBN: 0948584076. SIGNED by author, with dedication 'Tight Lines Nigel' to title page.

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INDIAN SUMMER
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1501276
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

BB, in his personal Indian Summer, records his own vivid impressions of summer's end. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Exquisite scraperboard illustrations. 183 pages. ISBN: 0718123670. Very little bumping to spine and corners. Hinge starting to crack between pages 182 and 183. One or two fox spots. Dustwrapper has a little edge creasing and a small mark to rear flap crease.

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THE PLEASURE OF STILLWATER FLY FISHING
Written by Peter Reeves.
Stock no. 1707283
Published by Swan Hill Press. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 1840370181. Corners lightly bumped.

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FROM AN ANGLER'S JOURNAL VOLUME ONE
Written by Ian Watson.
Stock no. 2107737
Published by Wye Angling Publications. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Colour illustrations. Reproduction of the author's handwritten journal of his time spent angling. Limited edition of 500 copies. ISBN: 9780955721625. Copy no. 383. Contains envelope containing some postcards from the Angler's Journal. Light wear to wrapper.

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RANDOM RIVERS
Written by James Corrie.
Stock no. 2105085
Published by Regency Press. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

An Angler Remembers. B/w glazed pictorial boards. Spine is browned. Inscription in ink to half-title page, which reads 'Margaret & Bob, from the author's daughter.

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