COMPETITION TROUT FISHING
Written by Christopher Ogborne.
Stock no. 820307
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition.

A readable and comprehensive guide to all aspects of this popular sport. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 1852230436. Old price label stuck to lower edge of rear cover. Top edge of text block a little dusty else contents fine.

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FISHING WITH THE EXPERTS
Written by Charles Wade.
Stock no. 820038
Published by Souvenir Press. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A New Look at the Wonderful World of Angling. B/w photos and drawings. ISBN: 0285621890. Wrapper price-cut.

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THE PRACTICAL FLY-FISHER
Written by John Jackson.
Stock no. 818633
Published by Charles Farlow. 1st 1854. Very good condition.

More Particularly for Grayling or Umber. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to front. Ten hand-coloured plates representing 64 flies. 58 pages plus subscriber's list to rear. Spine browned, covers a little marked. Tightly bound leading to creases at inner margins not affecting illustrations or text. A few light marks to contents. A lovely copy of a scarce title.

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DIT BOECXKEN
Written by Matthias Van Der Goes.
Stock no. 814701
Published by Honey Dun Press. 1st 1978. As new condition.

An accurate facsimile of the 1872 edition. The book was originally published probably in 1492 in Old Flemish and as such is therefore the first printed work relating to the sport of angling. In 1872 an edition of 25 copies was privately printed and it is from one of these that the Honey Dun Press produced their facsimile in a limited edition of 150 copies. The book is printed on English hand made paper with deckled edges. The top edge coloured. Red morocco grained leather spine with gilt title. Swedish hand marbled paper boards. In Honey Dun Press style of card boxes with paper labels. 125 copies were for sale, 25 copies were out of series for private distribution. This is one of the 25 copies. Text in English. With woodcut illustrations as printed in the original Flemish edition. ISBN: 0904104052. This is an out-of-series copy no. 00. Box has the copy number written on top front corner.

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THE SPIRIT OF THE POND
Written by Tom O'Reilly. Illustrated by Tom O'Reilly.
Stock no. 629337
Published by The Little Egret Press. 1st thus 2007. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Limited edition of 495 copies. Dark green cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations and photographs throughout. SIGNED by author, copy no. 220. There is slightly rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and a little creasing at top of spine.

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THE AFAN FISHERIES
Written by Ivor Lewis.
Stock no. 812027
Published by The Afan Valley Angling Club. 1st 1999. As new condition in a as new dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0953732606.

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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
Written by Izaak Walton. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 738893
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Bound in publishers deluxe binding of brown leather with embossed decoration at front edges and with gilt titles. Top edge gilt. Two-tone green pictorial endpapers. 12 tissue-guarded colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Tiny worn patch to lower edge of rear cover. Some very faint marking to covers. Light foxing throughout. Lower corner of half-title and frontis creased, tiny nick to edge of half-title page. All other plates fine condition.

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WHERE THE BRIGHT WATERS MEET
Written by H. Plunket Greene.
Stock no. 589334
Published by Christophers. 1946. Very good condition.

Revised and enlarged edition. Dark blue cloth, silver title. B/w photos. Book: name in ink to front endpaper, spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Light browning to endpapers.

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PICTURESQUE VIEWS ON THE RIVER WYE
Written by Samuel Ireland.
Stock no. 579047
Published by R. Faulder; T. Egerton. 1st 1797. Very good condition.

Picturesque Views on the River Wye, From its Source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its Junction With the Severn Below Chepstow With Observations on the Public Buildings and Other Works of Art in its Vicinity. Map showing the course of the River Wye, 30 sepia aquatints plus b/w portrait plate of John Kyrle. xii + 159 pages + errata slip. Three-quarter brown calf binding, raised bands, gilt decorations and title to spine. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. 9" x 6.5". All plates present. Prelims foxed. No half-title but no evidence of any removal. Some pencil annotation. Bookplate of J. Arthur Hutton, the famous angling author, on front pastedown. Hutton wrote numerous books on salmon fishing and of particular relevance here given the book title are Wye Salmon and Other Fish; Rod-Fishing for Salmon on the Wye. Slight rubbing to spine. Overall a handsome copy.

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THE SPORTSMAN'S DIRECTORY
Written by John Mayer.
Stock no. 576175
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 1838. Good condition.

Small format. Green cloth, gilt title and shooting vignette to front cover. The Sportsman's Directory and Park & Gamekeeper's Companion. Being a Series of Instructions in Ten Parts for The Chase in its Various Classes: Coursing, Shooting, Fishing, The Preservation of Game and Decoys, Selection and Training of the Pointer and Spaniel, Breeding Pheasants, Partridges, Rabbits Etc. With Copious Directions for Trapping and Destroying Vermin and Detecting the Operations of the Poachere. An Appendix Containing Numerous Valuable Receipts and Useful Abstracts of the Game Laws and the Laws of Coursing. 6th edition. viii + 181 pages. B/w illustrations. Rear free endpaper missing. Front joint cracked, rear joint broken. Contemporary name in ink to title page. Covers a little marked. Corners slightly worn. Page 97 has crayon scribble but text still readable.

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FLY-DRESSING MATERIALS
Written by John Veniard. Illustrated by Donald Downs.
Stock no. 572559
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1979. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w illustrations. Colour photos. ISBN: 0713616903. Dustwrapper: price-cut.

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FISHING FROM MY ANGLE
Written by Cyril Holbrook.
Stock no. 572566
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1988. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Spelling out the value of the sport in the modern world, the benefits for the participants and the doors it can open. ISBN: 0715391240.

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