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RIFLE AND GUN
Written by L.B. Escritt.
Stock no. 2135664
Published by MacDonald & Evans Ltd.. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

For practice, competition and sport. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 305 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some uneven browning and spotting to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby in places with edge-tears and chips; a little loss.

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WITHIN THE STREAMS
Written by John Hillaby.
Stock no. 1822291
Published by Harvey And Blythe. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

An angling career from a home town canal to the Hebrides. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w chapter headers. Text block lightly browned. Boards nice and clean albeit slight (very slight!) fading to top front edge.

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ANGLING ON LOMOND
Written by Bill McEwan; Billy Connolly.
Stock no. 2135152
Published by Albyn Press. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Foreword by Billy Connolly. A compendium of Loch Lomond lore which will prove an indispensable companion to all who venture with rod and line upon its waters. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps & illustrations plus a few colour plates. 228 pages plus local interest adverts to rear. Fold out map to rear pastedown. ISBN: 0284985643. Bumps/knocks to spine and corners. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Some mis folding to fold-out piece to rear pastedown. Wrapper is price-cut with browning and some chips and nicks.

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SCARLET BLUE AND GREEN
Written by Duncan Fife. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133289
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1932. Slightly better than good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A book of sporting verse. Red cloth, gilt titles and fox vignette. 4 colour plates and 25 monochrome illustrations. Cover edges are unevenly faded. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper has been 'repaired' with some white pieces added for strength. Marks and browning/fading; some pieces of loss.

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HANDLEY CROSS OR MR JORROCKS'S HUNT (2 VOLUMES)
Written by R.S. Surtees. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1819645
Published by Edward Arnold. Almost very good condition.

Some of Aldin's best work went into this, one of his favourite books. Two volumes. Red cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 colour plates in each volume plus numerous text illustrations. Top edges gilt. Both volumes dampstained, a little marked, and faded to spine. Corners bumped. Tissue-guard between frontis and title page missing to volume II. Hinges pulled. Minor foxing to text block. A few grubby marks and minor foxing to contents. All plates present.

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FLY-DRESSING II
Written by David J. Collyer.
Stock no. 2133078
Published by David & Charles. 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A further collection of entirely different flies. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 248 pages. ISBN: 0715381458. Second impression. Bumping and a bit of fading to spine. Wrapper spine is faded.

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CONFESSIONS OF A CARP FISHER
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2132692
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Green cloth. Gilt title to spine. B/w scraperboard illustrations. SIGNED by author/illustrator to title page. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is lightly worn to edges, with a few tiny nicks; some foxing.

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THE KING CARP WATERS
Written by Chris Ball.
Stock no. 2131849
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. This is the story of the major carp waters stocked by Donald Leney - the man who introduced 'king' carp into Britain. ISBN: 1852237260. Bump to base of spine. Wrapper has some edge-creasing and is faded to spine.

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RED LETTER DAYS
Written by Peter Rogers; et al. Illustrated by John Searl.
Stock no. 2131848
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A tribute to Bernard Venables. Peter Rogers has compiled and edited 48 golden memories from the most famous names in angling. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 185223783X. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing and small amount of fading to spine.

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MEMORABLE COARSE FISH
Written by Faddist.
Stock no. 1818648
Published by Burlington Publishing Company Limited. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An 'Angler's News' publication. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 115 pages. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block. Green dustwrapper also has foxing and is faded to spine.

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COME FISHING WITH ME
Written by Peter Stone.
Stock no. 2131777
Published by Pelham Books. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards with silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0720706637. Small knocks to top and tail of spine. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with browning to spine. What appears to be a tape glue residue showing through to top of spine (wrapper possibly reinforced to top of spine on verso).

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FISHING DAYS
Written by Geoffrey Bucknall. Illustrated by Keith Linsell.
Stock no. 2131773
Published by Frederick Muller Limited. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Uneven fading to covers. Small piece of loss to top of wrapper spine.

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