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THE HISTORY OF THE BELGIAN STRAINS PART I
Written by Jules Gallez.
Stock no. 1821825
1st 1976. Almost very good condition.

White pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 376 pages. Covers browned and grubby. Remains of a label to rear cover. Text block browned. Name & address in ink to title page. Joints pulled so dried glue is visible and front and rear but binding is tight. Slight musty odour present.

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SUCCESFUL METHODS WITH YOUNG AND OLD BIRDS: 101 METHODS PART IV
Written by Jules Gallez.
Stock no. 1821820
1976. Very good condition.

Pigeon racing. Yellow and white cardwraps. B/w photos. 370 pages. Text block lightly browned.

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ALL ABOUT CARP FISHING
Written by Peter Mohan.
Stock no. 1320071
Published by Angler's Mail. 1970. Fair condition.

An Angler's Mail special byt the secretary of the British Carp Study Group. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. B/w photos. Covers are grubby and creased. Pencil writing to rear cover. Damp stains at lower corners of pages. Some brown staining to lower edges of front cover and first 6 pages. A scarce item.

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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. Almost very 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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JORROCKS ON 'UNTING
Written by R.S. Surtees. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1819571
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1909. Very good condition.

Brown boards, with pictorial onlay to front cover. 6.75 x 5.25". B/w text illustrations and 3 tipped-in colour plates. 31 pages. Browning to endpapers. Neat inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Foxing to text block. A few scattered foxspots 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.

Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0715381458. 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. Small format. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block. Green dustwrapper also has foxing and is faded to spine.

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A CREEL OF WILLOW
Written by W.H. Canaway.
Stock no. 1818636
Published by The Medlar Press. 1st thus 2005. Nearly fine condition.

Medlar Angling Classics No.4. A book for fishermen, but also for those who cannot understand fishermen at all! Green cardwraps. 196 pages. ISBN: 1899600426.

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