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SEA TROUT FISHING
Written by Hugh Falkus.
Stock no. 1329281
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Guide To Success. Revised 2nd edition, with 5 new colour plates. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 448 pages (including index). ISBN: 0854931155. Reprint (with minor corrections) of January 1989). Spine bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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THE BOOK OF THE HACKLE
Written by Frank Elder.
Stock no. 1329278
Published by Scottish Academic Press. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

What makes a good hackle for the dry-fly? Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 140 pages including index. Some colour plates and a few b/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0707302234. A few small foxspots to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut.

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SALMON FISHING
Written by Hugh Falkus.
Stock no. 1329277
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A practical guide. Burgundy boards with gilt titles to spine. Illustrated with numerous photographs and diagrams and nine colour plates. 9.5 x 6.25 inches, 448 pages including index. ISBN: 0854931449. Reprint of September 1985 (with further revisions). Spine and corners slightly bumped. There is a damp stain to the lower edge of the rear cover. The dustwrapper is faded to spine and edges and has a small tear to top of spine.

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SALMON AND WOMEN - THE FEMININE ANGLE
Written by Wilma Paterson; Peter Behan.
Stock no. 1329275
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The authors set out to examine, and try to account for, the amazing success of female salmon fishers. Introduction by Hugh Falkus. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 0854932011. Spine bumped. Tiny nick to top edge of front cover. Dustwrapper is edge creased.

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SUCCESSFUL FISHING FOR SALMON AND SEA TROUT
Written by Major Kenneth Dawson.
Stock no. 1329274
Published by Herbert Jenkins Ltd.. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition.

Green boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. 175 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some marks to covers and spine slightly faded. Small indentation to top edge of rear cover. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Some page corner tips creased.

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FLY-DRESSING II
Written by David J. Collyer.
Stock no. 1329271
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1981. 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. Spine and corners slightly bumped (of both book and wrapper). Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty. Foxing to rear flap of dustwrapper (which has transferred slightly onto facing free-endpaper). Some very slight browning to top edge of wrapper on rear panel.

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A CREEL OF WILLOW
Written by W.H. Canaway.
Stock no. 1329270
Published by Michael Joseph Ltd. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A book for fishermen, but also for those who cannot understand fishermen at all! Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 231 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Heavy foxing and a slight musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper (design by J.S. Goodall) is price-cut, browned and edge worn/chipped with slight loss.

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GOOD FISHING IN THE CATSKILLS: A COMPLETE ANGLER'S GUIDE
Written by Jim Capossela.
Stock no. 1329269
Published by Backcountry Guides. 3rd 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Third Edition. Detailed information on tactis and more specifics on stream access. Cardwraps. 221 pages. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0881505080. A few small marks to textblock else fine.

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THE COMPLETE FLY TIER
Written by Reuben R. Cross.
Stock no. 1329265
Published by Freshet Press. 1971. Very good condition.

Cream buckram cloth with gilt title to spine adn vignette of a fly to front cover. Blue endpapers. 169 pages. Illustrated with b/w diagrams and photos. Gilt to spine is slightly rubbed and vignette to front cover is also rubbed. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty else contents are fine.

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SNAFFLES ON RACING AND POINT TO POINTING
Written by John Welcome; Rupert Collens. Illustrated by Snaffles.
Stock no. 1829241
Published by The Lambourn Press. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Snaffles work gives an accurate and interesting development of point-to-poinnting and steeplechasing between 1907 and 1953. Large oblong format. Colour & b/w illustrations. 159 pages. ISBN: 0951369709. Light fading to front board. Heavy foxing to top edge of text block, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to front panel and is scuffed, creasing to top edge of rear panel.

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FISHING FOR PLEASURE AND CATCHING IT
Written by E. Marston; R.B. Marston.
Stock no. 1328902
Published by T. Werner Laurie. 1st 1906. Very good condition.

And two chapters of angling in North Wales by R.B. Marston. Green patterned cloth with dark green title and pattern to front, gilt title to spine. 152 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink (long but very neat) to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and a little browning to front endpaper.

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THE TALE OF A WYE FISHERMAN
Written by H.A. Gilbert.
Stock no. 1828866
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The history of the River Wye from a fisherman's point of view, from early times until the abolition of fresh-water netting. Light brown cloth boards, black titles. B/w photos. vii and 160 pages including index, plus 8 page Methuen's general literature list to rear. Pale fading to lower edge of boards with some rubbing of edges. Text block is browned and heavily foxed. Some scattered foxing to contents, mainly to margins. Blue dustwrapper is very browned (discoloured) and grubby, spine is scuffed, top & tail of spine and corners worn with a chip to top of spine.

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