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FLY DRESSERS' GUIDE
Written by John Veniard. Illustrated by Donald Downs.
Stock no. 1329305
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1976. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

4th edition. New edition completely revised. Colour & b/w illustrations. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 256 pages (including index). ISBN: 0713611855. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Faint damp stain to edge of rear cover. Textblock is slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is browned and edge worn, damp stain to fore-edge of rear panel.

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TRICOS
Written by Bob Miller.
Stock no. 1329304
Published by Rodcrafters Press, Inc. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A practical guide to fishing and tying tricorythode imitations and related patterns. Brown boards, silver titles. 205 pages. Some colour plates, many b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1890324000. SIGNED by the author to half title-page. Spine bumped. A couple of tiny black spots to covers. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased and faded to spine.

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TELLING ON THE TROUT
Written by Edward Ringwood Hewitt.
Stock no. 1329303
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons. 1st 1926. Fair condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w plates and illustrations. viii and 166 pages. Covers are badly damp stained. Spine and corners bumped. Page browning to endpapers, foxing throughout. Dustwrapper is edge worn, browned to spine and lower half of spine is missing.

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AN ANGLER'S ENTOMOLOGY
Written by J.R. Harris.
Stock no. 1329302
Published by Bloomsbury Books. 1st thus 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. New Naturalist reprint series. Cream boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 1870630499. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to page edges and endpapers. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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THE BATSFORD BOOK OF SPORTING VERSE
Written by Peter Verney. Illustrated by Thomas Bewick.
Stock no. 1329301
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 135 pages. ISBN: 071342009X. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Browning and foxing but contents generally clean. Price-cut wrapper.

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PRACTICAL FLY-TYING
Written by T.R. Henn. Illustrated by T.R. Henn.
Stock no. 1329300
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Practical hints, recipes and dressings. Green cloth, silver title to spine. 127 pages. 3 b/w photos, 137 b/w drawings. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is grubby, edge worn and browned to spine.

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FLY-FISHING: SOME NEW ARTS AND MYSTERIES
Written by J.C. Mottram.
Stock no. 1329299
Published by The Derrydale Press. Circa 1994. Nearly fine condition.

Limited Edition facsimile of 2500 copies. Fly Fisherman's Gold series (volume XXI). B/w drawings and diagrams. Adverts to front and rear. 272 pages (all edges gilt). 9.25 x 6.25". Minimal rubbing to spine and corners.

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A SUMMER ON THE TEST
Written by John Waller Hills. Illustrated by Robert Gibbings.
Stock no. 1329298
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 3rd 1941. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth. B/w illustrations. 3rd edition. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby and spine browned. "Royal Naval War Libraries" ink stamp to front pastedown. Some small marks to textblock and page browning throughout.

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TROUT HUNTER: THE WAY OF AN ANGLER
Written by Rene Harrop.
Stock no. 1329292
Published by Pruett Publishing Company. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of provocative magazine articles penned by native American Harrop. Large format. Green boards, silver title to spine. 205 pages (including index). Lots of colour photos. Introduction by Andre Puyans and Foreword by John Randolph. ISBN: 087108922X. Corners bumped and slightly worn. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and slightly creased at corners.

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THE DETTES: A CATSKILL LEGEND
Written by Eric Leiser. Illustrated by Matthew Vinciguerra; Ernest Lussier.
Stock no. 1329291
Published by Willowkill Press. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Dette family and the events that took place during the evolution of the Catskill flies. White cloth spine, cream marble-effect boards. 267 pages (including index). Many b/w photos and a couple of colour plates. ISBN: 0963270508. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Minimal bumping to spine. Some slight foxing affecting the front side of the cloth spine. Some pencil writing erased from top corner of front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just slightly rubbed at edges.

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ON THE TROUT STREAM WITH JOE HUMPHREYS
Written by Joe Humphreys. Illustrated by Boyd Pfeiffer; George Lavanish.
Stock no. 1329289
Published by Stackpole Books. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, silver titles to spine and front cover. 225 numbered pages. Packed with b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0811711560. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Pale browning to page edges. Duswrapper is bright and complete.

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DRY-FLY FISHING IN THEORY AND PRACTICE CENTENARY EDITION 1889-1989
Written by F.M. Halford.
Stock no. 1329288
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1st thus 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Centenary Edition, limited print run of 1500 copies. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0854931783. Minimal bumping to corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is browned to spine and has a few small tears. Contained in a tight fitting orange slipcase which is slightly bumped at corners.

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