BARBEL
Written by J.W. Martin. Illustrated by Paul Cook.
Stock no. 2129555
Published by The Medlar Press. 1st thus 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Smaller format. Dark orange cloth, black title to spine and front cover. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Limited edition to 295 copies. B/w illustrations. Being a Practical Treatise on Angling with Float and Ledger in Still Water and Stream. ISBN: 1899600248. This is the binders file copy - so NOT numbered and also missing pictorial onlay to front cover. A few marks to covers. Contents are excellent!

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FOUR SEASONS: BEING THE FISHING DIARIES OF CHRISTOPHER YATES JUNE 1977 - MARCH 1981
Written by Christopher Yates.
Stock no. 2129510
Published by The Medlar Press. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

SIGNED, Limited Edition to 1489 copies. Green covers with gilt title to spine and onlay to front cover. Includes an author signed bookplate to title page, photo of author in a print and a facsimile copy of authors hand drawn map, that was issued with the book. ISBN: 1899600035. This is the Binders File Copy - this being the case there is NO pictorial onlay to front cover, NO Signed picture to title page and NO facsimile hand drawn map. A few marks to covers.

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BARBEL
Written by J.W. Martin. Illustrated by Paul Cook.
Stock no. 2129509
Published by The Medlar Press. 1st 2002. Fine condition.

Smaller format. Leather binding. Black title to spine and front cover. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Deluxe, Limited edition to 55 copies. B/w illustrations. Being a Practical Treatise on Angling with Float and Ledger in Still Water and Stream. ISBN: 1899600248.

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THE FISHERMAN'S COMPANION
Written by John Buckland.
Stock no. 1816675
Published by Bounty Books. 1st thus 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Oblong format. A beautiful book that will delight any fisherman, whether sitting in comfort at home, or waiting by his favourite pool. Using a wealth of illustrations from original sources, it evokes the timeless pleasures of fishing, reminding us that for centuries this has been one of man's favourite sports. Glazed pictorial boards. Brown marbled endpapers, text block & margins. Colour and brown & white illustrations. ISBN: 9780753708422.

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HOOKED! FISHING MEMORIES
Written by George Melly.
Stock no. 1816647
Published by Robson Books. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

B/w photos of the author's fishing exploits. ISBN: 1861052758.

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RURAL SPORTS (2 VOLUMES)
Written by William B. Daniel.
Stock no. 2127953
Published by Bunny And Gold. Circa 1801. Almost very good condition.

2 volumes. Brown leather covers, gilt borders. B/w plates. Includes sections on dogs, plus fox and stag hunting, hare coursing. Rabbit, martin, badger and otter hunting. Angling, game shooting and waterfowl etc. Both volumes have been rebacked with new spines with raised bands; new endpapers, original boards and pages. Volume 1 No longer has its title page. All plates present. Volume 1 was published in 1801 and Volume 2 in 1802. Scuffing and wear to covers; heavy wear to corners. Foxing, browning and some margin marks.

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SHOOTING SECOND VOLUME
Written by Horace G. Hutchinson.
Stock no. 2126464
Published by Country Life. Almost very good condition.

The Country Life Library of Sport. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w plates and illustrations. Spine is faded. Some wear to covers. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Some browning and foxing. Frontis is almost detached. Tear to a front free endpaper that is uncut.

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BB A CELEBRATION
Written by BB; Tom Quinn. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2126000
Published by Wharncliffe Publishing Limited. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A unique collection of BB's country and field sports writings. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photographic plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1871647169. Wrapper is price-cut with a little edge-creasing and a few marks.

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GENTLEMEN AND POACHERS: THE ENGLISH GAME LAWS 1671-1831
Written by P.B. Munsche.
Stock no. 1815869
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book touches on many subjects including man traps, transportation to Australia, the Industrial Revolution and fox-hunting, to name but a few, it is essentially about values: how the gentry tried to impose theirs on England and how these, in turn, were undermined by new values, more compatible with the emerging capitalism of the nineteenth century. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ix and 255 pages including index. ISBN: 0521232848. Top of spine bumped. Upside down 'J' rubber ink stamp in blue to title page. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is browned, has a small chip (with loss) to top of rear panel spine edge, and is fading to spine.

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HUNTING SONGS AND MISCELLANEOUS VERSES
Written by R.E. Egerton Warburton.
Stock no. 2124519
Published by Longman, Green, Longman And Roberts. 2nd 1860. Very good condition.

2nd edition. Red leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine and gilt decorations and gilt title to dark title block. Marbled boards and endpapers. Spine has faded. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges; a few to some page margins internally.

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DEEP TROUT: ANGLING IN POPULAR CULTURE
Written by William Washabaugh; Catherine Washabaugh.
Stock no. 1815705
Published by Berg. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Angling in America. Blue pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 185973393X. Remains of small label to rear board.

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THE POINTER AND HIS PREDECESSORS
Written by William Arkwright.
Stock no. 2124495
Published by Firth Productions. 1999. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Republication of the second edition. An illustrated History of the Pointing Dog from the Earliest Times. Red boards, gilt titles and border. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0906924030. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing.

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