THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by John Massey Wright.
Stock no. 1329693
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1903. Good condition.

De Luxe Limited edition of 250 copies. White cloth with gilt titles and green clover leaf decoration. 13 colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. Includes John Forster's Essay on The Vicar of Wakefield. xli + 260 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. This is copy no. 205. Spine and corners are bumped. Spine is frayed at top and bottom. Cloth is grubby and spine is browned. Foxing throughout. Front joint between endpaper and fly-leaf is cracked.

Buy now for £40.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

NYMPH FISHING FOR CHALK STREAM TROUT & MINOR TACTICS OF THE CHALK STREAM
Written by G.E.M. Skues.
Stock no. 1329535
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Two volumes in one. First combined edition. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 244 pages. ISBN: 0713614471. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Neat name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Page browning and spotting to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and just a little grubby.

Buy now for £25.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE ANGLING LETTERS OF G.E.M. SKUES
Written by G.E.M. Skues; C.F. Walker.
Stock no. 1329528
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Walker. Dark brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xv and 153 pages including index. ISBN: 0713616210. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge rubbed and faded to spine.

Buy now for £14.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

AN ALBUM OF THE CHALK STREAMS
Written by E.A. Barton.
Stock no. 1329526
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. With 47 photogravure plates from photographs by the author. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some pale page browning to endpapers. Slight musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge creased and torn and is very slightly grubby.

Buy now for £54.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE ANGLING LETTERS OF G.E.M. SKUES
Written by G.E.M. Skues; C.F. Walker.
Stock no. 1829717
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Walker. Dark brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xv and 153 pages including index. ISBN: 0713616210. Reprint. Top of spine and top front board corner bumped. Some foxing present, mainly to text block. Price-cut dustwrapper is rubbed at corners, faded to spine, mark left by old price label to rear panel, slightly grubby.

Buy now for £14.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

MINOR TACTICS OF THE CHALK STREAM
Written by G.E.M. Skues.
Stock no. 1829676
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1950. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The author makes his case for the wet fly, with many other ingenious theories and practical devices, all conveyed in his highly characteristic manner. 3rd edition. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. xiv and 133 pages. Second impression of the third edition. A few marks to boards. Foxing present, mainly to prelims and text block. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with a small chip to top front edge.

Buy now for £25.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

TROUT FISHING
Written by W. Earl Hodgson.
Stock no. 1329345
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1904. Very good condition.

Dark blue cloth, gilt titles and trout vignette to front. 8 colour plates. Reprint (with emendations and additions), May 1904. Spine and corners bumped. A few small, light spots to front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Neat pencil writing to front endpapers. Endpapers and page edges foxed.

Buy now for £35.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN STILLWATER FISHING
Written by David Jacques.
Stock no. 1329344
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713614706. Spine and corners bumped. Some page browning. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge rubbed with small tears at corners.

Buy now for £13.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

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.

Buy now for £12.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

A MANUAL OF FALCONRY
Written by Michael Woodford.
Stock no. 1827590
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Covering every aspect of falconry from choosing a hawk for training; individual species used in falconry; game hawking; rook hawking and a bibliography. Early reprint. A few minor marks to boards. Text block browned with some foxing. Front endpapers browned. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slihgtly faded to spine, lightly rubbed at corners, a little browned and scuffed.

Buy now for £35.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

BLACK'S TOURIST'S GUIDE THROUGH THE COUNTIES OF GLOUCESTER, HEREFORD & MONMOUTH
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826389
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1860. Almost very good condition.

Small format. B/w illustrations. Modern brown library binding with gilt title to spine. Ex-lib, Library label to front endpaper. Stamp to verso of frontis, contents clean but browned. Library repairs to hinges using white tape.

Buy now for £27.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

KATE GREENAWAY
Written by M.H. Spielmann; G.S. Layard. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1825653
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1905. Almost very good condition.

Deluxe limited edition of 500 copies, SIGNED by Kate Greenaway's brother, John Greenaway. Cream cloth with gilt titles and blind decorations. With an original sketch by Kate Greenaway. Beautiful plates that have captioned page guards. Spine browned and worn with fraying to top & tail. Boards are grubby. Text block browned. Joints cracked but binding tight. SIGNED by John Greenaway and number 275 (?) of 500. Some minor foxing and age related marks presnt. All plates present. Plate on page 88 has a repaired closed tear which does not affect the actual illustration. Plate and tissue guard facing page 166 is creased at edges with a few tiny closed tears.

Buy now for £680.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List