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GAFFEY Laurie |
A Free Lance Angler In Ireland
nd circa 1930.
1st Edn,.
L Keegan.
Dublin.
100+ 3 pages Irish Angling Assoc list, 9 pages advs, illus in b/w from photographs. Light spotting to title page, presentation inscription to front free paper "To H.S., Shout House from Lawrie Gaffey with sincere regards Dublin 10-4-1934" Angling bookplate of David Pilleau to front paste down, bound in later 1/2 dark blue calf raised bands with gilt fishing motifs to spine. Salmon, trout and pike fishing in Counties Wicklow and Meath, Gaffey had a tackle and gun shop in Dublin.
[21113] |
£75.00 |
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GAIDY Charles |
Ephemeras Mayflies Naturals and Artificials
1986.
1st American Edn,.
Edicom Inc.
New York.
333 pages, drawings and some colour plates by the author + colour photographs of flies by Thomas W Earnhardt, full tan leather, gilt title and coloured mayfly insert to upper cover, inner gilt dentelles in original leather edged slipcase, a fine copy. Original translated by Roland H Creel. This copy edition Francaise Reserve aux Bibliophiles Tiree A 50 Exemplaires Numerotes de 01 a 50, this being number 36 signed by the author. 27 lithograph plates of the most important ephemera are particularly fine. An important and comprehensive book on the subject. There were 3000 copies of the un-numbered trade edition in pictorial cloth. In addition to this there were 300 leather-bound copies, numbered and signed by the author. There was a further edition of 30 copies, numbered I - XXX, with a signed lithograph laid in. These three issues bring the total number of copies to 3,330 which is often quoted. This copy is from the "Edition Francaise reserve aux bibliophiles tiree a 50 exemplaires numerotes de 01 a 50", "French edition reserved for bibliophiles, numbered from 01 to 50.". Despite the appelation "Edition Francaise," this is an issue of the English language edition. The French language edition was entitled, "Les Ephemeres: Les Mouches Artificielles et Leur Montage." This too, was released in more than one issue.
[16464] |
£320.00 |
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GALA ANGLING |
Gala Angling Association Souvenir Of Jubilee Year 1860 - 1910
1911.
1st Edn,.
Glashiels.
56 pages, 4to., advs, illus, maps, original white pictorial paper covered boards, some marking, lacks the paper spine but still a tight copy. A scarce item detailing the history of the Association and its members and hints to trout angler, fishing stories etc. "The Gala water one of the finest trouting streams in the South of Scotland
[11485] |
£165.00 |
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GALLICHAN Walter M. |
Fishing Waters And Quarters In Wales A Practical Guide To Fishermen With Cost Of Fishing Accommodation etc.,
nd Circa 1916.
Heath Cranton Ltd.
71 pages, 9pp advs, grey card cover printed in black.
[10716] |
£60.00 |
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GALLICHAN Walter M. |
The Trout Waters Of England A Practical Guide To The Fisherman For Sea Trout, Brown Trout, And Grayling
1908.
1st Edn,.
T N Foulis.
160 pages, advs, 12mo, chapter head illus, the EP's and 4 plates in colour of Hardy flies laid in, many copies do not have the fly EP's, original green cloth, gilt angler to upper board, wallet style binding, vg.
[18309] |
£25.00 |
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GALLICHAN Walter M. |
The Trout Waters Of England A Practical Guide To The Fisherman For Sea Trout, Brown Trout, And Grayling
1908.
1st Edn,.
T N Foulis.
160 pages, advs, 12mo, chapter head illus, the EP's and 4 plates in colour of Hardy flies laid in, many copies do not have the fly EP's, original green cloth, gilt angler to upper board, wallet style binding, vg.
[18619] |
£25.00 |
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GALLICHAN W.M. |
Fishing And Travel In Spain, A Guide To The Angler
1904.
1st Edn,.
F.E.Robinson Ltd.
227 pages, some foxing to contents, 8 illus from photographs. Original cloth with standing angler with rod in gilt to upper board, cloth bright and clean.
[19663] |
£40.00 |
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GAMMON Clive |
Hook, Line & Spinner
1959.
1st Edn,.
Heinemann.
161 pages, illus, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to verso FEP, vg in vg dj. tench, pike interest and South Wales interest.
[16900] |
£20.00 |
|
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GATHORNE-HARDY A.E. |
Autumns In Argyleshire With Rod And Gun
1900.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
xi 228 pages, 8 full pages illustrated by Archibald Thorburn, some spotting to contents heavy to the frontis tissue guard. Publishers' cloth, with gilt title and sporting vignette to upper board, and gilt standing stag to spine, some uneven fading to the cloth. Much on deer also stalking grouse and black game, shooting and salmon fishing. Chute 234
[22554] |
£30.00 |
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GAY Martin, RICKARDS Barrie |
Pike
1989.
1st Edn,.
Woodbridge.
238 pages, illus, extensive bibliography, fine in dj.
[11394] |
£30.00 |
|
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GEDNEY C.W. |
Angling Holidays In Pursuit Of Salmon, Trout And Pike
1896.
1st Edn,.
Telegraph Printing Works.
Bromley, Kent.
183 pages, small 4to., adv, illus, ownership inscription Frank E Salisbury February 28th 1905 to top margin title page, front hinge cracked, head and tail of spine rubbed, some slight discolouration to rear board. This is a much larger format than the edition normally found identical in plates except this edition contains a reproduction pen and ink frontis of "below the falls Kilrea", the upper board depicts a ghillie gaffing a salmon with angler in gilt. Bloomsbury book auctions 2005 notes 50 copies? of the large paper edition.
[2375] |
£70.00 |
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GEDNEY C.W. |
Angling Holidays In Pursuit Of Salmon, Trout And Pike
1896.
1st Edn,.
Telegraph Printing Works.
Bromley, Kent.
183 pages, small 4to., adv, illus, armorial bookplate of C Stafford to front paste down, rubbing to head and tail of spine and edges, some fading to cover. This is a much larger format than the edition normally found identical in plates except this edition contains a reproduction pen and ink frontis of "below the falls Kilrea", the upper board depicts a ghillie gaffing a salmon with angler in gilt. Deals mainly with Irish fishing, Bloomsbury book auctions 2005 notes 50 copies? of the large paper edition. Hampton Revised 113
[16980] |
£70.00 |
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GEEN Philip |
Days Stolen For Sport
nd circa 1912.
XII 303 pages, illus, pictorial blind stamped cloth, some foxing to contents, vg-. Includes Irish fishing.
[10951] |
£38.00 |
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GENTLEMAN |
The Gentleman Angler: Containing Short, Plain And Easy Instructions Whereby The Most Ignorant Beginner May In A short Time Become A Perfect Artist In Angling For Salmon, Salmon-Peal, Trout, Pike, Carp, Perch, Barbel, Tench, Bream, Chub, Greyling, Mullets, Flounders, Roach, Dace, Gudgeon, etc. With Several Observations On Angling, Angle Rods and Artificial Flies, How To Chuse The Best Hair, And Indian Grass, Of The Proper Times And Seasons for River And Pond Fishing, When Fish Spawn And What Baits Are Chiefly To Be Used etc.,
1736.
2nd Edition with large additions Edn,.
A Bettesworth and C Hitch.
200pp (5pp) index (3pp) adverts, Small 8vo ownership inscription for Edw Salmon Ensign 87th P.W.G Regiment 1794 to front end paper. Later spine matching the original calf boards. First published in 1726, the second has a new title page and large additions. A title which became a standard handbook of the eighteenth century, WS 104/105
[23675] |
£350.00 |
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GIBBINSON James A. |
Carp (The Richard Walker angling library)
1968.
1st Edn,.
Macdonald & Co,.
viii ? 174 (1) pages, illustrated in b/w from photographs + text line drawings. VG in DJ. A classic on early carp fishing.
[22932] |
£100.00 |
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GIBBINSON James A. |
Gravel Pit Carp
1999.
1st Edn,.
Laneman Publishing.
Dorking.
312 pages, colour and black and white illus from photographs and line drawings, a fine copy in dj.
[23828] |
£25.00 |
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Gibbinson James Arthur |
A GLORIOUS WASTE OF TIME.
2006.
1st.
Little Egret Press.
St. Germans, Cornwall.
viii ? 182 pages, B/w illustrations by Tom O'Reilly, number 22 of a limited edition of 595 copies, signed and numbered by the illustrator and publisher. A fine copy in DJ. Jim Gibbinson takes the reader to gravel pits, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, dykes, beaches and estuaries, carp, tench, pike, trout, cod, bass and mullet; with diversions for perch, chub, barbel and roach along the way.
[23620] |
£50.00 |
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GIBBINSON Jim |
Big Water Carp
1989.
1st Edn,.
Beekay Publishing.
Henlow Camp.
238 pages, illus, many in colour, fine in dj.
[15323] |
£34.00 |
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GIBBINSON Jim |
Big Water Carp
1989.
1st Edn,.
Beekay Publishing.
Henlow Camp.
238 pages, illus, many in colour, fine in dj.
[11844] |
£34.00 |
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GIBBINSON Jim |
Carp Sense
1992.
1st Edn,.
Beekay Publishers.
Henlow Camp, Beds.
232 pages, Illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs and line drawings. A fine copy in fine DJ with no inscriptions or marks. Chapters include: Tackle and equipment; Terminal tackle; Boilie discourse; Boilie Making; Particles, floaters and others; Ground baiting and pre baiting; Margins, snags and surface; Hitting the horizon; Deep waters; The weed problem; Winter through spring; Home and away; The foreign trip; Reference section.
[22924] |
£25.00 |
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GIBBINSON Jim |
Carp Sense
1992.
1st Edn,.
Beekay Publishers.
Henlow Camp, Beds.
232 pages, Illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs and line drawings. A vg copy in DJ with no inscriptions or marks. Chapters include: Tackle and equipment; Terminal tackle; Boilie discourse; Boilie Making; Particles, floaters and others; Ground baiting and pre baiting; Margins, snags and surface; Hitting the horizon; Deep waters; The weed problem; Winter through spring; Home and away; The foreign trip; Reference section.
[22925] |
£25.00 |
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GIBBINSON Jim |
Modern Specimen Hunting
1983.
1st Edn,.
Beekay, Enfield.
284 pages, illus including colour photographs etc, vg in dj. Light rubbing to bottom of spine on dj. The 1st edition of a much reprinted title.
[13543] |
£35.00 |
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GILBERT H.A. |
The Tale Of A Wye Fisherman
1929.
1st Edn,.
Methuen and Co.
VII 160 pages, 7pp advs, 12 full page illus from photographs and 6 drawings, map EP's, some foxing to contents, o/w vg in dj, dj has small chips to head and tail of spine.
[16276] |
£70.00 |
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GILES Nick |
The Nature Of Barbel
2002.
1st |Edn.
the author, Perca Press.
Verwood.
176 pages, forward by Chris Yates, Illustrated in colour from photographs, and b/w drawings. Pictorial photographic card covers. Fine copy.. Barbel angling, barbel ecology and behaviour, improvement of river coarse fisheries etc. Includes illustrations by Chris and Clare Yates and many taken from the Mr Crabtree books
[22192] |
£65.00 |
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GOADBY Peter |
Billfishing The Quest For Marlin, Swordfish, Spearfish and Sailfish
1996.
1st Edn,.
Angus and Robertson.
NSW Australia.
208 pages, 4to., colour and b/w illus from photographs, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to front paste down, limited edition of 50 numbered copies signed by Peter Goadby and bound in full green simulated leather. A fine copy.
[16962] |
£95.00 |
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GOADBY Peter |
Saltwater Gamefishing Offshore And Onshore
1991.
1st Edn,.
Harper Collins.
X 342 pages, 4to., finely illustrated in black and white from photographs and drawings, 1 of a limited edition of 100 numbered copies signed by Peter Goadby bound in full leather, titles in silver with vignette of fish to upper cover, a vg+ copy of a popular title in the scarce limited edition.
[656] |
£50.00 |
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GODDARD John |
The Trout Fly Patterns Of John Goddard
2003.
1st Edn,.
Creel Press.
Elstead.
2 Vols, 103 pages, AEG, the deluxe edition limited to 55 numbered copies, plus 4 author's copies and 2 contributors' copies, this copy No. 53, Vol. 1 has limitation leaf signed by Goddard, coloured frontis of Goddard, text drawing of flies, volume 2 contains 34 actual fly dressings described in the accompanying volume of text. The flies are in 6 mounts which fold into the binding, with signed introduction by Goddard. A finely produced fly book bound in full dark green morroco in cloth case.
[15881] |
£520.00 |
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GODDARD John, CLARKE Brian |
The Trout And The Fly A New Approach
1980.
1st Edn,.
Ernest Benn.
191 pages, AEG, colour and black and white illustrations from photographs + drawings. No 24 of a limited edition, 25 de-luxe copies SIGNEND by both authors and Stewart Canham the flytyer. 7 actual flies tyed by Canham in oval mount inside the rear cover. Bound in full dark green crushed morroco by Aquarius in green cloth slipcase. A fine copy of a scarce desirable book, one of the most important books on fly fishing to appear in the last 50 years, the result of many years of work by two of the most respected anglers. ?950
[17356] |
£700.00 |
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GOSLING J.W. |
The Expert Roach Fisher
1934.
1st Edn,.
Phillip Allan.
117 pages, 8 illus from photographs, some occasional foxing. Publishres green cloth, titled in black, light rubbing to edges. A book detailing the rods, baits, tackle, river fishing etc for the roach.
[22196] |
£50.00 |
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GRAND Gordon |
The Banshee Shadow Flies
nd.
privately printed, original paper covers, title in red with the glassine dj. A reprint of Gordon Grand's Angling Story
[9982] |
£30.00 |
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Gray Mick |
How's Your Luck?
2015.
1st Edn.
M press Limited.
Chelmsford.
390 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour from photographs SIGNEND by Mick Gray on the title page, A fine copy in DJ. A personal quest to catch carp very dear to his heart, the magnificent Leney strain.
[23827] |
£28.00 |
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GRAY Micky |
A Merry Olde Dance
2007.
1st Edn,.
M Press.
Romford.
389 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour from photographs. Publishers' blue cloth with gilt title to the upper cover. A fine copy in DJ. "Micky Gray comes from the old school of carp fishing, where fun and laughter is as important as catching fish. His angling has seen him catch many great carp"
[23822] |
£135.00 |
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GRAY T.S. |
Pike Fishing, Red Letter Days And Others With Some Hints On Salmon Fishing
1923.
1st Edn,.
Heath Cranton Ltd.
228 pages, full page and text illus, occasional foxing to prelims and title page, with gilt pike to upper board, vg.
[4799] |
£45.00 |
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GREENDRAKE Gregory pseudonym of J.Coad |
The Angling Excursions Of Gregory Greendrake, Esq. In The Counties Of Wicklow, Meath, Westmeath, Longford, And Cavan
1832.
4th Edn,.
Grant and Bolton.
Dublin.
VI 313 pages, engraved frontis map to part three, some browning to title page, presentation inscription to verso of title page from A Ardagh to his brother 1838, 2 bookplates for Ardagh to front paste down, recently bound in 1/2 old style calf. The 4th edition is the first collected edition and has a third part added by Geoffrey Greendrake (i.e. Thomas Ettingsall, scarce Irish fishing title
[7757] |
£500.00 |
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GREENE H.Plunkett |
Pilot And Other Stories
1916.
1st Edn,.
MacMillan & Co.
VIII 229 pages, advs, colour and black and white plates by H.J.Ford, rear end paper removed, old discolouration mark to bottom of rear board. A collection of stories including "Iron-Blue" set on the river Test.
[13091] |
£30.00 |
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GREENHALGH Malcolm & FALKUS Hugh |
The Salmon And The Sea Trout Fishers Handbook
1997.
Excellent Press.
Ludlow.
vii (3) 239 pages, coloured frontis, b/w full page and text illus from photographs and line drawings. Limited to 75 copies signed by Malcolm Greenhalgh this being No 18. Falkus was working on the book when he died. Angling bookplate of David Pilleau to front paste down. Bound in full dark green morroco, all edges gilt in cloth slipcase. A fine copy includes original prospectus for the book, a mail order sheet for Falkus books, video etc and copies letter, also hand written Christmas card with note relating to a journal signed by Hugh Falkus
[21097] |
£400.00 |
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GREY Edward |
The Fly Fisherman, On Sea Trout
1994.
1st thus Edn..
Fly Fishers Classic Library.
Newton Abbot.
2 Vols, 28, 26 pages, b/w frontis portrait, illus, limited to 250 copies bound in black goatskin, all edges gilt in cloth slipcase. This edition was an introduction by Jeremy Paxman, a fine copy.
[19437] |
£35.00 |
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GREY R.C. |
Adventures Of A Deep-Sea Angler
1930.
1st Edn,.
Harper Brothers, New York.
XXVII 224 pages, 4to., profusely illustrated from photographs taken by the author, pictorial EPs, apart from light spotting to first few pages and closed page edges, a vg clean copy in the publishers green cloth. R.C. Grey was Zane Grey's brother, the book is dedicated to Zane "who made this adventure possible "R.C. took the record for a broadbill with a 588lb fish from his brother.
[11741] |
£120.00 |
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GREY Sir Edward |
Fly Fishing
1901.
3rd Edn,.
J M Dent and Co.
XV 276 pages, illus, 2 in colour of flies, end papers by Arthur Rackham, bookplate to FEP with a dodo as a centerpiece, blue decorative gilt cover. Published in the Haddon Hall Library. vg.
[16018] |
£40.00 |
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GREY Sir Edward |
Fly Fishing
1907.
rep Edn,.
XII 276 pages, frontis + 5 plates, 2 being in colour of flies, chapter heading drawings and pictorial end papers by Arthur Rackham, bookplate to front paste down of Lionel Creswell of Burley Wharfdale with his signature to FEP, publishers red cloth, light darkeneing to spine.
[19656] |
£25.00 |
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GREY Viscount Of Fallodon |
Fly Fishing
1930.
revised and enlarged Edition.
J M Dent and Sons.
x1 244 pages, top edge gilt pages uncut small 4to, Number 37 of THE LARGE PAPER EDITION OF 150 COPIES EDITION SIGNEND BY GREY OF FALLODON illustrated frontis and 9 full page wood engravings by Eric Fitch Daglish and, additional tipped in engraving of a leaping Trout signed by Daglish. Tipped onto the rear paste down 2 booksellers cut sale description, to the front paste down a printed poem by Rhys noting the death in 1933 of Grey of Fallodon, previous ownership signature below. Bound in full vellum with gilt fly vignette to upper board of a salmon fly the vellum clean a vg copy. The limitation page notes 85 copes for sale in Great Britain and 50 for sale in the United States implying that 15 copies were out of series. A classic tile on Fly Fishing first published in 1899.
[23891] |
£620.00 |
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GREY Zane |
An American Angler In Australia
n/d circa 1937.
1st English Edn,.
Hodder And Stoughton.
VI 115 pages, frontis illus + 34 full page plates from photographs, light spotting to title page, original dark blue cloth, a bright copy, one of Zane Grey's scarcer titles.
[9591] |
£145.00 |
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GREY Zane |
The Best Of Zane Grey An Anthology Compiled by Tom Fort
1997.
1st Edn,.
Fly Fishers Classic Library.
Bovey Tracey.
xii 302 pages, TEG, 3 sepia illus with photos with chapter head and tail piece vignette, full bonded black leather, a fine copy in slipcase, limited to 750 copies signed by Tom Fort.
[19337] |
£40.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales Of An Anglers Eldorado: New Zealand
1926.
1st English.
Hodder & Stoughton.
viii 228 pages, small 4to illustrated with over 100 photographs taken by the author and drawings by Frank E Phares, small 4to., pictorial end papers. Mark on free front end paper possible from removal of a bookplate Publishers' blue cloth, gilt title and leaping marlin vignette to upper cover a vg clean copy, in dust jacket, dust jacket shows chipping to the head tail of spine, couple of marks to the rear flap. A difficult title to find in dust jacket.
[22530] |
£300.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales Of Fishing Virgin Seas
1925.
Hodder Stoughton.
vii 216 pages, 4to., first edition code K-Z on coyright page, illus with 112 plates from photographs taken by the author and others, text draings by Lillian Wilhelm Smith. Pictorial end papers, publishers olive green cloth with gilt title to the upper board. In dj the dj showing some loss to edges and chipping to folds. A vg clean copy and scarce in dj. Grey's big game fishing in the Pacific from the Galapagos Islands to Cabo San Lucas.
[22659] |
£285.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales Of Fishing Virgin Seas
1925.
1st UK.
Hodder & Stoughton.
vii 216 pages, 4to., with 112 illus from photographs taken by the author and othersm, drawings by Lillian Wilhelm Smith .Pictorial endpapers, publishers olive-green cloth with gilt title to the upper board. A vg clean copy, Grey's big game fishing in the Pacific - from the Galapagos Islands to Cabo San Lucas.
[22529] |
£100.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales Of Fresh-Water Fishing
1928.
1st Edn,.
Hodder Stoughton.
IX 277 pages, 4to, 100 illus from photographs by the author, pictorial end papers, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to verso blank of FEP, Reece held a world record for a 6 gilled shark in the late 1980's. A vg clean copy, blue cloth with gilt title and fishing rod to upper board. The first UK edition with first edition and with F-C printed on verso of title. An excellent copy, the Hodder edition is thought of as superior to the Harper Bros American edition. The binding to the Harper does not have the gilt fly rod.
[16831] |
£80.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales Of Fresh-Water Fishing
1928.
1st English Edn,.
Hodder and Stoughton.
IX 277 pages, lge 4to, 100 illus from photographs taken by the author, pictorial EP's, some light spotting to contents, inscription on front blank, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to verso of FEP, small piece of paper pasted top edge presumably to cover up name? Dark blue cloth, gilt title and fishing rod to upper board, vg. Code F-C on verso of title page.
[16678] |
£65.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales Of Southern Rivers
1924.
1st English Edn,.
Hodder Stoughton.
IX 249 pages, many illus from photographs, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to front paste down, green cloth, gilt title to upper cover with photo insert of leaping fish to upper cover, light rubbing to head and tail of spine and lower corner. Code H.Y. and stated 1st edition to verso of title page. There is also another edition published in blue cloth under the same date but this is not the 1st UK edition.
[16982] |
£50.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales Of Swordfish And Tuna
1927.
1st English Edn,.
Hodder and Stoughton.
203 pages, 4to, 86 plates + drawings, big game angling bookplate Jack Reece to verso of FEP, code H-B to verso of title page, pictorial EP's, blue cloth with circular gilt vignette of fish to upper boards, light rubbing to edges and 2 surface marks to rear cover, vg-.
[16705] |
£75.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales Of Tahitian Waters
1931.
1st Edn,.
Hodder & Stoughton.
vi 303 pages, 4to, illus, first edition with the code I-F, frontis + 31 full page illus from photographs taken by Grey, pictorial end papaers, small bookplate of Luton Hoo to front paste down, some occasional spotting to prelims, publishers cloth with gilt title and yacht vignette to upper board, cloth clean with no defects. A vg copy of one of Grey's scarcest titles.
[21556] |
£160.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales of the Angler's Eldorado: New Zealand
1926.
1st English Edn,.
Hodder and Stoughton.
VIII 228 pages, illus with over 100 photographs taken by the author and drawings by Frank E Phares, small 4to.,, pictorial EPs, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to free blank FEP, Reece held the world record for a 6 gilled shark in the late 1980's, publishers blue cloth, gilt title and leaping marlin vignette to upper cover, a vg+ clean copy.
[16830] |
£240.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales of the Angler's Eldorado: New Zealand
1926.
1st English Edn,.
Hodder and Stoughton.
VIII + 228 pages, illus with over 100 photographs taken by the author and drawings by Frank E Phares, pictorial end papers, inscription to front blank, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to verso of FEP, Code letters G-A, blue cloth with gilt title and insert of leaping swordfish to upper covers, bright clean copy.
[16679] |
£90.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales of the Angler's Eldorado: New Zealand
1926.
1st English Edn,.
Hodder and Stoughton.
VIII + 228 pages, over 100 illus from photographs taken by the author and drawings by Frank E Pharse, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to verso of FEP, code to verso of title G-A. sml 4to, pictorial end papers, original blue cloth with gilt insert to upper board of leaping marlin, vg.
[16680] |
£65.00 |
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GRIFFITHS Roger |
An Essay To Prove That The Jurisdiction And Conservancy Of The River Thames etc Is Committed To The Lord mayor And City Of London Both In Point Of Right And Usage etc
1746.
1st Edn,.
Robert Brown.
XVI (iv) 296 pages, contemporary ink marginalia, recased in the original full calf binding, corner of boards rubbed, old spine relayed, new label, Griffiths a water bailiff includes "A brief description of those fish, with their seasons spawning times etc that are caught in the Thames or sold in London"
[18565] |
£620.00 |
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GRIMBLE A. |
Shooting And Salmon Fishing And Highland Sport
1902.
Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co.
xii 275 pages, 4to, 28 photogravure plates from paintings by Archibald Thorburn, browning to end paper, publishers 1/4 vellum binding over paper covered boards, some darkening to the boards, the vellum spine clean, it is often found soiled. A combinationation of 1892 title Shooting and Salmon Fishing and the 1894 Highland Sports.
[21470] |
£220.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
The Salmon and Sea Trout Rivers of England and Wales
1904.
1st Edn,.
2 Vols, xiv 280 225 pages, illus, folding map, 4to. Limited to 350 copies, armorial bookplate to front paste down, original 1/4 vellum back boards, paper labels, light rubbing to paper on board edges and corners, the vellum remains clean, a vg set.
[21115] |
£300.00 |
|
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
The Salmon and Sea Trout Rivers of England and Wales
1904.
1st Edn,.
Kegan Paul,Trench, Trubner & Co ltd.
2 Vols, xiv 280 225 pages, full page and text illustrations, folding map, 4to. Limited to 350 copies browning to end papers.contents, Original 1/4 vellum grey paper coverd boards. Printed paper title labels, label to volume 1 chipped with loss, Some chipping to paper on board edges and corners. some light soiling to upper cover of volume one.
[2026] |
£180.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
The Salmon Rivers Of England And Wales
1913.
2nd 1st One Volume Edn,.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co Ltd.
XVI 310 pages, 89 illus, folding map, dark green cloth, blind stamp angling scene to upper board, a vg copy.
[16312] |
£30.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
The Salmon Rivers Of England And Wales
1913.
2nd edition, revised and reset 1st 8vo. Edn,.
revised and reset 1st 8vo. Edn, xvi 310 pages, 89 illus and folding map, pages uncut, armorial bookplate of Haughton Ealdred Okeover of Okeover Hall to front paste down, presentation inscription to FEP to Okeover from the author Xmas 1915, to verso of FEP angling bookplate of David Pilleau. Bound in publishers 1/4 vellum, paper title labels, labels soiled with loss, blue paper covered boards, some odd marks.
[21124] |
£40.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
The Salmon Rivers Of Ireland
1913.
revised and reset 2nd Edn,.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd.
xvi 296 pages, 78 illus from photographs, 2 folding maps, original green cloth with gilt fishing vignette, also found in blue cloth with blind stamped vignette. The photos are very representative of the period.
[20515] |
£120.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
The Salmon Rivers Of Scotland
1899,1900,1900,1900.
1st Edn,.
Kegan Paul,Trench,Trubner & Co.
xxv 278, xiv 286, xvi 226, xiv 290 pages, 4to, full page and text illus from photographs, maps, also includes the loose prospectus for the book. A fine set recently bound in 1/2 dark blue morroco, gilt ruled and spine decorations. A detailed and comprehensive work giving details of the rivers, fords, bridges, extent of fisheries, number and names of pools, number of nets at the mouth, average takes to rod and net etc, size, pattern and dressing of flies, lures, bait fishing, poaching and prevention etc.,
[8948] |
£650.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
The Salmon Rivers Of Scotland
1899,1900,1900,1900.
1st Edn,.
Kegan Paul,Trench,Trubner & Co.
xxv 278, xiv 286, xvi 226, xiv 290 pages, 4to, full page and text illus from photographs, maps. A fine set recently bound in 1/2 dark red morroco, gilt ruled and spine decorations. A detailed and comprehensive work giving details of the rivers, fords, bridges, extent of fisheries, number and names of pools, number of nets at the mouth, average takes to rod and net etc, size, pattern and dressing of flies, lures, bait fishing, poaching and prevention etc.,
[14649] |
£650.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
The Salmon Rivers Of Scotland
1913.
3rd 1st 8vo Edn,.
Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co ltd.
xv 309 pages, (2) pp adverts, full page illustrations from photographs 3 maps 1 folding, Publishers green cloth, gilt fishing scene to upper cover. A very good clean copy.
[7424] |
£50.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
The Salmon Rivers Of Scotland
1913.
3rd edition, 1st 8vo Edn,.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd.
xv 309 pages, (2) pp adverts, full page illustrations from photographs 3 maps 1 folding, ownership name to front end paper. Publishers green cloth, gilt fishing scene to upper cover. A very good clean copy.
[4102] |
£50.00 |
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GRISWOLD Frank Gray |
Salmo Salar
1929.
1st Edn,.
Privately printed, Plumpton Press.
Massachusetts.
28 pages, full red morroco, gilt title and vignette to upper board, signed on title page by Griswold. An essay on Canadian salmon and the season of 1928. A vg copy of a scarce title.
[13496] |
£150.00 |
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GUTTFIELD Frank |
The Big Fish Scene, Experts Reports On Locating And Catching Specimens
1978.
1st Edn,.
Ernest Benn Ltd.
Tonbridge.
198 pages, illus, vg in dj evenly faded on spine
[15055] |
£45.00 |
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GUTTFIELD Frank |
The Big Fish Scene, Experts Reports On Locating And Catching Specimens
1978.
1st Edn,.
Ernest Benn Ltd.
Tonbridge.
198 pages, illus, a fine copy of the first edition in dj.
[19291] |
£60.00 |
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GWYNN S., BEDDINTON Roy |
River to River A Fisherman's Pilgrimage
1937.
1st Edn,.
Country Life.
210 pages, 4to, Illustrated by Roy Beddington with 12 tipped-in colour plates and 16 in black and white. Limited to 250 copies signed and numbered by Gwynn and Beddington Publishers green cloth with gilt title to the upper cover. A fine copy in price clipped dj, some foxing to the dj. . Chapters include: The Thames; Rivers of the Welsh Marches; Rivers of Hampshire; Rivers of Devon; Rivers of the Dales; Rivers of the Border; The Cork Blackwater; Galway and Connemara; Rivers of Scotland; The Dee and the Don; The Spey.
[1562] |
£100.00 |
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