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JACKSON John |
The Practical Fly Fisher
1899.
4th Edn,.
Gibbings and company.
72 pages, advs, 10 hand coloured plates representing 120 natural and artificial flies, ownership inscription to FEP J.P.Reay, Westwood, Leeds. On rear blank 4 ink drawings of flies to gut well drawn, a vg copy in original green cloth, gilt decoration to upper boards. This edition has a 15 page addendum by John E Miller, Miller states that the 2nd and 3rd editions had a serious fault in the colouring of the flies which he pointed out to the publishers, the result being this edition has a facsimile reproduction of the 1st edition, an important work on the north country fly.
[18169] |
£200.00 |
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JACKSON John |
The Practical Fly Fisher
1899.
4th Edn,.
Gibbings and company.
72 pages, advs, 10 hand coloured representing 120 natural and artificial flies, a vg+ copy in original green cloth, gilt decoration to upper boards. This edition has a 15 page addendum by John E Miller, Miller states that the 2nd and 3rd editions had a serious fault in the colouring of the flies which he pointed out to the publishers, the result being this edition has a facsimile reproduction of the 1st edition, an important work on the north country fly.
[8078] |
£180.00 |
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JACKSON John |
The Practical Fly Fisher More Particularly For Grayling On Umber
1854.
1st Edn,.
Charles Farlow.
58 pages, 2 pages subscribers lists, 10 full page hand coloured plates representing 64 flies + text illus, light spotting to title page and dedication page. A very good copy in the original dark blue blind stamped cloth with gilt title to upper board. A classic work on the making of flies, an indispensable handbook of generations of north country flytyers until well into the 20th century. Jackson was born and lived along the river Yore, a well known grayling river. the first edition is particularly scarce. WS 122.
[14760] |
£465.00 |
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JACKSON John |
The Practical Fly Fisher More Particularly For Grayling On Umber
1854.
Charles Farlow.
58 pages, 2 pages subscribers list, 10 full page hand-coloured plates representing 64 flies + text illus, light spotting to title page and browning in part to the inner margin of the dedication page. A very good copy in the original dark blue blind stamped cloth with gilt title to upper board som discoloration in places to the cloth. A classic work on the making of flies, an indispensable handbook of generations of north country flytyers until well into the 20th century. Jackson was born and lived along the river Yore, a well-known grayling river. the first edition is particularly scarce. WS 122.
[22650] |
£385.00 |
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JACKSON John |
The Practical Fly-Fisher More Particularly for Grayling or Umber
1862.
2nd Edn,.
57 pages, subscriber's list, 10 uncoloured engraved plates, original dark blue blind stamped cloth rubbing to head and tail of spine, neat ownership stamp to title page margin, The 1st edition was published in 1854 by Charles Farlow, the 2nd also published by Farlow contains a different title page, noted on the title page 'price, with coloured plates 7s,6d, plain .......5s'. A difficult title to find in the early edition, an important title on north country flies.
[11464] |
£250.00 |
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JACKSON John |
The Practical Fly-Fisher More Particularly for Grayling or Umber
1880.
3rd Edn,.
57 pages, subscriber's list, 10 full page plates depicting 64 hand coloured examples of flies, inner hinge paper cracked, o/w a very clean bright copy with gilt title to upper covers.
[2083] |
£340.00 |
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JACKSON John |
The Practical Fly-Fisher More Particularly for Grayling or Umber
1880.
3rd Edn,.
John Slark.
Leeds.
57 pages, 10 full page plates depicting 64 hand coloured examples of flies, contents clean and fresh, pencil name TETLEY on front fly leaf. Teley of Ligram Bridge appears in the subscribers list, publishers green cloth, gilt title to upper board, old mark lower inner corner and top edge inner corner possibly ink but barely noticeable. "Jackson and Theakston works were the indispensable handbook of generations of North country flytyers" (Magee fly fishing north country traditions) Westwood 123
[16058] |
£320.00 |
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JACKSON John |
The Practical Fly-Fisher More Particularly for Grayling or Umber
1880.
3rd Edn,.
John Slark.
Leeds.
57 pages, 10 full page plates depicting 64 hand coloured examples of flies, light spotting to title and last page, Re-cased in the publishers green cloth with gilt title to upper boards, vg. "Jackson and Theakston works were the indispensable handbook of generations of North country flytyers" (Magee fly fishing north country traditions) Westwood 123
[12652] |
£340.00 |
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Jenkins Keith, Editor. |
THE HORTON CHRONICLES. THE BANNED EDITION.
2011.
1st thusd.
Freebird Publishing.
Crawley, West Sussex..
xx,459 pages, 4to illustrated with colour photographs throughout, end-paper map. Laminated boards simulating a battered old leather binding. A fine copy .The "Banned Edition", consists of xx + 459 pages, as against xviii + 379 of the first edition. "So, 'why is it called 'The Banned Edition'?', I hear you ask. Well, Chilly, Reg and I moved onto Wraysbury in 1997 and one weekend we arranged to meet Dave there, for Reg's birthday I seem to recall. Anyway, boats were not allowed at the time, but that rule seemed to have passed us by. The short story is, we got caught and got banned".
[23839] |
£60.00 |
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Jenkins Keith, Editor. |
THE SAVAY CHRONICLES..
2013.
Freebird Publishing..
Crawley, West Sussex..
464 pages, 4to illustrated in colour and b/w photographs throughout, with map enclosed inside front cover. laminated boards simulating an old binding. Small loss to front edge of the rear end paper where glue from binding caused the fault, otherwise a fine copy
[23843] |
£45.00 |
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Jenkins Keith, Editor. |
THE WRAYSBURY CHRONICLES
2011.
1st.
Freebird Publishing.
Crawley West Sussex.
479 pages, 4to illustrated with colour photographs throughout, with a folding-coloured map in wallet at front. Laminated boards simulating an old binding. A fine copy, an insight into the place the people and stories. English carp in there purest form. 70
[23831] |
£70.00 |
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JENKS Paul Tight Lines |
With Rod & Line In And Around Gloucestershire How, When And Where To Fish
1937.
1st Edn,.
The British Publishing Co.
Gloucester.
48 pages, illus with drawings by J.Camm, pictorial card covers. A vg clean copy, quite scarce.
[17110] |
£25.00 |
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JESSE Edward |
An Angler Rambles
1836.
1st Edn,.
John Von Voorst.
318 pages, top edge gilt engraved frontis and vignette to the title page, foxing to blank end papers and the frontis, ownership label to the front paste down. Finely bound in later 1/2 dark green morroco, spine with central fishing vignette within ornate gilt border to compartments. In a later cloth slipcase, vg. Includes section on the Test, Perch, Pike, Chub, trolling in Staffordshire etc.
[23849] |
£95.00 |
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JOHNSON A.E.B. |
Gravel Pit Coarse Fishing
1964.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins.
96 pages, 12mo., text illus, vg+ in likewise dj, published in the "how to catch them series"
[16081] |
£60.00 |
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JOHNSON A.E.B. |
Gravel Pit Coarse Fishing
1964.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins.
96 pages, 12mo., text illus, vg in dj, dj strengthened to verso of corners and head and tail of spine.
[16737] |
£25.00 |
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JOHNSON Eldridge John |
Tarpomania The Madness Of Fishing
1908.
1st Edn,.
Frederick William Stack.
New York.
27 pages, TEG, 4 plates from photos, water silk end papers, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to front paste down. Reece held the world record for a 6 gilled shark in the late 1980's, bound in full olive green morroco with gilt leaping tarpon to upper board, inner gilt tooling to boards, spine in 6 compartments, spine fading to brown as usual.
[16694] |
£1350.00 |
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JOHNSON Stephen |
Fishing From Afar
2004.
1st thus Edn,.
Flyfishing Classic Library.
Moretonhampstead.
xvi 154 pages, adv, TEG, b/w and colour illus from photographs, full bonded leather binding in slipcase, limited to 150 numbered copies. A fine copy, new introduction by Tom Fort and forward by Bill Johnson and some new adverts have been added. Johnson was shot down in 1942 spending the rest of the war in a POW camp, where he wrote this book of reminiscence and instruction on salmon trout and sea trout fishing.
[19192] |
£45.00 |
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Johnson, T.B. |
The Sportsman's Cyclopaedia; Comprising A Complete Elucidation of the Science and Practice of Hunting, Shooting, Coursing, Racing, Fishing, Hawking, Cockfighting, and other Sports and Pastimes of Great Britain Embellished with a profusion of highly finished engravings, after Landseer, Ward, Cooper, Hancock, and other eminent artists.
1848.
revised.
Henry H Bohn.
2 volumes . vi, 940, 5 pp. 57 woodcut and steel engraved full-page plates. Bound in a contemporary ? green calf red title labels. Schwerdt only list the 1831 one volume 1st edition (vol 1 271pp) as does Chute, 351, as Swift 305-01 but notes this edition, Westward Satchel 124, list the 1831 edition with footnote (A few copies re-issued with new title-page and additional illustrations by Mr Bohn in 1848.)
[23501] |
£220.00 |
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Journal |
Fly Fishers Journal 1933-34
nd Circa 1935.
44 pages of hand written dated description of days fishing interspersed with hand drawn maps, photographs, cut outs of flies, fish etc. Approx. size 20 cm x 15cm, 8" x 6", bound in black 1/2 leather. A wife's detailed account of fishing excursions beginning April 30th in Derbyshire fishing at Ashford + Twyford Bridge, Makins Bridge etc, the rivers Maun Medon etc approx 28 pages. September fishing at Ullaapoll Sutherland, Lazonby, starting again in May 1934 back in Derbyshire at the same spots, August fishing Breconshire etc. the diary details weather and river conditions, flies, the fish etc. includes a loose school report from Cavendish School, Matlock for 1907 for Arthur Guy Wall + a loose photo presumably of Wall in uniform. A well put together diary of fishing in England before the war.
[21243] |
£260.00 |
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J.S. (JOHN SMITH) |
The Complete Fisher The True Art Of Angling etc Revised and corrected by W.Wright and other experienced anglers
Circa 1750.
J.Hazard and J.Wright.
London.
First published in 1696 this copy being the 11th edition neither ESTC or Westwood give a firm date for this edition. A rare work in any edition not listed in the Simpson angling library Westwood notes "This minute work by an anonymous writer forms one of the marked features of most angling book collections partly from its merits as a manual, but far more from its rarity only a few copies of the earlier issues having escaped the wear and tear of time" Westwood 181-184 ESTC- R32045 24 mo 11.5 cm x 5cm (iv)- 164 pages wood engraved frontis 8 wood crude wood cuts of fish within text. Loss to top corner of frontis affecting image some loss to lower blank margin slight chipping to lower bottom edge and corner of title page .. Some edge rubbing to corners of text not touching text. Ownership name "John Cotrell" to title page and verso of frontis dated 1773.Tightly bound and recased with new end papers, original boards and part of spine retained.
[20807] |
£620.00 |
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