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VENABLES Bernard |
A Fisherman's Testament
1949.
1st Edn,.
A C Black.
120 pages, 4to, 35 drawings by the author, original brown cloth with blind stamped fish vignette to the upper board. A very good in price clipped dj. Venables reminiscences of fish and fishing in British waters.
[22578] |
£45.00 |
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VENABLES Bernard |
A Fisherman's Testament
1949.
1st Edn,.
A C Black.
120 pages, 4to, 35 drawings by the author, original brown cloth with blind stamped fish vignette to the upper board. A very good in price clipped dj, a few small chips to top rear edge.. Venables reminiscences of fish and fishing in British waters.
[22579] |
£45.00 |
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VENABLES Bernard |
A Fisherman's Testament
1997.
1st thus Edn,.
Medlar Press.
Ellesmere.
120 pages, illus by the author with 35 black and white drawings, 1/4 leather binding with title and vignette illus to upper board as new in slipcase. This is number 42 of a limited edition of 990 copies of which the first 90 are all signed and bound in 1/4 leather. The book was published to celebrate Venables 90th birthday.
[16141] |
£85.00 |
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VENABLES Bernard |
A Fisherman's Testement
1949.
1st Edn,.
A and C Black.
120 pages, 4to, 35 drawings by the author, end papers browned, original cloth with blind stamped fish vignette to upper board, 2 1/2" closed tears to top edge of dj. Venables reminiscences of fish and fishing in British waters
[7674] |
£35.00 |
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VENABLES Bernard |
Fishing For Perch With Mr Cherry And Jim And Tim
1962.
1st Edn,.
Angling Times Ltd.
Peterborough.
32 pages, oblong 8vo, illus with drawings, pictorial colour card covers, vg.
[17058] |
£30.00 |
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VENABLES Bernard |
The Gentle Art Of Angling
1955.
1st Edn,.
Max Reinhart.
186 pages, illus by the author, vg in dj.
[3316] |
£60.00 |
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Venables Bernard Percival |
GUIDE TO ANGLING WATERS
1954.
1st Edn,.
The Daily Mirror Newspapers Ltd..
104 pages, Colour and b/w illustrations by the author and full-page coloured maps taken from the Ordnance Survey. Publishers green laminated boards with decorative title in black on a white background to the upper board. A very good copy in likewise DJ the dj has no splits, 1 small chip to bottom of spine and 1 corner. A difficult title to find in a DJ and more so in this condition. The first half of the book consists of essays by Venables on the various districts of the region. The twenty-five pages of maps are followed by a detailed key to the venues indicated, with information on trains and buses, ownership and permits.
[22580] |
£85.00 |
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VENABLES Col Robert |
The Experienced Angler
1827.
reprint of the 1662 Edn,.
T.Gosden.
XIII + introduction IV + 61 pages, sml 8vo., the first section is a memoir of Robert Venables, followed by The Experienced Angler or Angling Improved, illus of fish on India paper throughout the text, bound in contemporary 1/2 leather 7 1/2" x 5", top edge gilt, pages uncut, large paper edition.
[3133] |
£100.00 |
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VENABLES Col Robert |
The Experienced Angler Or Angling Improved Being A General Discourse Of Angling Imparting The Aptest Ways And Choicest Experiments For The Taking Of Most Sorts Of Fish In Pond Or River
1683.
5th much enlarged Edn,.
B. Tooke and Thos Sawbridge.
(14) 96 pages, 6pp table, 12mo, engraved frontis, 10 copper engravings of fish in text, minor cropping to top edge just touching running title in places. Recent full panelled old-style calf, a vg copy. The last edition in Venables lifetime, Venables was a professional soldier in the parliamentary army, who spent his leisure time angling. W.S 214
[15405] |
£1250.00 |
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VENABLES Col Robert |
The Experienced Angler Or Angling Improved, Imparting Many Of The Aptest Ways And Choice Experiments For The Taking Most Sorts Of Fish In Pond Or River
1825.
rep Edn,.
Septimus Prowett and Thomas Gosden.
XXIII IV 61 pages, frontis after the memoir of Venables, 18 engravings on India paper within the text, 17 being of fish, uncut pages, original paper covered boards, recent matching paper spine, bookplate of Robert Fisher Tomes to front paste down. Tomes was a Victorian naturalist and author. The engravings are particularly finely executed.
[15583] |
£85.00 |
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VENABLES Col Robert |
The Experienced Angler Or Angling Improved, Imparting Many Of The Aptest Ways And Choice Experiments For The Taking Most Sorts Of Fish In Pond Or River
1825.
rep Edn,.
Septimus Prowett and Thomas Gosden.
XXIII IV 61 pages, frontis after the memoir of Venables, 18 engravings on India paper within the text, 17 being of fish, bound in 1/2 calf spine in 5 compartments, 2 with gilt swimming fish, 2 within reeds, decorative Walton initial to base of spine, lacking label, light rubbing to edge. Gosden binding.
[17053] |
£100.00 |
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VENABLES Col Robert |
The Experienced Angler Or Angling Improved, Imparting Many Of The Aptest Ways And Choice Experiments For The Taking Most Sorts Of Fish In Pond Or River
1825.
rep Edn,.
Septimus Prowett and Thomas Gosden.
XXIII IV 61 pages, frontis after the memoir of Venables, 18 engravings on India paper within the text, 17 being of fish, AEG, full contemporary calf in the style of Gosden, gilt fishing basket motifs, fish and floral tooling to spine, later black label, all edges gilt, light rubbing to edges, light spotting to contents. The engravings are particularly finely executed.
[12712] |
£165.00 |
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VERNON Steven K. |
Antique Fishing Reels, Your Illustrated Guide To Identifying U.S. Patented Models Through 1920
1995.
1st Edn,.
Stackpole.
Harrisburg.
192 pages, large 8vo., b/w illus from photographs and drawings, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to FEP, fine in dj.
[16909] |
£20.00 |
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VESEY FITZGERALD Brian, LAMONTIE Francesca |
Game Fish Of The World
1949.
1st Edn,.
Nicholson and Watson.
XVII 446 pages, 4to., 60 colour plates by A. Fraser Brunner, inscription on verso front end paper, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to 1/2 title, blue cloth, vg in dj. Contributions from the great anglers of the time including Kip Farrington, Ernest Hemingway, Major K Dawson, N.K.Robertson
[16719] |
£28.00 |
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VINE Mac |
Sixty-Three Years Angling From The Mountain Streamlet To The Mighty Tay
1891.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green.
x 263 pages, advert leaf, contents clean, angling bookplate of John McKinley to front paste down, publisher's red cloth, gilt title to upper board, graze mark to front board. Includes Tweed, Tay, Dee, Don, Loch Lomond etc.,
[21252] |
£35.00 |
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