 |
WADE Henry |
Halcyon, or Rod Fishing With Fly Minnow And Worm To Which Is Added A Short And Easy Method Of Dressing Flies With A Description Of Materials Used
1861.
1st Edn,.
Bell and Darby.
XVI 212 pages, 8 being hand coloured of flies and equipment, spotting to half title and title page, light spotting to first two plates, publishers green cloth, light rubbing to head of spine, vg-. " The author a skillful fly dresser and angler has but one hand" Westwood Satchell 216.
[11012] |
£280.00 |
|
 |
WADE Henry |
Rod Fishing In Clear Waters By Fly Minnow And Worm With A Short And Easy Method Of Dressing Flies
nd circa 1860.
Dell and Dolby.
XVI 212 pages, 12 hand coloured plates of flies, tackle and fish, 2 of the fish plates have slight chipping to very outer edge of margin, recased in the original green cloth with gilt and fairy fly to upper board, vg-.
[3381] |
£185.00 |
|
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WALBRAN F.M. |
Grayling And How To Catch Them And Recollections Of A Sportsman
1895.
1st Edn,.
The Angler''s Co.,.
Scarborough.
XII 142 pages, text illus, contemporary inscription to upper margin of title page, neatly tipped in onto front paste down early newspaper cutting relating to grayling fishing, similar loose page from Country Life to rear end paper, the original publishers green cloth, printed in black title within decorative borders to upper board, spine professionally restored. A vg+ copy of a scarce title.
[13990] |
£120.00 |
|
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WALBRAN F.M. |
Grayling And How To Catch Them And Recollections Of A Sportsman
1895.
1st Edn,.
The Angler''s Co.,.
Scarborough.
XII 142 pages, text illus, publishers green cloth, printed in black title within decorative borders to upper board. A vg+ copy of a scarce title. Walbran is looked upon as the greatest grayling angler.
[15811] |
£135.00 |
|
 |
WALBRAN F.M. |
Grayling And How To Catch Them And Recollections Of A Sportsman
1895.
1st Edn,.
The Angler''s Co.,.
Scarborough.
XII 142 pages, text illus, front hinge paper cracked but a tight copy, publishers green cloth, gilt title to upper cover, head and tail of spine rubbed, cloth a little dull. Walbran is looked upon as the greatest grayling angler.
[19958] |
£55.00 |
|
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WALBRAN F.M. |
Grayling And How To Catch Them And Recollections Of A Sportsman
1895.
1st Edn,.
The Angler''s Co.,.
Scarborough.
xii 142 pages, text illus, recent end paper, publishers green cloth, printed in black title within decorative borders to upper board. A vg+ copy of a scarce title. Walbran is looked upon as the greatest grayling angler.
[20042] |
£120.00 |
|
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WALKER Charles Edward |
Old Flies In New Dresses, How To Dress Dry Flies With The Wings In The Natural Position And Some New Wet Flies
1898.
1st Edn,.
Lawrence and Bullen Ltd.
x 116 pages, 3 full page plates of flies, some foxing to plates, text illus, bookplate of the Manchester Anglers Assoc, to front paste down. Publishers green cloth gilt vignette to upper board.
[5461] |
£60.00 |
|
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WALKER Richard |
Fly Dressing Innovations
1974.
1st Edn,.
Tonbridge.
111 pages, illus 5 in colour, pictorial laminated board, vg.
[7393] |
£22.00 |
|
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WALKER Richard |
How Fish Feed
nd 1959.
1st Edn,.
Angling Times Publication.
Peterborough.
48 pages, illus, some spotting to end papers, pictorial card cover, a vg copy.
[20239] |
£22.00 |
|
 |
WALKER Richard |
Walkers Pitch
1959.
1st Edn,.
George Allen and Unwin.
146 pages, advs leaf, illus, original cover, title in silver, vg+ in original dj, dj has light rubbing to head and tail of spine, no splits or loss.
[20693] |
£120.00 |
|
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WALKER Richard |
Walkers Pitch
2003.
The Little Egret Press,.
St. Germans, Cornwall..
184 pages, advert leaf, illustrated in b/w from photographs, and drawings by Tom O'Reilly. Publishers' black cloth with title and vignette in silver to the upper cover, a fine copy in dust-wrapper. A new edition with a new foreword by Fred Buller and further notes by Pat Marston Walker with drawings by. A new edition, with a new foreword Fred Buller and further notes by Pat Marston Walker, and drawings by Tom O'Reilly limited to 980 copies, numbered, and signed by the illustrator and publisher, Tom O'Reilly. A selection of Walker's best articles from "Angling Times" in the 1950s.
[22674] |
£50.00 |
|
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WALKER Richard |
Walkers Pitch
2003.
new.
The Little Egret Press.
St Germans.
xiv-186 pages, Illustrated and designed by Tom O'Reilly, a LIMITED edition, of 35 copies bound in full black leather with gilt title and reed vignette to the upper cover, all edges gilt signed by the illustrator Tom O'Reilly and Fred Buller who wrote the forward, this being number 20. In publishers' green cloth slipcase, a fine copy. ?120
[23628] |
£120.00 |
|
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WALKER Richard, INGHAM Maurice |
Drop Me A Line Being Letters Exchanged On Trout And Coarse Fishing
1953.
1st Edn,.
Douglas Saunders.
xii 295 pages, illus with photographs and drawings by the authors, ownership blind stamp to front end paper, publishers ice blue cloth binding, title in yellow, dj chipping to head and tail of spine, chip to centre front edge of spine, o/w vg. A classic carp fishing title, letters exchanged by Richard Walker and Maurice Ingham mostly on carp fishing also references to the Carp catchers Club.
[21742] |
£135.00 |
|
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Walton, Izaac |
The Complete Angler, Waltons Lives
1825/1827.
1st OPickering.
William Pickering.
xvi 314 (i) + xix 442 pages, 2 volumes all edges gilt engraved frontis and title page, with woodcuts of fishes in the text and page of music, to the angler. Engraved frontis to the lives, both titles bound in matching contemporary dark brown leather. A very good matching set of the first Pickering edition of Walton's two classic; published as part of Pickering's Diamond Classic series printed in diamond type. Coigney 30, 388pp(lives) Keynes 94
[22670] |
£265.00 |
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WALTON Izaac |
Songs from the Compleat Angler
1929.
1st thus Edn,.
The De La Mare Press.
20 pages, illus with b/w drawings by Miss A G Holman, pict card cover, vg.
[21419] |
£20.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaac |
Songs from the Compleat Angler
1929.
1st thus Edn,.
The De La Mare Press.
20 pages, illus with b/w drawings by Miss A G Holman, bound in the original paper covered boards still retaining the glassine dj, vg+. There was also a limp paper covered edition. Coigney 301
[21420] |
£35.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1760.
1st Hawkins Edn,.
Thomas Hope.
lvi + xxii + 303 + xlviii + iv + 128 pages, + index, full page and text engravings, lacking FEP. Recased using the original full calf binding with later matching spine. A clean tight copy. Hawkins reproduced the two parts of the 1676 edition ignoring most of Moses Brownes changes, he disagreed with Brownes editing. Coigney 9
[19854] |
£380.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1760.
9th edition 1st Hawkins Edn,.
Thomas Hope.
ivi 303+ 128 pages, + index, full page text illus, ownership inscription in ink for "Tho Bowles 1765"to FEP, contemporary ink marks to margin on title and a few pages, bound in the original full calf with gilt decorated spine, cracking to joints and spine edges, front board holding on ties, in the original state. Coigney 9
[13143] |
£240.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1760.
1st Hawkins Edn,.
Thomas Hope.
lvi + xxii + 303 + xlviii + iv + ii + 128 pages, + index, full page and text engravings, contemporary ownership name to top margin of title page "John Harris", armorial bookplate of Edward Harris to front paste down. Original full calf binding 4cm split to lower front edge of spine also loss to base of spine, small chip to leather top edge of front board, lacking part of the label. Generally a clean tight copy in the original state. Hawkins reproduced the two parts of the 1676 edition ignoring most of Moses Brownes changes, he disagreed with Brownes editing. Coigney 9
[18314] |
£320.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1775.
3rd Hawkins Edn,.
John and Francis Rivington.
ixxviii 303 + iviii 128 - (8) pages, Engraved frontis and title page to each part 14 full page plates including 2 of music, + text engravings. Original full tan calf, red title label, light rubbing to head of spine. Coigney 12.
[20913] |
£200.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1784.
4th Hawkins Edn,.
John Hawkins.
ixxxii 267, xxiv + 111 + 10pp, index pages, 2 vols in 1, 2 frontis + 14 plates to include 2 plates of music and 2 of tackle + numerous text engravings, advert leaf, an uncut unpressed copy bound in recent 1/2 plain brown calf, paper covered boards. Coigney gives a size of 7 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches, this copy 7 11/16 x 5 3/4 inches. Coigney 13
[19968] |
£220.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1808.
1st Bagster Edn,.
Mercier and Chervet.
vi 512 pages, TEG, advert leaf, pages uncut and partly unopened, engraved frontis of Walton, Cotton and Hawkins, full page engraved plates 2 of music, 3 of tackle 17 text illus of fish, opposite each illus is a full page proof of Audients, engravings of the fish all hand coloured. Finely bound in a later half burgundy morroco, ornate decorated spine compartments within gilt ruled borders. Coigney 18 Copy C but different size to Coigney 8 1/4 x 5 1/16, this being 8 3/4 x 5 1/2.
[21021] |
£460.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1808.
1st Bagster Marcier co quarto Edn,.
Samuel Bagster.
x 516 pages, TEG, frontis illus + plate of portraits of the five Walton biographies + 12 plates + 2 plates of music and 3 plates of tackle and flies, text engravings of fish to contents. This copy has been interleaved with an extra 70 plates added includes portraits, also plates by Howlett, Barlow, plates and music from an earlier edition of the complete angler occasionally 2 to 3 per page, some browning to frontis, and the first few pages, small chips to lower corner margin of 1/2 title, bound in Circa 1870, 1/2 green morroco with raised bands and gilt ruled frames to the spine compartments, spine evenly faded. Collation as Coigney 19 copy A but pages trimmed, the 3 Coigney copies are untrimmed hence size 8 1/4" x 10 5/8". Westwood notes this edition as very rare because a great part of Bagster's stock had been lost in a warehouse fire. In this quarto edition the typeset is different with more words per line and fewer lines per page than the octavo edition proving that this is a different edition and not merely a larger paper edition. Coigney 19 Horne 18
[19959] |
£950.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1810.
Bagster so called facsimile Edn,.
S Bagster.
(iv) (xvi) 246 pages + advert leaf on books published by Samuel Bagster, top edge gilt, edges uncut, title page engraved portrait of Walton, facsimile of the title page of the 1653 edition, 6 silver engravings of fish in the text on heavier paper, 2 plates of music, the 2nd bound upside down, extra illustrations with 17 finely hand coloured plates of fish. Horne notes that the engravings are identical with the 17 by Philip Audinet that are in the Bagster 1808 1st edition. He also mentions the portrait of Walton inserted in some copies was not made for this edition. Coigney 20 does not list a copy with 17 plates or a portrait. Bound in 1/2 tan calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. A vg complete copy of the first attempt at an exact reprint of the 1653 1st Horne 20, Coigney 20.
[20243] |
£600.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1823.
1st Major Edn,.
John Major.
LX 411 pages, TEG, frontis portrait of Walton to part 1, portrait of Cotton to part 2, 12 full page copper engraved plates includes 2 plates of music, text woodcuts, amorial bookplate of Robert Chambers Priestley to front paste down, retirement presentation palte to FEP, pencil note relating to the presentation dated 1954, later not recent fine brown straight grained morroco by Sotheran. A tight clean copy of the first Major edition. Coigney 23.
[18833] |
£220.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1824.
1st Tegg Edn,.
Thomas Tegg.
2 Vols bound in 1, VI 267 + 284 pages, portrait frontis to each volume, foxing to frontis and title page and prelims, woodcut vignette to title page, bound in near contemporary green watered silk binding, some heavy spotting to 1st few pages o/w vg.
[9854] |
£120.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1825.
1st Pickering Edn,.
1 Vols, XVI 314 pages, 12mo, 3.5" x 2.75" AEG, engraved frontis and 1/2 title, woodcut text illus of fish, some dust soiling to contents, spotting to prelims, contemporary green full calf binding, bottom of spine small chip light surface rubbing to edges of spine, few scuff marks to boards, label missing. Coigney 30.
[17076] |
£80.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1826.
2nd Tegg Edn,.
Thomas Tegg.
Chiswick.
IXXIV 291, 264 pages, 2 volumes in 1, John McKinley bookplate to front paste down , inscription to inner blank, frontis illus of Walton and Cotton, brownig to the portrait of Cotton, woodcut illus to text, browning to portraits, bound in contemporary 1/2 red leather, gilt tooling to corners of spine compartments, light rubbing to edges.
[12837] |
£95.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1826.
Tegg 6th Edn,.
Chiswick.
IXXIV 291, 264 pages, 2 volumes in 1, small 8vo., frontis illus of Walton and Cotton, text illus, some browning to contents, recased in the original brown cloth, spine relayed, black and gilt label, as Coigney 33 but brown cloth.
[12102] |
£70.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1826.
2nd Tegg Edn,.
Chiswick.
2 Vols, IXXIV 291, 264 pages, frontis illus of Walton and Cotton, text illus, later full brown morroco, raised bands, vg Coigney 33
[11999] |
£75.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1833.
1st Rennie.
W & R Chambers.
Edinburgh.
VI 328 pages, decorative frontis portrait of Walton woodcut, illus to text, foxing to contents, original dark green cloth binding with title at head of spine with British Library above the title, small chip to head of spine, vg. This copy is bound without the list of illustrations published by the British Library before the frontis as Coigney 36 third copy without the list of illustrations before title but list at VI.
[15392] |
£40.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1835.
Third Major.
J Major.
lviii 416 pages, 15 full page engraved plates, 77 text woodcuts, old tyed mark to frontis of part 1, some occasional age browning to contents on page edges. A partially uncut copy, recased in the original plain green ribbed cloth, original spine relayed, new end papers. Coigney does not note any binding. Oliver notes a copy at Yale in a different style of binding. Coigney 43, Oliver 42
[21352] |
£120.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1837.
Tilt Edn,.
Charles Tilt, 86 Fleet Street, J.Menzies of Edinburgh and T.Wardle of Philadelphia.
2 Vols, xi 152 149 pages, 6pp adverts, 12mo, AEG, 1/2 title, wood engraved frontis to each volume. Yellow end papers, armorial bookplate of Edwin F Snow to front paste down of each volume, publishers brown blind stamped cloth with gilt spine with lavish display of fish and fishing tackle with title and author's name in a cartouche at head, small chip at head of volume 1, bound as Coigney 1st 2 volumes in green cloth this brown cloth edition not recorded by Coigney, Horne does record a copy, a vg+ copy published in Tilt's Miniature Classics. Coigney 48, Horne 47.
[21418] |
£450.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1844.
The 6th (titled 4th Major) Edn,.
D Bogue.
IX 418 pages, 12 full page steel engravings and text woodcut illus, some occasional spotting to contents, publishers brown cloth, gilt Walton cartouche to upper board within blind stamped border, blind stamp Walton cartouche to rear board within blind stamped border, spine with gilt illustrated title, showing gilt fly, a cluster of fish hanging from the lower frame, gilt rod and neck and basket to base of spine. this binding is not noted by Coigney it also differs from Coigney in that there are no adverts, some light rubbing to head and tail of spine with some fading to cloth, a vg copy of an unrecorded binding Coigney 56
[19048] |
£120.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1844.
The 6th (titled 4th Major) Edn,.
D Bogue.
IX 418 pages, 12 full page steel engravings and text woodcut illus, spotting to FEP, large paper copy bound in pale pink paper covered boards, printed paper label noting large paper, dust soiling to boards, boards showing wear to spine edges and corners, head and tail of spine chipped with loss as Coigney 62.
[10060] |
£120.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1851.
4th Mosses Brown.
Henry Kent Causton.
lxviii 418 pages, 12 engraved full page plates and 72 text woodcuts, some spotting and age browning to contents, publishers blue cloth with 2cm split to spine edge, light rubbing to corners and spine edges. As Coigney 67 light blue cloth but this copy is dark blue.
[21878] |
£95.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1864.
Bell and Dalby.
XVI 304 pages, AEG, frontis + text illus, full red morroco with gilt school crest to upper board, light rubbing to spine edges, Coigney 83
[11419] |
£55.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1869.
1st Murray Edn,.
106 pages, advs, limp blue cloth, Coigney 91.
[10389] |
£30.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1869.
1st Murray Edn,.
106 pages, advs, spotting to contents, limp blue cloth, Coigney 91.
[13981] |
£20.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1876.
1st Stock facsimile Edn,.
Elliot Stock.
X 246 pages, armorial bookplate to front paste down,m original brown paper covered boards, lightly rubbed to edges. This binding is not recorded by Coigney. Coigney 99.
[15515] |
£60.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1876.
1st stock facsimile Edn,.
Elliott Stock.
X 246 pages, bookplate to front paste down, inscription to inner blank, recased in the original brown paper cover binding, spine relayed, some loss to original spine, Coigney 99 does not note having this binding.
[9661] |
£40.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1877.
2nd Stock Edn,.
Elliot Stock.
X 246 pages, foxing to EP's, pages uncut, original 1/4 white parchment over blue paper covered boards, foxing to parchment front and end papers, head of spine pulled, Coigney No 2, Horne does not note this binding to the 2nd Stock Coigney 1877
[12500] |
£70.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1880.
3rd stock facsimile Edn,.
X 246 pages, text illus, full parchment binding, ruled and decorated in red, some marking to the parchment as often found. Coigney 110 5th copy.
[12185] |
£40.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1883.
The Nimmo and Bain Edn,.
J.C.B.Nimmo and Bain.
xv 445 pages, TEG, illustrations consist of 8 etchings with two impressions of each oone on India paper + 74 text woodcuts on India paper, publishers blue green cloth, gilt Walton cartouche to upper board, gilt title and 3 fish vignette to spine with date to bottom of spine, head and tail of spine chipped and pulled, lower front outer corner rubbed through cloth. Coigney 118 does not note this binding, nor Oliver 114, it corresponds to the 1/4 parchment which Coigney mentions Martsons supplement to Bibliotheca Piscatorial notes 8vo 31s 6d and crown 8vo 8s 6d, the parchment and this cloth edition are identical and size. Coigney notes a full calf bound copy by Tilt which he assumes is the expensive issue, whether this is so is open to question possibly this or the parchment copy is.
[18264] |
£120.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1883.
The Nimmo and Bain Edn,.
J.C.B.Nimmo and Bain.
xv 445 pages + (4)pp advs, TEG, illustrations consist of 8 etchings with two impressions of each on different paper + 74 text woodcuts on India paper, publishers blue green cloth, gilt Walton cartouche to upper board, gilt title and 3 fish vignette to the white parchment spine with date to bottom of spine, some mottling to the spine, lower front outer corner rubbed through cloth. Martsons supplement to Bibliotheca Piscatorial 8vo 31s 6d and crown 8vo 8s 6d. This book would therefore be the expensive issue, if the smaller edition existed it is probable that the plates did not have duplicates and that the woodcuts were on India paper.
[21272] |
£180.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1888.
Lea and Dove 1st Marston Edn, being the 100th edition of the Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man Recreation.
Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington.
2 Vols, xcvii A to T 118, Vol II 119 to 357 pages, Errata, top edge gilt the pages uncut, illustrated with 54 photogravures and about 100 woodcuts, 27 of the photographs are by P H Emerson. Limited to 250 copies in Royal Quarto edition deluxe, this being No 167 signed by R.B Marston, with illustrations on India. Bound in full green morroco with the Walton – Cotton cipher in gilt on the front covers. The "so-called 100th edition is a reissue of the first two parts of the fifth-edition of 1676, with the addition of a reprint of the 1883 edition of The Chronicle of the Complete Angler by Westwood and Satchell, and a list of Works referred to in The Compleat Angler after G.W. Bethune." this edition is particularly sought after for the fine Emerson photogravures. Ownership signature to inner blank of both volumes a few faint scratch marks to the upper cover of volume 1 . A very good clean set. Westwood & Satchell Supplement, p. 255; Coigney 139; Horne 136; Oliver 125;
[23099] |
£1200.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1889.
2nd Nimmo Edn,.
XV 445 + 16 pages, TEG, illus, 6 original etchings, 2 portraits and 54 wood engravings, bound at rear is John Jackson - The Practical Fly Fisher And More Particularly For Grayling Or Umber, a list of dressings for 62 flies, ten plates coloured by hand representing 120 flies natural and artificial, 1/2 green morroco, light rubbing to edges, vg. Coigney 141, Coigney also notes a copy in 1/2 green morroco, marbled boards, five bands to spine, as is this copy.
[15521] |
£120.00 |
|
 |
WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1893.
1st Edn, Tercentenary edition, Harting Edition.
Samuel Bagster.
2 Vols, xix 245 243 pages, TEG, small 4to., illustrations including etchings by Percy Thomas + drawings etc, limited to 350 numbered copies, bound in the original 1/4 velum binding over green cloth boards, gilt fish vignette to spines and flying heron in gilt to upper board, in the original cloth DJs, some offsetting to EPs from DJs. This edition is edited with notes from a naturalist's point of view J.E. Harting who was librarian of the Linnear Society. There are 45 illus these consist of 43 full page engravings on Japon paper, the plates engraved by Audinet Linnel, there are 12 engravings in the text after drawings by G.E.Lodge. A very clean bright fine set in the original DJs
[22943] |
£280.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1896.
9th Jesse Edn,.
George Bell and Sons.
XIX 496 pages, 32 pages advs, illus with woodcuts and 26 full page steel engravings, browning to 1/2 title, pebbled green cloth. Coigney 176.
[18158] |
£30.00 |
|
 |
WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1896.
5th Nimmo Edn,.
John C Nimmo.
XV 445 pages, 4pp adverts, TEG, frontis portrait of Walton + 7 other full page plates, numerous woodcuts within text, publishers brick red cloth, gilt title to upper board beneath gilt vignette of Walton's house, publishers cypher to lower corner as Coigney 178 copy 1. A vg copy, cloth and gilt clean and bright, no defects.
[15715] |
£120.00 |
|
 |
WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1896.
8th Jesse Edn,.
XIX 496 pages, advs, illus with woodcuts and 26 full page steel engravings, green cloth As Coigney 176 apart from Coigney last 12 pages of adverts.
[11352] |
£35.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1896.
8th Jesse Edn,.
George Bell and Sons.
XIX 496 pages, advs, illus with woodcuts and 26 full page steel engravings, green cloth As Coigney 176 apart from Coigney last 12 pages of adverts.
[14646] |
£35.00 |
|
 |
WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1897.
1st Le Galliene Edn,.
The Bodley Head.
IXXXIV 427 pages, 2 portraits illus by Edmund H New + advert leaf, spotting to EP, green cloth with title in black within borders to upper board as Coigney 182, 4th copy but a variant where the vignette of Cotton's fishing house is present on rear cover, a vg copy.
[8419] |
£85.00 |
|
 |
WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1897.
2nd Le Gallienne Facsimile.
Elliot Stock.
Facsimile X 246 pages, text engravings, bound in publishers green cloth, title in brown with "the breakfast" reproduced on the front cover, some light dust soiling to the cloth. Coigney 180, notes no other bibliography has recorded this edition
[19793] |
£60.00 |
|
 |
WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1900.
The Oxford Thumb Miniature Edn,.
Henry Frowde.
Oxford University Press.
xix 587 pages, TEG, miniature approx 2 1/16 x 1 3/4 ", illus frontis of Walton, 2 plates of music, woodcuts of fish in text bound in dark maroon morroco , front board faded to brown with gilt title to centre of front cover and top of spine. Coigney does not record this binding, vg+. Coigney 203.
[21409] |
£200.00 |
|
 |
WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1902.
1st Dewar Edn,.
Winchester.
2 Vols, 1 XIV 169 + IX 232 pages, 4to, TEG, the de luxe edition on hand made paper, edited by George A.B.Dewar, illustrated by William Strane, D.Y.Cameron. The full page etchings are in 2 states, the second one on Japan paper, the smaller illus are on India paper bound in the original publishers stained dark brown vellum with gilt crest to upper boards, limited to 150 signed copies, this one is for presentation, no indication who to but neatly written in volume I on FEP Ian Strane, possibly one of William Strane's children, Strane had 4 sons and 1 daughter, Coigney 215, this is a vg+ copy of a sought after edition.
[12178] |
£1350.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1904.
2nd Le Gallienne Edn.
John Lane.
ixxix - 454 pages, 14vpage angler calendar compiled by Hi Regan, top edge gilt pages uncut, edited by Richard Le Gallienne, illustrated by Edmund H New, some offset from the frontis portrait to title page. Ownership presentation inscription from Eton school to inner blank. Bound by Riviere and Sons, in a 1/2 dark green morroco, the spine evenly faded to brown. The spine with gilt standing bull rushes and flying insects with swimming fish below, the title within decorative borders and a single raised band. A fine binding, bound without half title and adverts. Coigney 222 .
[23119] |
£145.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
nd 1905.
Routledge Dutton Edn,.
XV 445 pages, 8 etched plates + wood engravings to text, illus, vg in original cloth with gilt title and three fish in gilt to upper boards, Coigney 228
[10329] |
£45.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
nd Circa 1909.
1st Asprey Publication.
Asprey & Co Ltd.
(1 to 6) 9 ? 344, All edges gilt illustrations a facsimile of the title page of the 1st edition 17 woodcuts of 18 species of fish and a salmon fly in the text. In the appendix 3 pages ie natural flies' artificial flies and fly making. At the foot of page 335 imprint Printed By Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd at foot page 344 Printed By Cassell & Company Limited. Bound in a dark brown pebbled calf the boards with ornate gilt corner pieces within double ruled borders, the spine in 5 compartments with gilt title, 4 leaf centerpieces within decorative borders to remaining compartments. With inner gilt rolled tooling to the boards within double ruled borders. The head of the spine chipped light surface rubbing to spine edges. A A reprint of the 19th Cassell edition as Coigny 245. The Asprey edition NOT SEEN BY COIGNEY. Horne notes a copy examined at Virginia State Library in a different re backed binding lacking the original spine. Coigny visited Asprey's and no information 0n the book was available. Coigny 246 Horne 238
[23455] |
£520.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1911.
1st Thorpe Edn,.
Hodder Stoughton.
XV 166 pages, large 4to., illus by James Thorpe with 25 full page colour plates each with tissue guard with letter press and fish vignette is printed in green. A vg copy in the publishers cloth with gilt title and large vignette of an angler to upper board within gilt border, an attractively produced book. Coigney 250
[16094] |
£220.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1911.
1st Thorpe Edn,.
Hodder Stoughton.
XV 166 pages, large 4to., illus by James Thorpe with 25 full page colour plates each with tissue guard with letter press and fish vignette is printed in green, browning to end papers. A vg copy in the publishers cloth with gilt title and large vignette of an angler to upper board within gilt border, an attractively produced book.
[16874] |
£140.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1913.
1st Hankey Edn,.
T N Foulis.
Edinburgh.
232 pages, 6pp adverts, frontis by Jacob Hoysman, 12 tipped in colour plates by W.Lee Hankey and text drawings, evenly faded to green cloth, gilt title to upper board, vg. differs from Coigney' s 2 copies in that the top edge is gilt and EP's are grey.
[15549] |
£30.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1913.
1st Hankey Edn,.
T N Foulis.
Edinburgh.
232 pages, 6pp adverts, frontis by Jacob Hoysman, 12 tipped in colour plates by W.Lee Hankey and text drawings, green cloth, gilt title to upper board, vg. differs from Coigney' s 2 copies in that the top edge is gilt and EP's are grey.
[15165] |
£36.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1925.
6th Thorpe Edn,.
T N Foulis Ltd.
XVI 221 pages, portrait and 20 plates in colour by James Thorpe, original green cloth backed paper covered boards, a vg copy. Coigney 282, this edition is the first published by Foulis of the Thorpe illustrations
[4852] |
£40.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1925.
1st Navarre Society Edn,.
XV 445 pages, illus with 8 original etchings by Damman + woodcuts, original cloth with gilt Walton motif to upper boards, a vg bright copy in the original dj, Coigney 285 2nd copy, dj differs in colour, this one being pale blue and no adverts to rear flap.
[7771] |
£45.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1927.
1st Daglish Edn,.
367 pages, 4to., 16 full page wood engravings by E.Fitch Daglish, 1/4 2 tone cream cloth, vg. Coigney 295
[11018] |
£60.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1927.
1st Daglish Edn,.
Thornton Butterworth Limited.
367 pages, 4to., 16 full page wood engravings by E.Fitch Daglish, vg in the publishers 1/4 tone cloth, paper covered boards, rear board darkened on edge, vg in dj, unusual to find in dj. Coigney 295
[11484] |
£95.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
the Compleat Angler
1928.
1st Black Facsimile Edn,.
A & C Black Ltd.
246 pages, text illus, bound in brown sheepskin without slipcase, th1s is the so called 1st impression with the spelling mistake "churcheyard" on title page, when the error was noted the edition was withdrawn and the error corrected. Coigney 298, Horne 287, Oliver 266 all note this is the best of the facsimiles.
[12186] |
£120.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1928.
1st edition 2nd issue Edn,.
246 pages, text illus, bound in brown sheepskin, a vg copy in the original dj and publisher's slipcase, chipping to slipcase. Coigney 298, Horne 287, Oliver 266 all note this is the best of the facsimiles.
[16976] |
£65.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1928.
1st Black Facsimile Edn,.
246 pages, text illus, bound in brown sheepskin, a vg copy in the original dj and publisher's slipcase, chipping to slipcase. Coigney 298, Horne 287, Oliver 266 all note this is the best of the facsimiles.
[15537] |
£55.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1931.
2nd Rackham Edn,.
George C Harrap and Co Ltd.
223 pages, TEG, small 4to., 12 colour plates + drawings within the text, pictorial end papers by Arthur Rackham, grey cloth, gilt title and fish designs to upper cover, vg in dj. Press cutting pasted to verso of dj, not visble to front, 2 small chips to dj, head of spine and lower back edges a couple of small closed tears. The 1st Rackham edition was limited to 775 copies Coigney 313.
[17133] |
£220.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1931.
1st Rackham Edition,.
George Harrap and Co Ltd.,.
224 pages, small 4to., top edge gilt pages uncut handmade paper some pages remain unopened. 12 colour plates with captioned tissues, numerous black and white illustrations throughout, pictorial end papers by Arthur Rackham. The deluxe limited edition, number 110 of 775 copies signed by the artist. Publishers' full vellum binding, with gilt title to the upper board within ruled borders, gilt title, and fish vignette to spine. In the original card slipcase. A very good + copy with no foxing to the contents the vellum binding clean with no marks. Also includes the loose bookplate of Walter,De,La Mare. Coigney 312
[22267] |
£800.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1993.
quartercentenary Edn,.
Fly Fishers Classic Library.
367 pages, illus by E. Fitch Daglish, 1/4 bonded leather, fine in slipcase. Published to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary using the 1823 John Major text with Daglish 1927 wood engravings.
[13280] |
£30.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers
1905.
1st Cardoc.
155 pages Top edge gilt printed in red and black, illustrated with engraved portrait frontispiece facing a cartouche facsimile of the first edition title, a river scene, six small engravings of fish and two pages of music, the second printed upside down as called for. Presentation inscription to the front paste down. Elkin Mathews folded page bound at rear printed in red and black with their motif in red. Limited to an edition of 350 copies this copy un-numbered. Bound in ? dark red morroco Coigney 230
[22499] |
£135.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers
1905.
1st Cardoc.
155 pages Top edge gilt printed in red and black, illustrated with engraved portrait frontispiece facing a cartouche facsimile of the first edition title, a river scene, six small engravings of fish and two pages of music, the second printed upside down as called for. Number 113 of an edition of 350 copies. Finely bound in full green morroco by Bayntun of Bath gilt fish motifs to spine compartments. The spine light even fading and edges of the boards. Coigney 230 ?250
[22510] |
£250.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish Ponds Fish & Fishing
1902.
The Winchester Edition.
Freemantle & Company,.
2 volumes lxvii ? 169 + ix ? 232pp, Top edge gilt large 8vo illustrated with full page etchings by William Strang and D.Y. Cameron and numerous text illustrations. And a facsimile of the Last Will and Testament of Walton. Foxing throughout to the contents and the closed page edges. Bound in the publishers green cloth with gilt Waltons device to volume 1 and to volume 2 are the arms of Cotton in gilt the cloth clean and VG. Edited by George A.B. Dewar with an essay by Sir Edward Grey "The Text of this Edition is an exact reprint in spelling and punctuation of the Fifth (1676) Edition; the last published in Walton's lifetime. Coigney 215
[23808] |
£135.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler, The Lives Of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson
1929.
1st Nonesuch Edn,.
X 631 pages, text and full page illus by Thomas Boulter and Charles Sierist, and edited by Geoffrey Keynes, limited to 1600 copies, full tan morroco binding in slipcase. Coigney 303.
[9111] |
£170.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler, Waltons Lives
1825, 1827.
1st Pickering Edn,.
2 Vols, XVII 314, XIX 442 pages, 12mo, engraved frontis and 1/2 title to The Complete Angler and woodcut text illus, engraved frontis to The Lives. The Complete Angler is mostly an unopened copy, both volumes bound in publishers cloth with paper labels, The Lives showing slight chipping to top of spine, o/w a vg set. Coigney 30.
[8478] |
£120.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler, Waltons Lives
1825 1827.
1st Pickering Edn,.
2 Vols, XVII 314, XIX 442 pages, 12mo, engraved frontis and 1/2 title to The Complete Angler and woodcut text illus, engraved frontis to The Lives. The Complete Angler is mostly an unopened copy, both volumes bound in publisher's cloth with later paper labels. The Angler some chipping to top of spine of rear The Lives showing chipping to top of spine, edges o/w a vg set. Coigney 30. [ref: 8478 ]
[22210] |
£85.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Walton, The Lives Of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson
1929.
1st Nonsuch Edn,.
X 631 pages, illus by Thomas Boulter and Charles Sierist, limited to 1600 copies full published leather binding in slipcase, vg. Coigney 303
[14645] |
£170.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Complete Angler
1823.
1st major Edn.
John Major.
2 Vols in 1, xi 152, 149 pages, 12mo, engraved frontis to each volume, browning and spotting to title pages and frontis, also some browning to contents. Bound without 1/2 title or adverts in a contemporary full tan calf, gilt decorated spine, red title label, some darkening and light rubbing. The first edition with an American imprint. Coigney 48 Horne 47.
[21363] |
£220.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Complete Angler
1893.
1st Edn, Tercentenary edition, Harting Edn.
Samuel Bagster.
2 Vols, xix 245 243 pages, TEG, small 4to., illus including etchings by Percy Thomas + drawings etc, limited to 350 numbered copies, bound in the original 1/4 velum binding over green cloth boards, gilt fish vignette to spines and flying heron in gilt to upper board. This edition is edited with notes from a naturalist's point of view J.E.Harting who was librarian of the Linnear Society. There are 45 illus these consist of 43 full page engravings on Japon paper, the plates engraved by Audinet Linnel, there are 12 engravings in the text after drawings by G.E.Lodge. A vg clean copy.
[21360] |
£220.00 |
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Walton Izaak |
The Complete Angler
1893.
1st Edn, Tercentenary edition, Harting Edition.
Samuel Bagster.
xix 245 243 pages, Two volumes TEG, small 4to., illustrations including 45 illus these consist of 43 full page engravings on Japon paper, the plates engraved by Audinet Linnel, there are 12 engravings in the text after drawings by G.E.Lodge, limited to 350 numbered copies, this being number 71 bound in the original 1/4 velum binding over green cloth boards, gilt fish vignette to spines and flying heron in gilt to upper board. A partly unopened copy, a very clean bright set in the original green cloth DJs in a cloth covered slipcase. The slipcase UNRECORDED by Coigney, Oliver and Horne. The thick card slipcase is covered in the same green cloth as the DJs and the boards of the binding, the title in gilt and imprint is on the short edge rather than on spine backed edge, a few old marks to the cloth. This edition is edited with notes from a naturalist's point of view J.E.Harting who was librarian of the Linnean Society.. A very clean bright fine set in the original DJs and rare slipcase. ?420
[22274] |
£420.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Complete Angler + The Lives
1844, 1847.
D Bogue - Henry Washbourne printed at the Shakespeare Press.
2 volumes, 1x 418, xiv 453 pages, TEG, 12 full page plates + text illus to The Angler, 6 full page + text illus to The Lives. Bookplate of Herbert S Snarbey and tipped in signature dated 1847 to each volume. Bound in full tan calf, blind stamped clover leaf to spine edges, typical of an art and crafts binding, base of spine stamped 1874, stamped to rear board lower margin possibley binders initials 19L.K.02. A vg matching set, the Walton is the 6th (titled 4th) Major edition. Coigney 56
[20519] |
£240.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy The Perusal Of Most Anglers
1930.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
124 pages, TEG, small folio illus by Frank Adams with coloured frontis and nine coloured chapter headings, framed with piscatorial pen and ink drawings + 4 pen ink chapter headings and ten tail pieces, limited to 450 copies signed and numbered by the artist, this copy is unumbered, bound in the original marbled paper covered boards, vellum spine, vg. Coigney 308
[21153] |
£90.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy The Perusal Of Most Anglers
1930.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
124 pages, TEG, small folio illus by Frank Adams with coloured frontis and nine coloured chapter headings, framed with piscatorial pen and ink drawings + 4 pen ink chapter headings and ten tail pieces, limited to 450 copies signed and numbered by the artist, this copy is No 342, bound in the original marbled paper covered boards, vellum spine, vg+, in the original card box worn on corners. Coigney 308
[10950] |
£180.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Lives Of Wotton, Hooker, Herbert And Sanderson
1827.
rep Edn,.
William Pickering.
XIX 442 pages, 16mo., AEG, browning to engraved frontis illus,, full brown morroco, cg. Coigney 388.
[15992] |
£65.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Lives Of Wotton, Hooker, Herbert And Sanderson
1827.
1st Pickering Edn,.
Willaim Pickering.
XIX 442 pages, 12mo., frontis illus, bookplate on piscatoria Ohlsoni yipped onto front paste down, original red pebbled cloth, paper label chipped with loss.
[565] |
£45.00 |
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WALTON Izaak & COTTON Charles |
The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Mans Recreation
1815.
2 volumes in 10 mixed editions of the 1815 Bagster and 1824 2nd Major edition. Also including small section from The Sporting Magazine, 4 pages the angler's poem, 14 pages mounted two to the page of Thomas Gosdens sporting buttons. The first 5 volume have an engraved title with Walton cartouche and volume number. The plates of various subjects including portraits views etc many of angling , sporting, fish and river related. Including 8 coloured engraved prints of various fish with a river, angling background with printed titles no imprint 4 comical angling watercolours circa 1820 in the style of Robert Frankland. 8 coloured lithographs drawn on stone by J Hitchens of angling resorts round London published by W.J Huggins marine publishers 105 Leadernhall Street, 7 in similar style by C. Bigot no imprint other than the address "3 Ball Alley Lombard St". A four-page strip panorama 2 strips to the page showing hunting shooting and angling scenes with fine contemporary colouring. Many coloured views of river scenes where an angler or anglers have been neatly added to the scene. Includes sporting engravings by Barlow Howlett Seymour Alken etc. Bound in a circa 1860s in a full red morroco by Eedy Binder 257 Tavistock St, some darkening to spine with light rubbing to edges. Tipped onto verso of the FEP of Vol 1 a hand written note describing the set and stating, from the library of Frederic Ouvry. Ouvry's Library was sold by Sotheby's in 1882 The Walton being lot 1460 described as very tastefully and extensively illustrated with rare portraits, views, plates of fish birds, insects, fishing and sporting subjects etc. Bound in a circa 1860s in a full red morroco by Eedy Binder 257 Tavistock St, some darkening to spine with light rubbing to edges. Tipped onto verso of the FEP of Vol 1 a hand written note describing the set and stating, from the library of Frederic Ouvry. Ouvry's Library was sold by Sotheby's in 1882 The Walton being lot 1460 described as very tastefully and extensively illustrated with rare portraits, views, plates of fish birds, insects, fishing and sporting subjects etc Vol 1-105 plates Vol 2- 132 Vol 3 129 plates Vol 4 152 plates Vol 5 136 plates Vol 6 123 plates Vol 7 131 plates Vol 8 116 plates Vol 9 130 plates Vol 10 154 plates
[20196] |
£3500.00 |
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WALTON Izaak & Zouch Thomas |
Two volumes bound in one, The Life of Izaac Walton and The Compleat Angler
1823-1824.
1st -2nd Major Edn,.
Septimus Prowett ? John Major.
(xii) ii advertisement 93 pp, engraved frontis and 17 full page plates + text illustrations + l - 416 pages, frontis portrait of Walton and full page and text engravings 2 plates of music. Recased in the original full calf binding, original spine relayed with central blind stamp to the cvers within blind stamped borders and single gilt line. The spine with gilt titles to compartments upper compartment with gilt crest and initial. vg. Coigney 25
[12406] |
£160.00 |
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Walton, Izaak, and Charles Cotton |
The Complete Angler. Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of River Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing... and Instructions How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream by Charles Cotton. With original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas.
1860.
second Nicholas Edition.
Nattali And Boyd.
New York.
ccxii (8) 129 - 436, 32pp index 2 volumes large 8vo with 61 plates and vignettes. Using the illustrations of the first Nicolas edition (1836) for which the publisher William Pickering used 27 of the most prominent artists of the time. Bound in the publishers grained red cloth as Coigney (78 first copy). Spotting to the frontis and title page to volume one, rubbing to head tails of the spines and lesser so to edges.
[23514] |
£330.00 |
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WATSON John |
The English Lake District Fisheries
1925.
new and revised.
TN Foulis Ltd.
XV 271 pages, frontis + 11 plates, light spotting to first few pages, publishers green cloth, vg. First published in 1899 now completely revised with an introduction by Sir Herbert Maxwell. A guide to the river, lakes and fishes, best flies etc.
[19658] |
£35.00 |
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WAYTE Neil |
River Carping
2000.
1st Edn,.
The Crowood Press Ltd.
Ramsbury.
175 pages, 4to, illus from b/w and colour plates, fine in dj.
[21539] |
£25.00 |
|
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WAYTH C. |
Trout Fishing On The River Darent, A Rural Poem
1845.
1st Edn,.
John Mortimer.
71 pages, closed tear to top blank margin of title page, some foxing and age browning to contents, contemporary inscription on FEP, publishers blind stamped red cloth, head and tail of spine rubbed, also rubbing to rear spine edge 3cm going through cloth. WS238
[17091] |
£95.00 |
|
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WEATHERALL Norman L. |
Pike Fishing
1961.
1st Edn,.
H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd.
142 pages, illus, in b/w from photographs vg+ in dj.
[1977] |
£20.00 |
|
 |
WEBSTER David |
The Angler And The Loop Rod
1885.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwood and Sons.
XII 340 pages, 24pp advs, frontis portrait of the author + 4 plates in colour 3 of flies, angling bookplate of E.W.F. Sippall and W.J. Turell, tide mark on front and rear end paper top edge, light rubbing to head and tail of spine, green cloth showing angler and rod in black to upper board, vg.
[18071] |
£60.00 |
|
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WEBSTER David |
The Angler And The Loop Rod
1885.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwood and Sons.
XII 340 pages, 24pp advs, frontis portrait of the author + 4 plates in colour 3 of flies, spotting to prelims, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to front paste down, pictorial green cloth showing angler and rod in black to upper board, vg.
[16692] |
£85.00 |
|
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WEST Leonard |
The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitation Being an Angler's Record of Insects Seen At The Waterside and the Methods of Tying the Flies
1912.
1st Edn,.
The author.
St Helens.
144 pages, TEG, 19 plates, 13 in colour of flies, apart from some light foxing to FEP, a very clean copy in the original green cloth, gilt title to upper boards. .A classic work on fly-tyeing and trout fishing and of fly-fishing entomology. Hampton states that this edition was limited to 1500 copies.
[16033] |
£90.00 |
|
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WEST Leonard |
The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitation Being an Angler's Record of Insects Seen At The Waterside and the Methods of Tying the Flies
nd Circa 1912.
1st Edn,.
the author.
St Helens.
144 pages, 19 plates, 13 in colour of flies, some foxing to EP's and occasionally to contents ammorial bookplate of Norman James McCaskis to front paste down, original green cloth, gilt title to upper boards, vg. .A classic work on fly-tyeing and trout fishing and of fly-fishing entomology. Hampton states that this edition was limited to 1500 copies.
[12948] |
£80.00 |
|
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WEST Leonard |
The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitation Being an Angler's Record of Insects Seen At The Waterside and the Methods of Tying the Flies
1912.
1st Edn,.
the Author.
St Helens.
144 pages, TEG, 19 plates, 13 in colour of flies, apart from some light foxing to FEP, a very clean copy in the original green cloth, gilt title to upper boards.
[14924] |
£90.00 |
|
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WEST Leonard |
The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitation Being an Angler's Record of Insects Seen At The Waterside and the Methods of Tying the Flies
nd Circa 1912.
1st Edn,.
The Author.
St Helens.
144 pages, 19 plates, 13 in colour of flies, some foxing to EP's and occasionally to contents, original green cloth, gilt title to upper boards, vg. .A classic work on fly-tyeing and trout fishing and of fly-fishing entomology. Hampton states that this edition was limited to 1500 copies.
[2133] |
£220.00 |
|
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West Trefor |
Barbel: A Lifetime's Addiction
2005.
Whacke It Publications.
Swindon.
206 pages, 4to illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs. SIGNEND on the title page by Trefor West. A fine copy in the publishers pictorial binding in dj. The author his passion for Barbel and the rivers they swim in edited by Nigel Botherway
[23655] |
£75.00 |
|
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WESTWOOD Thomas |
The Chronicle Of The Complete Angler Izaak Walton And Charles Cotton Being A Bibliographical Record Of Its Various Phases And Mutations
1883.
W Satchell.
xxii 9 pages, 4 page adverts, large 8vo., occasional pencil lining to blank margins, publishers 1/4 roan over cloth covered boards, some surface rubbing to the spine, this edition with notes and additions by Thomas Satchell. The first was published in 1864, the adverts at the end printed in red and black are for Satchell publications of old fishing books. The book describes 94 editions of the Compleat Angler 1653-1881 Coigney page 383 Appendix B
[21408] |
£120.00 |
|
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Wheat Peter |
ANGLING DOWN THE YEARS: SCENES OF FISHING, FUN AND FRIENDSHIP.
2004.
1st.
The Little Egret Press..
St. Germans, Cornwall.
xii,190 pages., Illustrated with b/w photographs, and drawings by Tom O'Reilly, LIMITED EDTION of 25 copies this being number 7, signed by Peter Wheat and Tom O'Reilly, bound in full dark blue leather with gilt title to the upper cover all edges gilt. In slipcase, a fine copy. . Selected pieces by the author "gathered .to form a book of favourite scenes of fishing, fun and friendship down the years".
[23643] |
£220.00 |
|
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WHEAT Peter |
The Fighting Barbel
1967.
1st Edn,.
Ernest Benn.
115 pages, advs, illus with photos and drawings, vg in dj, light rubbing to head and tail of spine of dj, surface rubbing to rear flap. Includes distributions by Peter Stone, Richard Walker, Tag Barnes, Carl Forbes etc., a very difficult title to find.
[20799] |
£90.00 |
|
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WHEAT Peter |
The Fighting Barbel
1967.
1st Edn,.
Ernest Benn.
115 pages, advs, illus with photos and drawings, vg in dj, light surface rubbing to rear flap of dj. Includes distributions by Peter Stone, Richard Walker, Tag Barnes, Carl Forbes etc., a very difficult title to find.
[5674] |
£90.00 |
|
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WHEAT Peter (compiler) |
The Fighting Barbel
2000.
2nd Edn.
The Medlar Press.
Ellesmere, Shrops.
131 pages, text illustrations from photographs and drawings. Publishers' cloth with gilt title and barbel vignette to upper board A fine copy number 165 of a limited edition of 800 copies. First published in 1967 with chapters contributed by Peter Stone, Dick Walker, Fred Russell, John Ginifer, S.Donald Stone, John Mitchell, Ian R. Howcroft, Alan Barker and Tag Barnes.
[22194] |
£85.00 |
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WHEATLEY Hewitt |
The Rod And Line, Or Practical Hints And Dainty Devices For The Sure Taking Of Trout Grayling etc In Five Parts.
2002.
reprint.
Fly Fisher''s Classic Library.
Moreton Hampstead, Devon.
AEG, 9 plates in colour of baits, flies etc. This is one of the de-luxe edition of 25 numbered copies, this being No 6 bound in full dark green morroco with a salmon fly The Captain tied by Bo Nielsen of Denmark and mounted within in the upper board. The book contained in a silk lined dark green drop over box. A fine copy, this edition has a new introduction by David Beazley, first published in 1849. Thomas Westwood noted tyhe book as "Characterised by a mixture of caustic humour and sound practical knowledge"
[19117] |
£300.00 |
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WHEELDON J.P. |
Sporting Facts And Fancies
1894.
1st Edn,.
Edgar S Shrubsole.
261 pages, advs with advert for Kynoch cartridges to rear board, publishers light blue cloth titled in black, vg, articles on fishing and shooting including roach, carp, pike fishing. Wheeldon was the author of Angling Resorts Near London
[12869] |
£40.00 |
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WHEELDON J.P. |
Sporting Facts And Fancies
1894.
1st Edn,.
261 pages + adverts, publishers light blue cloth, vg, articles on fishing and shooting including roach, carp, pike fishing.
[9204] |
£40.00 |
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WHEELEY C.H. |
Coarse Fish With Notes On Taxidermy Fishing In The Lower Thames, etc
1897.
1st Edn,.
VIII 268 pages, adv, full page and text illus, bookplate of the Manchester Anglers Assoc. to front paste down, green cloth binding, gilt title to upper board, vg, published in The Anglers Library, and edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell, and F G Aflalo. A practical account of modern methods of taking coarse fish with special regards to the Thames.
[12544] |
£50.00 |
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WHEELEY C.H. |
Coarse Fish With Notes On Taxidermy Fishing In The Lower Thames, etc
nd circa 1900.
reprint Edn,.
VIII 268 pages, full page and text illus, green decorated covers, vg, published in The Anglers Library, and edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell, and F G Aflalo. A practical account of modern methods of taking coarse fish with special regards to the Thames.
[14342] |
£25.00 |
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WHITING William |
Sweet Obsessions Carp And Willowdown
nd Circa 1990.
1st Edn.
The author.
56 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, pictorial card cover, a fine copy. Angling for carp over 20 years at a lake in Suffolk named by the author as Willowdown Pool also includes a collection of the author's poems.
[21540] |
£80.00 |
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WILCOCKS J.C. |
The Sea Fisherman, Comprising the Chief Methods Of Hook and Line Fishing In The British And Other Seas, And Remarks On Nets, Boats, And Boating
nd 1865.
1st Edn,.
Stephen Barbet, Guernsey for the author..
196 pages, 12 pages related advs. upwards of 100 illustrations, bound in contemporary plain 1/2 leather, cloth sides generally darkened and rubbed to edges, g+. Privately printed and published by the author. "The first text book of sea angling and notable as the only early angling book I know to be published in the Channel Islands" rare, David Beazley Bloomsbury Sale 2003
[12715] |
£75.00 |
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WILCOCKS J.C. |
The Sea Fisherman, Comprising the Chief Methods Of Hook and Line Fishing In The British And Other Seas, And Remarks On Nets, Boats, And Boating
1875.
3rd new enlarged and almost entirely rewritten Edn,.
XVI 298 pages, 12 pages advs. illus throughout, some spotting to prelims, original blue cloth with gilt eel basket to upper board, light rubbing to corners of covers, vg-. Describes the fish, tackle, baits etc.
[12718] |
£25.00 |
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WILDFOWLER |
Shooting And Fishing Trips In England France Alsac Belgium Holland Bavaria
1878.
1st Edn,.
Chapman And Hall.
viii-400 pages, engraved frontis and 1/2 title, armorial bookplate of C.T. Anstruther to front paste down.Publishers maroon cloth with decorative designs in black, marking to the upper a good+ copy. An abridged edition of the 2 volume 1st edition of 1876, a collection of shooting and fishing stories.
[22428] |
£30.00 |
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William o'' ye west (William Forsyth) |
Lay of Lochleven
1887.
1st Edn.
Robert Forrester.
Glasgow.
108 pp, Top edge gilt 25 plates from line drawings 19 are portraits 6 are of views of anglers etc. Publishers blue cloth gilt vignette of the Saint Mungo Angling Club to upper board repeated in blind stamp to rear cover slight crease mark to spine cloth. A very good copy, a long descriptive poem relating to the loch and the club and members.
[22127] |
£32.00 |
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WILLIAMS F.T. |
The Anglers Pocket Diary And Monthly Guide
1867.
1st Edn,.
unpaginated, publishers limp brown patterned covers, gilt title to upper board, vg. The last few pages show details of fishing stations with cost of return tickets and distances form London issued by a Long Acre tacklemaker. W/S 240
[15398] |
£180.00 |
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WILLIAMS Russ, CADIEUX Charles L. |
The Ways Of Game Fish
1972.
1st Edn,.
Chicago.
326 pages, large 4to., illus with colour plates and drawings and etchings by Bob Hines, Fred Sweny and R.H.Palenski, pictorial end papers, presentation inscription on FEP margins to Rex Wood and signed by both authors, original blue cloth with coloured insert of a fisherman to upper board in worn dj, this edition is published as a collector's edition.
[12170] |
£35.00 |
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WILLIAMSON Captain T. |
The Complete Angler's Vade-Mecum; Being A Perfect Code of Instruction on the Above Pleasing Science: Wherein are detailed, A Great Variety of Original Practices and Inventions; Together with all that can contribute to the Sportsman's Amusement and Success
1808.
1st Edn,.
Printed for Payne and Mackinlay, in the Strand; and Cuthell and Martin, Middle Row, Holborn.
xi, [i], 316 pp, Pages uncut. illustrated with 10 engraved plates 7 of which show various tackle the other 3 plates show various fish. Inserted between the front-end papers a 12pp catalogue of new works by Longmans, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green dated 1830. Bound in the original blue paper covered boards with brown paper spine with the printed title label (priced 8s in Boards, light rubbing to head of spine, a very good clean copy in the original state. A comprehensive work on angling with details on tackle baits, flies, the fish coarse and sea fish, Westwood & Satchell, pp. 241-242.
[23875] |
£260.00 |
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WILLIS BUND J. |
Salmon Problems
1885.
1st Edn,.
VI 215 pages, bookplate of the Manchester Anglers Assoc, a vg copy, the author was chairman of the Severn Fishing Board.
[12581] |
£35.00 |
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WILSON James |
The Rod And The Gun Being Two Treatises On Angling And Shooting
1840.
1st Edn,.
Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh.
XII 10 439 pages, advert leaf, frontis foxed + 8 other engraved plates and text illus, publishers cloth darkened with gilt title and sporting vignette to spine, head and tail of spine rubbed. Between the two treatises is a 10 page list of angling books, "The treatise is much above the ordinary level as a manual" WS 242.
[14648] |
£30.00 |
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WILSON James |
The Rod And The Gun Being Two Treatises On Angling And Shooting
1841.
reprint Edn,.
Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh.
VII 468 pages, TEG, engraved frontis, full page engraved plates and text illus, bound by J Larkins in 1/2 tan morroco, sporting motifs to spine, some darkening to the leather, original cloth covers bound in at rear, the fishing extends to 276 pages with a 10 page list of books on angling, the remaining pages cover shooting, and is based on the Oakleigh Shooting Code by the author but with large additions, both treatises appeared in a lesser form in the Encyclopedia Britannica Riling 508 "The treatise of angling is much above the ordinary level as a manual" W.S. 242
[14265] |
£45.00 |
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WILSON John |
Fifty Years A Fisherman, The Autobiography Of John Wilson
1999.
Boxtree.
256 pages, 4to, illus in colour and b/w from photographs and drawings, fine in dj, personal inscription to Len signed by John Wilson, Len is Len Head author of "Tench" and other angling books and articles.
[21249] |
£25.00 |
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WILSON John |
A Specimen Fishing Year, John Wilson's Fishing Year
1977.
1st Edn,.
A & C Black.
159 pages, illus, a vg clean copy in similar price clipped dj, no other defects. John Wilson's first book. A year fishing for specimen fish in Norfolk
[15996] |
£40.00 |
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WILSON R.L. |
Ruger & His Guns: A History of the Man, the Company and Their firearmsge The Official History Of Colt Firearms, From 1836 To The Present
1996.
1st Edn,.
Simon & Schuster,.
New York.
viii -358, Landscape 4to illustrated throughout in colour from photographs and in b/w with line drawings. A fine copy in DJ. Special edition of 250 copies this being number 170 inscribed to Rob Adams and signed by R Wilson.
[22158] |
£35.00 |
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WILSON T.K. |
The Trout Spinners Companion
1952.
1st Edn,.
The Skipton Printers Ltd.
Skipton.
88 pages, advs, illus, pictorial card covers, some soiling to covers, g+.
[15669] |
£15.00 |
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WOOLLEY Roger |
The Fly Fisher's Flies
1948.
2nd Edn,.
The Fishing gazette Ltd.
59 pages, 12mo. illus, publishers green rexine binding gilt title to upper board vg. This new edition has been revised by the author and includes illustrations of nearly 200 flies.
[19755] |
£25.00 |
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WOOLLEY Roger |
Modern Trout Fly Dressing
1932.
1st Edn,.
Fishing Gazette.
VIII 224 pages, full page plates + 1 folding, brown rexine binding, vg.
[20067] |
£25.00 |
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WORTHINGTON S.and E.B. |
Inland Waters Of Africa, The Result Of Two Expeditions To The Great Lakes Of Kenya And Uganda, With Accounts Of Their Biology, Native Tribes And Development
1933.
1st Edn,.
Macmillan.
XIX 259 pages, frontis illus of a "monster nile perch" + 39 b/w plates from photographs, large folding map, publishers brown cloth, vg. Includes chapters on fish, flesh and fowl, primitive fishermen, farming the waters, angling for trout etc.,
[16072] |
£55.00 |
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