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185128907AB1851. London and other places of print Harper Collins / William Mackenzie / John Van Voorst and others 1851-1999. Octavo. More than 3000 pages with many illustrations for the Beginner as well as the Advanced Angler. Original Hardcover and Softcover publications often with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector's Mylar. Many of the publications with some signs of wear but overall and especially the collector's items in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The historical publications are true gems for the collector and this collection would be the perfect foundation for a meaningful Fly-Fishing-Library. This collection is the perfect gift for the Fly-Fisher. Please ask for a full list with details and photographs of the books included in this collection. The price includes an upgrade to worldwide free shipping of the collection per UPS Express. paperback
188529717London: Field and Tuer Leadenhall Press 1885. First Edition and one of only 100 Large-Paper Copies of a total edition of only 600 copies. SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER AND SPECIALLY BOUND MOST PROBABLY FOR PRESENTATION. With a profusion of hand-colored woodcut plates after Joseph Crawhall in chapbook style and with bound-in cloth pockets labeled in black. 8vo in very beautiful contemporary full red-orange calf likely a binding for presentation purposes the boards are elaborately decorated with a very wide and exquisitly detailed borders of stylized thistles the spine with central gilt tooling gilt depicting fish and tackle bags within double-gilt ruled compartments separated by gilt ruled raised bands two compartments with gilt lettering board edges and turn-ins gilt tooled in floral motif page edges untrimmed green endpapers. 112 8 pp. A very handsome copy of an especially elusive book lavishly bound likely a presentation copy and unique thus the binding well preserved and sturdy with some light evidence of age or use some general mellowing the text retains the original pockets and black leaves all as pristine. A bit of mild offsetting from the cloth pockets. FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF CRAWHALL'S FINEST PRODUCTIONS IN ITS BEST AND MOST LIMITED FORMAT. This abridged edition of THE COMPLEAT ANGLER contains 36 songs and poems taken from the text of the fifth edition. The prospectus promises that this collection will 'rank amongst the quaintest and most covetable' and we have to agree. The book includes small cloth pockets for the owner's own use. They have whimsicle labels such as "Fysshe Tales I believe" a very small one and the much larger "Fysshe Tales I don't believe". Also for the owner's personal use are 24 blank ruled leaves entitled 'Fysshe Stories' bound in at the rear for the owner to write in his own stories. These leaves are un-used. Field and Tuer, Leadenhall Press hardcover
1876L0859London: John B Day. G : in good condition with brown card slipcase. Covers rubbed with edge-wear. External joint split. Page edges browning. Slipcase case rubbed with tape repairs. 1876. First Edition. Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 300mm x 230mm 12" x 9". pp91. Two chromo-lithographic facsimiles from water drawings by James Poole on card. Llugwy North Wales; Offerton Stepping Stones. Printed from an old ms. never before published the original spelling and language being retained with editorial notes and patterns of flies and samples of the materials for making each fly. A Quaint Treatise on Flies and Artificial Flymaking by an old Fisherman. Lists 26 flies with 22 examples on hard card with the made up fly and the materials used to create it: March Brown Dottril Dun Little Chap Watchett Oringe Brown Granum Black Gnat Tailey Tail Green Drake Oringe Headed Dun Light Dun Bigg Dun Crossing Brown Spider Flee Black Ant Large Red Ant Small Common Ant Small Caterpillar Bank Flee Little Sky Blue Stream Flee Willow Flee White Mout Brown Mout. Appendix: Indian Yellow Eden Fly Summer Dun March Brown Green Drake Grey Drake. Bookplate of William Charles Everley Taylor of Scarborough. Inscribed in pen on fep. . John B Day hardcover
1903e3163Chelsea London: Ashendene Press. VG : in very good condition. 1903. Limited Edition of 150 copies. Vellum/gilt. 200mm x 140mm 8" x 6". 48pp. Full page woodcut and 6 small woodcuts. 'Set in type by St John Hornby and Meysey Turton & printed by the fist named at the Ashendene Press Shelley House Chelsea in the year 1903 after the text of the Boke of St Albans emprynted at Westmestre by Wynkyn the Woede the yere of thycarnanacion of our lorde MCCClxxxxvi'. . Ashendene Press hardcover
186935330New York: H. D. McIntyre & Co 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 1 141 pages 2 pages advertisements 1. Brick cloth hardcover with gilt title stamped on the front cover. Cloth is lightly chipped head of the spine and edge worn on the corners. Light occasional foxed spots to the text. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page - "Samuel C. Clarke Esq. With the respects of Oliver Gibbs Jr." Contents are a series of letters from a former Civil War officer to General Spinner on fishing in Minnesota. From the introduction: "These letters were begun with the purpose of amusing a little band of wild men in Washington who adopting the habits and customs of civilized life were found to be pining for their old sports; and chained to their office work the whole year round by the behests of public duty they were obliged to be led around in some way as these letters took them - On Paper - or starve their gushing fancies altogether except so far as they might be able to subsist upon the memory of what they had done with gun and angle before they came here. General F. E. Spinner Treasurer of the United States was the "Big Indian" of this band. Hence the letters were addressed to him; and it was upon his motion that they were given a wider reading than was first intended through The Spirit of the Times. H. D. McIntyre & Co hardcover
199869181Hatje Cantz Verlag. New. 1998. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in German. 360 pp. With 484 ills. 352 col. . 29 x 22 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Hatje Cantz Verlag hardcover
191258322Squirrel Lake Oneida County WI: Hanson’s Squirrel Lake Resort D.E. Kennedy photographer 1912. Oblong folio. 15 x 8 in. 86 pp unpaginated. on thick gray paper stock. With 102 tipped-in silver gelatin photogaphs sized from 4.2 x 6.25 in. up to 6.5 x 8 in. 1 hand-coloured most sized approx. 4 x 6 in. couple pages show residue from previously removed or moved images. Contemporary flexible black cloth gray paper endpapers minor wear rubbing some fraying to spine minor wear & slight bumping to corners front inner hinge & title w/ minor tear repairs edgewear small tear at lower gutter margin still a VG exemplar with manuscript presentation inscription & title from artist to Henry Hanson dated July & Sept. 1912. This exceptional photo album documents the camping boating fishing & hunting activities of visitors to Henry Hanson’s Squirrel Lake Resort in the early 1900’s after the opening of the Wisconsin Northwoods to tourists. The “Good Roads†movement and encouragement of improved highways and railroad expansion opened the area featuring fabulous fishing beautiful forests mild summer weather and stunning fall colours drawing in Presidents movie stars gangsters and families to Squirrel Lake resorts with resorts such as Hanson’s offering cabins for rent by the week hot meal dining boat rentals dock usage and hunting & fishing guides. This album opens with images of the resort including one handcoloured featuring waving stars & stripes flag boat sheds and canoes pulled up on the beach. Many of the images feature iconic Progressive Era views of families setting on the rustic cabin porches standing beside camp tents and rowing on the lake. Also featured are views of rowers seated in boats proud women & men holding their large Pike Bass & Muscallonge fish caught women & men hunters with shotguns picnic scenes and the bucolic backdrop of the resort. A series of photos reveal the transport of the Squirrel Lake Resort visitors from train station in horse-drawn covered wagon and automobile with one image showing three generations seated on their luggage at the depot. The names of the rustic cottages included “Skin Walk Cottage†and “Ma-Ow-Is†while the erected tents provided extra space. Hanson 1858-1951 moved to Minocqua WI in 1893 where he drove a livery team and by 1912 had established his resort on 37 acres on the shores of Squirrel Lake featuring a main lodge and adding cabins and other buildings from time to time set amidst a rustic setting of Pine Hemlock and Birch Trees on the East Shore of the Lake able to house up to 35 guests. His cabins were lighted by electricity supplied with running water shower baths and the excellent cuisine was furnished by the onsite orchards gardens and Jersey dairy cattle with large poultry supply as well. Initially named “Forest Home†by 1912 it had become Squirrel Lake Resort and he would continue operating it until 1936 when he sold the resort to Ed Perreault. Although we were unable to find a reference to the photographer D.E. Kennedy in local Minocqua WI directories or Wisconsin & Illinois photography references a few of the photos in this album are similar to a couple of the contemporary unsigned real photo postcard images in institutional and private holdings. See: Jones McVean et al History of Lincoln Oneida and Vilas Counties Wisconsin 1924 pp. 257-258; Early Squirrel Lake Resorts 1907-1970 Squirrel Lake Memories 2021; C.B. Stewart Squirrel Lake Storage Reservoirs and Their Relation to Stream Flow Preliminary Report on Storage Reservoirs at the Headwaters of the Wisconsin River 1911 pp. 20-21. Hanson’s Squirrel Lake Resort, D.E. Kennedy photographer, hardcover
1899grl08London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co Ltd. VG : in very good condition. Rebound copying original bindings and title panels. Slight staining to prelims of volume II. 1899. Limited Edition. Pale blue hardback boards with cream cloth spines. 290mm x 230mm 11" x 9". xxv 278pp; xiv 286pp; xvi 226pp; xiv 290pp plates & maps. 56 b/w plates 4 duo-tone maps. With original prospectus. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd hardcover
1682L0565London: Thomas Helder. G : in good condition. 19th century binding. Cover rubbed and darkened. 1682. First Edition. Green hardback leather cover. 150mm x 90mm 6" x 4". 78pp. Fishing. Rivers in England include: Avon Cham Swift Ouse Humber Trent Tine Tyne Tweed Severne Thames Chester Dove Medway Tame Thame. . Thomas Helder hardcover
707721907: Utah. Photograph. Good . 43 silver gelatin prints mounted with adhesive to loose album leaves some accompanied by handwritten captions in pencil. Most images measure 14 cm x 8 cm. Ten of the images depict the streets of Salt Lake City including the courthouse after a freak storm in the month of May blanketed the area in snow. The rest of the images relate to the hunting and fishing exploits of a group of men in the Salt Lake City area including images of fishing on the Bear and Jordan Rivers the training of hunting dogs one captioned "we got forty dollars for the lower one" a hunting lodge in the woods plus images of a duck hunting roost showing hunters hanging out on a porch alongside freshly killed game hanging from the eaves and from their automobile. A sign on the roost lists the nicknames of members of the hunting lodge. Images quite clear and sharp album leaves creased toned and foxed. Images peeling off of album leaves. A handful of images chipped and torn at the edges. One image completely detached. Utah unknown
1881jc-07Newcastle upon Tyne: Crawhall. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Heraldic plate of the Duke of Gloucester to front patedown. Minor wear to leather along lower front corner. 1881. Second Limited Edition. Black hardback half-leather cover. 290mm x 250mm 11" x 10". 236pp. Hundreds b/w woodcuts. Limited edition of 100 copies. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . [Crawhall] hardcover
191254150n.p.: John W. Bowman 1912. Oblong 4to. 11.5 x 9 in. 64 pp unpaginated. thick brittle paper stock mounted on white linen hinges neatly written title page in bold clear manuscript w/ 191 tipped-in photographs sized from 2 x 4 in. up to 6 x 8 in. many albumen most silver gelatin all annotated in manuscript below images and carefully drawn manuscript borders in ink on each page nearly all with bright strong contrast some sepia-tinted. Burgundy-coloured simulated half-calf over beige cloth beveled boards minor soiling rubbing to covers some minor chipping to corners & fore-edges of pages some darkening 1 leaf loose still a VG exemplar. This splendid Edwardian photo album documents the salmon fishing adventures and scenic excursions by the photographer through the pastoral Wye Valley just a few years before the outbreak of World War I. At the beginning of the 20th century the Wye River was considered to be one of the best rivers for salmon fishing in the United Kingdom outside of Scotland and this fishermen definitely enjoyed the beauty and catch to be found. These images capture a largely undeveloped and pastoral Symonds Yat and Wye Valley as it winds along the borders of Herfordshire Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire. Bowman has included images of side-trips along the River Monnow views of mills Llandogo the Hutsham Bridge Grosmont Castle Tintern Abbey the Devil’s Chimney at the Yat Wye Valley ruin of the Llancault Church the oldest house in Monmouth winter floods at the junction of the Monnow and the Wye Rivers winter rapids and more. Also included are scenes of salmon from the Wye the rod and reels used photos of fisherman casting into the Monnow River landing a salmon and even image of fisherman holding two large salmon while braced against a roadside hedge. The salmon fishery on the Wye held up through much of the 20th century before a precipitous decline in the 1980s and 1990s however due to extensive habitat improvement work carried out by the Wye & Usk Foundation to restore spring salmon runs the run has once again climbed but not to the levels of the early 20th century. John W. Bowman, hardcover
1855k2305London: William Blacker. G: in good condition. Cover rubbed and marked. Inner hinge cracking; fep and frontispiece nearly loose. Previous owner stamps to prelims and final page. Ink spot to edge-block. 1855. Second Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 170mm x 110mm 7" x 4". xi iv 259pp plates. 21 plates 17 hand-coloured. . With Descriptions of Flies for the Season as they Came Out of the Water. . William Blacker hardcover
1808L0566Liverpool: Samuel Bagster. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed and scuffed. Rebacked with brown cloth spine. Some foxing. 1808. First Edition. Brown hardback paper cover. 150mm x 200mm 6" x 8". 28pp plates. 12 b/w plates. . containing useful instruction on every approved method of angling and particularly on the management of the hand and rod in each method; Howitt's Angler's Manual. Embellished with Twelve Etchings. . Samuel Bagster hardcover
192443097Philip Allan 1924. Roy. 4to. First Edition thus Large Paper with frontispiece original captioned guard present title in green and black 11 fine plates all original captioned guards present and illustrations in the text; green cloth gilt back uncut corners lightly bruised else a remarkably bright clean fresh copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 300 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR THIS COPY NO. 228. Hampton p.154. Philip Allan, hardcover
184589414Philadelphia: G.B. Zieber & Co 1845. First Edition. Octavo. 18cm. Bound in original publisher's paper wraps titled and bordered in black to front wrap. iv; 168pp. Chipping and wear to edges and extremities spine panel heavily chipped lacking rear wrap strong and tight but with several closed tears soiling etc; internally clean & untrimmed with some dampstaining to the upper quarter of the earlier pages bookplate of noted sporting bibliophile Harry Worcester Smith to verso front wrap some light spotting and soiling in places a couple of proud gatherings last 2 leaves a frayed and spotted cosmetically but not substantially affecting the last page of text. Strong despite its innate fragility handsome despite wear a good solid example of a book that is a distinct rarity complete in its original wraps. <br /> <br /> Henry Herbert was a rather tragic figure seemingly continually falling short of his own expectations of himself and who only seemed to find any sort of steady personal voice in his works under the Forester pseudonym discussing the finer arts of shooting fishing and woodland stalking. A sort of lost genetic remnant of several aristocratic British bloodlines but frequently financially wobbly and unable to get a steady footing Herbert seems to have alienated most people in his circle at one time or another and eventually shot himself in a full length mirror after having thrown a party to which many were invited but none attended. <br /> Although his output included a slew of adventure novels and various other literary exploits he is chiefly remembered for his wistful keenly observed and evocative accounts of woodland sporting activities. Scarce and collectable. G.B. Zieber & Co unknown
184829206AB1848. Original First Edition. Dublin / London / Derby James McGlashan / Simpkin Marshall & Co. / Richardson and Sons 1848. Octavo. Folded Frontispiece X 111 pages with 21 plates original Lithographs often large folding. Hardcover / Original publisher's cloth embossed with gilt lettering to cover. Excellent condition of one of the rarest books on the History of irish commercial fishing and suggestions for professionalizing irish fishing industry in the 19th century. This book comes from the library of irish engineer William Le Fanu with his bookplate to the pastedown and a stamp "Board of Public Works" to the dedication-page. The books interior with all the lithographic illustrations in very good condition. Occasional foxing only. Extremely rare; very scarce publication ! This is a superior example of this book; with all illustrations in place and in excellent condition. Includes for example the following illustrations: 1. Frontispiece: Spearing the Basking Shark or Sun Fish West Coast of Ireland Large Folding Plate 2. Schooner Recommended by Mr.Brabazon for the West Coast Fisheries Large Folding Plate 3. Deck Plan of Schooner - 100 or 150 Tons - Recommended by Mr. Brabazon for the West Coast of Ireland 4. Skerries Hooker - 20 to 50 Tons 5. Irish Herring Net 6. English Herring Net - Figure I 7. English Herring Net - Figure II 8. MA II X Fishing Boat 9. Penzance or St. Ives Herring or Pilchard Boat 10. One of the Irish Herring Fleet 11. Trawler with her Trawl Down Large Folding Plate 12. Trawl Irons 13. English Trawl Large Folding Plate 14. Irish Trawl Large Folding Plate 15. Sun Fish Basking Shark Harpoon 16. Salmon Net - Figure I Large Folding Plate 17. Salmon Net - Figure II Large Folding Plate 18. Salmon Boxes 19. Mackerel Fishing 20. English Lobster Trap / Irish Lobster Pots 21. Oyster Dredges: English Oyster Dredge / Irish Oyster Dredge / Large Size Oyster Dredge Brabazon writes in his Introduction: 'I am induced to write this account of the present state of the Irish Fisheries and offer the following suggestions for their improvement which may be carried into effect by a Fishing Company conferring the greatest benefits on the country and profit to themselves. The Fisheries are the greatest and at present almost the only resource of the West of Ireland. From the loss of the potatoes as a certain means of subsistence the fiishermen would give their undivided time to the Fisheries instead of losing the best seasons by wasting their labour on a high-rented potato garden. They would thus throw an immense quantity of cured food such as Hake Cod Ling Herring Haddock and Coal Fish into the interior of the country while they could dispose of such fish as could not be cured such as Turbot Plaice Mackerel Gurnard John Dorey Ray and Soles at the markets along the coast. The cured fish even with the present limited supply brought to the markets of Westport and Newport County Mayo is sold as low as a penny per lb. free from bone green salted that is not dried and sometimes not so high as a halfpenny per lb. fresh.The company should establish stations along the coast: say they began with three one at Killibegs one at Newport Pratt and one at the Shannon Mouth.From the Store at Ballyshannon I would send fresh fish packed in Ice and also cured fish by water carriage through the Enniskillen Lakes and by the Ulster Canal on to Belfast supplying all the intermediate twons and interior of the country. Chapters in the book include for example: Herring Nets - Buoys - Mode of Curing / Curing the Herring / The Rhodry-More / The Cod Fisheries / Lobster Crab and Cray Fish / Packing Herring etc. etc. hardcover
1668r1865London: Richard Marriot. G: in good condition. 19th century re-backed binding. Edge-wear. Previous owners inscriptions to fep. Occasional foxing and staining slightly impinging. Slight worming to inner margin of pages extinct; slightly impinging. Tape repairs to fore-edge of page 53. 1668. Third Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 150mm x 90mm 6" x 4". xiv 96pp vi. 10 b/w vignettes. . Richard Marriot hardcover
1792r9603Birmingham: Swinney and Walker and others. G: in Good condition. Contents recased in old vellum binding. Details of previous owners on eps and on several title pages of individual works and on lower edge. Some ink scribble on a blank page. Minor loss on corner of fep and on lower gutter of engraved frontispiece with minimal impact. Contents bright. 1792. Reprint. Vellum cover. 180mm x 100mm 7" x 4". 87pp; 108pp;108pp;ix118pp 2pp adverts. Three engraved plates. The Art of Angling by Charles Bowlker is prefaced by three other contemporaneous fishing works as follows: 1. 'The North-Country Angler; or The Art of Angling: As Practiced in the Northern Counties of England. 3rd Edition Leeds printed by Thomas Gill for John Smith dated 1800; 26 chapters 87pp. With frontispiece engraving. 2. 'A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling'. n.d. in 2 parts comprising 108pp with frontispiece engraving. The title page and first contents page do not appear to have been bound in. The first part comprises six chapters. The second part comprising 5 chapters commencing at page 57 is entitled 'The Compleat Fly-Fisher or Every Man His Own Fly-Maker in which the best Methods Rules and Hints are carefully laid down and properly digested'. by Thomas Best Gent. Late of his Majesty's Drawing Room in the Tower. No date or publisher shown. 3. 'The Angler's Pocket-Book; or complete English Angler: Containing every thing necessary in that Art. To which is prefixed Nobb's Celebrated Treatise on the Art of Trolling'. Norwich. Printed by J. Payne for Messrs West and Hughes. 108pp. n.d. This is in two parts: 'The English Art of Angling' 26pp. and 'The Compleat Troller; or The Art of Trolling: with Descriptions of all the Utensils Instruments Tackle and Materials requisite for a Gentleman Troller; and Directions how to use them. As Also a Brief Account of Most of the Principal Rivers in England' by Robert Nobbs Esq. A.M. 82pp. 4. The Art of Angling by Charles Bowlker; or Compleat Fly Fisher. published by Swinney and Walker Birmingham 1792. 118pp. Frontispiece engraving. . Swinney and Walker [and others] hardcover
1932256563Philadelphia: Published by the Members of the State in Schuylkill; Published by the Citizens of the State in Schuylkill 1932. Illustrated. With tipped in photos of Citizen McFadden the Castle State in Schuylkill Closing Day 201st Year 1932 in Vol. 1 and of the Clock House Openning Day May 1933 in Vol. 2. 446; 517 1 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Bound in Publisher's three quarters red morocco gilt-stamped emblematic fish tooling on spine t.e.g. with paper wrappers bound in by Alfred Smith & Co. Fine. Illustrated. With tipped in photos of Citizen McFadden the Castle State in Schuylkill Closing Day 201st Year 1932 in Vol. 1 and of the Clock House Openning Day May 1933 in Vol. 2. 446; 517 1 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Bruns S74; Howes M636 Published by the Members of the State in Schuylkill; Published by the Citizens of the State in Schuylkill unknown
306791New York The Macmillan Company 1903. First edition so stated. Thick 8vo. 20 b/w illustrations by Martin Justice Mielatz. Full gilt stamped contemporary dark green morocco by Stikeman t.e.g. others uncut the spine with gilt stamped horse head fish and sporting dog devicessmall crack else fine. Heraldic bookplate of M.C.D. Borden on the front pastedown. 410 pages. Also includes chapters on salmon catfish grouper snapper. Number 20 of 100 copies on large paper. The American Sportsman Library. Printed by the Norwood Press Norwood Massachusetts. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1903. hardcover
1651e6996London: Printed for T. J. at the South Entrance of the Royal Exchange. G : in good condition. Rebound. Some minor edge wear. Neat initials on title page. Some light scattered browning to leaves. 1651. First Edition. Half leather marbled board cover. 190mm x 140mm 7" x 6". 14pp. . Printed for T. J. at the South Entrance of the Royal Exchange hardcover
1784e9957London: John Fielding; G. Kearsley. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Inscription on fep relating to portrait. 1784. Third Edition; reprint. Brown hardback half-leather marbled board cover. 160mm x 900mm 6" x 35". viii 135pp ad; vii 122pp ads. Frontispiece portrait illustration dated 1784 in The Angler's Museum; frontispiece engraving in The Gentleman Angler dated 1788. The Gentleman Angler published 1786. . John Fielding; G. Kearsley hardcover
184589396Philadelphia: G.B. Zieber & Co 1845. First Edition. Octavo. 18cm. Bound in later full bottle green morocco by Bennett of NY elaborately decorated and titled in gilt to spine and boards with geese ducks snipe etc. iv; 168pp. Strong tight and attractive very light wear slight darkening to the spine panel gilt bright; internally fresh and clean top edge gilt later marbled endpapers dampstaining to p.69 and a little thumbing in places. A very good copy indeed in a later sporting themed full leather binding. <br /> <br /> Henry Herbert was a rather tragic figure seemingly continually falling short of his own expectations of himself and who only seemed to find any sort of steady personal voice in his works under the Forester pseudonym discussing the finer arts of shooting fishing and woodland stalking. A sort of lost genetic remnant of several aristocratic British bloodlines but frequently financially wobbly and unable to get a steady footing Herbert seems to have alienated most people in his circle at one time or another and eventually shot himself in a full length mirror after having thrown a party to which many were invited but none attended. <br /> Although his output included a slew of adventure novels and various other literary exploits he is chiefly remembered for his wistful keenly observed and evocative accounts of woodland sporting activities. Scarce and collectable. G.B. Zieber & Co unknown
19862080202102706109Cultural publisher Heibonsha 1986. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: B5 size Cultural publisher, Heibonsha paperback
