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18516598London: J. and D. A. Darling 1851. First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Very Good/None Clear archival polyester sleeve added. Small 8vo 7 1/2" x 4 1/2" original publisher's green decorative gilt-and-blind-stamped cloth with cover displaying the title & subtitle with a bright gilt-title and -engraving of a friar catching a cat ! not a catfish ".by hook and by crook" illustrated with frontispiece repeating humorous gilded cover art of friar fishing opposite extra-illustrated title page with eight engraved oval vignettes bordering that has been printed on heavy stock plus an undecorated title page further illustrated with seven 7 full-page engraved plates unsigned with style resembling Doyle rather than Cruikshank 166 pages. Engaging brief presentation on front free endpaper "To a learned angler" by another who to his friend quotes supposedly "'These are not Anglers but Angels' Pope Gregory."<br/><br/>VERY SCARCE Illustrated and amusing poetic send-up of fishers of fish men & accidentally cats. The gilt impress on the front cover of the fishing friar is wonderfully bright; likewise the frontispiece and facing decorative engraved title page on heavier stock. Light and uniform age-toning to pages and plates slightly more apparent around their margins but without or very little foxing or noticeably affecting the full-page still crisp engravings. Wear to spine cloth with upper cap gone and fraying to the foot of the spine. Covers are quite clean and bright with slight fading and some wear showing at edges and corners. <br/><br/>References: Westwood & Satchell The Chronicle of the "Compleat Angler".1883: with anonymous author not identified page 15. Heckscher Sale Catalogues 83. J. and D. A. Darling hardcover
1880L0406London: William Satchell & Co. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Marking bumping and rubbing to boards. New end papers. Pages loosening binding string broken in a couple of sections. Some browning within. 1880. First Edition. Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 170mm 9" x 7". 192pp. 6 engravings. A Repertory of fact inquiry and discussion on Field-sports and subjects of Natural History. . William Satchell & Co hardcover
1330285379.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
18786354Longmans and Co. 1878. 8vo. Third and Best Edition with an engraved illustration in the text; original cloth covers blocked in decorative gilt and blind an unusually bright clean copy. First published in 1857 with a second edition in 1866 this classic treatise takes the form of genial dialogues between novice and master based on more than two decades of practical experience. This is the best and most expanded edition: 'the reader will not have not only the original copy revised but a great amount of useful information on Angling which hitherto has not been published'. Author's Introduction to the current edition. The numerous additions include a brief sketch of the author's career new chapters on Throwing from the Reel and Winter Fishing remarks on the finding of new swims and practical hints on the killing powers and bends of hooks among many others. Westwood & Satchell considers Bailey 'the best Nottingham angler of his day'. Westwood & Satchell p.20. Longmans and Co., hardcover
1857L0654London/ Nottingham: Longman and Co/ T Forman. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Sunned spine. Bumped corners. Gilt work bright. Slightly foxed in places. 1857. First Edition. Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm 7" x 5". 111pp. . Longman and Co/ T Forman hardcover
1818j9950aEdinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co. G : in good condition. 20th century binding with new eps. Light foxing. Title page clipped with previous owner inscriptions. 1818. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 200mm x 130mm 8" x 5". viii 128pp plates. 12 hand-coloured plates. . The Whole Represented in Twelve Coloured Plates: To which is Added a Description of the Different Baits Used in Angling and where Found. Signature of W H Aldam author of 'A Quaint Treatise On "Flees And The Art a Artyfichall Flee Making"'. . Archibald Constable & Co hardcover
1818j9950Edinburgh: printed for Archibald Constable & Co. VG: in very good condition without dust jacket. Modern rebind with new eps. Cover rubbe. Spine faded. Sporadic foxing. Occasional marking and pencil annotations. 1818. First Edition. Green hardback half-leather cover. 200mm x 130mm 8" x 5". viii 128pp. Tweve detailed hand-coloured plates. The Whole Represented in Twelve Coloured Plates: To Which is Added a Description of the Different Baits Used in Angling and Where Found. . [printed for] Archibald Constable & Co hardcover
1689L0404London: T Basset; W Brown. G : in good condition. Later 1838 binding & eps. Cover rubbed and faded. Slight foxing. Water stain to final pages. 1689. Second Edition. 19th Century cloth binding with gilt titles to spine. 160mm x 100mm 6" x 4". vi 326pp x. . Discovering the Aptest Methods and Ways Exactest Rules Properist Baits and Choicest Experiments for the Catching All Manner of Fresh Water Fish. . There are no plates with this book. . T Basset; W Brown hardcover
183510707Charles Tilt 1835. 8vo. First Edition with engraved frontispiece and title 31 engraved plates text framed within a series of repeating woodcut borders frontispiece and title moderately spotted some mild age-staining mainly marginal to a few leaves of text; original ribbed green cloth elaborately blocked in gilt back in pictorial gilt extra very neatly rebacked old backstrip laid down gilt top yellow endpapers uncut a very good bright clean copy. A classic of the genre. Chatto also authored 'Scenes and Recollections of Fly-Fishing in Northumberland Cumberland and Westmoreland' and contributed to the Newcastle 'Garlands'. 'The work is clever and caustic and contains a critique of several of the angling books of the day' Westwood & Satchell. SCARCE. Westwood & Satchell p.93. Charles Tilt, hardcover
1706L0867London: G Conyers. Worn condition. Boards detached. Loss to spine. Some foxing and marks throughout. 1706. Reprint. Brown hardback leather cover. 170mm x 120mm 7" x 5". 296pp. frontis. Inscriptions to feps by previous owners. Frontis of men fishing has been coloured. Other copper cuts missing. Suitable for rebinding and restoration. . G Conyers 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
1834j5420London: Richard Bentley. G : in good condition. Some foxing and off-setting largely confined to frontis plates and prelims. Inner hinges cracked. Previous owner's insc and bookplate to front pastedown and bep. Bookseller and binder blind-stamp to fep. 1834. First Edition. Blue leather covers. 210mm x 260mm 8" x 10". x 336pp; vii 348pp. Engraved frontis plates and b/w illustrations within the text. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Richard Bentley hardcover
1805g9978London: James Asperne. Boards rubbed with part of outer spine missing. Lacks front matter otherwise contents VG. 1805. Third Edition. Grey board cover. 180mm x 110mm 7" x 4". 148pp. Line drawings. . James Asperne hardcover
181611147T. Tegg 1816. 8vo. Fourth Edition with a wood-engraved frontispiece a wood-engraved plate and 33 woodcut illustrations 5 full-page including a map of the Thames in the text frontispiece and title mildly age-stained some very light and occasional spotting to text; contemporary half calf marbled boards back with six flat gilt rules second compartment lettered in gilt very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down fore-edges a little dusty else a most attractive copy in period binding. The engraved plate shows hooks baited for trolling; the full-page engravings depict an epitaph in Stepney Church sniggling apparatus mackerel and bank-fishing. The work includes a glossary of terms. The first edition of this angling classic appeared in 1814. Second and third editions respectively expanded appeared in the following year. 'This edition contains a new method of fishing for salmon in the River Lea which has been attended with much success and called by the author dragging or snatching for salmon'. Author's Preface. SCARCE IN ANY CONDITION. Westwood & Satchell p.186. T. Tegg, hardcover
1815r3105bLondon: T. Tegg. VG : in very good condition. Rebound. A little foxing and offsetting. 1815. Third Edition. Modern half calf. 230mm x 140mm 9" x 6". xxix 314pp. Copper plate and wood engravings. . T. Tegg unknown
1815015000London: Printed for the Author By Harris and Turner 1815. xxxi 317pp 10 woodcut plates 23 woodcuts in text 6 copper engravings index addenda. Half-leather - contemporary marbled boards with later 19th century green leather calf spine with 5 raised bands and gilt title leather corners top edge gilt marbled endpapers. 22.5 x 14.5cms. Large paper copy with very wide margins. First published in 1814 and going to numerous editions this edition is particularly well illustrated with the addition of 6 copper engravings of fish by R. Carpenter after C. Hardy. The woodcut plates include tackle scenes of fishing in various styles maps of the Thames and Lea and woodcut illustrations of fish appear throughout the text. Occasional very light toning/offsetting. First few pages have tiny corner creases. Very light rubbing to boards and edges of leather. A few page edges slight rough/uncut. Overall a complete and superior copy of this angling classic. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Printed for the Author By Harris and Turner Hardcover
1823r3105London: Sherwood Jones and Co. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and bumped with corner and edge wear. Upper board weak at joint. Spine scuffed with joint wear. Prelims becoming loose otherwise contents firm and overall VG. Bookseller's stamp on paste-down with remnants of heraldic bookplate. Newspaper cutting for fishing equipment prices for 1839 affixed to rear paste-down. 1823. Fifth Edition. Half-leather marbled board cover. 190mm x 120mm 7" x 5". xi 373pp. Numerous cuts and engravings. Includes a Treatise on Trolling map of the River Lea and fishing of the River Thames. . Sherwood, Jones and Co hardcover
1825AH 2416London: Sherwood And Co. 1825. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Sixth Edition Corrected & Enlarged. 12 mo.19 cm. 1/2 green calf marbled boardspp. xii 4 382 gilt spine letters raised bands marbled end-papers marbled edges illustrated frontis port.folding map of the River Lea engraved title-page numerous wood-cuts in text10 full page plates index edge & shelf & corner wear some scuffing to spine See Westwood & Satchell; BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA p 186 Size: 12mo. Sherwood And Co., 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
1853L0444cEdinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. G : in good condition plus. Some minor disclouration on upper board. 1853. Second Edition. Green hardback cloth cover blindstamped and with gilt motif. 200mm x 120mm 8" x 5". xxiii357pp ads. 4 black and white sketches including a frontispiece by James Giles and fold out map of Scotland in rear pocket. . William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
188535921Blackwood Edinburgh 1885. 8vo. First Edition with portrait frontispiece original tissue guard present 3 coloured plates of flies a monochrome plate of tackles and 3 illustrations and a full-page map in the text; original green pictorial cloth upper board blocked in black gilt back chocolate endpapers a remarkably bright crisp copy. With 2pp of advertisements and 24pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. 'A most unusual book. Webster used nine flies and no reel when fishing for trout' Hampton. Hampton p.290. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Blackwood, Edinburgh, hardcover
1880g8335Edinburgh: William Paterson. G: in good condition without dust jacket. Insert attached at front paste-down. Inner hinge cracking. Sporadic light foxing and marking. 1880. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 170mm x 110mm 7" x 4". 119pp. Fold-out map of Sutherland. . William Paterson hardcover
20035557SportClassic Books 2003. Revised edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to 218 pages full red bonded leather with inset color photograph on the top cover a.e.g. <br/><br/>With a Tribute by Bob Feller; Introduction by John Thorn. Covers Ted's baseball career and his angling enthusiasm and his philanthropy. SportClassic Books hardcover
1935153730-8-1Wonderdads. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Wonderdads unknown
19962090502113711220Not Available 1996. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
