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1822wal822London: James Smith. G: in good condition. Cover rubbed. Some foxing. 1822. 9th Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 230mm x 140mm 9" x 6". lx 384pp. 14 engraved plates. With the Lives of the Authors: and notes historical supplementary and explanatory by Sir John Hawkins and the President Editor. . James Smith hardcover
1808wal808aLondon: Samuel Bagster. G : in good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. Slight foxing/. 1808. Seventh Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 140mm 8" x 6". 512pp plates. 17 b/w plates. With Lives of the authors and notes. by Sir John Hawkins. . Samuel Bagster hardcover
1826wal826London: Thomas Tegg. Covers worn. marked and soiled. Some foxing but content in overall good condition. 1826. 2nd Tegg edition. Cream board covers. 140mm x 90mm 6" x 4". 291pp; 264pp. 77 woodcuts and 13 copper-plates. . Thomas Tegg unknown
1810wal810aaLondon: Samuel Bagster. G : in good condition. Rebacked. 1810. The Facsimile Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 160mm x 130mm 6" x 5". x 246pp ii. Numerous b/w vignettes. Facsimile of the 1653 edition. . Samuel Bagster hardcover
1896wal896bLondon: John C Nimmo. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Corners bumped. Front inner hinge cracked. Ink inscription and blindstamp to fep. Teg. 1896. Reprint. Green gilt hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 120mm 7" x 5". xv 445pp. Photogravure portrait seven full-page illustrations and seventy-four wood engravings. . John C Nimmo hardcover
18390006865London: L. A. Lewis 1839. Revised edition. Octavo. Very Good. 8vo 26m v vi-lxxii 396 pages 9pp. index at end; triangular chip in bottom margin of leaf 10/11; full extra-gilt pictorial cloth covers and spine rebacked with original spine chipped at tips laid down. <br/><br/>"This edition is a reissue of the third Major edition of 1835 No. 43. without Major's introduction which has been replaced by the biographies of the authors by Sir John Hawkins; the Thomson notes have been abridged. . The illustrations are those of the Major edition of 1835 but it has only 76 woodcuts instead of 77 'Walton surrounded by the Graces' having been omitted. The 15 copperplates are present. Coigney had six copies in two variant publisher's bindings -see Coigney 49 ; however this uncited variant shows motifs of a heron in a bird bath a fishing rod net fish fishing creels a dragon fly a butterfly and more. Church Catalogue 60; Wood's ANGLER p.66. Edited by Richard Thomson and John Major. L. A. Lewis unknown
1890wal890Exeter: W W Gibbings. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and lightly marked. Bookplate to front pastedow. Sporadic light foxing. Teg. 1890. Reprint. Blue hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 160mm 9" x 6". xii 467pp 4pp ads. B/w illustrations and decorations. . W W Gibbings hardcover
1808r3004London: Payne & Mackinlay. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed with splitat head of spine. Slight foxing. 1808. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 200mm x 120mm 8" x 5". xi 316pp plates. 10 b/w plates. . Payne & Mackinlay hardcover
189220360Sampson Low Marston & Co. 1892. 8vo. First Edition with a frontispiece original tissue guard present a plate original tissue guard present and numerous illustrations many full-page in the text free endpapers lightly browned; original green cloth gilt back green endpapers upper hinge cracked but binding entirely sound else a very good bright clean copy. With 10pp of trade advertisements many illustrated at end. The frontispiece and plate are by A W Cooper. Very scarce. Hampton p.211. Sampson Low Marston & Co., hardcover
18581123143Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo 1858. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. red blind-stamped gilt dec. cloth cover and spine viii 195 1 blank 4 adverts. frontis. folding map light edge and corner wear corners lightly bumped light wear at spine ends an attractive copy of a rare title see; Westwood & Satchell; BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA pp. 38. Size: 12mo. William P. Nimmo Hardcover
187031795Frederick Warne 1870. 8vo. Second Edition on laid paper with coloured lithographed frontispiece original tissue guard present; the guard offset as intended 8 plates in monochrome and 17 illustrations in the text half-title and blank preliminaries very lightly spotted; original coarse-grain red cloth sides ruled in gilt back lettered in gilt and blocked with a pike motif gilt top bevelled boards uncut black endpapers a remarkably well-preserved bright clean crisp copy in wholly unrestored contemporary themed binding. With 2pp of publisher's advertisements at end and contemporary binder's ticket of Burn & Co on rear paste-down. Lovely copy of the second edition of this angling classic first published in 1865. AN UNUSUAL COPY IN THAT THE FRONTISPIECE IS COLOURED WHEREAS HAMPTON STATES MONOCHROME. A third and final edition followed in 1876. EXTREMELY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Hampton p.222; Westwood & Satchell pp.168-9. Frederick Warne, hardcover
1866169943London, Longmans, 1866. 1st ed. 69 p. Kl.-8°, original and decorative cloth-binding.
1822501008London: Baldwin Craddock & Joy 1822. This is the eleventh edition revised corrected and rearranged. Original or at least old brown leather spine and corners with original red title label on spine. Boards have new marbled paper on also new endpapers have been fitted. A previous owner's name and date October 12th 1849 on rev of frontispiece some foxing to outer pages and a few other brown markings to the inner pages but otherwise a good tight copy of this two-hundred year old fishing book. Covers fresh water angling in England the types of fish caught fishing rods bait and flies - real or artificial. forecasting the weather with and without the use of a barometer and the laws regarding fishing at the time. Also contains "The Complete Troller or the Art of Trolling; with Descriptions of all the Instruments Tackle and Materials Requisite for a Gentleman Troller and Directions how to use them" by Robert Nobbs which deals with catching Pike. 255pp plus 2 page glossary and a 3 page index frontispiece illustration depicting 13 tied artificial flies. . Eleventh. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Baldwin, Craddock & Joy Hardcover
1893e3904London: E A Beckett. VG : in very good condition. Eps browned. 1893. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 150mm 9" x 6". ii 195pp plates. . E A Beckett hardcover
1836g4068Edinburgh: W & R Chambers. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and soiled. Foxing to prelims. 1836. Second Edition. Green hardback cloth cover with original paper label to front board. 160mm x 110mm 6" x 4". 164pp. Illustrated title page. . W & R Chambers hardcover
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
1878169958London, Frederick Warne and co., 1878. A new edition. With illustr. by Beckwith & Topham. With numerous illustr. on plates (engravings), 311 p. 8°, original decorative cloth-binding. (approx.).
1835168966London, Charles Tint, 1835. 1st ed. With 31 engraved plates and text-illustrations by Beckwith and Topham, 192 p. Kl.-8°, hardcover-binding of the beginning 20th century.
1871169154Westminster / Newcastle-on-Tyne / Edinburgh, Bickers & Son, 1871. 1st ed. (only 350 copies printed for the curious). With numerous woodcuts, 24 p. 8°, original softcover.
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
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
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
