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1968169084London, Faber and Faber, 1968. 1st ed. With numerous illustrations, plates, maps, charts, drawings and tables, 457 p. 8°, original cloth-binding with dust-jacket.
Gold quarto; [iv], 90 p, color illus ; 26 cm. Very scarce. Includes Certificate of Warranty of an arowana purchase. Sorry, does not include the fish. || Fish; Breeding; Asia.
First edition. Deluxe edition, limited to 85 copies bound in quarter leather by Claudia Cohen and signed by the author, with an additional portfolio of color plates also signed by the author, and an actual mounted and matted salmon fly, signed on the mat by the dresser. The fly in this copy (and in very few other copies) was dressed and signed by Ron Alcott, the only fly-dresser singled out and discussed in the book for his excellence (full-page photograph on page 175). Large 4to, fine in clamshell box.
8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
(Codice PC/0084) In 8º VIII-198 pp. First edition. With 62 figures and 12 plates. Hardcover, Dust jacket. A very nice clean copy. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
1866169943London, Longmans, 1866. 1st ed. 69 p. Kl.-8°, original and decorative cloth-binding.
17867171ABirmingham, Swinney, 1786. Kl. 8°. XII, 120 Seiten. Mit 1 gest. Frontispiz (Angler an einem Fluss). Lederband der Zeit in speziell gefertigter OHalbleder Cassette mit Rückenvergoldung. Gelenke leicht berieben, sonst gut erhalten. 4. Auflage.
1957169044London et alii, Caxton, 1957. 1st ed. With numerous illustrations, XIX, 415, XVII, 378, XVIII, 363 p. with following index. Gr.-8°, original cloth-binding.
50811London, W. Lowndes 1790, 180x105mm, VIII- 268pages, plein veau de l’époque, charnières fendues.
178153261ABLondon, T. Lowndes, 1781. Ca. 18 x 11 cm. VIII S., 303 S., (1) Seite. Mit 135 Textholzschnitten und einem dekorativen Kupferstich-Frontispiz. Ledereinband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. [3 Warenabbildungen] The fifth edition, with great Improvements.
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
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
1781L0428London: T Lowndes. Worn condition. Cover rubbed and scuffed. Spine worn with loss. Some foxing but contemt in overall good condition. 1781. Fifth Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 180mm x 100mm 7" x 4". 303pp. 135 cuts of different kinds of fish. Later bookplate on fep. Pencil notes at back. . T Lowndes 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
7116London: Burlington Publishing. Very Good. Hard Cover. 138pp; contemporary binding black cloth with title in gilt to spine illustrations inscriptions to photographic frontis 'F.W.E. WAGNER' & 'JOHN RITCHIE'. Frontis dated 1927. Contains The Art of Shooting for Beginners by F. Wagner & The Art of Fishing for Beginners by Wagner & E. Maude Cox. ; 190 x 125mm . Burlington Publishing hardcover
1937169139London, Philip Allan, 1937. 1st. ed. With several photographies, 216 p. 8°, original clothbinding.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked light green boards, tiny bump to front vertical edge, slight sunning to top edges of boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with creasing to edges and fading to spine. 224pp.
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
In-16 gr., tela editoriale, sovraccoperta figur. (piccoli spacchi e dorso con piccole manc.), pp. 511, con deliziose illustrazioni nel t., anche a piena pagina. “A medley of entertainment, instruction and information: an angler’s anthology of poetry and literature”. In questa antologia della pesca con l’amo figurano anche: “Terms employed in game-fishing - A sea-fishing glossary - Angling writers & their works - Fishermen’s noms de plume - A short ‘Who’s Who‘ of anglers and flydressers - British angling periodicals..”. Esemplare ben conservato.
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.
1938169669London, Seeley Service, 1938. 1st ed. With frontispiece and numerous images, 253 p. 8°, original cloth-binding with dustjacket.
1910169326London, Horace Cox, 1910. 44. yearly edition. lxxxiii, 186 p. 8°, original clothbinding.
