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"HI-REGAN": How and Where to Fish in Ireland. A Hand-Guide for Anglers. Fourth edition.
London. Sampson Low, Marston and Company. 1895 1st edition.
Size 4.75 x 7.25 inches. In green, white and orange cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. Advertisements to endpapers. 174pp. With b/w line drawings, diagrams and engravings in text. In very good condition. Spine slightly bumped at ends. Handling marks. Occasional small marks and foxing spots. Else a clean and tight copy. Guide to angling in Ireland.
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100.00 GBP
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ANON: A Complete Guide to Fishing Coarse, Sea and Game.
Marshall Cavendish. London. 1979 1st thus.
Tall 8vo. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers. 464pp. With colour and b/w illustrations and photographs. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Slightly rubbed along top edge. Not price clipped). Covers slightly faded. Small indentation to front cover. Else a clean and tight copy. Comprehensive guide to all aspects of Fishing with rod and line. Gives clear directions on the various fish and the equipment needed to catch them, with advice on bait, hooks and knots.
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10.00 GBP
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BARNES, STANLEY: Angler’s Knots, in Gut and Nylon.
Birmingham. Cornish Brothers Limited. n.d. ca 1950 1st edition.
In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. 158pp. With b/w line drawings and diagrams. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly darkened and slightly rubbed at ends. Small marks. Not price clipped). Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. Anglers had traditionally used silkworm gut but a shortage during WWII and the invention of Nylon in the mid 1930s meant that the new lines were freely available, but did not behave the same as the natural substance. This book describes the development and use of the new knots suitable for the new lines.
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13.00 GBP
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COSTON, H.E.TOWNER et al: River Management. (The Lonsdale Library Vol. XXIV).
Seeley, Service & Co.Ltd.. London. 1936
Tall 8vo. In brown buckram covers with gilt to spine and gilt monogram to front. 263pp. With 90 illustrations. In very good condition. Spine slightly faded. Presentation inscription on front endpaper. Mild foxing to edges. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a very clean and tight copy. The treatment, protection, and stocking of salmon and trout rivers in England, with information on some of the natural predators that make it difficult to keep fishing rivers stocked.
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20.00 GBP
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FARSON, NEGLEY: Going Fishing. Travel and Adventure in Two Hemishperes. Illustrated by C.F.Tunnicliffe.
London: Country life Limited. 1942 1st edition.
Size 7.5 x 10.0 inches. In blue cloth covers with white lettering to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. 144pp. With b/w woodcut illustrations. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly darkened with small chips at end. Slightly rubbed around edges with small pieces missing and small tears. Small marks and foxing spots. Not price clipped). Spine slightly faded. Foxing spots to endpapers. Else a clean and tigtht copy. Stories of fishing around the world.
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16.00 GBP
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HARDER, JOHN: Index of Orvis Fly Patterns.
Orvis. 1978 1st edtion.
Size 7.0 x 9.0 inches. In maroon plastic covered ring binder with gilt to spine and front. In nine sections, individually paginated. With b/w and colour photographs. In very good condition. Spine and covers slightly darkened. Slight damp stain to main title page. Else a clean and tight copy. Intended as a visual reference and pattern guide for tying popular and classic Orvis Fly patterns. Includes several pages of step-by-step tying instructions, pictures and helpful comments.
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15.00 GBP
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HARTMAN, ROBERT: About Fishing. With Diagrams and Decorations by the Author.
London. Arthur Barker Ltd. 1938 1st cheap edition.
Size 5.5 x 8.75 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. 308pp. With b/w diagrams and line drawings in text. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened. Handling marks. Corners slightly bumped. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. Guide to angling, covering mostly salmon and trout fishing.
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10.00 GBP
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HUMPHREY, WILLIAM: The Spawning Run With illustrations by Robert Eames and others.
Chato & Windus. London. 1970 1st edition.
8vo. In blue/green cloth covers with silver and gilt to spine. Silver salmon to front. With illustrated dustwrapper. 56pp. With line drawings in text. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; small marks. Rubbed along edges with small creases and tears. Not price clipped). Owners’ bookplate and inscription to front endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. The American author writes of the experience of an angling holiday in Britain at a country inn.
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9.00 GBP
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LANG, ANDREW: Angling Sketches. With three etchings and numerous illustrations by W.G.Burn-Murdoch.
Longmans. 1895
Size 5.0 x 7.25 inches. In maroon cloth covers with silver to spine and front. Dark brown endpapers. 185pp. Cat.24pp.With 10 full-page illustrations, including 3 very nice etchings, plus numerous text illustrations.by W.G.BURN-MURDOCH. In very good condition. Spine slightly faded and rubbed. Slight lean. Slightly rubbed around edges. Occasional small marks and foxing spots. Else a clean and tight copy. Collection of short stories and essays with an angling theme.
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25.00 GBP
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LAWRIE, W.H.: All-Fur Flies and How to Dress Them.
Pelham Books. 1967 1st edition.
Size 5.5 x 8.75 inches. In grey cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. 162pp. With colour frontis, b/w photographs and line drawings in text. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Handling marks and slightly rubbed around edges. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. Fly-dressing for trout and salmon fishing.
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20.00 GBP
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LORD HARDINGE OF PENSHURST: An Incompleat Angler. A Fishing Autobiography. Illustrations by Garth Tapper.
Michael Joseph. London. 1976 1st edition.
8vo. In brown cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. 160pp. With b/w line drawings at chapter headings. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Slightly rubbed around edges with small tears. Price clipped). Owner’s inscription to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. An angler’s life spent in pusuit of trout and salmon. the author has been priviledged to fish some of the greatest rivers in Britain and Scandanavia.
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9.00 GBP
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