Coarse Fish, With Notes on Taxidermy, Fishing in the Lower Thames, Etc by Charles H Wheeley (Creator) - 2012-08-01

London: George Routledge and Sons, n.d.. Hardcover. Very good. Illustrated. Anglers' Library No. 1. Edited by The Right Honorable Sir Herbert Mawell, Bart and F. G. Aflalo.

London. Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd. 1897. First Edition. 8vo. (7 x 5). 268 pp. including index. Illustrated ads. Exdited by Sir Herbert Maxwell and F. G. Aflalo. Illustrated frontispiece of a Barbel with tissue guard. Black and white plates showing a variety of coarse fish along with equipment needed - rods, reels, floats, etc. Chapters include fishing for Barbel, Bleak, Carp, Dace, Eel, Flounder, Perch, Pike, Roach, Tench, etc. The book is bound in its original green cloth with gilt titles on the spine and front cover. Light rubbing to the corners, some scattered foxing within the text, otherwise very good..

London: Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd. , 1897 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. The first edition of this illustrated guide to coarse fishing with illustrations. First edition of Coarse Fish, With Notes on Taxidermy Fishing in the Lower Thames, Etc. by Charles H. Wheeley in the original publisher's cloth binding. Charles H. Wheeley was a member of the Piscatorial Society, the Guilford Angling Society, and the Thames Angling Preservation Society. He was a Honorary Assistant Riverkeeper to the Thames Conservancy. This guidebook to coarse fishing has 42 illustrations, including twelve monochrome plates. The frontispiece has a tissue guard. Collated, complete.Includes 2 pages of advertisements to the front and 2 pages of advertisements to the rear. In original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, very smart. There is some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Some marks to the front board. The front hinge is slightly strained but firm.… Read More

London:: Lawrence and Bullen,, 1897.. publisher's green cloth.. A very good copy; spine a little darkened.. 8vo,. The Angler's Library.. With numerous text illustrations and plates.