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Anglers' Handbook. Season 1958-9
by Victorian Piscatorial Council
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- Used
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- 1958
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- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£21.06
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Duodecimo, 32 pp., advertisements, original pictorial wrappers.
Issued with Victorian Inland Angling Licences. Includes minumum lengths and details of closed waters and fishing seasons &c. Item Price
£21.06
Fishing Tackle Catalogue
by Melbourne Sports Depot
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- circa 1950s
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- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£28.96
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Octavo, 39pp., illustrations, original pictorial wrappers.
Includes Victorian close seasons, bag limits, and minimum lengths of fish. Item Price
£28.96
Anglers’ Guide 1937
by Hartleys
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- Used
- Published
- 1936
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£65.81
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Octavo, 136pp, including section printed on coated blue paper, numerous illustrations, errata slip, very good in original orange pictorial wrappers.
Elaborate tackle catalogue printed in blue, including minimum lengths and close seasons &c. Item Price
£65.81
Fly-Fisher in Tasmania
by Scholes, David
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1961
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£144.79
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Octavo, illustrations, pictorial endpapers, neat ownership stamp on half-title page, very good in original boards with crisp pictorial dustwrapper.
First edition.
Described by Brian Cadle as 'the bible of Tasmanian angling literature', Scholes's first book is a comprehensive & detailed guide to fly fishing in Tasmania, and as influential as Wigram's Trout and Fly in Tasmania (1938) and Sloane's The Truth About… Read more about this item Item Price
£144.79
Fishing Code For Anglers in Tasmania
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- circa 1974
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£18.43
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Folding brochure.
Scarce ephemeron. Guide to Tasmanian inland fishing regulations. Item Price
£18.43
Tasmanian Trout and Game Fishing
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- circa 1980
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£28.96
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Small quarto, illustrations, eight maps, original pictorial wrappers.
Department of Tourism booklet mostly promoting trout fishing in Tasmania including Penstock Lagoon, Little Pine Lagoon, and Lake Pedder &c. Item Price
£28.96
Craftsman-Built Rods. [catalogue].
by J.M. Turville
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- circa 1960s
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£18.43
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Leaflet [4]pp. (last blank).
Includes the 'Geehi' and the 'Mitta' and other cane fly rods &c.
Maurie Turville had a rod factory and tackle shop in Victoria Street, North Melbourne, from the 1930s. The shop finally closed in 2013.
Scarce ephemeron. Item Price
£18.43
North Eastern ‒ Victoria
by Hawkins, Trevor
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- Used
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- circa 1997
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£65.81
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Colour pictorial map, 33 x 45cms.
From a series of NSW, Victorian, and Tasmanian prints (1996-97) by the angler & artist Trevor Hawkins, a contributor to Freshwater Fishing Australia &c. Suitable for framing. Item Price
£65.81
Trout Fishing in Tasmania
by French, Greg
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Published
- 1987
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£210.60
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Folio, illustrations, maps, original navy cloth with dustwrapper (slightly rubbed).
Very scarce hardback issue limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by the author. Comprehensive reference to Tasmanian trout waters. Item Price
£210.60
The N.S.W. Rod Fishers Society's Gazette
by New South Wales Rod Fishers' Society
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- Used
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- 1939
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£28.96
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Quarto, 16 pp. (including wrappers), illustrations, original wrappers (printed on cream coated paper).
Very scarce.
Includes articles on the Monaro District Acclimatisation Society, the Goodradigbee, and Zane Grey on big-game angling, as well as advertisements for Sil Rohu, Mick Simmons, and William Southam rods &c.
Featuring Deco typography, the monthly Gazette was first issued in October 1932, but was discontinued during World War… Read more about this item Item Price
£28.96
The Uncertain Trout
by Wigram, R.H.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1951
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£210.60
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Quarto, illustrations, minor offsetting on endpapers, original oatmeal cloth with an unusually crisp example of the pictorial dustwrapper.
First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author. Item Price
£210.60
Official Guide For Anglers and Tourists
by Armidale and District Rod Fisherman's Association
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- Used
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- [1929]
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£210.60
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Octavo, illustrations & maps, original cloth backed pictorial boards (bit marked & used), Cowles & Dunn stamp on upper board.
Formed in 1927, the association printed 5000 copies of this now scarce booklet to promote the New England fishery with detailed guides to the local streams including the Guy Fawkes, the Styx, and the Wollomombi rivers &c. Item Price
£210.60
The Quest of the Trout
by Blackwood, R.L.
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- Used - Very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1926
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£447.52
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Quarto, tipped-in black & white plates, illustrations, original wrappers with pictorial onlay.
First edition in uncommonly crisp condition. Attractively bound & printed, the book originally sold for 7/6. Item Price
£447.52
Your Guide To Fishing The Upper Murray
by Spry, Mike (ed.)
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1993
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£15.79
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Octavo, illustrations, maps, advertisements, very good in original pictorial wrappers.
First edition ‒ wrappered issue. Item Price
£15.79
Travel and Trout in the Antipodes
by Senior, William
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1880 [but 1879]
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£347.49
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Crown octavo, illustrations, contemporary gift plate (dated December 1879) on front paste-down, brown china clay endpapers, edges uncut, bound with 32pp. publisher's advertisements (October 1879) in original light blue cloth (decorated with green waterlilies on the front board) with (bright) gilt on spine, slightly flecked but an uncommonly crisp copy.
First edition.
Issued in late 1879 but post-dated on the title-page… Read more about this item Item Price
£347.49
Chasing Rainbows
by Patterson, George
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- Used
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- [1959]
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£144.79
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Octavo, illustrations, three coloured plates, original cloth in pictorial dustwrapper (chipped and rubbed, especially on lower panel as usual).
First edition. Scarce. Pre-Snowy River Scheme recollections, 1930s-1950s, of trout fishing in the Snowy River and other snow-fed Monaro streams &c. Item Price
£144.79
Anglers Guide to Tasmania
by Wigram, R.H.
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Revised edition
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- 1959
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£394.88
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Octavo, illustrations, advertisements, and maps, original pictorial wrappers.
Revised edition. Comprehensive fishing & tourism booklet. Ephemeral & scarce. Nice copy. Item Price
£394.88
Goulburn Valley Rivers ‒ Victoria
by Hawkins, Trevor
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- circa 1997
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£65.81
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Decorative colour map, 45 x 33cms, with Rainbow Trout illustration.
From a series of NSW, Victorian, and Tasmanian &c. prints (1996-97) by the angler & artist Trevor Hawkins, a contributor to Freshwater Fishing Australia &c. Includes the Howqua, Jamieson, and Steavenson rivers.
Suitable for framing. Item Price
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Troutfishing in the Snowy Mountains
by Hardy, Wal.
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1973 printing
- Published
- 1973
- Quantity Available
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£23.69
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Small quarto [12 pp.], coloured illustrations, maps, original pictorial wrappers.
Promotional Snowy Mountains Scheme trout fishing booklet and guide including fishing spots and angling regulations &c.
'Written by fishing expert Wal Hardy, this booklet contains a wealth of information for beginner and expert alike.' Item Price
£23.69
The Truth About Trout Flies
by Sloane, Tony
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1986
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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£65.81
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Octavo, colour and black & white illustrations, original pictorial wrappers.
First edition ‒ out of print.
A companion work to Robert Sloane's The Truth About Trout (1983) with dressings & tying instructions for eleven original 'Sloane' Tasmanian fly patterns, including the Rabbit Fur Fly, the Sunset Fly, and Rob's Dry. Item Price
£65.81