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Thomas Ken and Izaak Walton, A Sketch of Their Lives and Family Connection
by E. Marston
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1908
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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£141.47
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Attractively bound in dark green half morocco with gilt rule to boards, as well as 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Black and white illustrations and photographs throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Shipped through USPS Priority insured mail. 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Item Price
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A Book on Angling, being a complete treatise on the art of angling in every branch with explanatory plates, etc.
by Francis Francis
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Published
- 1872
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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£161.68
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Dark blue morocco with marbled boards and gilt particulars to spine. Although 3rd edition, this contains revisions and improvements since first published. Contains 15 plates throughout, many of which are hand colored. Chapter subjects include, but are not limited to: Bottom-fishing, Mid-Water Fishing, Artificial Fly-Fishing, Artificial Flies, On Lake Fishing &c., Spinning for Trout, The Salmon, Salmon Flies, and Tackle… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Art of Angling, Confirmed by actual experience; interspersed with several new and recent discoveries; to which is now added Nobb's Complete Troller...
by Thomas Best
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- Used
- Edition
- Tenth Edition
- Published
- 1814
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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£161.68
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Dark green half morocco with marbled boards as well as gilt rule and particulars to spine. Frontispiece. First free page has been reattached with document tape. Previous owner's name to first free page, otherwise no other markings. Toning and spotting to pages throughout, although not affecting text. viii, 259 pp., [1]. 4 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches. Item Price
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The Complete Angler; or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing. In Two Parts. With: The Lives of the Authors: and Historical Notes Historical, Critical, Supplementary, and Explanatory.
by Isaac Walton, Charles Cotton, Sir John Hawkins
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Seventh Edition
- Published
- 1808
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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£242.52
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Professionally recased with full brown polished calf and debossed decorative dentelles as well as gilt rule; 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. All edges gilt. Illustrated with many black and white hors texte plates and illustrations throughout text. Occasional spotting throughout, primarily to plates. Wear to exterior edges and small losses to leather on boards (see image). vi,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Les Caboteurs et pecheurs de la cote de Tunisie (Coasters and Fishermen of the Coast of Tunisia)
by P. A. Hennique
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1888
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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£363.78
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Vibrant green cloth with debossed black and gilt decorations to boards and spine. 63 plates, 12 of which are hand-colored--all present. Plates are adhered to tabbed heavy stock paper, 8 of which are folding plates. Uncut pages. Minor rubbing at spine. 83 pp. (text) 6.75 x 10 inches.
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Book of the Black Bass comprising its complete scientific and life history together with a practical treatise on angling and fly fishing and a full description of tools, tackle and implements
by James A. Henshall
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1881
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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£323.36
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Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co.. Very Good. 1881. Green cloth boards with gilt bass motif to front cover. Gilt particulars and fisherman decoration to spine. Light wear to head and tail of spine. Corners bumped. Brown painted endpapers. Name of previous owner dated 1882 penciled to front free fly. Accession stamp to bottom of title page of… Read more about this item Item Price
£323.36
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Silver Swimmer
by Richard Buck
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1993
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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£286.98
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New York: Lyons & Burford, Publishers. Near Fine. 1993. Limited Edition. 30 of only 55 copies. Signed by author to limitation page. Full green goatskin with silver fish motif to front cover. Silver title to spine. Page of original manuscript tipped in to rear of book. Housed in grey cloth clamshell case with particulars to morocco label… Read more about this item Item Price
£286.98
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Joe and Me. An education in fishing and friendship.
by James Prosek
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1997
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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£889.24
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Limited Edition. 22 of only 50 copies. Bright red ruled Nigerian goatskin over silk. Gilt title and author to morocco spine labels. Matching red cloth slipcase with gilt title and author to red morocco label. Foldout original watercolor of Colorado River Cutthroat Trout by author to front of book. Limitation page signed by author and binder.… Read more about this item Item Price
£889.24
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Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed, with a short account of the natural history and habits of the salmon, instructions to sportsmen, anecdotes, etc. (Abel Chapman's annotated copy)
by William Scrope (Edited by The Right Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell)
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- second
- Published
- 1898
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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£282.94
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Half vellum over marbled boards with ruled brown morocco label to spine. In custom green cloth clamshell case with red ruled gilt particulars to spine as well as gilt-stamped notation "Abel Chapman's annotated copy." Lightly deckled edges; top edge gilt. Bookplate of noted naturalist Abel Chapman to front pastedown. Chapman's occasional notations penciled throughout text.… Read more about this item Item Price
£282.94
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Sparse Grey Hackle. Deluxe, limited edition of only 48 copies with manuscript page and signatures of contributors.
by Alfred W. Miller, Austin M. Francis (ed.)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition
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- 1993
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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£687.14
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Number 48 of only 48 signed deluxe copies containing a leaf of original manuscript tipped in to rear of book. Grey cloth clamshell case with gilt title to grey morocco label to spine. Full blue morocco. Gilt Anglers' Club logo to front cover. Gilt title to grey morocco label to spine. Signatures of Austin Francis, Patricia… Read more about this item Item Price
£687.14
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The Art of Angling, greatly enlarged and improved; containing directions for fly-fishing, trolling, bottom fishing, making artificial flies, &c. &c. Bowlker's Art of Angling; embellished with numerous engravings.
by Charles Bowlker
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1829
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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£242.52
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Printed paper boards. Losses to head and tail of spine. Front hinge beginning. Foxing to endpapers. Otherwise, a nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. 8" - 9" tall; viii,9-154 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. Item Price
£242.52
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A Concise Treatise On The Art Of Angling. Confirmed By Actual Experience, And Minute Observations, Exempt From Redundancies, And Superfluities, Which Tend More To Perplex, Than Instruct, With The Proper Methods For Breeding And Feeding Fish, And Of Making Fish-ponds, Stews, &c, With Several Arcana Never Before Made Public. To Which Is Added The Compleat Fly-fisher, The Game Laws Relative To Angling, And Prognostics Of The Weather, Independent Of The Barometer
by Thomas Best
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- 2nd enlarged & corrected Edition
- Published
- 1789
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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£177.85
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Nineteenth century Mandarin-red paper-covered boards. Paper label to spine. Hinges weak & worn but firmly attached. Bookplate of Henry A. Sherwin (of Sherwin Williams) to front pastedown. Moisture mark to initial 3 & last 3 leaves' lower gutter; strengthening to fore-edge corners of frontis not affecting image. 7" - 7½" tall; [170],[ii] pages; All shipments through USPS… Read more about this item Item Price
£177.85
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A Treatyse of Fysshynge Wyth an Angle by Dame Juliana Berners: Being a facsimile reproduction of the first book on the subject of fishing printed in England by Wynkyn de Worde at Westminster in 1496.
by Dame Juliana Berners (Wynkyn de Worde)
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- Used - Very Good
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- c. 1881
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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£80.84
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Quarter vellum over paper covered boards. Chip to front cover. Gilt title to black morocco label to spine. Loss to head of label. Small bookplate of previous owner to front pastedown. Deckle edges. A nice clean copy. Item Price
£80.84