1. Taverner, Eric.

Salmon Fishing. With three hundred & seven illustrations (307 Illustrations).

London, Seeley Service & Co. Limited, (1931). 8°. 472 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. The rare dustjacket with some signs of wear. The edge of the volume with minor traces of foxing. The volume itself in unusually excellent condition. Internally very clean and bright. A wonderful example of this beautiful book. Old inscription on the endpaper. [The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes. Volume X].

2. Houghton, Rev. W.

British Fresh Water Fishes. Illustrated with a coloured Figure of each Species drawn from Nature by A.F.Lydon and numerous Engravings.

London / Edinburgh and Dublin, William Mackenzie, (1879). Folio. XXVI, 204 pages with 41 stunning full-page lithographs in colour. Wonderful, recent half leather binding with new endpapers applied. Excellent condition. Extraordinarily beautiful publication with quite some romance applied to the pages juxtaposed to the colourful illustrations. Here we find the localities where one was able to catch the illustrated fish, beautifully depicted by skillful 19th century artists.

3. Veniard, John.

Trout Flies / Salmon Flies / Wet Flies. A collection of 7 pamphlets by John Veniard: No. 1. Trout and Salmon Flies [Dressings of 30 Dry Flies – 30 Wet Flies – 4 May Flies – 4 Fan Wing Flies – 8 Salmon Flies / [Possibly No. 2 (unnumbered): Fly Tying for the Beginner (Salmon) / No.3. Wet Flies – Dressings of Eighty-two useful Wet Fly Patterns / No.4: Salmon Flies – Dressings of Thirty-Two Salmon Fly Patterns (Supplementary to coloured Folder No.4 “Salmon Flies” / Possibly No. 5 (unnumbered): Trout Flies – Dressings of 140 Dry Fly and Wet Fly Patterns, 72 of them illustrated in colour / No. 6: One Hundred and one Fly Dressings – Trout – Sea-Trout – Lake Trout – Grayling / No.7: Fifty Salmon Fly Dressings /

Thornton Heath, E.Veniard, ca. 1965. 8°. Each pamphlet with ca. 20 pages. No. 5 with 43 pages. Original Softcover (printed wrappers). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some scribbling on a few of the pamphlets. Rare collection.

4. Childerhose, R.J. / Trim, Marj.

Pacific Salmon & Steelhead Trout.

Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre, 1979. Quarto. 158 pages with 14 colour plates of salmon and steelhead trout, many photographs and diagrams. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by the author to J.Ronald MacLeod (Roddy).

5. [Connemara] Anonymus [Bowden-Smith, Richard].

Fly Fishing in Salt & Fresh Water. With Six Plates, representing artificial Flies, etc. [Handcoloured]. [With a special chapter on Flyfishing in Connemara – Fly-Fishing Lough Ina, near Clifden, in Bertraghboy Bay, at the Skyard Rocks, at Deer Island and off the Isle of Mweenish and the Isle of Arran].

First and only edition. London, John van Voorst, 1851. Octavo. VIII, 74, (1) pages plus VI plates (including the frontispiece) of which V plates are beautifully handcoloured. Hardcover / Original publisher’s blindstamped cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. With some fraying to two pages. Unbelievably rare edition with the excellent handcoloured plates in fresh colours and overall excellent condition.

6. American Fisheries.

Directory and Reference Book.

Camden, National Fisherman, 1978. 27.8cm x 21.4cm. 559 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Library stamp from Bank of Ireland, 1980.

7. Veniard, John.

Reservoir and Lake Flies/ Fly Dresser’s Guide/ Further Guide to Fly Dressing/ Fly Dressing Materials. Four Volumes. With drawings by Donald Downs. Volume Four with a foreword by Taff Price.

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1977-1979. 12 x 12 cm. 184, 256, 266, 146 pages. Each volume includes colour and monochrame plates and many drawings. Original Hardcovers with original illustrated (price-clipped) dustjackets. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

8. Bay, Kenneth E.

How to Tie Freshwater Flies. A Step-by-Step, Fully Illustrated Guide for the Beginning Fly-Tier. Photographs by Matthew M. Vinciguerra.

New York, Winchester Press, 1976. 26cm x 18.5cm. vii, 151 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

9. Turnbull, John.

A Fly on the Stream. Some Tips for Trout Fishermen.

Sydney, Angus & Robertson Ltd., 1968. 24.2cm x 16.2cm. (14) 123 pages. With frontispiece colour plate. Original Hardcover with original illustrated (price-clipped) dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

10. Brooks, Joe.

Complete Book of Fly Fishing.

Revised and Updated Edition. U.S.A., Outdoor Life, 1968. 23.2cm x 15.6cm. 405 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Collector’s – Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.