21. Babcock, Louis L.

The Tarpon [The True First Issue of the First Edition / Inscribed, Signed and dated in March 1920].

Printed for Private Distribution. [Louis L.Babcock], 1920. Octavo. 62 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Spine damaged. Front board and first layer cleanly detached. Needs new binding. Softcover boards slightly frayed. Interior excellent. This is the Extremely Rare, inscribed and signed first edition, meant for private circulation only. Inscribed by Babcock to W.J.Duncan in Buffalo, New York: “Dear Mr.Duncan, please accept this little volume with my regards & good wishes – L.L.B. – Mch 20/20 – Louis L. Babcock – 802-826 Buffalo, N.Y.”.

22. Wooley, Roger.

Modern Trout Fly Dressing. With many Illustrations and Dressings of over 400 Flies.

First Edition. London, Offices of the Fishing Gazette, 1932. Duodecimo. 215 pages plus pages for notes and a large fold-out-plate. Illustrated throughout. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

23. Whelan, Ken.

The Angler in Ireland – Game, Coarse & Sea.

Dublin, Country House, 1989. Quarto. 408 pages. Illustrated. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Endpaper missing but otherwise firm and excellent inside.

24. Waterhouse, T.A.

With Nets and Lines.

London, Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1947. Small Octavo. 235 pages. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

25. Walton, Izaak.

The Complete Angler – Or: The Contemplative Man’s Recreation – Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

London, Harrap, 1985. Octavo. 224 pages. Beautifully Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

26. Towner-Coston, H.E.

Water Symphony – Fishing with a Camera [With a Photograph oif the Grave of Izaak Walton]. Photographs by the Author.

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1948. Quarto. 53 pages text plus 53 full-page-photographs. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

27. Stoker, Hugh.

Complete Guide to Sea Fishing. Tackle Drawings by Author – Fish Drawings by R.E.Legge.

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1961. Octavo. 160 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. With manuscript poem to the rear endpaper (see image).

28. Stoddart, Thomas Tod.

The Angler’s Companion To The Rivers And Lochs Of Scotland [With the Large Fold-Out-Map, hand-coloured border-colouring: “Map of Scotland, to illustrate the Angler’s Companion”].

First Edition. Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1847. Octavo (13 cm wide x 20.5 cm high). Frontispiece, XIII, 431 pages plus Publisher’s “Catalogue of Books” bound into the rear. The often missing, large fold-out-map of Scotland is safe in the rear pocket of the Volume. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Recently rebound by using the original binding, strengthen it and Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

29. Simon, Andre L.

FISH – Comprising an Alphabetical List of Edible Fishes and a Selection of American, English and French Recipes for their Culinary preparation and presentation. Compiled under the Editorial Direction of Andre L. Simon.

London, Published by the Wine and Food Society, 1942. Octavo. 118 pages. Hardcover / Modern, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

30. Sharp, Arthur.

Fishing – When, Where and How to Fish. A Brief, Practical Guide to Fishing on River, Lake, and Stream.

London, W.Foulsham & Co., no year (.1940). Duodecimo. 85 pages plus Illustrations and Advertising. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

31. Mackie, Gordon.

How to Start Trout Fishing.

London / Tonbridge, Ernest Benn Limited, 1980. Slim-Octavo. 80 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

32. Koller, Larry.

The Treasury of Angling. With special material by Clive Gammon. Special photography by George Silk and Michael Prichard.

London, Paul Hamlyn, 1967. 30cm x 21cm. 251 (1) pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

33. Jones, H. Trevor.

Shore Life – Fish, Clouds and Weather. Describing 136 species, 129 of which are illustrated in full colour with additional colour and line drawings.

London and New York, Frederick Warne & Co., 1952. Small Octavo. 65 pages plus Index. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

34. Housby, Trevor.

The Rubby Dubby Trail – Shark Fishing in British Waters.

London, Gentry Books, 1972. Octavo. 131 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

35. Hodgson, W.Earl.

Trout Fishing – With A Frontispiece by H.L.Rolfe and a Facsimile in Colours of a Model Book of Flies, For Stream and Lake. Arranged according to the Months in Which the Lures are Appropriate.

Third Edition. London, A.&C.Black, 1925. Octavo. XIX, 328 pages plus “The Book of Flies” bound to the rear (being a section of Illustrations and Fly-Identifications for each month of the year when fishing applies (March – September). Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

36. Hardy’s.

Anglers Guide and Catalogue.

First Edition. London, House of Hardy, 1960. 20.7cm x 15cm. 160 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

37. [Godber, Lord/ Woledge, B./ Rees, W.J./ Wheeler, Mortimer/ Hohler, Christopher/ Laver, James/ Bellew, Sir George/ Gaultier, Paul].

The Scallop. Studies of a shell and its influences on humankind. By eight authors. Edited by Ian Cox.

London, The Shell Transport and Trading Company, 1957. 28cm x 21.7cm. 135 (3) pages. With colour photographs and illustrations. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and frontboard. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

38. Garrow-Green, G. (aka ‘Black Hackle’ of the Field and The Fishing Gazette).

Trout-Fishing in Brooks – Its Science and Art.

Second Impression. London, George Routledge & Sons, [c.1920]. Small Octavo. VII,136 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

39. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – 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.

40. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – 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.