1. Matthiessen, Peter.

Blue Meridian: The Search for the Great White Shark.

First Edition. New York, Random House, 1971. Octavo. 204 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author Peter Matthiessen.

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. [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.

4. Walker, C.F.

The Complete Fly-Fisher.

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1964. 24cm x 16cm. 304 pages. With 42 plates, 4 in colour. Original Hardcover with original illustrated (price-clipped) dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

5. Veniard, John/ Downs, Donald.

Fly-tying Problems and their answers.

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1977. 21cm x 14.1cm. 124 pages. With colour frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Original illustrated hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6. 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.

7. Sutherland, Capt RL / Crichton, Stewart.

A Creek to a Haven – Fifty Years of the Orkney Fishermen’s Society.

Orkney, Orkney Fishermen’s Society, 2003. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. 78 Pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by the authors on title page.

8. Stone, Peter.

Coarse Fishing. Illustrated Teach Yourself. Line drawings by Richard Walker. Drawings of fish by Irene Hawkins.

Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1969. 22cm x 15.5cm. 96 pages. With illustrations and photographs. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

9. Stoker, Hugh.

The Modern Sea Angler.

First Edition. London, Robert Hale, 1958. 22.2cm x 14.4cm. xi, 222 pages. Illustrated with half-tones and line drawings by the author. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. In protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

10. Stewart, Robert.

A Living From Lobsters.

Surrey, Fishing News Books Ltd., 1979. 14 x 21.5 cm. 67 pages, with 17 illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear, including sunning to spine and front jacket. Inscribed with previous owner’s name.