1. AK.

Two Salmon – Decorative Tackle-Box made from Wood.

[Canada ?], 1989. 19 cm wide x 27 cm high. Sliding top. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

2. [Allcock & Co.] / S.Allcock & Co. Limited.

Fishing Tackle Specialists for all Markets – Wholesale Illustrated Catalogue No.32.

Redditch (England), S. Allcock & Co. Ltd., [1928]. Quarto (22 cm wide x 28.3 cm high). 123 pages with hundreds of illustrations throughout [of which six pages are in full colour showcasing beautiful flies: “Floating May Flies” / “Allcock’s celebrated Salmon Flies” / “Upright Winged Trout Flies” / “Loch and Sea Trout Flies” / “Trout Flies” / “Dry Flies – Double Winged” / Original Publisher’s Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. With a sheet of “Trading Conditions” tipped into the book (endpaper). Loosely inserted into the Catalogue is some wonderful Ephemera: 1. Allcock-Advertising-Leaflet for Allcock’s “Aerialite” – Reels / 2. Allcock-Advertising-Leaflet for Allcock’s “Built-Cane Rods” with reduced prices for the year 1932 / 3. “Allcock-Advertising-Leaflet” for Allcock’s “Featherto” Minnows (colourful presentation of “Pheasant Tail-Minnows”, “Blue-Spot and Gold – Minnows”, “Char-Minnows” etc.) / 4. Additional, “Revised Price” – List for Catalogue No.32 and also reduced prices for New Goods” (16-page-price-list).

3. 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.”.

4. Barder, Richard.

Dry-Fly Trouting for Beginners.

London, David & Charles, 1976. 22.3cm x 14.3cm. 132 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

5. Bolitho, Hector.

The Glorious Oyster – Its History, in Rome and Britain; what various writers and poets have said in its praise; together with chapters by Maurice Burton on the ‘Reproduction and Growth’ of oysters, ‘Their Enemies’, their ‘Anatomy and Physiology’, and their ‘Culture’, and a chapter on ‘Oysters, Raw and Cooked’ by W.A.Bentley. Illustrated with still life paintings from collections in England, Europe and America.

London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1960. Octavo. Frontispiece, 174 pages with 17 illustrations (including Frontispiece). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6. Bradley, A.G.

Clear Waters – Trouting Days and Trouting Ways in Wales, The West Country, And The Scottish Borderland.

First Edition. London, Constable and Company Ltd., 1915. Octavo. 380 pages. With twelve photographic Illustrations. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Binding slightly stained. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

7. Bucknall, Geoffrey.

Fly Tying for Beginners. Illustrated by Keith Linsell and Ted Andrews. With a foreword by Dermot Wilson.

London/ Tonbridge, Ernest Benn Limited, 1979. 19.4cm x 10.5cm. viii, 96 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

8. Bucknall, Geoffrey.

Modern Techniques of Still-Water Fly-Fishing. Illustrations by Noel Messenger.

London, Frederick Muller Limited, 1980. 25. xi, 101 (10) pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

9. Dirks, Lore.

Mein Mann Angelt [German Book – Title translates: “My Husband is an Angler”].

Melsungen, Neumann-Neudamm, 1963. Octavo. 124 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Dustjacket slightly torn. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

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

11. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – Ardley, Denis H.

A Handbook of Fly-Tying. Photographs by John Tarlton and Drawings by Herbert Marshall.

First Edition. London, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd., 1977. 22.4cm x 13.8cm. 175 pages. With 5 colour plates and over 80 text illustrations. Original hardcover in original price-clipped dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

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

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

14. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – 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).

15. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – [Connemara / Fly Fishing in 19th century Ireland] 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.

16. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – Cutting, Charles Latham.

Fish Saving – A History of Fish processing from Ancient to Modern times. [With plates, including portraits, illustrations and maps].

London, Leonard Hill, 1955. Octavo. xv, 372 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition.

17. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – Farlow/ Hardy Brothers.

To Cast a Trout Fly. A Step-by-Step Guide for the Modern Angler. In conjunction with Scientific Anglers Inc., of America.

England, Farlow’s and Hardy Bros. (Alnwick) Ltd., 1960. 21.8cm x 14cm. 36 pages.With illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some foxing to the covers.

18. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – Harris, J.R.

An Angler’s Entomology.

London, Bloomsbury Books, 1990. 16cm x 24cm XV, 268 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

19. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – Horsfall Turner, Eric.

Angler’s Cavalcade.

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1966. 24cm x 17cm. xi, 131 pages. With 9 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

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