Angling Catalogue 2008. John and Judith Head Angling
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Angling Catalogue 2008. John and Judith Head Angling 0001 "Anon": A Letter to a Proprietor of a Fishery in the River Thames in Which an £ 450.00 attempt is made to show in whom the Right of Fishing in Public Streams now Resides. 1772, Reading, Printed and Sold by Smart and Cowslade. 24pp, old style half tan calf with marble sides and end papers. Edges of half title little dust stained and repaired. 0002 "Anon": The Angler’s Pocket Book or Complete English Angler containing £ 550.00 Everything Necessary in That Art to which is Prefixed Nobbs’s Celebrated Treatise on the Art of Trolling. 1805, London, printed by H. K. Causton, 3rd edition, engraved frontis plate of an angler, (so often lacking from this edition) engraved text illustrations. , 148 pp, old style half calf binding. Nice example. 0003 "Anon": The Angler's Assistant, or a New and Complete Treatise on the Art of £ 485.00 Angling containing Every Necessary Instruction to Practice with Success the Most Healthy Pastime; n.d., c.1813, London, W. Mason. Uncoloured engraved frontis, 32pp, original printed paper covers, early name on cover. Spine strenghthened. Covers worn. SCARCE. 0004 "Anon": The Angler's Own Book, Gives a Thorough Knowledge of the Art and £ 250.00 Tales of Every Haunt of the Fish. c 1870, Published by J. Neal, London. 32pp., 19th century three quarter olive morocco binding, rebacked. Publisher's original pictorial wraps printed in red and black bound in. THIS COPY HAS TWO BOOKPLATES. THAT OF JOHN GERARD HECKSCHER AND HENRY J. SHERWIN. Nice example. 0005 "Anon": The Complete Fisherman, or Universal Angler, containing full directions £ 2,800.00 for taking all kinds of river fish, to which is added The Whole Art Of Fly Fishing. circa 1778, London n.d., printed for Fielding and Walker, 4th edn, engraved frontis plate, 92 pp. 4 pages of adverts. Bound with this copy is The Complete Vermin Killer, 1777, published by Fielding and Walker, 4th edn. 19th century half calf, rebacked. Crisp clean example of two scarce books bound together. Contained in a fold-over cloth box. 0006 "Fluker": Fishing in Egypt, c.1920’s, pub. Alexandria, n.d.140pp,orig. printed £ 50.00 paper covers, signed in pencil by A. Courtney Williams. The fishing includes "How to Spear Bayad (Similar to Black Bass), Spearing Crabs, Shark Fishing, Catching Leitz, Sole and Lubia (King of the Egyptian sea fish). The author found sport in Alexandria and Lake Karoun. 0007 A. Novice: The Anglican Friar, and The Fish Which He Took By Hook and By £ 85.00 Crook. A Comic Legend. 1851, London 8 full page humorous engravings, engraved title page, 166 pages, orig. decor. green cl.bdg., rebacked. Some light browning which is quite usual in this particular book. 0008 Adams, J: Salmon and Trout Angling: Its theory and practice on Southern £ 22.00 stream, torrent river and mountain loch. n.d. c.1938, Photos, 288pp, Very good copy in original red cloth binding. Some light foxing to the last page. Covers amateur rod making, fly dressing, salmon and sea trout fishing, (the Tweed, the Spey, Laxford River, and other waters) angling in Ireland, (the Erne, the Moy, Ballynyhinch Fishery, the Blackwater, the Shannon) Trout fishing on the Test, Grayling fishing on the Avon, Grayling fishing on the Itchen, and angling in Canada. 0009 Aflalo, F.G: British Salt Water Fishes. 1904, London, llustrated, 328pp, 17 full £ 25.00 page colour plates, uncut copy in the original green cloth binding. Covers little marked. (Woburn Library) 0010 Aflalo, F.G: Fisherman's Weather, By Upwards Of One Hundred Living Anglers. £ 25.00 1906, 8 full-page colour plates by Charles Whymper. Text by one hundred Anglers. 256pp, original green pictorial cloth binding. Angling 1 Angling Catalogue 2008. John and Judith Head 0011 Aflalo, F.G: Sea and Coast Fishing. With special reference to calm water fishing £ 55.00 in inlets and estuaries. 1901, London, full page text illus., 228pp., adverts, illustrated with drawings and photos. A very good example in the original decorative blue cloth binding. 0012 Aflalo, F.G (editor): A Book of Fishing Stories. 1913, London. 4 colour plates, 13 £ 85.00 photogravures, quarto. 244pp, original green cloth binding with gilt tooling on upper cover. Cover slightly faded. Contributions by Sir. Edward Grey, G.Buxton, C.F.Holder, Sir. Herbert Maxwell, H.T.Sheringham. Contents include Salmon Fishing, Sea Trout, Trout, Tarpon, Mahseer, Coarse Fishing, etc. 0013 Akerman, J. Yonge: Spring-Tide, or The Angler and His Friends. 1852, London, £ 120.00 Second edition. Engraved portrait frontis of author with Mayfly. 6 full page engraved plates. 192 pp. Adverts. Original green cloth binding. Slight wear to head and tail of spine but internally very good. Book plate. 0014 Akerman, J.Y: Spring-Tide or the Angler and his Friends. 1850, 1st edition. £ 160.00 London. Frontis portrait. Full page engraved plates, 192pp. Modern half old style calf, gilt angling emblems in panels of spine, red title label. 0015 Alexander, Sir J. E. (Editor): Salmon Fishing in Canada by a Resident, (Rev. £ 250.00 William Agar Adamson) London, 1860, Engraved frontis plate, map, 350 pp, adverts. Original cloth binding, Minor wear to extremeties. Salmon fishing in the Saguenay River, Flies that are suited for canada, Whale fishing in the St. Lawrence and Salmon fishing in the Moisie. One of the earliest on this area. 0016 Amateur Angler (E.M. Marston): Dovedale Revisited and Other Holiday £ 30.00 Sketches. 1902, London, first edition, frontis,15 full page plates, 2 text illustrations, 130 pp, original green cloth binding with gilt tooling on upper cover. Back cover little marked. Embraces Walton and Cotton's fishing house. Berkshire, a day on the Teme, the Wye, The Lea and Fishing in the Isle of Wight. 0017 Amateur Angler (E.M. Marston): On a Sunshine Holyday. 1897, London, Limited £ 60.00 Edition of 250 copies, printed on handmade paper, frontis and 15 illustrations, 140 pp. Original quarter vellum binding, green cloth sides. Spine little darkened. 0018 Amateur Angler (E.M.Marston): An Old Man's Holidays, London 1900, Ltd. Edn. £ 95.00 of 250 copies, hand numbered and initialled by the author, printed on hand made paper, 16 illus., 140pp, adverts, orig. quarter parchment binding, gilt top, spine little discoloured. 0019 Amateur Angler (Edward M. Marston): Fresh Woods and Pastures New. 1887, £ 40.00 London. First edition, 136 pp., adverts., original decorative green cloth binding, good example. This covers a day on the Lugg, Fly fishing on the Teme, Jubilee Fly fishing, and other country pursuits. 0020 Amateur Angler, ( E. M. Marston): An Amateur Angler's Days in Dove Dale to £ 45.00 which is added Dove Dale Revisited. 1910, London. Sampson Low. 154 pages, frontis portrait of author, 12 full page plates. 12mo. Original Parchment and green cloth binding. 0021 Amateur Angler.(E Marston): Days In Clover. 1892, London, 1st edn. Full page £ 55.00 illustrations. 120pages. Adverts.12mo. Original olive green binding. The edge of the pages are gilded. Chapters on Wales, Itchen, Wye and Folkestone. A pretty example. 0022 An Angler: The Fly Maker's Handbook. c1886, Published Liverpool, illustrated £ 200.00 with coloured plates, representing upwards of fifty of the most useful artificial flies for Trout and Grayling fishing. 9 coloured plates of flies, 44pp, 12mo, original decorative gilt stamped green cloth binding. Title page little stained and marked. Small rubbing losing part of two words. Angling 2 Angling Catalogue 2008. John and Judith Head 0023 Anderdon, John Lavincourt (A.J.L.): The River Dove, with Some Quiet Thoughts £ 350.00 on the Happy Practice of Angling, near to the seat of Mr. Charles Cotton, at Beresford Hall, in Staffordshire. 1847, London, published by William Pickering, First edition, 296 pp, attractively bound in old style full calf binding. Inscription on top of title page "H. G. Henderson, from his Father, Feb.1879". A good crisp example of this famous work. 0024 Anderdon, John Lavincourt (A.J.L.): The River Dove, with Some Quiet Thoughts £ 75.00 on the Happy Practice of Angling, near to the seat of Mr. Charles Cotton, at Beresford Hall, in Staffordshire. 1847, Lonon, published by William Pickering, First edition, 296 pp, Advertisements for other Pickering angling books. Publisher's original green cloth binding. Spine faded and top of spine worn. Previous owner's name on front end paper and initials on title page. Top of title page little rubbed. 0025 Anderson, G: Atlantic Salmon and The Fly Fisherman. 1985, col. illus. and £ 25.00 photos, sketches by Ed. Sutton, 241 pp, quarto, d.w. Good example. Written by one of the leading authorities on Atlantic Salmon Angling. Individual chapters cover The Salmon of North America from the Coast of Maine through to the Northermost reaches of Newfoundland, Labrador and Ungava. As new. 0026 Anderson, Gary: Atlantic Salmon and the Fly Fisherman. 1985, Canada. £ 375.00 SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION OF 150 COPIES bound in kid leather from Bangladesh selected by the author, each copy having a different colour, texture and thickness. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, ED SUTTON, WHO HAS DRAWN A SMALL SKETCH OF A FISH. Quarto. Coloured and black and white photos, 240pp. Contained in original publishers slipcase. 0027 Anderson, Gary: Atlantic Salmon. Fact and Fantasy. 1990, Canada. Coloured £ 95.00 and black and white photos, drawings and diagrams. 175pp. Quarto. SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND THE ILLUSTRATOR, ED. SUTTON. Original full leatherette binding, slip case. Describes the fly from the salmons point of view. Contains Atlantic Salmon fishing from all angles. As New. 0028 Andrews, William Loring: An English X1X Sportsman, Bibliopole and binder of £ 465.00 angling books.