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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
Written by Izaak Walton. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1330556
Published by David McKay Company. 1st 1931. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Subtitled: The Contemplative Man's Recreation Being a Discourse of Rivers Fishponds Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers. The spirit of the book is admirably captured by Rackham's pastoral scenes. 12 colour plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Green pictorial endpapers. 224 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn with slight loss, tiny hole to centre of rear panel.

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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
Written by Izaak Walton. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1830140
Published by Harrap Limited. 1985. Very good condition.

Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation Being a Discourse of Rivers Fishponds Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers. Grey pictorial cardwraps. Colour plates and b/w line drawings. 223 pages. ISBN: 024554223X. Reprint. Fading to spine. Cover corners lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Light corner tip creasing to rear of contents. Last page has a few grubby marks else contents are clean.

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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
Written by Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton; Richard Le Gallienne. Illustrated by Edmund H. New.
Stock no. 1830085
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1897. Good condition.

Edited, with an introduction by Richard Le Gallienne. Green cloth, dark green titles and decorations. B/w illustrations. Page edges untrimmed. lxxxiv and 427 pages plus The Anglers' Calendar complied by HI Regan to rear. Cloth edges of spine split. Boards unevenly faded to rear and a little grubby. Top & tail of spine and corners worn. Endpapers and text block browned. Front endpaper has been removed. Name in ink to half-title page. A few grubby marks and fox-spots to contents.

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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
Written by Izaak Walton. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1329918
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Grey/green cloth with gilt titles and vignette to front cover. 12 pastoral colour plates capture the spirit of this well-loved book. B/w text illustrations. Grey/green pictorial endpapers. 224 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine is lightly browned. Mark to front cover. Endpapers and prelims lightly browned. Name and date in ink (neat) to half title-page. Some light fingermarks to margins of first few pages. A nice copy.

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FISHING WITH WALKER
Written by Dick Walker; Peter Maskell.
Stock no. 1329886
Published by Peter Maskell Publishing Services. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A selection of articles that covers the major coarse fishing species, detailing how to catch them and tactics to use, plus some outspoken opinions on topics that remain controversial today. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 197 pages. Limited edition of 500 signed copies. SIGNED by Pat Marston Walker (and someone else) to title-page. This is copy no. 106 SIGNED by the publisher.

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THE BOOK OF THE PERCH
Written by The Perchfishers; Peter Rogers; Steve Burke. Illustrated by Luke Bedson.
Stock no. 1329882
Published by Oxford Illustrated Press. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Edited by Rogers & Burke. Divided into twelve parts, each of which begins with a specially-commissioned, beautiful line drawing by Luke Bedson. Comprises 33 essays in total. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 1855092115. Base of spine is very slightly shelf bumped. Top edge of wrapper is slightly creased with a couple of small tears.

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FIRST CAST
Written by Terry Lampard.
Stock no. 1329881
Published by Fsh. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Carp fishing. Charting the author's journey through someof the landmark waters fished and the successes and failures encountered along the way. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0955140609. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Base of spine is slightly bumped.

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FISHING WITH THE FAMOUS REVISITED
Written by Bob Buteux; Kevin Clifford. Illustrated by Tom O'Reilly.
Stock no. 1329880
Published by The Little Egret Press. 1st thus 2015. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Limited Edition to 350 copies. Brown boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 159 pages. SIGNED and numbered (30) by Wayne Cryer to publishers page. Limited edition sticker to half-title page. There is a card included with the book which has space for each contributor to sign, only Buteux, O'Reilly and Cryer have signed it.

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THE LOST DIARY APRIL-SEPTEMBER 1981: FISHING DIARY OF C. FERNYHOUGH YATES
Written by Christopher Yates.
Stock no. 1329873
Published by Unbound. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

A summer fishing in pursuit of golden scales. Orange boards. 147 pages, including list of subscribers to rear. ISBN: 9781783520435. SIGNED by the author title-page. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed.

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THE FISHERMAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1329866
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Something unique for all lovers of angling, a selection from some of the best descriptive writing in English, practical advice, unusual adventures, records, everything which can recall for fishermen the pleasures of their chosen sport. Illustrated thoughout with BB's dramatic woodcuts. 568 thin pages. Small format, 6.75" x 4.25" Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and vignette. Base of spine has slight shelf bumping/rubbing. Tiny mark to front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper, which is also slightly browned. Dustwrapper is lightly browned (particularly to spine) and has some foxspots.

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A CELEBRATION OF SALMON RIVERS
Written by John B. Ashton; Adrian Latimer.
Stock no. 1329856
Published by Merlin Unwin Books. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book is devoted to the Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, and the magnificent rivers they inhabit. Large format. Light beige cloth boards, navy title to spine, simple embossed vignette to front board Pictorial endpapers. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781873674277. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Margins of contents page are slightly grubby else contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge creased, worn at top and tail of spine with slight loss at top.

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RAMBLINGS OF A SPORTSMAN-NATURALIST
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1329854
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Drawn mainly from the sporting diaries he kept for many years, BB recalls numerous little adventures afield. A collection of happenings and impressions of the seasons, beautifully enhanced by dramatic b/w scraperboard illustrations throughout. Black boards, gilt lettering to spine. 176 pages. ISBN: 0718118154. Spine bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light page edge browning. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge creased.

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