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DRY-FLY FISHING THEORY AND PRACTICE
Written by F.M. Halford.
Stock no. 1329336
Published by Barry Shurlock. 1st thus 1973. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Reprinted from the first edition of 1889. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. 288 pages. 26 b/w plates. ISBN: 0903330024. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge rubbed and slightly grubby. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Some blue marks to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is well worn, torn and creased with some small pieces of loss and some marks.

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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
Written by Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton. Illustrated by Edmund H. New.
Stock no. 1329335
Published by Studio Editions. 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited with an introduction by Richard Le Gallienne. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 427 numbered pages plus The Angler's Calendar compiled by H.I. Regan to rear. ISBN: 1851700196. Slight bumping to spine. Contents are lightly browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

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SEA TROUT FLIES
Written by James Waltham.
Stock no. 1329334
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0713655224. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Some light foxing to top edge of textblock.

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A MODERN DRY-FLY CODE
Written by Vincent C. Marinaro. Illustrated by Pearce Bates.
Stock no. 1329330
Published by Crown Publishers Inc.. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Green endpapers. 269 pages. B/w photos and text illustrations. 2nd printing (first was 1950). Spine and corners bumped. Ink stamp of bookseller to front free-endpaper. Pale page edge browning. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly grubby, both corners of front flap cut out (price cut?).

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TROUT: FLY FISHING AND FLY TYING
Written by Philip White.
Stock no. 1329329
Published by Aurum Press. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Square format. Two volumes bound together in a laminated cover with a ribbon-tie closure. Packed fulled of colour photographs and diagrams. ISBN: 1854103024. Foxing to page edges/margins. Wear to edges of outer cover.

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SPLIT-CANE AND SABLE: A BOOK OF FISH, MEN AND NATURE
Written by Robin Armstrong. Illustrated by Robin Armstrong.
Stock no. 1329328
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Proving by his distinctive skills with rod, line and brush, that there is far more to fishing than meets the eye, the author has given us a charming book about his life and occupations. Colour & b/w illustrations. Burgundy boards and gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0460047450. SIGNED by the author to title page (inscribed to previous owner). Spine and corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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A HISTORY OF FLYFISHING
Written by Conrad Voss Bark. Illustrated by Peter Gathercole.
Stock no. 1329327
Published by Merlin Unwin Books. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From the Macedonian 'plumes' of old to the hairwing streamers of today. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 202 pages. B/w photos and diagrams. Colour photos of flys by Gathercole. ISBN: 1873674031. Spine slightly bumped. Very light scratch mark to front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed, there is an old price sticker to rear panel and a small mark.

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FISHING FLIES AND FLY TYING: AMERICAN INSECTS, INCLUDING NYMPHS AND CRUSTACEANS
Written by William F. Blades. Illustrated by William F. Blades.
Stock no. 1329325
Published by Stackpole Books. 1st thus 1979. Slightly better than very good condition.

Limited Facsimile edition. Brown cloth with gilt titles and embossed vignette of fly to front cover. 319 pages. B/w photos and diagrams throughout, some colour plates. ISBN: 0811706133. Textblock is very slightly grubby.

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THE VIEW FROM RAT LAKE
Written by John Gierach.
Stock no. 1329322
Published by Excellent Press. 1st UK 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The sequel to Trout Bum, a trip to Rat Lake, Montana inspires this book. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 193 pages. ISBN: 1900318008. Spine bumped. Pale page browning throughout else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed/creased.

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DANCES WITH TROUT
Written by John Gierach. Illustrated by Glenn Wolff.
Stock no. 1329321
Published by Robinson Publishing Ltd. 1st UK 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From Alaska to Texas to Scotland in search of good fishing and even better fish stories. White cloth spine with metallic blue title, blue boards. 205 pages. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 1854872877. Spine and corners slightly bumped, some slight foxing to cloth of spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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MODERN TROUT FLY DRESSING
Written by Roger Woolley.
Stock no. 1329319
Published by The Fishing Gazette. 1939. Very good condition.

Second Edition. With many illustrations and dressings of over 400 flies. Small format. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles. Brown marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations. Covers are edge rubbed, slightly worn to top of spine, some scuffing to rear cover. Pale page edge browning else contents clean.

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ITCHEN MEMORIES
Written by G.E.M. Skues; Roy Darlington. Illustrated by Alex Jardine.
Stock no. 1329316
Published by Robert Hale. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A reissue of a classic of 20th century angling literature. 50 years angling on the Abbotts Barton fishery. Edition limited to 750 copies. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Introduction by Darlington. ISBN: 0709063725. This is copy no. 340. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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