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SOUTH OF FRANCE
Written by C.B. Black.
Stock no. 1206809
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1880. Very good condition.

A Black's Guide. Third Edition. East Half. The Riviera from Montpellier and Marseille to Florence and Leghorn with the Roads to Them. Including the Island of Corsica. Small format. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. Large folding b/w map. 8 other maps and 14 plans. 200 pages + index + 20 pages + index for Corsica. Contents clean and bright. Spine a little dulled.

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BLACK'S PICTURESQUE GUIDE TO THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX AND ITS WATERING-PLACES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1206783
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 4th 1877. Slightly better than very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth, gilt titles. 11 b/w wood engravings, 3 maps including 2 large folding. xxi + 171 pages + 112 pages of advertisements. All maps and plates present. Contents bright and clean. Corners slightly bumped.

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HAPPY ENGLAND
Written by Marcus B. Huish. Illustrated by Helen Allingham.
Stock no. 2107921
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1909. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth. 80 colour plates and 1 black and white portrait of author. A. & C. Black Colour Book series. Reissue in large size. Bumping to corners. Spine is faded/browned, with small split to top. A few marks to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Front joint is a bit cracked. Foxing to outer page edges. Some page browning.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN STILLWATER FISHING
Written by David Jacques.
Stock no. 821893
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713614706. Ex-lib with just one stamp to verso of title page and one to end of index page. New endpapers. Wrapper spine lightly faded.

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DRAGON AT THE GATES
Written by Cristina Lastrego; Francesco Testa.
Stock no. 447030
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st thus 1978. Fine condition.

The wicked Baron Hector makes even the fiery dragon quail. But when the Dragon teams up with the indomitable Julia it's an entirely different story. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. First published in Italy in 1974 - This is the UK edition. ISBN: 0713618841.

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AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE
Written by Harold Child. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 378279
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1911. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Translated and edited with introduction by Child. White cloth with blue decoration and titles to front and spine. 6 tissue guarded Colour plates. Text surrounded by border. Xliii and 132 Pages. Spine and corners bumped, some slight fading to base of spine. Some hinges cracked. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to contents. One plate has a small marginal mark. Brown decorated dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn with loss to top and tail of spine, some marks to rear panel.

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HISTORY OF ST. ANDREWS
Written by Charles Roger.
Stock no. 576736
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1849. Good condition.

Brown embossed cloth, gilt title to spine. 15 b/w illustrations. 204 pages. With a Full Account of the Recent Improvements in the City. 2nd edition. Book: Ex-lib. Minimal stamps. 2/3 of backstrip missing. Bookplate to front pastedown. All plates (including folding map) present.

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FLY-DRESSING MATERIALS
Written by John Veniard. Illustrated by Donald Downs.
Stock no. 572559
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1979. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w illustrations. Colour photos. ISBN: 0713616903. Dustwrapper: price-cut.

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MODERN SALMON FISHING
Written by Antony Bridges.
Stock no. 572674
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1969. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition. B/w photos. ISBN: 0713609079. Dustwrapper: corners rubbed.

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LURES FOR GAME, COARSE AND SEA FISHING
Written by Taff Price. Illustrated by Robin Armstrong.
Stock no. 572697
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1972. Very good condition.

The lure in its modern form, suitable dressings for different water conditions, various methods of lure fishing, which streamers to use and, in addition, presenting ideas from both the author's own and the experience of other present day anglers. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour plates, b/w illustrations. 197 pages including index. ISBN: 071361305X. Slight staining to covers.

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MODERN SALMON FISHING
Written by Antony Bridges.
Stock no. 572686
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1947. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive work in the whole art and sport of fishing for salmon. B/w photos. Red cloth. Dustwrapper: corners rubbed.

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THE YOUNG ANGLER
Written by W. Carter Platts.
Stock no. 681233
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1940. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. B/w photos. Wrapper slightly edge-rubbed with one small closed edge-tear.

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