Angling

# 15537

STEWART, W.C.

A caution to anglers, or ‘The practical angler’ and ‘The modern practical angler’ compared

Edinburgh : A & C Black, 1871. First edition. Octavo, paper wrappers, front wrapper loose and rear wrapper detached, paper loss on spine, mild foxing; pp iv – 56. Published in reaction to a very similarly titled angling guide by Harry Cholmondeley-Pennell. The two books, whilst sharing similarly worded titles, differed greatly in approach to angling. Pennell …

# 15539

The quest of the trout

Melbourne : Robertson & Mullens, 1935. Second edition. Octavo, illustrated stiff wrappers inscribed by author Evelyn Temple Emmett, date in ink on title page, pp 86.

# 15553

“Hewitt” Trout Fishing Specialties

New York : Marchbanks Press, [c.1900]. Octavo, paper wrappers, staple bound (some rust marks), [pp 7]. A trade catalogue for flies and other fishing equipment, with an article on Hewitt’s Trout Feed.

# 15524

ADAM, [William]

Dales, scenery, fishing streams, and mines of Derbyshire

London : W Kent, 1861. Octavo, cloth boards with decorations in blind (minor sunning), pp [vi]-174. A charming and detailed guide to the Derbyshire region, with emphasis given to fishing and game sport, as well as a proposed railway in the area. Westwood and Satchell, p. 1.

# 15554

The Driffield angler, in two parts : containing descriptions of the different kinds of fresh water fish, and the best methods for taking them in rivers, lakes, and fish ponds

With full directions for baits, and the manner of making artificial flies for every month in the season. To which are added instructions for shooting : with rules for breeding, breaking, and management of Pointers and Spaniels, and the choice of guns for game and wild fowl. With a description of the The Forest Blair, in …

# 15555

Fly-fisher in Tasmania

Melbourne : Melbourne University Press, 1961. First edition. Octavo, boards with pictorial dust jacket (some silverfishing), inscription of previous owner, and bookseller’s stamp on half title, pp ix-208, occasional pen annotations.

# 15474

Webster, H.T.; Zern, Ed

To hell with fishing

Or, how to tell a fish from fishermen. New York : Appleton-Century, 1945. First edition. Octavo, cloth boards with yellow lettering and fish motif, pp viii-88. A collection of H.T. Webster’s fishing cartoons with accompanying text by Ed Zern; a fine copy.

# 15520

"The Amateur Angler" [pseud.]

Fresh woods and pastures new

London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1887. Octavo, green pictorial limp boards, pp x-136; a fine copy. Bushell, p.70.

# 15584

RONALDS, Alfred

The fly-fisher’s entomology

Illustrated by coloured representations of the natural and artificial insect. And accompanied by a few observations and instructions relative to trout and grayling. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844. Third edition. Octavo, cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration in blind (rubbed), pages uncut and some unopened, pp x-115-32; illustrated with twenty colour …

# 15598

BROOKE, Major General Geoffrey

The major goes fishing

London : Seeley & Service, [c.1954]. Octavo, cloth boards in pictorial jacket; stitching starting to loosen; 31 pp; illustrated with seven line-drawings by R.P. Needham; a good copy.

# 15601

DUNNE, J.W.

Sunshine and the dry fly

London : A & C. Black, 1924. Octavo, cloth boards lettered in black (rubbed), with 2 owners’ bookplates and one ownership label, and inscription on preliminaries; pp 136; scattered foxing. From the library of prominent angling bibliophile Jock Grey.

# 15603

HENN, T.R.

Practical fly-tying

London : Adam and Charles Black, 1950. Octavo, cloth boards with dust jacket; pp 127; illustrated with three photographic plates and numerous line-drawings in the text; a very good copy. With practical tips, recipes and dressings.

# 15457

BAILEY, William

The angler’s instructor : a treatise on the best modes of angling in English rivers, lakes, and ponds, and on the habits of fish

London : Longmans, [1879]. Third edition (revised). Octavo, green cloth pictorial boards decorated in black and lettered in gilt; pp vii-188; a fine copy. An interesting publication on the Nottingham school of angling, which opted to cast directly from a wooden reel without a check with a ‘Derby twist’ silk running line. The dominant Thames school …

# 15558

JESSE, Edward (1780 – 1868)

Scenes and tales from country life : with recollections of natural history.

London : John Murray, 1844. First edition. Octavo, binding by J. Larkins in half calf over marbled boards, spine in compartments with gilt ornament and contrasting label lettered in gilt, previous owner’s bookplate to pastedown; pp vii-396; plates with mild foxing. Lowndes, p.1199.

# 15569

HAMILTON, Capt. G. D.

Trout-fishing and sport in Maoriland

Wellington : The Government Printing Office, 1904. First edition. Octavo, cloth boards with gilt lettering, pp. xix-428; illustrated with 2 photographic frontispiece images, 20 photographic plates, 2 collotype plates, and 2 chromolithographed plates of trout flies; occasional very minor water staining to margins, otherwise in fine condition.  

# 15572

BARKER, Thomas

Barker’s delight : or the art of angling

Wherein are discovered many rare secrets very necessary to be known by all that delight in that recreation, both for catching he fish, and dressing thereof.  London : Darling & Son for C.S.B., 1887. Facsimile of second edition. Octavo, parchment boards (rubbed), pages uncut, pp 40; a fine copy. Bushell p. 28, “limited to 100 …

# 15579

[BOAZ, Herman]

The Angler’s Progress: A poem. Developing the pleasures the angler receives from the dawn of the propensity in infancy, till the period of his becoming a complete angler

London : For J.H. Burn, 1820. Octavo, contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, titled in gilt on spine (some wear), marbled endpapers, pastedown with armorial bookplate of John-Longueville Bedingfield Esq. of Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk.; pp [12]; illustrated with twelve wood cuts; a fine copy. First illustrated edition, published in the same year as the unillustrated Newcastle …

# 15580

SCHOLES, David

The way of an angler : an appreciation of fly-fishing on many waters

Brisbane : Jacaranda Press, 1963. First edition. Octavo, patterned boards with dust jacket (some silverfishing), pp 184; photographic plates; a good copy. Discussing fishing regions in Victoria, Tasmania and the Monaro district of New South Wales, as well as in the U.S. and U.K.

# 15464

PICKARD, F.W.

Trout fishing in New Zealand in wartime

New York : G.P. Putnam’s, 1940. First edition. Numbered 189 of 250. Royal octavo, cloth backed papered boards lettered in gilt (rubbed), uncut, occasionally unopened; a presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front endpaper for Mr. Thomas Coyle; pp 180; illustrated with photographs of New Zealand by the author’s wife; a near fine …

# 15466

[BOOSEY, Thomas]

Piscatorial reminiscences and gleanings by an old angler and bibliopolist

To which is added a catalogue of books on angling. London : William Pickering, 1835. First edition. Octavo, green pebbled cloth boards, spine with printed paper label; pp xvi-256, uncut; a few pencil annotations; a fine copy. The Reminiscences comprise a selection of ‘anecdotes on fish and fishing’ taken from books and newspapers. The appended catalogue draws heavily on …

# 15455

Clericus [pseud. Rev. William Cartwright]

Facts and fancies of salmon fishing

London : Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1874. First edition. Octavo, green cloth boards, upper board with decorative fly fishing lure in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, all edges stained red, author’s presentation inscription on title page; frontispiece and title page with small stains to fore-edge; pp 271; with 10 illustrations of angling scenes. Westwood and …

# 15456

DAVY, Sir Humphry

Salmonia : or days of fly fishing

With some account of the habits of fishes belonging to the genus Salmo. London : John Murray, 1869. Fifth edition. Octavo, blue cloth boards (lightly rubbed), spine lettered in gilt, uncut and partially unopened, pp xvi-306; the final edition published, illustrated throughout, with some earlier woodcuts substituted for engravings; the prior edition was enlarged by Dr. John …

# 15460

SCHWIEBERT, Ernest

Trout

New York : E.P. Dutton, 1978. Quarto, two volumes, cloth bound, spines lettered in gilt (sunned), housed in the original slipcase with pictorial onlay; first volume inscribed by author on half title; pp. xvi-878; 879-1745. With illustrations in colour and black and white by the author; a very good set. A comprehensive reference work, discussing …

# 15606

BLACKWOOD, R.L.

The quest of the trout

Melbourne : Robertson & Mullens, [c.1950]. Octavo, illustrated wrappers (small ink mark lower fore-edge of upper wrapper), pp 78. A reproduction of Blackwood’s seminal trout fishing book.

# 15470

SCHOLES, David

Fly fishing in Australia

Melbourne : Macmillan, 1974. Royal octavo, navy boards with spine lettered in gilt, pictorial dust jacket (mild edge wear), pp 160; illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. David Scholes (1923-2005) was a keen fly-fisher, who served in the RAAF in World War II. His writing on fishing was widely published, and played an important role in …