Search Results: Fishing from Nigel Sustins Books

London: Printed for the Author by R. Carpenter and Son. Published and Sold by Sherwood, Jones, 1823. Fits description of the 5th edition 1823 (Preface has that date). Original boards very worn and stained, spine replaced with a piece of coarse linen, hinges cracked and the book falls open in two equal parts which are nonetheless still secured by the linen spine, inked name to front free endpaper (address has been erased with abrasion to the paper). Two black and white shaded aquatints: 'The Crown at Broxbourn Bridge' and the 'Rye House Fishery', vignette of barbel, tench and roach to title page, 4 plates of Angling Apparatus, other full page plates are: 'Perch', 'Sniggling Apparatus', 'Trolling with the gorge', 'Dipping or Dapping for Chub', 'Punt Fishing' and 'Mackerel'. The only river map is that of the River Lea at the back. Numerous text illustrations ('cuts'). 373 pages. Rough-cut edges dusty and browned. Text is generally… Read More

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Victorian Fly-Fishers' Association, 1988. One of 2,000 (unnumbered) copies, very good cream boards, one or two small brown marks to front board, lower corners slightly bumped, gift inscription to front free endpaper, otherwise internally virtually fine; dust-wrapper very good with minimal rubbing.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Allan Bell, 1836. Early edition of Walton's classic (1836), a neat tight copy re-bound in modern red leather with no titles or decoration, new endpapers, 320 pages, browning to prelims, frontispiece portrait of Walton with slight browning to edges, title page has small ink mark, words and music to the 'Angler's Song', plates of Amwell Hill and Walton's House, Fleet Street, dust to edges, internally generally very good with many engravings (browning to edges which occasionally affects the text without obscuring). 12-page appendix, followed by index.. Hardcover. Good.