Search Results: Angling and Rivers from West Wessex Books

London: Methuen and Co, 1943. Book. Illus. by Author. Good. Cloth. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 307pp with diagrams and line drawings by the author....Drawn frontis. Salmon and Trout fishing...means, methods and memories...A worn but decent copy. No inscriptions.

London: Noris Shakespeare, 1966. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Paperback. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 90pp. feature articles by billy lane, dick orton, hugh stoker , harvey torbet.A lovely clean copy, some yellowing, otherwise sound and tight throughout..

London: Odhams Press Limited, 1964. Book. Illus. by Illlustrated. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 240ppp. A lovely clean copy, with beautiful drawings and pictures, d/j a little used, otherwise s ound and clean throughout..

London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1923. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Gilt Lettering On Buckram. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 288pp with 2pp of publishers ads.200 illustrations, including 39 in colour. A most beautiful tome. Reproductions of paintings by famous artists of fishing, fishermen and rivers. Color fade to spine and some fade to edges, shelfwear to back cover but all in all the buckram has a handsome patina, small bump to lower corner. Firm and clean with no inscriptions..

London: The Bazaar, 1920. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Fair. Paperback. Revised Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 12th Revised edition, a little worn with clean tear lower front cover at spine, a little soiling to white area of back cover, a decent copy. No date of publication , but feels early 1920`..

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1962. Book. Good. Paper on board. Third Printing. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 95pp. How to tie them. a small book in good conditons, full of tipd and useful drawings. Blue paper on board cover, illustrated d.j slighlty torn, otherwise clean and tight..

London: Collins Harvill, 1995. Book. Illus. by Illlustrated. Good +. Hardback. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 163pp. The search for the great white shark, a good copy, clean and sound throughout..

London: Rober Hale, 1986. Book. Illus. by Kenneth A Bromley. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 173pp with index. Nicely drawn illustrations. Bright clean copy, no inscriptions, not price clipped. Bright pictorial dustjacket..

Cornwall: Cornwall and River Authority, 1974. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 36pp. 22 year`s work by the cornwall river board and authority, with diagrams and line drawings..

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1929. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Fair. Cloth. Second Edition Revised. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 316pp with two plates in colour and twentyfive diagrams. Previous owners name to f.endpaper. Cloth has some damp damage to lower front edge resulting in colour loss, back has some childs crayon and a bruise through the cover.

London: Methuen and Co, 1929. Book. Illus. by Author. Fair. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 141pp with index. Colour frontis by the author, 9 monotone illustrations and 3 by Frank Reynolds. Worn copy with small section of spine above title missing, a little foxing to title and margins, still a very nice fishing read, or rather, fishing as it used to be. pencil inscription to f.endpaper..

Bristol: Macgibbon & Kee, 1970. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Good +. Paper on board. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 144pp.Blue paper on board cover, d/j a little used, 32 illustrations, a good sound copy throughout..

Thornton Heath: E Veniard, 1952. Book. Illus. by Eric Cumberland Owen. Fair. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 256pp plus index and coloured plates. Plus notes on the Angler's Co-operative Association. Coloured plate of fly dressings taped to f.pastedown and to rear pastedown. Previous owners name and address to f.endpaper, signed by John Veniard..'With regards' f.f.endpaper. Cloth boards and worn with spotty colour loss generally, not stained.Some wear to corners and head and heel of spine.....

London: A&C Black, 1970. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Good +. Cloth. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256pp with index. Drawings, colour and b/w photographs, 14 colour plates. The standard work on fry dressing, revised, and the section on flies for sea fishing has been completely re-written. Many of the illustrations re-drawn by Donald Downs to show more clearly the processes involved in fly-tying. A clean firm copy with a neat gift inscription to f.endpaper, dj price clipped..

London: W Foulsham & Co, 1960. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Cloth. Revised Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 96pp with line drawings and 4 half-tone plates. Revised and brought up to to date by W J Howes. Not price clipped or inscribed. DJ showing sings of wear at edges with slight chipping at top of spine. A nice little copy..

Institute of Fisheries Management Book. Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 44pp. Published for training courses, Lovely clean copy..

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1940. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 240pp with index, line drawings and b/w photographs. No date in this book but I guess it's late 40s early 50s. The author is a lady fisherman, if that's not a contradiction in terms, which it is of course. An interesting book, much about fishing in Ireland, some history of the sport and much more. Nice copy if a little worn, slight foxing to title, no inscriptions..

Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd, 1981. Ex-Library. Illus. by Illlustrated. Good. Paper on board. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 160pp.A nice copy, with photographs and illustartions, usual library markings, ohterwise sound and firm throughout..

Preston: Poultry Field Publications, 1920. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 154pp. a"sorta-biography of an angler" It does not tell you how to fish, but it certainly tells you why ! Green cloth cover, edges and bottom front corner slightly bumped, d.j. in good order, firm and sound throughout. No date of publication, but feels 1920`..

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1977. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 266pp10 colour plates 4 monocrome plates and many drawings, a great clean copy , sound throughout..