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100 Rare, Scarce & Interesting Books on AnglingALL WITH pictures. We don’t sell books, people buy them from us.

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The First Book to use Actual Flies 1. ALDAM, W. H.

A Quaint Treatise On "Flies, and the Art aArtyfichall Flee Making". By An Old M, an well knownon the Derbyshire Streams as a first-class fly-fisher a centuryago. Printed from an Old Ms. Never Before Published, the

Original Spelling and Language Being Retained, withEditorial Notes and Patterns of Flies and Samples of theMaterials for Making Each Fly. - With Two Chromo-Lithographic Facsimiles from water drawings by JamesPoole.

London. John B. Day. 1876. 4to, 27.5cm, the FirstEdition, 2nd issue, xiii,[1](errata page),91p., plus 2chromolitho colour plates & 25 actual specimens of flies andfly making material in 22 oval mounts on 8 (six double sid-

ed) hard card plates with 22 recesses of real flies andmaterials, In the original dark green cloth, elaboratelydecorated spine and upper cover with gilt titles, blackstamped borders and decorations & gilt vignette fish andfly pictorial decorations, bevelled boards, a.e.g., some slightfoxing and some slight fading on the fore-edge margins ofthe boards else a very good to fine copy of an attractivelyproduced book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,250.00

Westwood & Satchell p3. Heckscher 18. First book touse actual fly tying materials and flies. It is saidapproximately 220 copies were produced. First was in1875.

2. ALEXANDER, Kirkland B. The Log of the North Shore Club. Paddle and

Portage on the HundredTrout Rivers of LakeS u p e r i o r. W i t h 4 0Illustrations. New York.G. P. Put-nam's Sons.1911. 12mo, 18cm, TheFirst Edition, xvii,228p., inthe original marble grainblue cloth, gilt spine andcover titles with photoillustrations laid down onthe upper cover framedin gilt border, a fine copyin chipped good to verygood jacket, rare in anyjacket . . . . . . . . . . 450.00

Bruns, 67. “Theauthor complains that the Nepegon (still spelled with theE) is full of tourists. This when the big beautiful falls werestill on the river, and when it produced it choicest andbiggest sqaretail (brook) trout such as the world’s record of14.5#. Very Scarce”. (Bruns). “An interesting work”.Wetzel. American Fishing Books, Bibliography, p96.

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3. [ANGLING Bibliography]. BUSHELL, C.W.Catalogue of the Private Angling Library of C.W.

Bushell, Snr., Haberfield, Sydney, Australia. Comprisingapproximately 1,250 titles, including 125 editions of IzaacWalton's "Complete Angler" published in the UnitedKingdom. Modernized by the inclusion of approximately200 titles published during recent years. Haberfield(Sydney), N.S.W. Bushell Publishing Company Pty. Ltd.1953. 8vo, 21cm, 120p., with 10 facsimile title-pages, adden-dum, printed wraps, annotating in pencil, very good to fine,rare,.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00

Only 2 copies listed in Australian libraries. Approx-imately 1,500 volumes covering nearly 500 years of AnglingHistory,... (cover).

4. Anonymous. The Angler's Hand-Book; containing Concise

Instructions for Every Department of the Art, and Two Col-oured Plates of Flies,including many neverbefore figured.

London. RobertTyas. 1840. 24mo, 12cm,67,[1]p., with 2 handc o l o u r e d p l a t e scontaining 24 differentflies, in the original bro-wn cloth, with gilt titlesand vignette illustrat-ions on the upper cover, a.e.g., a near fine copy. . . . . 450.00

W.& S. p9., Heckscher #61.

The Rare First Edition of this Manual5. Anonymous.

The Gentleman Angler. Containing Short, Plain andEasy Instructions whereby the most ignorant Beginner, mayin a little Time, become a perfect Artist in Angling, to whichis added the Angler's New Song.,... By a Gentleman who madeAngling his Diversion upwards ofTwenty-Eight Years.

London. Printed for A.Bettesworth. 1726. 12mo, 15cm,the first edition, [viii],184,[viii],p.,index, lacks the half-title, with thecircular printed paper bookplatelabel of noted Angling collector“J.C. Lynn”, Lynniana & oneearly former owner’s square blockstamp on the verso of the titlepage, in 19th cent half calf andmarbled boards, gilt titles, verygood to fine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900.00

Westwood & Satchell. pp.104-105. The Rare firstedition of one of the earliest Angling manuals.

6. Anonymous. [ANGLING Manuscript - Pocket Book].The Angler's Vade Mecum. Piscatorirus Sacrum.

N.p. manuscript, c.[1840]. 24mo, 13.5cm, 34p., with 47 handcoloured paintings of flies with handwritten entries, inuntitled full calf binder with gilt decorated panel borders onthe boards, decorated endpapers, silk bookmark, wooden

closing peg onthe fore-edge, (tofacilitate carryingin the field) , textblock is loose, theupper cover isslightly cuppeda n d s l i g h t l ysmoke stained,the flies in thetext would seemto be perfect, aunique item . . .

.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00The provenance of this pocket book is known to be fromthe estate of the Duke of Newcastle and believed to be written in the 1840's by one of his family. The paintings offlies are very well-executed similar to the style of Ronalds.The text consists of fly descriptions in very neat, precisehandwriting. A unique addition for any fishing library.

7. Anonyous. Fishing: When, Where, and How to Fish Without

Live Bait. London. William Tweedie. 1862. 12mo, 15.5cm,first edition, 32p., original printed wraps with title pagerepeated on the upper cover, and publisher ad on thebottom wrapper, bound into red paper over boards, withblind ruled borders on the cover and black leather labelalong the spine, very good to fine, rare . . . . . . . . . 250.00

Heckscher 740.

8. Anonymous. The North Country Angler; or the Art of Angling:

as practised in the Northern Counties of England. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and

Brown & Robinson, Son and Holdsworth, Leeds. 1817.12mo, 17.5cm, 4th

edition, with add-itions, iv,89, [1]p.,ad., title vignette,in early half crim-son grained calf,gi l t decoratedraised bands, giltfloral decorationsin the panels, giltruled borders onthe marbled boa-rds, marbled end-

papers, armorial bookplate, fine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.00Westwood & Satchell, p13. "Ought to have been called

'The North Country Poacher', says Chatto”. - The authorrecommended the use of various concealed folding rods. - Heckscher 78.

Limited to c. 65 Copies9. BAIGENT, Dr. W[illiam]

A Book on Hackles for Fly Dressing. With anIntroduction by W. Keith Rollo. Newcastle Upon Tyne.Privately Printed. (By Mawson Swan & Morgan). c.[1943].31p., plus 5 plates (inc. frontis portrait, in full dark blue calf,spine titles on the upper cover, original shipping wrapper

folded and loosely inserted, first edition, limited to 65copies, bound with:

Set of 11 card mounts containing the 164 hacklesdescribed in the text, in the original full dark blue leatherfolding drop-back solander box, mounts are cuppedespecially the top two or three else a fine set . . . . . 5,500.00

Gingrich pp287-2 8 8 . Li tchf ie ld 75 ;Kerridge 79. Baigentwas the first to under-stand the importance ofusing a hackle and howit reflects light (colour)as oppose to the artificialmaterial. See Gingrich. The only othercopy of this book I haves e e n a l s o h a d t hemounts cupped exactlylike this. The limitationis variously described at being between 40 and 80 sets. 10. BARKER, Thomas

Barker's Delight: Or, The Art of Angling. Whereinare discovered many rare secrets very necessary to beknown by all that delight in that Recreation, both forcatching the Fish, and Dressing Thereof. The SecondEdition much enlarged.

“There is a time and season to every purpose under heaven.Everything is beautifull in his time”. Eccles. iii,I,II.

London. Printed by Richard Marriot. 1657... (Printedby Hodgson & Co., 19 Newgate Street. [1820]. 16mo. 15.2cm,the first edition of this issue, [ii],27p., bound into modernplain blue grey wraps, some slight foxing, very good to fine,this is a very scarce printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00

W&S p22, states “London, printed by J.G. for RichardMarriot and are to besold at his shop in St.Dunstan’s Churchyard,Fleet-street. 1657; and[with new title page]printed for HumphreyMoseley and are to besold at the PrincesArmes in St. Paul’schurchyard, 1659, 12o.Reprinted: London,Burn, 1820, 12o,; andHodgson & Co. [somecopies].... Please see W&S who have an extensive note ofBarker and these issues. “Barker was the first propagator ofthe heresy of salmon-roe. He says: I have found an experienceof late, which you may angle with, and take great store of fish... Thebait is the roe of a salmon, or trout, ...” Not in Heckscher. Noexact auction records located.

Association Copy with Westwood & Denison Bookplates 11. [BEEVER, John] by Arundo (pseud)

Practical Fly Fishing founded on Nature, andtested by the Experience of Nearly Forty Years, in variousparts of the United Kingdom. With Instructions forImmitating all the most Useful Flies. Also, Remarks on Fly-Rods, the best woods for them,and the best way of makingthem, etc. etc. By Arnudo. London. Published for the

Author, by Simpkin & Marshalll. 1849. 16mo, 16cm, theFirst Edition, iv,66p., bound in half dark green crushedmorocco, gilt and blind ruled raised bands, gilt centre paneldevices & gilt titles, gilt ruled borders on marbled boards,marbled endpapers, a.e.g., a fine copy . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00

With two bookplates, the armorial bookplate ofThomas Westwood & with the gilt decorated crimson

morocco book-plate label oft h e A l f r e dDenison, theleading BritishA n g l - i n gcollector of thelate 19 cent-th

ury who coll-e c t i o n w a scrucial to West-wood & Satc-

hell's biblio.. ‘Bibliotheca Piscatoria' (1883). W&S. p186. 12. BERNARD, J. (S.P.O.S.)

Fly-Dressing. With over 500 Patterns of StandardTrout and Grayling Flies, used in all countries. London.Herbert Jenkins Limited. 1932. 12mo, 19cm, first edition,199p., with 2 colour plates (flies), 26 figures, green cloth,scattered foxing (heavy to title pages), heavily annotated,tipped & laid in handwritten leaves, very good . . . . . 45.00

The extensive annotations and fishing informationadded greatly to the value of this book. Although notnamed, the contributor was obviously a very experiencedangler and used this book to record years of fly patterns.

Denison’s Copy - Only One Auction Record13. BLACKER, W[illiam]

W. Blacker’s Catechism of Fly Making, Anglingand Dyeing, comprising most essential Information.Published by the Author. Entered at Stationer’s Hall, Dec 8.

1843. 24mo, 14cm,[xii],130p., plus 6engraved plates onextra stock paper (1view & 5 of flies),p36 is black but textis continuous, incontemporary fullcross grain blueblack calf, gilt panelru l es e l se p l a i ns p i n e , g i l t r o l l

borders on the boards, gilt titles on the upper cover, a.e.g.,some slight wear at the edges, former owner’s name “SamLettsom” in ink on the front endpaper & the gilt decoratedcrimson morocco bookplate label of Alfred Denison, someoccasional light foxing else a fine copy, very rare. . 2,500.00

W&S. p33., Heckscher, 202. “Page 36 in this copy isblank. Text is perfect. Very Scarce”. Only one auctionrecord in the sixties (1968).

14. BLACKER, William Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c, comprising

Angling & Dyeing of Colours. With Engravings of Salmon& Trout Flies Shewing the Process of the Gentle Craft asTaught in The Pages. With Descriptions of Flies For the

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Season, of the Year, As They Come Out on the Water.Rewritten & Revised by the Author, Blacker, himself,Fishing Tackle Maker of... London. ... of 54, Dean St. Soho,1855. 16.8cm, 3rd and best edition, xi,[i],viii, [ii], 259p., with

engraved frontis & title page &17 fly plates, in the original darkgreen cloth, blind stampeddecorations and borders on theboards, gilt spine titles anddecorations, a fine copy, avariant, none of plates are handcoloured in this copy. . . 500.00The book was first published in1842, this is an expandededition of two earlier smallerissues. "The work is a strangemedley of practical usefulnessand rhapsodical extravagance.

The instructions for fly-making are peculiarly precise andclear.". (W&S). Westwood & Satchell, pp32-33., Heckscher,#203. William Blacker (b: 1814) was from Wicklow, Ireland

Limited to 100 Copies15. BLADES, William F.

Fishing Flies and Fly Tying. American Insects andTheir Imitations. Illustrations by the Author. Harrisburg.Stackpole and Heck. 1951. sm4to, 25.5cm, 234p., the firstedition, limited to 100 copies,this being No. 63, signed by theauthor, with 66 plates (7 incolour), 53 text illustrations,index, in full brown paddedleather, (leatherette) gilt titles anddecoration on the spine andupper cover, some slight wearon the front corners else a nearfine copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.00

Photographs of c.775 flies,nearly 200 in full colour. Each flyis fully described and the material for constructing it is listed.English-born Bill Blades was recognized as a worldrenowned fly-tyer.

16. BURGESS, J.T. Angling: A Practical Guide to

Bottom Fishing, Trolling, Spinningand Fly-Fishing. With a Chapter on SeaFishing. London. Frederick Warne andCo. [1867]. 16cm, viii, 182p., frontis, 3plates, 45 text figures, ads on theendpapers, original orange clothprinted in black including an ad on therear board, fine .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00

Westwood & Satchell p48. From"The Country Library & Family CircleBooks" series. Includes three plates oftrout and salmon flies. The Appendix is a chart forascertaining the weight of fish. In the Preface, the authorcredits the assistance of eminent angler and writer,Cholmondeley Pennell.

17. BOWLKER, Charles Bowlker's Art of Angling, greatly enlarged and

improved; containing directions for Fly-Fishing, Trolling,Bo t to m-Fi shi ng,Making ArtificialFlies, &c, &c. Ludlow & London.Procter & Jones, andLongmans... 1826.16mo, 17cm, 9 thedition, viii,(9)-145p.,enlarged edition, col-our frontis (34 flies),text illustrations, con-temporary quarter

black calf backed marbles boards, plain spine, near finecopy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.00

First published in 1747. W&S,p39.

18. [CHETHAM, James]. The Angler's Vade Mecum: Or, a Compendious, yet

full, Discourse of Angling: discovering the aptest methodsand ways, exactest rules, properest baits, and choisestexperiments for the catching of all manner of fresh waterfish. Together with a brief discourse of fish-ponds, and not

only the easiest, but most palatable ways of dressing allsorts of fish, whether belonging to rivers or ponds; and thelaws concerning angling, and the preservation of such fish.The third edition, Illustrated with Sculptures: And verymuch Enlarged.

London Printed for William Battersby. 1700. 8vo,16cm, (trimmed), [x],326,[x]p., (index & catalogue), with 2copper engraved plates (fish), in contemporary panelledcalf rebacked, raised bands, gilt titles. leather label, with thearmorial bookplate of “The Hon. George Hamilton”, a verygood to fine clean copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00

W&S, p59-60. Wing C-3791. Heckscher 449. One of theoriginal writers on the subject. 19. CLARKE, George Frederick

Song of the Reel. Fredericton. Brunswick Press. 1963.8vo, 21.5cm, first edition, 288p., with 12 photographs, bluecloth, near fine copy in very good edge worn jacket . 45.00

An anecdotal account of fishing in New Brunswick,

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particularly for salmon on the Restigouche and MiramichiRivers. “Here are tales of classic encounters betweenanglers and wily salmon told with masterful suspense andcontaining a wealth of disguised fishing lore.” (Foreword).

20. CLARKE, George Frederick Six Salmon Rivers and Another. [London]. Herbert

Jenkins & Brunswick Press, Canada. 1962. 22cm, 2nd

impression, 190p., with 8 illustrations, index, mappedendpapers, red cloth, gilt titles, a very good to fine copy ingood jacket .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00

21. [FITZGIBBON, Edward] by “Ephemera”(psued). A Handbook of Angling: teaching Fly-Fishing,

Trolling, Bottom-Fishing, andSalmon-Fishing. With theNatural History of River Fish,and T h e B e s t Mo des o fCatching Them. London.Longman, Brown, Green, andLongmans. 1847. 12mo, 17.5cm,first edition, xii,363p., withmany text illustrations fromengravings, complete with halftitle, in the original ribbed darkgreen cloth, gilt spine title &blind decorations in the panels,blind decorated borders on theboards, expertly restored, a fine copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00

Westwood & Satchell p86. Heckscher 749.

The Rare First Edition, 1694The First Description of Salmon-Fishing in Scotland

22. FRANCK, RichardNorthern Memoirs, Calculated for the Meridian of

Scotland, wherein most or all of the Cities, Citadels,Seaports, Castles, Forts, Forests, Rivers and Rivulets arecompendiously described. Together with choiceCollections of Various Discoveries, RemarkableObservations, Theological Notions, Political Axioms,National Intrigues ...

To which is added, The Contemplative and PracticalAngler, by way of Diversion. With a Narrative of thatdextrous andmysterious Artexperimented inEngland, andp e r f e c t e d i nmo re remo tea n d s o l i t a r yParts of Scotland.B y w a y o f aD i a l o g u e .Written in theYear 1658, butn o t t i l l n o wmade publick.

London. Printed for the Author. 1694. 12mo, 16.5cm,(in 8's), xxxix,304p., fine binding by Riviere & Son. in fulldark green crushed levant morocco, blind and gilt ruledraised bands, gilt decorations in the panels, gilt titles, giltand blind ruled borders with gilt corner dices on the

boards, gilt rules on the dentelles, all edges gilt, circulararmorial bookplate, with “E. Chalmers Hallam, SportingBook Specialist” book ticket on the rear endpaper, the veryrare first edition, a fine copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000.00

Heckscher 795; Westwood & Satchell, p.100; Wing F-2064. “As a specimen of style this book is sui generis,.or onlyto be equalled (suggests Scott) in its stupendouspretentiousness by the writings of Sir Thomas Urquhart ofCromerty. It contains abundant proof, however that theauthor had taken a high degree, and that he could use therod, on an occasion for other whippings than those of pooland stream, his flagellation of “honest Izaac” give smartingevidence. .... Frank is the first English writer on anglingwho describes that mystical fish, the burbolt. ... There is alsoan interesting mention of three noted anglers of the time,Merrils, Fawklner, and Owldham, whom some biblio-graphies suppose to have written three separate anglingworks, since lost to the world. ... A notice of the work willbe found in the Retrospective review, vol. Viii, pp170-194, andalso in the Censura literaria The extreme rarity of the originaledition is somewhat exaggerated. We have knowledge offive or six copies”. S&W, which contain a lengthdescription.

“Franck is the first to describe salmon-fishing inScotland, and both in that and trout-fishing with artificialfly, he proves himself an excellent practical angler. Hisrules for fly fishing and especially for salmon-fishing,cannot be improved”. DNB. Gingrich, Fishing in Print, p.53,describes the author as “... as interesting as even a crazycoot like Richard Frank”.

23. GREENLEES, StephenHow to tie trout flies. McGill University, Adult

Education Service. Handicrafts Division, MacdonaldCollege, P.Q. (cover titles). 1944. 12mo, 16p., with 9illustrations, original stiff printed red wraps, fine. . . . 25.00

24. HAIG-BROWN, Roderick Fisherman's Spring. Toronto. Collins. 1951. 20.5cm,

first Canadian edition, 222p., text illustrations by LouisDarling, green illustrated cloth, a fine copy in tired jacket..

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25. HAIG-BROWN, Roderick A Primer of Fly-Fishing. New York. William

Morrow and Company. 1964. 21cm, first edition, 189p.,text sketches by Louis Darling, index, half beige cloth, verygood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00

26. HALFORD, Frederic M. Dry-Fly Entomology. Leading Types Of Natural

Insects. Serving as Food for Trout and Grayling. With the100 Best Patterns of Floating Flies and The VariousMethods of Dressing Them. The Halford Dry-fly Series,Volume II. London. Vinton & Co. 1902. 8vo, 21cm, SecondEdition Revised, xii,323p., with 10 hand-coloured plates &18 woodcut plates, 2 folding charts, title page printed in

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red and black, full crushedgreen morocco, gilt decoratedraised bands, small gilt flydecorations and borders in thepanels, gilt spine titles, giltruled borders on the boardsand board edges, gilt ruledwide inner dentelles, patternedendpapers, all edges gilt, a finecopy in fine signed binding“bound by Baynton Riviere,Bath, England” .. . . . . . 600.00

27. HALFORD Frederic M.The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook. A Complete Manual

including The Fisherman's Entomology and The Makingand Management of aFishery. (Title printed inred and black). London.George Routledge &Son. 1913. 8vo, 22.2cm,first edition, xiv,416p.,w i t h 4 3 f u l l p a gephotogravure plates, with tissue guards,many other line-drawnillustrations in the text,index, in the originalfine grain dark grey cloth, clean (no signatures etc), t.e.g.,some slight cloth bubbling on the boards but a fine copy,scarce thus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355.00

Starkman p83. Hampton p45 28. HARDY, [Captain] Campbell

Forest Life In Acadie. Sketches of Sport And NaturalHistory in the Lower Provinces of the Canadian Dominion.London. Chapman & Hall. 1869. 8vo, 22cm, the first edition.viii,[1],371p. with colour lithographed frontis, (Americanbrook trout), title vignette, and 10 engraved plates, bound incontemporary half dark green calf, gilt ruled raised bands,gilt ornate decorations in the panels, gilt titles, t.e.g., expertlyrebacked, new endpapers, a very good copy. . . . . . . 375.00

W&S p212. (Chap. IX, Acadian fish and fishing).Heckscher 918, Wetzel p152., Phillips p152-3, Bruns H-70.Waterston. Hardy focuseson the old-style Indianguides, ingenuous, saga-cious, respectable, butregrets the new-stylehunting, an undignifiedmassacre of moose. Thememoir gives details ofother ethnic groups, goldhunters and emigrants inthe Atlantic provinces.(Waterson). The author,1831-1919, was an officer inthe Royal Artillery. Heserved for fifteen years inthe Maritimes and wasstationed principally at Halifax. He spent his leaves hunting

and studying animal life. He wrote articles for sportingpapers and was the author of two books that were highlyregarded by contemporary sportsmen. SportingAdventures in the new world... London 1855, and thepresent title. A study of the woods, animals, and fish in theMaritime provinces combined with accounts of campingand sport and a chapter on caribou hunting in New-foundland. (Story).

29. [HENRY,Walter]. Trifles from My Port-Folio, or Recollections of

Scenes and Small Adventures during Twenty-Nine Years'Military Service in the Peninsular War and Invasion ofFrance, The East Indies, Campaign in Nepaul, St. Helenaduring the detention and until the death of Napoleon, andUpper and Lower Canada. By A Staff Surgeon. Quebec.Printed by William Neilson. 1839. 8vo. 22.2cm, the FirstEdition, in 2 volumes, [viii],251 & [iii],252,[1]p. errata page,in the original cloth backed green paper over boards, newpaper labels, some tape stain residue on volume two, avery good to fine set .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 T.P.L. 2279. Gagnon I-3575. Lande 1839. Sabin 31416.Morgan p183. Waterston p65. Republished as Events of aMilitary Life . . . (2v., London, 1843) -

HENRY, WALTER, army officer, surgeon, author, andsportsman; b. 1 Jan. 1791 in Donegal (Republic of Ireland),d. 27 June 1860 in Belleville, Upper Canada. He saw servicein the Peninsular War and at St. Helena during Napoleon's

captivity. The secondvolume deals exclusivelywith Canada. The auth-or, who was a notedpioneer in medicine inCanada, arrived here in1827 and was variouslystationed as staff surgeonat Quebec, Montreal,Kingston, York andH a l i f a x ( w h e r e h ebecame a great friend ofJudge Haliburton). Thebook contains interestingand colourful observat-ions on the Kingstoncholera epidemic in 1832,

the political situation and the 1837 rebellion. `` Fishing,which for Henry included detailed biological study, was ahobby in which he had engaged ardently since boyhood.This activity and his writing talent first merged in an 1837article on the habits of the salmon family and itsconservation. Under an appropriate nom de plume,Piscator, four long letters were published by Henrybetween 1839 and 1842 in the Albion, the weekly journal ofthe British emigrant community in New York City. In thesehe declared his eagerness to pursue “scientific, exciting,absorbing, glorious, imperial salmoncide.” The accounts offishing expeditions on Lake Ontario, the fast-flowingRivière Jacques-Cartier near Quebec, and Nova Scotia’splentiful Gold River are entertaining and gripping despitehis addiction to a baroque luxuriance of language.(DCB)Gregory Clark considered this “the scarcest Canadianfishing book”.

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No. 13 of an Special Edition Limited to 25 CopiesWith 12 Etched Plates Signed by Norm Wilkinson

30. HILLS, John WallerA Summer on the Test. With Twelve Dry-Points by

Norm Wilkinson. London. Philip Allan & Co. 1924. folio,32x 24cm, xiii,[1],192,[1]p., limited to 325 copies, this being#13 of 25 large paper copies, each etched plate is signed bythe artist, signed of the colophon by the author, on laidpaper, uncut, in the original half vellum and fine graingreen linen boards, gilt spine titles, gilt ruled borders on theboards, a fine copy, rare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000.00

The best edition of a classic description of fishing onthe Test, with each of the etched plates signed in pencil byNorman Wilkinson. “No one has better summarized the‘return to reason’ effected single-handed by G.E.M. Skuesthan John Walker Hill in his 1924 volume A Summer of theTest”. Gingrich. Fishing in Print. p224/225.

``For manyyears Hills was anable Member ofParliament, but hewas also an anglerwith an historicalbent. His Historyof Fly Fishing forTrout, a survey ofthe literature fromBerners to Land,is still a valuabler e f e r e n c e . ASummer on theTest is more limited and more factual than Green`s book,but its opening chapters that deal with the history of the Testas a fishing river is of more than passing interest, for he citesevidence even from the records of Romsey Abbey wheredwelt some gay and undisciplined nuns and severalabbesses who kept strict watch on the Test, a good source offish for fasting days of Lent. The later chapters do includesome fine reminiscent passages that clearly mark Hills as awriter of more than ordinary merit and a man deeply in lovewith this quiet from of recreation. The Library copy is no. 7from the limited edition of 300. It is a fine quarto, illustratedby twelve delicately sensitive dry-point etchings by NormanWilkinson, and printed with surpassing skill. ...`` Starkman& Read. p126. The Contemplative Man`s Recreation.

Included in their list of the forty book that are the``Landmarks in the Evolution of the Literature of Angling:1496-1969` .̀ 31. [HOWLETT, Robert] by R.H.

The Angler’s Sure Guide: or, Angling Improved,and Methodically Digested; shewing, ... By R.H. Esq., near40 years a Practitioner in this Art.

London. Printed by J.H. for G. Conyers 1706. 8vo,17.2cm, the first edition, vii, 296p., with 2 engraved frontisplates (species & angling scene), in full contemporary calf,real raised bands, gilt border rules in the panels and on theboards, no label, edges rubbed and worn, top spine panelchipped off diagonally across, wanting the front free fly andhalf-title?, small thumb chip out of the middle top margin ofthe title, some foxing, a few contemp ink corrections in the

text and a few notes on the front endpaper, very good, rare .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00Westwood & Satchell p110. Heckscher 1059. Although

only the author’s initials are given, the book is attributed toRobert Howlett who also is believed to have written, “TheSchool of Recreation” (1684). The author’s preface is acurious mixture of English and Latin. The frontispieces are:I: Types of fish (12) & 2: Two 17th century English gentle-men fishing. A very early angling book written by acontemporary of Izaac Walton.

32. HUGHES, A. ("Devonshire Fisherman") The Art of Salmon Fishing. More Especially with

Reference to the River Exe & Such-Like Streams.Comprising - Detailed Instructions on the Choice of Tackle

and Directions for Dress-ing the Most Notable Flies.With, Personal Reminis-cences of Many CuriousExperiences & Incidents."Artis est Celare Artem".Tiverton and Exeter. Gre-gory & Son; S. Drayton &Sons. c.[1910]. 12mo.18cm, 76,2p., ads., in theoriginal printed stiff wrapsexpertly rebacked, fainttape stains on the covers,printed on fragile paper,one page (p49.) witharchival repairs, rare . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00A very rare book on fishing

in Devonshire. Reverend Hughes also published "TroutFishing for Beginners... Specially for Devon Streams". Withan extensive list of salmon flies suitable for the River Exeand chapter on how the weather affects salmon.

33. [HUTCHINSON, Horatio Gordon] Fly-Fishing in Salt and Fresh Water. With Six

Plates, representing Artificial Flies, Etc. London. John VanVoorst. 1851. 8vo, 22cm, first edition, viii,74,[v,2]p.,publisher’s ads, with 6 lithographic plates (5 colour), textsketch plan, appendix, complete with half title, in theoriginal blind decorated dark green cloth, gilt spine title,fine copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,100.00

Westwood & Satchell p95. ”This work is dedicated toall ‘true’ Fly-fishermen; - that is, to all those who fish for

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salmon, trout, and grayling,as every gentleman oughtto do, with the artificial flyonly.” Hutchinson was avery early advocate of theidea of casting the flyupstream instead of down.Five of the plates are ofsingle full size flies, in vividcolour. Includes an accountof fishing on the West Coast of Ireland and angling inAmerica. Canada is given one line “Nova Scotia. The verybest salmon fly-fishing is to be had here.”

34. KELSON, Geo. M. Tips. By the Author of

“The Salmon Fly,”. London.Published by the Author. 1901.sm4to, 24.5cm, the first edition,xi,168,[xi]p., ads., plus manyinterleave illustrated ads., (inc. 2on colour extra stock), with 25plates and illustrations, in theoriginal maroon cloth, gilt spinetitles, gilt pictorial (gentlemanangler) decoration and titles onthe upper cover in black ruledborders, bevelled boards, someslight wear on the edges. a finecopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00

Hammerton p57. Not in Heckscher.

35. KING, W. Ross The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada, or Notes

on The Natural History of the Game, Game Birds, and Fishof That Country. By Major W. Ross King. Illustrated withColoured Plates and Woodcuts.

London. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers. 1866. 4to.27cm, first edition, xv,[2],334p. with 6 hand colouredlithographed plates and 13 engraved illustrations, appendix,scientific index, index, original green cloth, gilt titles &pictorial decorations on the spine and upper cover, a finecopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.00

T.P.L 6220.Lande 1885. Sabin37857. The colourplates, printed byHanhart, include -The Wild Turkey, -The Prairie Hen, -The Canada andRuffed Grouse, -The White Fish, -The Masq'Allonge& T h e B l a c k -Basse; and wood -engravings cov-ering the habitatsand the larger ga-me such as Mooseand Caribou.

W&S p127.

Albee p91. Bruns K-49, Heckscher 1165. Wetzel p171.“Chapters on salmon, salmon rivers, trout, and other fresh-water fish of Canada”. (Wezel). “With a good quantity ofsporting content in the section on salmon and trout,including 5 pages on salmon taken with the fly and threerods in the Godbout River in June and July, 1862 and 1863;and a list of recommended trout flies in addition to goodaccounts of fly fishing. Also with chapters on numerousfishes including pike, muskellunge, and black bass, andfishing for them”. (Heller). see [Heller, 542].

36. KIPPAX, Horace Beginners’ Aid to Easy Fly Tying. Dartford. H.G. Ellis

& Son. 1947. 8vo, 22cm, 32p., 2 figures, bibliography, 3p.blank leaves (notes), price on the upper cover inked outelse fine - ”126 dressings including low-water patterns”(front cover).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00

37. LA BRANCHE, George M.L. The Dry Fly & Fast Water and the Salmon & the

Dry Fly. (Two Volumes in One). The Abercrombie & FitchLibrary. Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. Van Courlandt Press.1967. 8vo, 21cm, vii,252p., frontis portrait, green cloth, finein fine jacket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00

A combined reprint of two American fishing classicsfirst published in 1951.

38. LANMAN, Charles Adventures in the Wilds of the United States and

British American Provinces. Illustrated by the Authorand Oscar Bessau. With an Appendix by Lieut. CampbellHardy. Philadelphia. John W. Moore. 1856. 8vo. 23cm, the[enlarged] first American edition, in 2 volumes, xi,[iv],514& 517,[iii]8pp., ads., with 12 fine wood engraved plateswith tissue guards, in the original gilt and blinddecoration red cloth, pictorial (moose) decoration in gilt onthe upper cover, repeated in blind on the bottom, lightinternal damp stain, new endpapers, expertly restored, avery good set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800.00

W&S p130, Heckscher #1199. T.P.L. 3672. Sabin 38913.Sheets p62. This edition not in Lande. cf. Waterstonp96.Howes L-87. Clark III: 341. Contains several additionalparts written between 1846 and 1856. “Adventures of aAngler in Canada”... (1848). As well, this American editioncontains material not in the London edition (1854): “The

Sources of the Poto-mac in volume one& A Tour to theRiver Restigouche”and “A Winter inthe South” in vol-ume two. The bookcontains the aut-hor’s travels and hishunting and fishingexcursions to Que-bec, New Bruns-wick, the Alleghan-ies, along the Miss-issippi, in the South-ern States, and in the

Lake Superior.... Lanman, a writer of some merit, spent

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most of his time travelling around the back country. Hethought of this work as "a kind of cyclopedia of Americanscenery, personal adventure, and of travelling incidents,calculated to exhibit the manners and customs of our people,and interest the lovers of natural history and the various artsof sporting." The travels include a trip to the head of theMississippi, a tour of the river Saguenay in Canada, huntingin the Allegheny mountains, an excursion in westernMaryland and Virginia, and a trip from Wash-ington toFlorida, New Orleans and back up the Mississippi in thewinter of 1835. An important collection by one of theforemost travelers.

39. MacKINTOSH, Alexander The Driffield Angler: In Two Parts: Containing,

Descriptions of the different kinds of Fresh Water Fish, andthe best methods of taking them in rivers, lakes, and fish-ponds; with full Directions for Baits, And the manner ofmaking Artificial Flies for every month in the season. Towhich are added, Instructions for Shooting: With rules forthe breeding, breaking, and management of Pointers andSpaniels and; and the choice of Guns For Game And WildFowl. With a description of The Forrest Of Blair, inPerthshire, belonging to his Grace the Duke of Athol; andthe manner of killing the Deer. Also, A Short Treatise OnCoursing, and the Training of Greyhounds.

Gainsborough. Printed for the Author, and sold by H.Mozley & London, Longman Hurst...n.d. [1806]. 12mo,19cm, The first Edition, x,346p., engraved frontis view, in theoriginal boards with paper label, surface finish peeled off onthe bottom quarter on the spine, untrimmed, with theengraved armorial bookplate of John Davidson Newcastle,and with the paper bookplate label of J.C. Lynn,``Bibliotheca Piscatoria, Lynniana” very good to fine copythus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00

Westwo o d &Satchell p138. Theauthor writes of fishingand hunting in the EastRiding of Yorkshirethough “the rules itcontains will equallyapply to other northernr i v e r s : a n d , Iapprehend, with littlevariation, to every partof Great Britain...”.

40. [MARCH, James] The Young Anglers' Companion. Giving a

description of all the different methods of angling, the bestbaits and tackles, as well as the times and seasons for using

them: illustrated with FiftyEngravings; also a descrip-tion of trolling and flyfishing. With a correct acc-ount of the manner ofmaking Artificial Flies, Ty-ing Hooks, RepairingTa c k l e , & c . & c . T H ESALMON. [London]. Printed and

Published by James March, 5 Great Charlotte St.,Blackfriars' Road. Nd. [1830?]. 12mo, 18cm, the first edition,26p., with engraved frontis (angling view) and large title

page vignette hand colour-ed, and c.40 engraved textillustrations, in contemp-orary half dark blue calf,gilt titles and decorationsalong the spine, gilt bord-ers on dark blue marbledboards, french marbledendpapers with the orig-inal stiff printed wraps(with the title and vignette

reproduced on the upper wrap and last two pages on thebottom, with the gilt decorated crimson moroccobookplate label of Alfred Denison, a fine copy. . . . . 750.00

Heckscher 1295. Also cf. sup 213. W&S. p14.

41. NEWLAND, Henry.Forest Scenes in Norway and Sweden: being

Extracts from the Journal of a Fisherman. (cover title: ForestLife: A Fisherman’s Sketches in Norway & Sweden).London. C. Routledge & Co. 1855. 12mo, 18.5cm, 2nd

edition, vi,418p., with 8engraved plate illus-trations including fron-tis, in the original blinddecorated wavy grainblue cloth, gilt pictorialtitles, illus and decorat-ions on the spine andupper cover, some stain-ing on the frontis foremargin and a few occas-ional small spots also onthe fore margin other-wise a very good to finecopy, expertly restored .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00

[cf. Westwood & Satchell, pp. 155-56], - This copy withthe printed bookplates of noted Canadian geologist “Geo.M. Dawson”, printed on pink paper with frame border andcontaining ms name of “B.G. Harrington” who was theauthor of Logan book????

42. NORRIS, Thad[deus] The American Angler'sBook: embracing TheNatural History ofSporting Fish, andThe Art of TakingThem. With Instruct-ions in Fly-Fishing,Fly-Making, and Rod-Making; and Direct-ions for Fish-Breeding.To which is append-e d D E S PIS C AT -ORLAE: DescribingNotes Fishing-Places,and the Pleasure ofSolitary Fly-Fishing.

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Illustrated with Eight Engravings on Wood. Philadelphia & London. Published by E.H. Butler &Co. & Sampson Low... 1864. 8vo, 22.5cm, the First Edition,604p., with 80 plates and illustrations, in the originalpebbled brown cloth, blind stamped decorations andborders on the boards, gilt stamped spine titles and fishingvignettes on the spine, gilt stamped angling scene on theupper cover, expertly restored retaining the original darkbrown endpapers, a very good to fine copy .. . . . . . . 450.00

Wetzel. p183. An informative book of the period. Westwood & Satchell p157. Bruns N67, Goodspeed p100.Gee p97. Sabin 55508. An early American fishing book. Thaddeus Norris (1811-1877) was a noted Americanauthority on fishing and manufactured rods and flies inPhiladelphia. All aspects are covered including a chapter“Salmon Rivers of the British Provinces” (Lower Canada,New Brunswick).

43. O’GORMAN, [James] ` The Practice of Angling, Particularly as RegardsIreland. Dublin. William Curry, Jun. and Company. 1845.12mo, 20.5cm, first edition, in 2 volumes, xxiv, 320 & vi,260,[2]p., ads., engravedfrontis portrait, half title involume two, in the originalblind decorated brown cloth,gilt spine titles, heraldicbookplate on front paste-d o w n s , h a l f t h e f r e eendpaper wanting in volumetwo, some slight wear at theedges else a very good tofine set, rare.. . . . . . . 1,200.00

Westwood and Satchellp161. An entertaining bookwith good detail of thefishing tactics of the author'sfriends. Includes much about tackle, trout, salmon, theShannon, Clare lakes, Connemara, the Blackwater, pike,coarse fish, Delphi, flies, the Bann, Boyne, Lee, ...

44. PRITT, T.E. North-Country Flies. Comprising Eleven Plates of

Hand-Painted Illustrations,from the A utho r ’ s OwnDrawings, with Particulars ofthe Dressings and Season ofEach Fly; and Chapters onFishing the Minnow, theCreeper, the Stonefly, and theWorm in Clear Water, with anExtra Plate showing the Hooksnecessary therefor. London.Sampson Low, Marston,Searle, & Rivington. 1886. 8vo,21.5cm, 2nd edition, 63, [1]p.,ad., with 12 plates (11 handcoloured, 1 plain), tissue guards,

dark olive green cloth, gilt stamped titles & decoration onfront, bevelled boards, t.e.g., armorial bookplate, fine copy.

.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00Originally published in 1885 under the title “Yorkshire

Trout Flies”. Although with identical text, the secondedition title was altered since critics felt that the originaltitle was too local and that the patterns of flies would dogood service on all northern waters. With the author’sprefaces to both editions. T.E. Pritt was the Angling Editorof the “Yorkshire Post” and Honorary Secretary of theYorkshire Anglers’ Association.

45. PRITT, T.E. The Book of the Grayling: Being a Description of the

Fish, and the Art of Angling for Him, as Practised Chieflyin the Midlands and the North of England. With Three

Illustrations in ChromoLithography, from originaldrawings by the author.Leeds: Goodall and Suddick.1888. tall8vo, 24.2cm, The FirstEdition, Tall 8vo. 64,[2]p., ads.,with 3 fine chromolitho plates(inc quarter up-folded frontisof the grayling & one platecontaining 15 colour flies), inthe original maroon browncloth, blind ruled borders on

the bevelled boards, gilt spine titles, three line gilt ‘Walton”quotation on the upper cover, a fine copy of the very scarcefirst edition - Heckscher 1577. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00

46. RENNIE, JamesAlphabet of Scientific Angling for the Use of

Beginners. London: WilliamOrr. 1833. 16mo, 15cm, TheFirst Edition, xviii,138p.,vignette portrait title page, 45engraved text illustrations offlies & hooks, etc., in theoriginal pebbled grain greencloth, paper label on the uppercover, a fine copy, uncommon

in this condition - W&S, p176.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.00

No. 161 of 250 copies - with 48 Hand-Tied Flies 47. RONALDS, Alfred

The Fly-Fisher's Entomology. With Directions forMaking the Artificial Representation of Each Fly; and aFew Observations and Instructions on Trout and GraylingFishing. With an Introduction by the Right Honourable SirHerbert Maxwell. Illustrated with Engravings, and Forty-eight Artificial Flies.

Liverpool. Henry Young and Sons. 1913. sm4to, 25cm,in 2 volumes, xxxviii,103p., plus 21 plates (6 photogravureviews, 1 silhouette & 1 photogravure portrait plates & 11hand coloured angling or fly plates & 2 hand coloured mapplates), with title description on the tissue guards, Volumetwo is a uniformity bound portfolio volume containing 48hand-tied actual specimens of flies in recessed captainedmounts, title pages in both volume printed in black andred, limited edition of 250 numbered copies, this being#161, in quarter dark green morocco, gilt ruled titles andborders with fly device decoration in the panels, greencloth boards with gilt borders and circular dark blue leatherlabel with gilt borders and gilt fly decoration, t.e.g., a fine

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set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000.00The plates from the first edition of 1836 have been

duplicated for this limited edition and coloured after the lastedition revised by the author. - Considered one of the most

significant fly-fishing books since Walton’s “The CompleatAngler”. Ronalds revolutionized the angling world bylinking the practice of angling with the science ofentomology by correlating angler’s names with the scientificidentifications.

48. RONALDS, AlfredThe Fly-Fisher's Entomology. Illustrated by

Coloured Representations of the Natural and ArtificialInsect. And accompanied by A few Observations andInstructions relative to TROUT-AND-GRAYLING FISHING.Third Edition, With TwentyCopper-Plates.

London. Longman, Bro-wn, Green and Longman. 1844.8vo, 22cm, x,115,[1],32p., adsdated February, 1845, plus 20hand-colored engraved plates,(inc a full page colour plate of atrout & grayling), original blindruled and decorated blue greencloth, amorial bookplate “H.Stanton”, expertly restored, afine bright copy . . . . . . . 450.00

Westwood & Satchell, p178. 49. SALTER, Thomas Frederick

The Angler’s Guide; Being a New, Plain, andComplete, Practical Treatise on the Art of Angling for Sea,River, and Pond Fish; Deduced from Many Years’ Practice,Experience, and Observation. To which is added , ATreatise on Trolling. The Whole Illustrated with NumerousNew Cuts and Engravings. By T.F. Salter, Gent. London.Printed for Sherwood and Co. 1825. 8vo, 21.5cm, 6thedition, xii,382p., vignette decorated engraved frontisportrait , title-page vignette, 7 engraved plates, numeroustext woodcuts, glossary, index, in contemporary half darkmaroon roan, and marbled boards, gilt spine titles,

endpaper annotations, some slight wear on the boards,untrimmed, with heraldic bookplate on front paste-down,near fine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.00

Westwood andS atchel l p187 . Fi rstprinted in 1814, the sixthedition has been “veryconsiderably altered andimproved”. Added is aportrait engraving of theauthor and many newillustrations. “...the draw-ings all made from life, bythe first Artists, expresslyfor this edition, and furn-ishing the most correctrepresentations of fresh-water Fish ever submit-ted to the Public”.

50. SALTER Robert The Modern Angler, in a Series Of Letters. Oswestry.

Printed for the Author, by W. Edards. 1811. 12mo, 16.7cm,the 2nd Edition, 133,[1]p., index, engraved frontis of hooks,some offsetting to title, in the original printed grey wrapswith title repeated on the upper cover, spine cap frayed,otherwise fine, rare thus .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00

Westwood Satchell p186. The letters are addressed tothe Rev Morgan Pryse. The first letters (27 pages) relate tothe fish, the remainder relate to flies and their dressings andto baits and pastes.

51. SANDEMAN, Fraser Angling Travels in Norway. With Numerous Illus-

trations by Pencil, Brush, and Camera, and ColouredIllustrations of Salmon Flies by the Author. London.

Chapman & Hall. 1895. 8vo,22.5cm, x,284p., frontis, and 4hand-coloured litho fly plates,55 illustrations, folding chart,appendix, index, light bluegrey decorated cloth, gilt spinetitles & gilt angling decorationon the upper cover with titlerepeated in black, somewhatdust worn, good to very goodsound copy . . . . . . . . . 375.00An English angler describesfishing in Norway, as well as

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describing Norwegian life. The lithographed plates of singleartificial flies are striking. Much of the book is about salmonfishing including methods of splitting, curing and smokingthe fish.

“The Illustrations Are Delightful and Informative”52. SCROPE, William

Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in The Tweed;with a Short Account of the Natural History and Habits ofthe Salmon, Instructions to the Sportsmen, Anecdotes, etc.Illustrated by Lithographs and Wood Engravings by L.Haghe, T. Landseer and S. Williams, From Paintings by SirDavid Wilkie, Edwin Landseer, Charles Landseer, WilliamSimpson and Edward Cooke.

London. John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1843. sm4to,25.5cm, The First Edition, xvii,[ii], 298,[2]p., ads., with 13hand-coloured lithographed plates (Including 3 hand-coloured; 10 tinted including frontis and illustrated half titlepage), 9 wood-engraved text illustrations, complete withhalf title, in the original straight ribbed green cloth, attractiveblind stamped decorations and borders on the boards andspine, gilt spine titles, pictorial gilt decorations on the spineand upper cover (an otter with a salmon), a fine brig2h,t0 c0o0p.0y0.

Artist, hunter, angler, writer, and a friend of theliterary great, including Sir Walter Scott, Scrope fished theTweed fo r twentyyears. His book is par-tly practical and hecertainly knew all therewas then to kno wabout tackle, the tyingof flies, the habits off ish, and the mostsuccessful ways to catchthem. But the perman-ence of his work lies inhis reminiscences, hisconversations withother anglers and withg h i l l i e s , h i s f i n ehandling of dialogue,his skill in telling stor-ies, and in delving intofolklore. Extremelywell written, at timeslearned but never dull, his contribution to angling literatureis still a classic. - The illustrations are delightful and

informative. `` Starkman & Read. p123. - The Contemp-lative Man`s Recreation. Included in their list of the fortybook that are the ``Landmarks in the Evolution of theLiterature of Angling: 1496-1969` .̀

One of the Great Rarities of Angling Literature.With an Astonishing Provenance

Heseltine / Denison copy with their Bookplates

53. SCOTCHER, George The Fly-Fisher's Legacy, containing Accurate

Descriptions of all the Principal Natural Flies, that frequentthe Water, Laid down in such familiar Manner, That TheAngler May Readily Distinguish Them; together with Themost successful Method of imitating them; forming theFisherman’s grand Desideratum, or, Long wished for

Instructions; also,An Account ofSewin, Samlet,and Salmon PinkFishing, Andmany useful Re-m a r k s ; N o tselected fromBooks, but de-d u c e d f r o mmany years ofreal experienceand observation.

- With Engravings of the Natural Flies coloured fromNature.

Chepstow. Printed and sold by M. Willett. Sold also byMessers. Major, Sheppard , Brown and Barry, Bristol;Messers . Lackington, Allen, and Co. London; and by allthe principal Booksellers and Fishing Tackle Ven ers [sic] in the United Kingdom. n.d., [1819]. 12mo, (in 6's), 15.6x10.3cm, iv,5-44p., hand-coloured engraved specimenfrontis plates (watermarked “Barry, Bris[tol]”), trimmedalong the top edge, wanting most of the first word on thetitle page and touching the running title in a few cases andloss on 6 pages, some foxing, bound in nineteenth centuryhalf dark blue calf, gilt titles along the spine with two smallgilt device decorations, gilt decorated borders on thematched marbled boards, french marbled endpapers, topedge gilt,

- Provenance: With two book-plates; the engravedarmorial bookplate of “William Keale Heseltine”, and thecircular gilt white leather bookplate of “Denique Coelum”of Alfred Denison. Heseltine was a major and renownd

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early collector of angling books. Alfred Denison was theleading British collector of the late 19th century. Hiscollection was crucial to Westwood & Satchell’sbibliography ‘Bibliotheca Piscatoria’ (1883). He was alreadyan active collector when Heseltine’s book were dispersed in1871. It is likely that Denison bought this copy directly fromHeseltine or from his estate. Neither of the two sales ofDenison’s collection (1933 and 1956) contained a Scotcher.

The Fly Fisher's Legacy is one of the rarest books inangling literature; so rare that neither the Library of theBritish Museum, nor the National Libraries of Scotland orWales have a copy. WorldCat locates three copies - Harvard, Yale & Princeton. A recent unpublished privatecensus indicates eleven known copies among collectors andinstitutions.

“It is an important book for several reasons, not theleast being that it was the first angling book to contain acoloured plate illustrating some of the insects imitated byanglers. Also it was the first angling book devoted entirelyto fly-fishing and certainly one of the first to mention the useof stiffer rods and tapered lines..." (Jack Heddon, Scotcher Notes, 1975). One auction copy did not contain the names ofthe London booksellers.

Westwood & Satchell, p.190; Litchfield 10; Gee 90;Heckscher 1735. Not in Starkman.

Books on angling with hand-coloured plates beganwith Scotcher, [sic1810] and ran to Pritt, 1885. After this datechromolithography largely took over. [W&S. Jones. p.210],

One of the early auction copies was trimmed similarlyto this copy “trimmed along the top edge, touching therunning title in a few cases and loss on 6 pages”... 1964.

There is a card loosely inserted in this copy indicatingthe bookseller who acquired this copy from Denison

.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000.00Since cataloguing this book in our catalogue 187 much

new information has come to light, and is included here. Iam indebted for much of this to David Beasley, HonouryLibrarian at the London Anglers Club, who is compiling aScotcher census. David would be pleased to hear fromanyone with any new information.

54. [SHIRLEY, Thomas] The Angler's Museum; or, the Whole Art of Float

and Fly Fishing. containing, I. The Nature and Properties ofFish in General. II. Rules and Cautions to be observed byyoung Anglers. III.The Choice and Pre-paration of Rods andLines. IV. Of Float-fishing Fly-fishing theprin-cipal Sea Fish the... Whole carefullycollected from actualExperience. To whichis prefixed The Ser-mon of St. Anthony, toa miraculous Congre-gation of Fishes. Lon-don. Printed for John Fielding. Nd. c.[1790]. 16mo, 15.5cm,3 Edition, 135,[1]p., ad., engraved frontis portait & titlerd

vignette, 20 century paper over boards, very good to fineth

copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00

W&S p194, Heckscher 1773. The portrait frontispiece isthat of John Kirby, 'the celebrated Angler' (and,incidentally, Keeper of Newgate Prison.

55. SKUES G.E.M. (Seaforthand Soforth).

Minor Tactics of theChalk Stream and KindredStudies. London. Adam andCharles Black. 1910. tall8vo,25cm, first edition, xii,133, [2]p.,ads., colour frontis plates (flies),index, engraved armorialbookplate, gilt spine and covertitles, near fine copy . . . . 200.00

56. [SKUES, G.E.M]. By “V.C.” Silk, Fur and Feather: the Trout Fly Dressers Year.

Beckenham, Kent. The Fishing Gazette. 1950. 16mo, 15.8cm,the first edition, 113p., errata slip, many text illustrations,original green fabrikoid, rounded corners, a fine brightcopy - Originally published as a series of articles in theFishing Gazette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00 57. SOLTAU, G. W.

Trout Flies of Devon and Cornwall. London.Plymouth. James Land. 1856.12mo, 19cm, 2nd edition,[iv](prelim. ads.),100p., with 2plates (containing 18 handcoloured flies), 1 full pageillustration, in the originaldiamond grain blind stampedgreen cloth with paper label onthe upper cover, plates slightlyfoxed, a fine copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00

Despite its title this slim treatise on fly fishing, with itsexquisite plates of flies, contains only fleeting explicitreference to Devon and Cornwall. Westwood and Satchell,p.197. 58. STODDART, Thomas Tod

The Art of Angling, as practised in Scotland.Edinburgh. W. & R. Chambers and Orr & Smith. 1835.16mo. 15cm, The First Edition, iv,156p., title page vignette,14 text illustrations, in the original patterned green cloth,gilt spine title, a fine copy .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.00

59. TAPPLY, H.G. The Fly Tyer's Handbook. New York. Oliver

Durrell, Inc., Publishers. 1949. 8vo, 22cm, 69, [4]p., textdrawings by Lu Henderson, brown cloth, corners rubbed,very good copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00

Fly-tying for the beginner with an attempt to simplifythe process. Includes chapters on tying streamers, bucktails,wet and dry flies, nymphs, and bass bugs.

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60. TAVERNER, Eric Trout Fishing From All Angles. A Complete guide

to modern methods by Eric Taverner,...; a chapter of TroutScales by G. Herbert Nall & The Legal Aspect of Fishing byAllan Bacon. The Lonsdale Library. (title page printed inblue and black). London. Seely, Service, & Co., 1929. tall8vo,25cm, first edition, 348p., limited to 375 numbered copies,this being #259 and signed by the author, on hand-madepaper, with 65 tipped-in half tone plates & 188 textillustrations, & 30 actual fishing flies on rear drop mount onthe rear board with protective plastic (frayed) cover withtissue guards containing fly descriptions, bound in full darkblue morocco, blind ruled raised bands, small center paneldevices, gilt titles, gilt crest and corner devices on the uppercover, matched inner morocco hinges, marbled endpapers,deckled fore-edge & top edge gilt, with the original clearplastic shipping wrapper and shipped box with printedlabel, box and wrap worn, a fine bright copy. . . . . . 3,000.00

Starkman p129, in: Landmarks in the Evolution of theLiterature of Angling: 1496-1969. Bruns T-10. Litchfield 86.Hampton. p91. “Taverner has written widely on all aspectsof modern fishing. His Trout Fishing...a large work of some450 pages, is one of the most complete studies of the subjectever made. Largely technical and instructive, it includeschapters on the lifehistory of the trout, ontackle, on entomology,on flies and fly dress-ing, on the legal as-pect of fishing, and onfishery management.It also contains twoopening chapters onmilestones in anglingliterature. It is a workof importance forBritish anglers, with asomewhat slighterappeal to North Amer-ican readers . Thesecond volume of thefamous Lonsdale Library series, it is a handsomely madebook with fine illustrations.

61. TAYLOR, Samuel Angling in All its Branches, Reduced to a

Complete Science: being the result of more than fortyyears real practice and strict observation throughout thekingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. In three parts. First,Describing (among other things) the counties of England,Wales and Scotland...with those of Ireland...Secondly, A fulldescription of the different kinds of Fish taken byAngling...Thirdly, A list of Artificial flies (the completestcollection ever yet known) ... The Whole forming a Work ofreal Utility... of a very different nature from thoseinsignificant little Pamphlets hitherto published, which treatchiefly of angling in the Thames, the New River, and otherWaters of equal consequence about London. London. T.M.Longman and O. Rees. 1800. 20cm, first edition, xv,298,[vi]p.,ads., complete with half title, original boards rebacked withthe original label, uncut, fine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.00

62. [THEAKSTON, Michael].British Angling Flies. London. Simpkin, Marshawll

... & Ripon; W. Harrsion. 1862. 16mo, 16.8cm, first editionthus, vii,[viii(for ix],(1),154p., plus 8 fly plat-es, text illustrations, laiddown on the front pastedown endpaper printedextract “Twelve GoldenRules in Angling” ,original blind stampedgreen cloth, gilt spineand cover titles, bit dustworn, stamping and

titles clear, a very good copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375.00Second edition of Theakstons "A list of natural flies

and a fresh title and addenda!", with the titles in gilt on theupper cover “List of Angling Files, &c”. WestwoodSatchell 135

First Book on Salmon Fishing in Canada63. TOLFREY, Frederic

The Sportsman in Canada. London. T.C. Newby.1845. 12mo, 20cm, the First Edition, in 2 volumes, iii,283,[iv]& 286,8pp., ads., with 10 engraved plates (inc. 2 frontis), thevolume one frontis printed on slightly smaller stock, in fullcontemporary polished tan calf, rebacked, gilt & blindruled bands, double crushed black morocco labels, newend-papers, some slight wear on the edges of the boards,very good to fine.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,250.00

T.P.L. 2744. Lande 2255 (5 plates). Gagnon I-3546.Dionne II-1231. Story p679. Waterston p75. Westwood &Satchell p.210.---Bruns T52. - “Very rare.” Includes alengthy description including “appendix through (v2),286,containing best flies for North American rivers, and how totie them.” Phillips p377. Wetzel p223.

An attractive rarebook, interestinglyillustrated. Tolfrey, amilitary officer stat-ioned at Quebec ,arrived in Canada in1816 and remainedabout four years. Alively account, hisbook is full of fishingand hunting exper-iences, as well assome history of theestablishment of theear ly rac ing andsporting clubs in

Canada and the theatrical performances given in thesecond decade of the century. As well he covers life andgaiety of garrison life. Gagnon remarks that the book alsocontains interesting biographical details of governorsSherbrooke and Richmond and of other leading citizens.

Tolfrey was the editor of the famous angling classic known for its colour plates Jones's Guide to Norway..

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64. TURTON, John The Angler's Manual; or, Fly-Fisher's Oracle. With a

brief Compendium on Bottom Fishing. London &Sheffield. R. Groombridge & George Ridge. 1836. 16mo,

16.8cm, the first edit-ion, viii,86p., elabor-ate engraved frontisview, (drawn andengraved by J. Meq-uiner, Burgess St.,Shef’d.), com-pletewith half title, incontemporary halfdark blue calf, giltt i t l e s & f i shi ngdecorations on the

spine, gilt ruled borders on the matched marbled boards,French marbled endpapers, with the circular white leatherbookplate of noted collector Alfred Denison “DeniqueCoelum”, a fine copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00

With descriptions of 77 artificial flies and instructionson their use from a seasoned expert. Also includes how tomake flies, baits for bottom-feeders, different species of fishetc Heckscher 1953. Westwood & Satchell p.211.

With 8 Hand Coloured Plates of Flies65. WADE, Henry

Halcyon; or, Rod-Fishing with Fly, Minnow, andWorm. To Which is Added a Short and Easy Method ofDressing Flies, with a Description of the Materials Used.

With Eight coloured Plates containing one hundred andseventeen specimens of natural and artificial flies, materialsetc. And four plate illustrations of fishing, baiting etc.London. Bell and Daldy, 1861. 12mo, 18.5cm, First Edition.xvi,212p., with 12 plates including 8 hand coloured, these'containing 117 specimens of natural flies and artificial flies,materials, in the original elaborately blind decorated greencloth, bookplate of J. Salkeld Younghusband, fine . . . . . 500.00Wade was Hon. Secretary to the Wear Valley AnglingAssociation. " the author a skillful fly dresser and angler hasbut one hand" Westwood Satchell 216. 66. WALTON, Izaak & Charles Cotton

The Complete Angler, or The Contemplative Man'sRecreation. Edited by John Major. Boston. Little, Brown, andCo., 1867. 16mo,, 17.2cm, 2 Little Brown edition, xiv,445p.,nd

with 12 engraved illustrations & 71 engraved textillustrations, notes, index, in the original green cloth, giltspine titles, gilt titles in gilt decorated frame border on theupper cover, bevelled boards, te.g., a fine copy. . . . . . 200.00

Oliver, #84. The illustrations are thesame as in the Major edition of1844. 67. WALTON, Izaak (Decorated by Frank Adams)

The Compleat Angler of theContemplative Man’s Recreation.Being a Discourse of Fish andFishing Not Unworthy the Perusalof Most Anglers. London & New

York. Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers)Limited and Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1930. folio. 34cm,[5],124p., in a limited edition 450 numbered and signed

copies, by the Artist, thisbeing #194, colour fron-tis (portrait of Walton),13 headpieces (9 colour),10 tailpieces, title pageprinted in red and black,quarter real vellumbacked marbled boards,gilt titles, t.e.g., a finecopy . . . . . . . . . . 500.00

Hampton p94. Avery attractive facsimileedition of Walton’sangling classic withoriginal preface anddedication. Delightfullyillustrated includingsome water colour. A

scarce book limited to 450 copies: 250 in the British Empireand 200 copies in the United States of America.

68. WELLS, Henry P. Fly-Rods and Fly-Tackle. Suggestions as to Their

Manufacture and Use. London. Sampson Low, Marston,Serale & Rivington. Nd. [1884/85?]. 12mo, 18.5x 14.5cm, the

First London Edition, 364p.,ads., many illustrations, index,in the original dark blue cloth,gilt spine and cover block titles& gilt pictorial decoration,ruled in red, t.e.g., fine copy,this edition is uncommonparticularly in fine condition.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00Bruns W66. cf. Heckscher2228 listing 1 US edition,st

1885. A classic of 19th centuryAmerican fishing literature. With extensive information onfish-hooks, lines, leaders, reels, rods, and rod-making andchapters on fly-fishing, flies and casting.

69. WEST, LeonardThe Natural Trout Fly and Its Imitation. Being an

angler's record of insects seen at the waterside and themethod of tying flies. Liverpool. William Potter. 1921.tall8vo, 24cm, 2nd edition, 164p., with 18 plates (inc. 13 incolour), index, in the original full tan brown cross grainlinen, gilt spine & cover titles, fine copy . . . . . . . . . . 250.00

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The plates contain 73 illustrations in black and white &line and 413 in colour.

70. WILLIAMSON, JohnBritish Angler, or, A Pocket-Companion for

Gentlemen-Fishers. Being a New and Methodical Treatise ofthe Art of Angling: Comprehending all that is Curious andUseful in the Knowledge of that Polite Diversion. ...

London. Printed for J. Hodges, at the Looking-Glass onLondon Bridge. 1740. 12mo, 17cm, first edition, viii,318,[x],p., (index inc errata), with copper engraved frontis & 3fine folding copper engraved plates, (plate three suppliedfrom another copy), in contemporary half calf, titles alongthe spine, marbled boards, hinges repaired, some wear at theedges, a very good copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900.00

S.&W. p241. “One of the best of the manuals butwithout any special value beyond”. Heckscher 2273. Abeep166. A pleasing early work with discussion on fishing inrivers and ponds, considerations on equipment andapparatus and on the art of angling. With attractively drawnillustrations.

71. [WOLLEY, Hannah] New and Excellent Experiments and Secrets in the

Art of Angling. Being Directions for the Whole Art.[Extracted from the larger work: The Accomplished Lady'sDelight in Preserving, Physich, Beautifying and Cooking."[London. 1683]. 13.5x 7.2cm, pp[1],145-167, with 2 engravedplates, trimmed on the fore-edge just touching the text of afew leaves, in 19 century half dark blue calf, with gilt titleth

along the spine and two angling devices, gilt decoratedborders on the boards, t.e.g., paper toned, an attractive copywith the circular white leather bookplate of noted collectorAlfred Denison "Denique Coelum".. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00

[W&S pp.128-129. Wing W-3270]. This scarce workcomprises pp.145-167 of the larger work “TheAccomplished Ladies Delight in Preserving.... Part V. Of the10 ediiton is entitled: The Female Angler, instructingth

Ladies.... The work is attributed to Mrs. Hannah Wolley”.

72. WOOLLEY, Roger The Fly-Fisher's Flies. With illustrations and

description of nearly Two Hundred Flies (Ephemeridae,Trichoptera, Perlidae, Diptera). Beckenham, Kent. The

Fishing Gazette. 1948. 12mo. 16cm, 2nd edition, 59p., frontis, 48 figures, index, marbled endpapers, dark greenfabrikoid, gilt titles, fine - - Originally published in 1938.This second edition has been revised by the Author. Animportant reference for the angler in a pocket size forwaterside convenience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00

73. WOOLLEY, Roger Modern Trout Fly Dressing. Beckenham, Kent. The

Fishing Gazette. 1950. 16mo. 16cm, 218p., frontis,numerous illustrations, rear folding chart, general index,index to dressing of flies, green pebbled cloth, gilt titles onfront cover & spine, near fine copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00

An important fishing reference text with over 400 fliesdressings described. The third edition of a book firstpublished in 1932.

74. YOUNGER, John River Angling for Salmon and Trout. With a

Memoir of the Author: Followed with A Treatise on theSalmon, and A List of the Tweed Salmon Casts.

Kelso and Edinburgh. J. & J.H. Rutherfurd andWilliam Blackwood & Sons. 1860. 16mo. 15.5cm, 2 edit-nd

ion, revised, xliv,2 0 6 , [ x i v ] p . ,catalogue of ads.,steel engravedfrontis portraitincluding facsim-ile signature (theAuthor), with halftitle, in the originalelaborately blinddecorated dark

blue cloth, blind stamped borders and decorations, pictorialgilt decorated spine & upper cover titles, some slight wearon the top and bottom spine edges else a very good to finecopy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.00

Westwood & Satchell p244. John Younger (1785-1860),was a Scottish shoemaker and poet, at Kelso, who enjoyeda great local reputation as an angler and fly-dresser, andwas a man of original ideas and marker capacity.

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