“All the romance of trout fishing exists in the mind of the angler and is in no way shared by the fish” Harold F. Blaisdell (1969) |
This lively and highly-readable angling classic is illustrated by lithographed plates and wood engravings after paintings by David...
Twenty-six chapters of the thoughts and recollections of 'John Bickerdyke', the pen-name of three separate writers - Charles...
Hutton was a contributor to The Salmon and Trout Magazine and this is a record of his co-tenancy of a stretch of the Wye,...
In compiling this catalogue, which originally appeared in Blakey’s Historical Sketches of the Angling Literature of All...
A catalogue describing 303 book plates, with a foreword by the collector. A former mayor of Newport, Rhode Island,...
The first volume covers salmon and trout while vol. 2 describes angling overseas for tarpon and mahseer before turning to...
A revised edition of a practical work, first published in 1888, dealing with ‘the most modern methods in use on The Thames,...
First published in 1888, the author revised the text for the fourth time for this edition to reflect the continaued improvements...
A volume in the Woburn Library of Natural History, edited by the Duke of Bedford. Includes 12 colour plates of fish: blue shark,...
The old man in question wrote it around 70 years previously. The editorial notes, patterns and samples of flies are provided...
A very collectable instructional work on fishing 'as practised on the Dove, and on the principal streams of the Midland...
A rare copy of an instructional work on fishing 'as practised on the Dove, and on the principal streams of the Midland Counties;...
A tale of romance, fishing, shooting and stalking in the Outer Hebrides. John Bickerdyke was the pen name of three individuals -...
A rare guide, published by the Devon tackle dealers C. & R. Brooks. A section on river fishing is followed...
A wide range of subjects are covered in this popular 18th century work. The author was Keeper of His Majesty's Drawing-Room in the...
The author's aim was to produce a work on fish to sit alongside Thomas Bewick's books on birds, incorporating fine wood...
The 40 woodcuts which accompany the descriptions of the various species are by Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), regarded as...
First published in 1875, this is a collection of articles on a wide range of subjects, from Charles I's parrot...