Search Results: Fishing from Barter Books Ltd

Edinburgh: Privately Printed. Cover worn and detached. Outer spine missing. Content VG. Details of previous owner on half title. 1885. Limited to 75 large paper copies. Vellum cover. 230mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 64pp. Edition limited to 275 small-paper copies, and 75 large-paper copies. .

Newton Abbot: David & Charles. G: in good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket in clear plastic wraps. Previous owner inscription to front pastedown. Puncture from rear board to 137. 1973. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 160pp. B/w plates + b/w illustrations by Ernest Petts. .

London: William Blacker. G: in good condition. Cover rubbed and marked. Inner hinge cracking; fep and frontispiece nearly loose. Previous owner stamps to prelims and final page. Ink spot to edge-block. 1855. Second Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 170mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). xi, iv, 259pp + plates. 21 plates (17 hand-coloured). ... With Descriptions of Flies for the Season as they Came Out of the Water. .

London: J Hodges. Worn condition. Leather worn - external joint split with text block split in two. Frontis and fep missing. Some foxing, affecting the plates to varying degrees. Bookplate to front paste-down. 1740. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). viii, 318pp + index. Three folding copper plates of fishing scenes and catches. At one time used by Matthew Phillips for handwriting practice in 1796, though beautifully executed he has used of the rear endpaper and the reverse of all of the plates to practice his name. .

London: George Routledge. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and bumped. Spine sunned. Tightly bound. Slight spine lean. 1852. First Edition. Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 170mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 153pp. Colour frontis of flys; b/w engravings. A Descriptive account of the Habits and Haunts of Fish and a Geographical and Ichthylogical account of the principal rivers and streams in England. .

London: George G Harrap Ltd. VG: in very good condition without dust jacket. 1931. Reprint. Blue hardback cloth cover. 260mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). 224pp. 12 tissue guarded colour plates by Arthur Rackham. .

London: The Folio Society. VG: in very good condition with stained grey slipcase. Spine faded and marked. 1966. Reprint. Green hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xii, 272pp. .

Newcastle-upon-Tyne: [Newcastle]. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. [1970]. Facsimile Edition. Plain maroon soft leather cover. 240mm x 290mm (9" x 11"). ccxxxv. Hundreds of delightful b/w woodcuts. .

London: W Mears & S Tooke. Worn condition. Cover rubbed with loss to leather. Front board detached. Loss to corner of fold-out plate, not impinging. Some foxing, but content in overall good condition. 1724. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 170mm x 100mm (7" x 4"). [vi], 234pp. Fold-out copper plate of fishing scene. .

London: Thomas Helder. G : in good condition. 19th century binding. Cover rubbed and darkened. 1682. First Edition. Green hardback leather cover. 150mm x 90mm (6" x 4"). 78pp. Fishing. Rivers in England include: Avon, Cham, Swift, Ouse, Humber, Trent, Tine [Tyne], Tweed, Severne, Thames, Chester, Dove, Medway, Tame [Thame]. .

Chiswick, London: The Caradoc Press. VG : in very good condition. Teg. 1905. Limited Edition 226/364. Blue Morocco Gilt with dentelles by McLeish. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 155pp. Frontispiece illustration, etchings and vignettes. Pencil note on paste-down states bound by McLeish. Reprinted from the first editon by H.G. Webb. .

London: Henry Kent. G : in good condition. Rebacked. Some foxing. 1759. Seventh Edition. Green hardback cloth cover with grey slipcase. 160mm x 90mm (6" x 4"). xxiv, 340pp, [viii] + plates. 10 b/w plates + numerous b/w vignettes. Inscribed by Moses Browne on frontis verso + numerous hand-written notes on fishing within. .

London: Samuel Bagster. G : in good condition. Modern rebind with original card covers bound in. 1810. The Facsimile Edition. Black hardback leather cover. 160mm x 130mm (6" x 5"). [x], 246pp, [ii]. 6 engravings. .

London: J. Rivington at the Bible and Crown, in St . Paul's Church-Yard; T. Caslon, in Stationers Court; and R. Withy, in Cornhill. VG: in very good condition. Rebound with new eps and reinforcements. Book-plate on paste-down with neat ownership signature. Repairs to gutter of front and rear eps; also to fore edge of rear eps. Prelimnary pages re-attached, with some browning and edge-tearing. Lower corner of title absent. Some discolouration to lower half of text block throughout. 1766. Second Hawkins Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). lvi, xxii, 303pp, xlviii, iv, iv, 128pp, [viii] + plates. Fourteen engraved plates and two engraved frontis plates; additional woodcuts within the text by Mr. Ryland. Part II dated 1760. .

London: Cassell & Co Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Spine darkened. 1886. First edition thus. Brown hardback half-leather cover. 150mm x 100mm (6" x 4"). 192pp. .

London: John, Francis & Charles Rivington. G : in good condition. Rebacked. Some foxing. 1784. Fourth Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). lxxxii, 268pp, xxxiv, 111pp, [x] + plates. 14 b/w plates + numerous b/w vignettes. .

London: Samuel Bagster. G : in good condition. Rebacked. 1810. The Facsimile Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 160mm x 130mm (6" x 5"). [x], 246pp, [ii]. Numerous b/w vignettes. Facsimile of the 1653 edition. .

London: F & C Rivington, G G and J Robinson, J & J Taylor, R Faulder, W Bent, J Scatcherd, E Jefferey, T N Longman. G : in good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. Slight foxing. 1797. Sixth Edition. Hardback marbled boards with brown leather spine. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). viii, lxxii, 262pp,xxxii, 111pp, [x] + plates. 5 b/w plates + vignettes. .

London: Payne & Mackinlay. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed with splitat head of spine. Slight foxing. 1808. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 200mm x 120mm (8" x 5"). xi, 316pp + plates. 10 b/w plates. .

London: F & C Rivington, G G & J Robinson, J & J Taylor, R Faulder, W Bent, J Scatcherd, E Jefferey, T N Longman. Worn condition. Lacking front cover, front endpapers and spine - retaining rear board. Contents tightly bound. 1797. Sixth Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). viii, lxxvi, 263pp, xxxii, 111pp, [x]. 4 [of 5] plates and vignettes. .