15 December 2015 - Rare Book Sale

#0237

Lot 360/0237

Fishing: Ashworth (Ed. & Thos.) A Treatise on the Propagation of Salmon and other Fish, Sm. 8vo Stockport 1853. First Edn. pictorial title, 1 lg. fold.plt., orig. hf. calf. mor. label. V. Scarce.

* With Report of N.H. Halliday, Galway, July 1853. (1)

Lot 361/0237

[Smeeton (George)]

Fishing: Charfy (Guiniad) The Fisherman: or, The Art of Angling made Easy, Containing The Most Approved Methods in use for Fishing or Angling… 8vo L.n.d. [1800?] 2pp leaf advert leaf at end, later hf. mor., mor. label, gilt decor. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 362/0237

Fishing: Shipley (Wm.) A True Treatise on the Art of Fly-Fishing, Trolling, etc., 8vo L. 1838. Ed. by Ed. Fitzgibbon. First Edn., list of subs., frontis & wd. cut tail, cloth; Jesse (Ed.) An Anglers Rambles, 8vo L. 1836. First, wd. cuts, advert leaf at end, orig. cloth. Scarce. (2)

Lot 363/0237

Fishing: Wilson (James) The Rod and The Gun, Being Two Treatises on Angling and Shooting. 8vo Edin. 1840. Engd. frontis plt. & text illus., cloth, gilt spine; Hints on Shooting and Fishing etc., Both on Sea and Land, and in the Freshwater Lochs of Scotland… Experiences of Christopher Idle, Esq., 12mo L. 1855, cloth; Conway (James) Forays among Salmon and Deer, sm. 8vo L. 1861. First Edn., cloth. (3)

Lot 364/0237

[Le Sage (Alain Rene)] Le Diable Boiteaux: or, The Devil Upon Two Sticks, 8vo L. (J. Enson) 1708, engd. frontis., 2pps. advert at verso, full calf. (1)

Lot 365/0237

Philadelphia Printing: The Pleasures of Contemplation….. To which is added, some Causes of Popular Poverty, arising from the enriching nature of interest, rents, duties, inheritances, and church establishments… . By C.C. Blatchley, of N.York. 12mo Philadelphia (Eastwick & Stacy) 1817. Engd. frontis, wd. cut port. & end, orig. tree calf, mor. label, worn. Scarce. (1)

Lot 366/0237

Fishing: Salter (T.F.) The Angler’s Guide, Being a Complete Practical Treatise on Angling. 8vo L. 1816. Fourth, wd. cut frontis, wd. cut illus., uncut, orig. pict. ptd. boards. (1)

Lot 367/0237

Fishing: [Cartwright (Rev. W.)] ‘Clericus’ Rambles and Recollections of a Fly-Fisher Illustrated, 8vo L. 1854. First, frontis & 7 plts. cloth, gilt; Hamilton (Ed.) Recollections of Fly-Fishing for Salmon, Trout and Grayling, 8vo L. 1891. Second mezzotint frontis & 5 plts., gilt cloth; Taylor (James) Red Palmer: A Practical Treatise on Fly-Fishing, Folkestone 1893. Third, adverts., cloth. All good. (3)

Lot 368/0237

Fishing: Traherne (J.P.) The Habits of the Salmon, L. 1889; Maxwell (Sir H.) Salmon and Sea Trout, L. 1898; Hardy (J.J.) Salmon Fishing, L. 1907; Calderwood (W.L.) Salmon Hatching and Salmon Migrations, L. 1931; & 3 others Badminton Library etc. (7)

Lot 369/0237

Fishing: Anglers Evenings, Papers by Members of the Manchester Anglers Association. Vols. I – III, 3 vols. 8vo Manchester 1880 – 1894. Decor. titles, 2 frontis & other illus; also Hoppus (J. Devenish) Riverside Papers, 2 vols. L. 1882. All orig. decor. cloth, gilt. Good. (5)

Lot 370/0237

Fishing: Stoddart (Thos. Tod) The Angler’s Companion to The Rivers and Lochs of Scotland, Edin. 1853. Second, with fold. map in pocket; Keane (J.H.) The Practical Fisherman, L. 1881. First, plts., attractive gilt decor. cloth; Moffat (A.S.) The Secrets of Angling, Edin. 1865, vign. title; Colquhoun (John) Sporting Days, Edin. 1866 First, all cloth. (4)

Lot 371/0237

Fishing: Walton (I.) & Cotton (C.) The Complete Angler, L. 1815. Second Bagster Edn., port. frontis plts. & illus., some foxing, hf. calf; also Edition of 1822, illus. uncut, orig. boards; also Edition of 1836. As a lot, w.a.f. (3)

Lot 372/0237

Fishing: Hamilton (G.D.) Trout-Fishing and Sport in Maoriland, 8vo Wellington N.Z. 1904. First Edn., 2 frontis, cold. map, & 24 plts. orig. cloth, gilt; Senior (Wm.) Travel and Sport in the Antipodes, An Angler’s Sketches in Tasmania and New Zealand. 8vo L. 1880. Cloth. (2)

Lot 373/0237

Guest (Lady Theo.) A Round Trip in North America, 8vo L. 1895. FIRST EDN., frontis & 15 plts., orig. decor. cloth, gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed on hf. title by author to Mrs. Bond; A Short American Tramp in the Fall of 1864, by Author, ‘Life in Normandy’ Edin. 1865, frontis & decor. title; Chambers (Wm.) Things as they are in America, L. & Edin. 1857, SECOND EDN., cloth; 1 other. (4)

Lot 374/0237

Fishing: Williamson (Capt. T.) The Complete Anglers Vade-Mecum, 8vo L. 1808. First Edn., 10 engd. plts. cont. hf. calf, rebacked, orig. spine; Keene (H.H.) The Practical Fisherman, L. n.d. illus. plts. cloth; Bailey (Wm.) Nottingham, The Angler’s Instructor… L. 1857. First Edn., cloth. (3)

Lot 375/0237

Fishing: Colquhoun (John) Rocks and Rivers; or, Highland Wanderings over Crag and Correi, ‘Flood and Fell’, L. 1849. First Edn.; Young (Andrew) The Natural History and Habits of The Salmon, 12mo L. 1854. First Edn. Pres. Copy inscribed to The Duke of Argyll; Holdsworth (E.W.H.) Sea Fisheries, and Young (Archibald) Salmon Fisheries, L. 1877, text illus., all orig. cloth, good. (3)

Lot 376/0237

Limited Boston Edition

Fishing: Walton (I.) & Cotton (C.) The Complete Angler, or, The Contemplative Man’s Recreation… . 2 vols. Boston 1889. Lim. Edn. NO. 403 (500), port. frontis vign. title, fine etched plts. text illus., t.e.g. uncut, mor. backed boards. V. attractive copy. (2)

Lot 377/0237

In Attractive Bindings

Fishing: Yarrell (Wm.) A History of British Fishes, 2 vols. in one 8vo L. 1836. First Edn., text illus., attractive hf. green mor. tooled gilt spine with fishing motifs by Pope, Hackney; Badham (Rev. C. David) Prose Halieutics or Ancient and Modern Fish Tattle, 8vo L. 1854. First, hf. mor. B.P. of Edwin F. Snow; Stoddart (Thos. Tod) An Angler’s Rambles and Angling Songs, Edin. 1866 First, vign. title, hf.mor. (3)

Lot 378/0237

Fishing: Crawhall (Joseph) A Collection of Right Merrie Garlands for North Country Anglers, 8vo Newcastle-on-Tyne 1864. Wd.-cut illus. & music thro-out, mor. backed boards. Good. (1)

Lot 379/0237

Fishing: South (Theophilus) The Illustrated Fly-Fisher’s Text Book; A Complete Guide to the Science of Fly-Fishing for Salmon, Trout, Grayling etc. 8vo L. 1845. Engd. frontis & add engd. title, & 20 full page plts., text illus., a.e.g., full mor., gilt spine in panels, mor. label. V. good copy. (1)