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192 S., brauner Leineneinband mit goldenem Rückentitel, goldener Kopfschnitt, Einband mit leichten Lagerspuren, Seiten papierbedingt leicht fleckig, sonst innen sauber und gut erhalten, jede Seite mit illustriertem Spiegel, zahlreiche Stiche, seltenes und gutes Sammlerstück Wir senden umgehend mit beiliegender MwSt.Rechnung. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 460

8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece and title, 31 engraved plates, text framed within a series of repeating woodcut borders, frontispiece and title moderately spotted, some mild age-staining (mainly marginal) to a few leaves of text; original ribbed green cloth elaborately blocked in gilt, back in pictorial gilt extra, very neatly rebacked, old backstrip laid down, gilt top, yellow endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. A classic of the genre. Chatto also authored 'Scenes and Recollections of Fly-Fishing in Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmoreland' and contributed to the Newcastle 'Garlands'. 'The work is clever and caustic, and contains a critique of several of the angling books of the day' (Westwood & Satchell). SCARCE. Westwood & Satchell, p.93.

Octavo. First edition, second impression with Tilt, not Bohn as publisher. x, 192 p. : 31 pl., vignettes. Turn of the century rebind in 3/4 brown leather. Marbled boards and endpages. Gilt spine. 5 raised bands. TEG. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Owners name in pencil to first blank near spine. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily.

First edition. Small 8vo in fours. x, 192 pp. Illustrated from line drawings, plates, each page of text framed within illustrated borders, vignettes, engraved title page. Westwood & Satchell, p. 93: "The work is clever and caustic and contains critique of several of the angling books of the day." Heckscher 723. Fine copy in a beautiful binding. Later black straight-grain morocco, gilt, boards framed in a series of ornamental rules, central angling device on upper board, gilt rules, ornaments, angling devices, and title between raised bands on spine, gilt turn-ins, a.e.g., signed on the bottom front turn in with a small gilt horse-head device and the phrase "Bound in England". (8826).