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190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). xi, 373pp. Numerous cuts and engravings. Includes a Treatise on Trolling, map of the River Lea and fishing of the River Thames. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and bumped with corner and edge wear. Upper board weak at joint. Spine scuffed with joint wear. Prelims becoming loose otherwise contents firm and overall VG. Bookseller's stamp on paste-down with remnants of heraldic bookplate. Newspaper cutting for fishing equipment prices for 1839 affixed to rear paste-down Half-leather marbled board cover

6th ed., corrected and enlarged. 8vo.; xii, 382pp. Illus., portrait, 4 plates. Westwood & Satchell, pp.186-187. Heckscher 1704. Contemporary (original?) binder's cloth (rebacked with the orig. spine laid down, new endpapers). Orig. leather spine label. Some soiling, but a solid copy.

1/2 green calf, marbled boards,pp., xii, (4), 382, gilt spine letters, raised bands, marbled end-papers, marbled edges, illustrated, frontis port.,folding map of the River Lea, engraved title-page, numerous wood-cuts in text,10 full page plates, index, edge & shelf & corner wear, some scuffing to spine ,See Westwood & Satchell; BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA, p 186 Size: 12mo

X11 878 pages, illus with 88 fine woodcuts, 8 being full pages of tackle, folding plan of the river Lea, original printed in green paper covered boards, dust soiled, front joint cracked holding on ties, scarce in the original state.

contemporary brown half calf binding with green cloth boards; lettering in gilt on black leather label on spine; gilt is bright; five raised bands; Eighty-Eight Illustrations including four full page plates in excellent condition depicting Angling Apparatus such as a Bank Runner, Floats, Winches, Rods, Hooks, Disgorger, Lines, Plummet, and Flies; Contents include sections on Fly Fishing, Trolling, and Bottom Fishing; desirable Ninth Edition with the Author's last Corrections and Additions; includes the fold-out map in excellent condition; 388 pages; no foxing or age toning except for the verso and recto of frontispiece portrait of the author; a handsome volume.

Black-and-white engraved frontispiece depicting the author and several charming textual illustrations. Bound in half blue leather and blue marbled boards with the covers and spine stamped in gilt. Five raised bands to the spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Light sunning to the spine. Minor foxing. Sixth Edition, carefully corrected and enlarged.