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WILCOCKS, J[ames] C[arrall].
The Sea-Fisherman: Comprising The Chief Methods Of Hook And Line Fishing In The British And Other Seas.
London: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1868..
8vo. pp. xiii, 303, [16]ads. with half-title. 30 wood-engraved plates & numerous text illus. 1 table of hooks. untrimmed in original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (spine ends frayed). Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. The fourth book on the subject according to the Preface., and based on the author's experiences sea-fishing off the coasts of England and Guernsey. Wilcocks points out the best fishing spots and discusses in detail the best equipment and bait for each type of fish. His work is amply illustrated with wood engravings of fish, nets, bait, boats, hooks, rigs, leads, and other sea-fishing apparatus. cfStarkman & Reid 113. cfHampton p. 97. cfRobb p. 213.
$205 USD Book Number: SLCeWILC33 Order / Enquire
WILLIAMSON, Henry.
Salar The Salmon.
London: Faber And Faber, [1935]..
12mo. pp. 319, [1]. title vignette & tailpiece. original cloth (extremities bit rubbed). map endleaves. First Edition. Hampton p. 98. Robb p. 223. Starkman & Read p. 113.
$150 USD Book Number: elala2886 Order / Enquire
WILMOT, Sir John E[ardley] Eardley- [1810-1892].
Reminiscences Of The Late Thomas Assheton Smith, Esq. Pursuits Of An English Country Gentleman.A New and Revised Edition.
London: Chatto And Windus, [c1862]..
8vo. pp. x, [2], 212 +32(ads). engraved title, engraved frontis. portrait, 12 other plates (8 colour), & 4 text illus. original cloth (little soiled, gilt spine dull, light foxing to frontis. & engraved title). Gee p. 13. Slater p. 98.
$103 USD Book Number: SLMmiWIL73 Order / Enquire
YOUNG, Andrew.
The Angler And Tourist's Guide To The Rivers, Lakes, And Remarkable Places In The Northern Counties Of Scotland. To Which Is Added Instructions To Young Anglers.
Edinburgh: Adam And Charles Black, 1857..
18mo. pp. 2 p.l., iv, 117. folding frontis. map. contemporary half roan (bit rubbed). First Edition. Robb p. 213. Westwood & Satchell p. 244.
$500 USD Book Number: elala2889 Order / Enquire
YOUNGER, John.
River Angling For Salmon And Trout.With A Memoir Of The Author: Together With A Treatise On The Salmon, And A List Of The Tweed Salmon Casts.
Kelso: J. & J.H.Rutherfurd & Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1860..
small 8vo. pp. xliv, 206 + [14]publisher's catalogue. poem on thicker paper inserted as frontis. but no portrait present. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth, overlapping edges (slight fraying to extremities). Second Enlarged Edition (originally published in 1840 under title On River Angling For Salmon And Trout, pp. 95). "John Younger was a shoemaker at Kelso, who enjoyed a great local reputation as an angler and fly-dresser, and was a man of original ideas and marked capacity." This edition includes a memoir of Younger a treatise on the salmon and a list of the Tweed salmon casts. Westwood & Satchell p. 244. cfBlakey p. 335. cfRobb p. 213. cfStarkman & Read p. 114.
$300 USD Book Number: elala1557 Order / Enquire
YOUNGER, John.
River Angling For Salmon And Trout.With A Memoir, and List Of The Tweed Salmon Casts.
Kelso: J. & J.H.Rutherford & Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1864..
16mo. pp. xii, 220. with half-title. engraved frontis. portrait. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth. Third Edition (originally published in 1840 under title On River Angling For Salmon And Trout, pp. 95). "John Younger was a shoemaker at Kelso, who enjoyed a great local reputation as an angler and fly-dresser, and was a man of original ideas and marked capacity." This edition includes a memoir of Younger a treatise on the salmon, a list of the Tweed salmon casts, and a chapter on creeper fishing by the editor. Westwood & Satchell p. 244. Starkman & Read p. 114. cfRobb p. 213.
$300 USD Book Number: elala2890 Order / Enquire
ZOUCH, Thomas [1737-1815].
The Life Of Isaac Walton; Including Notices Of His Contemporaries.
London: Septimus Prowett, 1823..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., ii, 93. 20 engraved plates (7 marked 'proof'). wood-engraved title vignette, initial, tailpiece, & 1 text illus. contemporary half calf (some scattered foxing & offsetting from plates). Coigny p. 405. Westwood & Satchell p. 245.
$359 USD Book Number: SUCeZOUC92 Order / Enquire
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