Sale 23SP01 | Lot 116

[ANGLING] Five 19th century works on angling.

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[ANGLING] Five 19th century works on angling.

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Lot 116
[ANGLING] Five 19th century works on angling.
Comprises BOWLKER, CHARLES. The Art of Angling... Ludlow: Procter and Jones, 1829. Later edition. 20th century blue morocco by Gehnrich. 6 3/8 x 3 7/8 inches (17 x 10 cm); vi, 154 pp.; colored frontispiece, woodcut illustrations. Light wear; together with [SNART, CHARLES]. Practical Observations on Angling in the River Trent. By a gentleman resident in the neighbourhood. Newark, S. and I. Ridge, 1801. First edition. Three-quarters blue calf, marbled sides. 6 5/8 x 4 inches (16.75 x 10 cm); 130 pp.; half-title present. Some joint wear, generally a clean copy, top edge only trimmed, Newberry Library stamp on title, part perforated and in blind, deaccession stamp, Field Museum Ayer bookplate and that of Wilbur G. Downs; CARPENTER, WILLIAM. The Angler's Assistant. London: David Bogue, 1852. Publisher's cloth. 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches; viii, 153, [1] pp., illustrated throughout. Some wear and soiling to covers. Wilbur G. Downs bookplate; OLIVER, STEPHEN [=CHATTO, WILLIAM ANDREW] Scenes and Recollections of Fly-Fishing, in Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland. London: Chapman and Hall, 1834. First edition. 18th century three-quarters pebbled calf. 6 1/2 x 4 inches (17 x 10 cm); [4], 212 pp., title-page vignette, headpiece, tailpiece, and in-text illustrations. Wear to joints and extremities, old ink inscription on front free endpaper; and WHEATLEY, HENRY. The Rod and Line, or Practical Hints and Dainty Devices for the Sure Taking of Trout, Grayling, etc. London: Longman [etc.], 1849. First edition. Three-quarters brown calf, marbled sides. 6 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches (17 x 10.5 cm); 157, [1] pp., with 9 fine hand-colored plates of artificial flies and lures, finished with gold and gum arabic. Light binding wear, generally a clean copy internally. Donald Gardner bookplate. (5)


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