ANGLING]. [BOWLKER, RICHARD and CHARLES]. The Art of Angling Improved, in all its parts, Especially Fly-Fishing, Worcester [c. 1758], contemporary blind-panelled sheep, hinges broken, modern cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase, worming to gutters affecting a few letters, minor soiling , FIRST EDITION, Gee, p. 86, Westwood & Satchell, pp. 39-40, bookplates of John Gerard Heckscher, C. F. L. Robinson, and Henry L. McVickar; [Another edition], Ludlow 1814, original printed boards, stiff paper chemise and slipcase, title and conjugate leaf detached, frontispiece offset , engraved frontispiece; [Another edition], Ludlow 1854, green calf gilt, t.e.g., by Root, spine faded , color lithograph frontispiece, wood-engraved text vignettes -- THOMAS FAIRFAX. The Complete Sportsman, or, Country Gentleman's Recreation, [1760], lacking frontispiece -- SAMUEL TAYLOR. Angling in all its Branches, 1800. Westwood & Satchell, pp. 205-6; [Another copy], occasional light foxing -- THOMAS SALTER. The Angler's Guide, or Complete London Angler, 1814, wood-engraved frontispiece, 2 plates and head-piece vignettes, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH TWO ETCHED PLATES, Gee, p. 16 -- ALEXANDER MACKINTOSH. The Modern Fisher, or Driffield Angler, Derby 1821, wood-engraved frontispiece and title vignette. Westwood & Satchell, p. 144; the last five bound in half green morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g., others untrimmed , the last three with Arnold Wood's bookplates -- Captain T. WILLIAMSON. The Complete Angler's Vade-Mecum, 1808, original blue paper boards, backstrip renewed, original paper title label, cloth chemise and slipcase, lacking engravings -- Sir HUMPHRY DAVY. Salmonia, or Days of Fly Fishing, 1828, contemporary calf, spine gilt, slightly stained , wood engravings, Gee, p. 89, Westwood & Satchell, p. 77, bookplate of Giles of Kailzie; [Another edition], 1829, later blind- and gilt-tooled calf, upper cover detached , engraved plates, text wood-engravings, Edward Boyd, presentation inscription from his father dated 1849 and bookplate; London except as noted, together 11 vols., 12mo-8vo, bindings moderately worn , all but the 2nd, 3rd, 9th and last FIRST EDITIONS. (11)
ANGLING]. [BOWLKER, RICHARD and CHARLES]. The Art of Angling Improved, in all its parts, Especially Fly-Fishing, Worcester [c. 1758], contemporary blind-panelled sheep, hinges broken, modern cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase, worming to gutters affecting a few letters, minor soiling , FIRST EDITION, Gee, p. 86, Westwood & Satchell, pp. 39-40, bookplates of John Gerard Heckscher, C. F. L. Robinson, and Henry L. McVickar; [Another edition], Ludlow 1814, original printed boards, stiff paper chemise and slipcase, title and conjugate leaf detached, frontispiece offset , engraved frontispiece; [Another edition], Ludlow 1854, green calf gilt, t.e.g., by Root, spine faded , color lithograph frontispiece, wood-engraved text vignettes -- THOMAS FAIRFAX. The Complete Sportsman, or, Country Gentleman's Recreation, [1760], lacking frontispiece -- SAMUEL TAYLOR. Angling in all its Branches, 1800. Westwood & Satchell, pp. 205-6; [Another copy], occasional light foxing -- THOMAS SALTER. The Angler's Guide, or Complete London Angler, 1814, wood-engraved frontispiece, 2 plates and head-piece vignettes, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH TWO ETCHED PLATES, Gee, p. 16 -- ALEXANDER MACKINTOSH. The Modern Fisher, or Driffield Angler, Derby 1821, wood-engraved frontispiece and title vignette. Westwood & Satchell, p. 144; the last five bound in half green morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g., others untrimmed , the last three with Arnold Wood's bookplates -- Captain T. WILLIAMSON. The Complete Angler's Vade-Mecum, 1808, original blue paper boards, backstrip renewed, original paper title label, cloth chemise and slipcase, lacking engravings -- Sir HUMPHRY DAVY. Salmonia, or Days of Fly Fishing, 1828, contemporary calf, spine gilt, slightly stained , wood engravings, Gee, p. 89, Westwood & Satchell, p. 77, bookplate of Giles of Kailzie; [Another edition], 1829, later blind- and gilt-tooled calf, upper cover detached , engraved plates, text wood-engravings, Edward Boyd, presentation inscription from his father dated 1849 and bookplate; London except as noted, together 11 vols., 12mo-8vo, bindings moderately worn , all but the 2nd, 3rd, 9th and last FIRST EDITIONS. (11)
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