THE BOOK OF THE ALL-ROUND ANGLER: A comprehensive treatise on angling in both fresh & salt water. by John Bickerdyke. With over 220 engravings.
Published by L. Upcott Gill. London. 1889
- Hardcover
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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1898). (1888) ND (1898) 3rd issue. Small 8vo (130 x 189mm). Ppxx,128,97,127,108,xxvi + 20 pp catalogue (dated 4/98) at rear. Engraved plates & plates from photographs, text engravings. Light green gilt-decorated pictorial cloth, in series with other Upcott Gill sporting books, with a patterned border on the left showing game-birds, animals and fish, and a gilt image of two anglers in a boat in the main panel. Cloth used & faded, inner hinges cracked. A good copy only. "John Bickerdyke" was the pen-name of Charles Henry Cook. The separate parts of this book have been frequently reprinted as separate volumes. They are "Angling for coarse fish", "Angling for pike", "Angling for game fish", and "Angling in salt water". "With over 220 engravings". This edition not dated but, chronologically, is the third issue seen. In this edition the section on pike fishing has been enlarged to include "The Late Lord Inverurie's Big Pike List," and has two extra engraved plates and three new plates from photographs. Although unstated in the book, this is a title in Upcott Gill's sporting series, issued in matching pictorial green cloth. .…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE BOOK OF THE ALL-ROUND ANGLER: A comprehensive treatise on angling in both fresh & salt water. by John Bickerdyke. With over 220 engravings.
- Author
- Bickerdyke (John). "John Bickerdyke" was the pen-name of Charles Henry Cook. (1858-1933).
- Publisher
- L. Upcott Gill. London. 1889
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.…
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