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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2009). 2009 1st edition. 8vo (177 x 237mm). Ppxxiv,187. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w illustrations by John Searl. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine in dust-wrapper. Numbered copy from an edition limited to 1,000 copies. Title-page signed by the author. John Searl was an artist, angler and proprietor of The Art of Angling gallery in Ringwood, Dorset. This book covers all aspects of fishing for chalkstream roach, with much material by "some of the most successful roach anglers ever to have fished these wonderful rivers in the history of the sport, with a truly amazing tally of two and even three pound roach to their credit. Every aspect and style of roach fishing has been covered, from trotting and stalking in Summer and Autumn, to traditional bread-fishing in Winter. All of the major chalkstreams have been covered [each] by an angler who has specialised on a particular river. Most of these anglers will be very familiar to the reader [they include] Dave Steuart, Dave Howes, Ron Smith, Mark Wintle, and of course John Searl." Includes a Foreword by Peter Wheat and an Introduction by John Bailey. This first edition was privately published by John Searl in 2009 and limited to 1,000 numbered copies of which the first 100 were bound in leather. It has been out-of-print for some time now and is becoming harder to find. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2009). 2009 1st edition. 8vo (177 x 237mm). Ppxxiv,187. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w illustrations by John Searl. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Near fine in dust-wrapper. Numbered copy from an edition limited to 1,000 copies. Title-page signed by John Searl and the other seven contributors - plus Peter Wheat. John Searl was an artist, angler and proprietor of The Art of Angling gallery in Ringwood, Dorset. This book covers all aspects of fishing for chalkstream roach, with much material by "some of the most successful roach anglers ever to have fished these wonderful rivers in the history of the sport, with a truly amazing tally of two and even three pound roach to their credit. Every aspect and style of roach fishing has been covered, from trotting and stalking in Summer and Autumn, to traditional bread-fishing in Winter. All of the major chalkstreams have been covered [each] by an angler who has specialised on a particular river. Most of these anglers will be very familiar to the reader [they include] Dave Steuart, Dave Howes, Ron Smith, Mark Wintle, and of course John Searl." Includes a Foreword by Peter Wheat and an Introduction by John Bailey. This first edition was privately published by John Searl in 2009 and limited to 1,000 numbered copies of which the first 100 were bound in leather. It has been out-of-print for some time now and is becoming harder to find. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2009). 2009 1st edition. 8vo (177 x 237mm). Ppxxiv,187. Colour and b/w photographs, sepia illustrations by John Searl. Half green leather over green watered-silk boards, spine titled in gilt, two raised bands, silk marker. In green cloth slipcase. Fine copy in slipcase. No. 69 of the de luxe edition, limited to 100 leather-bound copies. Title-page signed by the author and loose signing-card (#69) signed by John Searl, Vic Beyers, Mark Wintle, Dave Howes, Peter Wheat, Dave Steuart and (probably) Pat Macmanus and Ron Smith. This book covers all aspects of fishing for chalkstream roach, with much material by "some of the most successful roach anglers ever to have fished these wonderful rivers in the history of the sport, with a truly amazing tally of two and even three pound roach to their credit. Every aspect and style of roach fishing has been covered, from trotting and stalking in Summer and Autumn, to traditional bread-fishing in Winter. All of the major chalkstreams have been covered [each] by an angler who has specialised on a particular river. Most of these anglers will be very familiar to the reader [they include] Dave Steuart, Dave Howes, Ron Smith, Mark Wintle, and of course John Searl." Includes a Foreword by Peter Wheat and an Introduction by John Bailey. John Searl was an artist, angler and proprietor of The Art of Angling gallery in Ringwood, Dorset. This book was published for the author by John Mason in a total edition of 1000 copies, of which 100 were bound in leather by Ludlow Bookbinders. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2009). 2009 1st edition. 8vo (177 x 237mm). Ppxxiv,187. Colour and b/w photographs, sepia illustrations by John Searl. Half green leather over green watered-silk boards, spine titled in gilt, two raised bands, silk marker. In green cloth slipcase. Fine copy in slipcase. No. 2 of the de luxe edition, limited to 100 leather-bound copies. Title-page signed by the author and loose signing-card (#2) signed by John Searl, Vic Beyers, Mark Wintle, Dave Howes, Peter Wheat, Dave Steuart and (probably) Pat Macmanus and Ron Smith. This book covers all aspects of fishing for chalkstream roach, with much material by "some of the most successful roach anglers ever to have fished these wonderful rivers in the history of the sport, with a truly amazing tally of two and even three pound roach to their credit. Every aspect and style of roach fishing has been covered, from trotting and stalking in Summer and Autumn, to traditional bread-fishing in Winter. All of the major chalkstreams have been covered [each] by an angler who has specialised on a particular river. Most of these anglers will be very familiar to the reader [they include] Dave Steuart, Dave Howes, Ron Smith, Mark Wintle, and of course John Searl." Includes a Foreword by Peter Wheat and an Introduction by John Bailey. John Searl was an artist, angler and proprietor of The Art of Angling gallery in Ringwood, Dorset. This book was published for the author by John Mason in a total edition of 1000 copies, of which 100 were bound in leather by Ludlow Bookbinders. .