A HISTORY OF PIKE FISHING. VOLUME I. By Graham Booth.
Language: English
Published by Harper Angling Books. Dereham, Norfolk. 2011, 2011
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2011). 2011 1st edition. 4to (188 x 245mm). Pp347. Colour and b/w photographs, colour and b/w illustrations. Burgundy boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. This is an extraordinarily well-researched and comprehensive book on the history of pike fishing, and incidentally of angling generally. Beautifully illustrated. "There are many books on pike fishing, but until now none of them had provided the reader with a comprehensive history of the sport. .It not only explores the specific discipline of pike fishing, but also examines its status within the context of the social and economic history unfolding around it. .Intensely detailed and wide ranging, .entirely based upon original research." Contents include:- Ancestral voices - pike fishing before 1815; Prophesying progress, 1815-1865; Fertile ground, the Golden Age, 1865-1914; Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree - 'pikeists' of the Golden Age; Stately pleasure domes - the angling exhibitions of the Golden Age; A mighty fountain - pike fishing in the Golden Age; Beneath a waning moon - the pike fishing dark ages, 1914-1950; notes to the text. The index and notes refer to many sources. A bibliography is included in Volume II (our stock number 27391) which covers the period 1950 to the present day. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 35.00. …
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- Title
- A HISTORY OF PIKE FISHING. VOLUME I. By Graham Booth.
- Author
- Booth (Graham Nigel St. Vincent).
- Publisher
- Harper Angling Books. Dereham, Norfolk. 2011
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0957004508
- ISBN 13
- 9780957004504
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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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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