Lot 190
Angling
Large collection of works, 19th and 20th century
Auction: 02 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Bainbridge, George C. The Fly Fisher's Guide. Liverpool: G. Cruickshank, 1828. Second edition ('with additions'), 8vo, uncut in original boards, rebacked, viii 162 pp., 9 engraved plates (all but one hand-coloured), a contemporary angler's working copy with manuscript annotations in ink and pencil, and several original hackle specimens pinned to text-leaves and plates, lacking rear free endpaper;
Kelson, George M. The Salmon Fly: How to Dress it and how to use it. London: published by the author, 1895. First edition, 4to, original cloth, recased and relined, 8 chromolithographic plates;
Dowell, James. Norwegian Anglings and Other Sportings … Season 1909 (Eleventh Year of Issue). London: J.A. Lumley & Dowell, 1909. 4to, original pictorial boards, folding map, photographic illustrations in text;
Ransome, Arthur. Rod and Line. Essays, together with Aksakov on Fishing. London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket (chipped, torn and dust-soiled);
Granby, Henry Manners, Marquess of. The Trout. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. First edition, deluxe issue, one of 150 copies on large paper, 8vo, original quarter japon, edges untrimmed;
Jackson, John. The Practical Fly-Fishing; more particularly for Grayling or Umber. London: Charles Farlow, 1862. Second edition, 8vo, original cloth, 10 engraved plates; and 38 others on angling (approx. 50)