Lot 215
Angling
Collection of works including fly- and salmon-fishing manuals, mainly 19th century
Auction: Books & Manuscripts | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 209 to 220
Description
various formats, original cloth unless otherwise stated, Westwood & Satchell page numbers in square brackets, titles include:
[Captain Clarke, Royal Marines]. The Angler's Desideratum, containing the Best and Fullest Directions for Dressing the Artificial Fly; with some New and Valuable Inventions by the Author, from a Practice of nearly Half a Century. Edinburgh: printed by M. Anderson, 1839. First edition [p. 8];
Ronalds, Alfred. The Fly-Fisher's Entomology. London: Longman [etc.], 1836. First edition, 19 hand-coloured engraved plates including frontispiece, tissue-guards [p. 178: ‘This work, though in some respects inaccurate, displays a rare combination of entomological and piscatorial science. The drawings … are of great value and nicety’];
[Fitzgibbon, Edward]. The Book of the Salmon … by Ephemera … assisted by Andrew Young, of Invershin, Manager of the Duke of Sutherland's Salmon-Fisheries. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850. First edition, 8 hand-coloured engraved plates, one further engraved plate, bookplates to endpapers, quire G proud [p. 86];
Kirkbride, John. The Northern Angler; or, Fly-Fisher's Companion. Carlisle: C. Thurnam, 1837. First edition, 2 engraved plates including frontispiece, ownership inscription to title-page, lacking front free endpaper, plate damp-stained [p. 127];
Cutcliffe, H. C. The Art of Trout Fishing on Rapid Streams: comprising a Complete System of Fishing the North Devon Streams, and their Like. South Molton: W. Tucker, Square, 1868. First edition [p. 72];
Wade, Henry. Halcyon; or, Rod-Fishing with Fly, Minnow, and Worm. London: Bell and Daldy, 1861. First edition, loss to head of spine, head of each joints split [p. 216];
Tayler, James. Red Palmer: a Practical Treatise on Fly Fishing. London: Empire Printing and Publishing Co., 1888. First edition [N/A];
Bailey, William. The Angler's Instructor. London: Longman and Co., 1857. First edition [p. 20, ‘An excellent practical treatise by the best Nottingham angler of his day’];
Younger, John. River Angling for Salmon and Trout. Kelso: J. & J. H. Rutherfurd, 1860. Second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary ownership inscription to title-page [p. 244];
Robertson, John. The Hand-Book of Angling for Scotland and the Border Counties. London: Houlston and Wright, 1861. First edition, folding map [p. 178];
Whitney, John. The Genteel Recreation: or, the Pleasure of Angling, a Poem. London: printed in the 1700 [i.e. 1820]. One of 120 copies, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked;
[Hodge, David]. Angling Days on Scotch Lochs. By Yellow Body. Edinburgh: John Menzies & Co., 1884. First edition, green cloth variant;
and some 20 others similar (36)
Footnote
Two issues of The Angler's Desideratum are known, one with the publisher's imprint on the title-page, as here, and one simply with the year, with no place or publisher identified. The latter is often cited as the first.