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An American Edition of The Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle, from The Boke of St. Albans, By Dame Juliana Berners, A.D. 1496.

By: Berners, Dame Juliana; edited by Geo. W. Van Siclen

Price: NZ$168.75

Publisher: New York, Jas. L. Black: 1875

Seller ID: 22121

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

5mm missing to cloth at head and tail of spine. Board rubbed. Quite heavy rubbing to lower edges of boards.; First American edition of a title originally published in England in 1496 by Wynkyn de Worde, when it was added to de Worde's 1496 edition of the Boke of St. Albans. [2 (blank)], 118, [2 (blank)] pages. Brown pebble grain cloth boards with gilt lettering on front board. Black border to front board. Page dimensions: 173 x 131mm. All page edges dyed red. Yellow endpapers. With a 7 page Preface to the American Edition. Illustrations on pages [28 (frontispiece)], 50, 55, 58, 59, 60.
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Bethune on Bass

By: Bethune, John

Price: NZ$128.00

Publisher: Kenthurst, NSW, Kangaroo Press: (1993)

Seller ID: 22270

ISBN: 0864175116

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

No signatures. Dust-jacket has a small 10mm tear at one corner. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 88 pages. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 280 x 207mm. Illustrated with colour and black and white photographic illustrations. "Chapters on the Upper Colo and Wollemi Rivers of New South Wales tell of sheer gorge country where only those experienced in finding their way in the bush should attempt to follow. Others describe the big bass and beautiful mountains, animals and birds to be found in the unique mountain forest behind Bateman's Bay or on the Nepea...
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Essays - Sporting and Serious

By: Chaytor, A. H. [Alfred Henry (1869-1931)]

Price: NZ$121.50

Publisher: London, Methuen & Co.: (1930)

Seller ID: 22122

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Spine faded.; ix, [1], 257, [1], [2 (blank)] pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, blind-stamped lettering on front board. Page dimensions: 190 x 127mm. Contents: Preface; Hunting Wild Boar with Dogs (Four Papers); Stray Salmon in the Findhorn; Some New Zealand Trout Fishing (Two Papers); Modern Salmon Fishing; Birds in the Bush; Simpler and Less Costly Justice; Needless Breaking Up Of Estates; To My Wife and Every Wife; A Portrait of Our Friend, V. F.; Goodwill as a Civic Duty; Post-War Manners and Fashions; Some Defects in Post-War Manners; Our Behaviour to Servants; Some Coi...
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Crash Strike!

By: Cullen, Anthony & Parick Hemphill

Price: NZ$108.00

Publisher: Nairobi, East African Publishing House: (1971)

Seller ID: 21729

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Heavy rubbing and creasing to spine and covers. Previous owner's inscriptions and names on front endpaper.; Uncommon. This copy inscribed by one of the author's on inside of front cover: "Bloody Gaffs! / Pat Hemphill / Oct '72". 175, [1] pages + 8 plate leaves. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 216 x 136mm. "East Africa is rapidly becoming internationally famous for the quality and variety of its big-game fishing. There are very few books anywhere in the world about this new and exciting test of the skill of man." - from blurb on rear cover.; The fun and thrills of Big Game Fishing
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The Art of the Wet Fly

By: Fogg, W. S. Roger

Price: NZ$60.75

Publisher: London, Adam and Charles Black: (1979)

Seller ID: 21521

ISBN: 0713619503

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Some minor foxing. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; x, 333, [1 (blank)] pages + 8 b&w illustrations on 2 plate leaves + 5 pages of colour illustrations on 3 plate leaves. In-text black and white illustrations and diagrams. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 217 x 136mm. "While full justice has been done to the dry fly in the literature of flyfishing, the wet fly has been rather neglected." - from dust-jacket blurb.
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Bright Salmon and Brown Trout

By: Lamb, Dana S.

Price: NZ$438.75

Publisher: Barre, Massachusetts, Barre Publishers: (1964)

Seller ID: 22120

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

This copy is No. 1 of 350 copies. Inscribed by author on blank leaf at front: "To a Number one fisherman and friend, Harold Hickling I send, with all good wishes, this number one copy of my book / Dana J Lamb / November 1964". Also numbered "1" on limitation page at rear. [10 (first leaf blank)], 111, [1], [2 (blank)] pages. An edition of 350 copies bound in quarter oasis Niger goatskin and printed on rag paper. Page dimensions: 228 x 148mm. Top page edges gilt. With slipcase. Gilt landing net illustration on front board and on slipcase. Vice-Admiral Harold Hickling (1892-1969), to whom this c...
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Not Far From The River

By: Lamb, Dana S.

Price: NZ$101.25

Publisher: Barre, Massachusetts, Barre Publishers: (1967)

Seller ID: 22124

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

25mm chip to corner of the clear acetate jacket. Some foxing to slipcase. ; Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper "for Harold Hickling [. . .] / Dana J Lamb / Sunken Meadows / Christmas 1967". This copy is one of an edition of 1,500 unnumbered copies. 101, [2], [1 (blank)] pages. Page dimensions: 229 x 150mm. With clear acetate jacket. With slipcase. Vice-Admiral Harold Hickling (1892-1969), to whom this copy is inscribed, was the author of the 1960 book "Freshwater Admiral: Fishing the Tongariro River and Lake Taupo". ; Signed by Author
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Green Highlanders and Pink Ladies

By: Lamb, Dana S.

Price: NZ$101.25

Publisher: Barre, Massachusetts, Barre Publishers: (1971)

Seller ID: 22125

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Lacking the clear acetate jacket. Some foxing to slipcase. ; Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper "for Mary Anstruther [. . .] / Dana J Lamb / 1972". This copy is No. 660 of an edition of 1,500 numbered copies. [10], 92, [1], [1 (blank)] pages. Page dimensions: 228 x 150mm. With slipcase. Mary Anstruther, to whom this copy is inscribed, was the partner of Vice-Admiral Harold Hickling (1892-1969). Harold Hickling was the author of the 1960 book "Freshwater Admiral: Fishing the Tongariro River and Lake Taupo". ; Signed by Author
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Woodsmoke and Water Cress

By: Lamb, Dana S.

Price: NZ$236.25

Publisher: Barre, Massachusetts, Barre Publishers: 1965

Seller ID: 22126

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Spine of slipcase damaged with split along half of one edge. ; Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper "for Vice Admiral Harold Hickling[. . .] top man, in my opinion, fresh of salt or on the beach!/ Dana J Lamb / [. . .] November 1965". This copy is No. 10 of an edition of 200 numbered copies "bound by hand in half-leather". 89, [2], [1 (blank)] pages. Page dimensions: 229 x 148mm. Top page edges gilt. With clear acetate jacket. With slipcase (damaged). Vice-Admiral Harold Hickling (1892-1969), to whom this copy is inscribed, was the author of the 1960 book "Freshwater Admiral: Fish...
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How to Catch Fish and Where 2 - The Big Fish Edition

By: Rendle, Mike

Price: NZ$33.75

Publisher: Auckland, David Bateman: (2018)

Seller ID: 21524

ISBN: 1869539885

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

327, [1] pages. Page dimensions: oblong 210 x 148mm. Numerous colour photographic illustrations. "Following on from Michael's hugely successful How to Catch Fish and Where, this book tells you how to catch the biggest of all your favourite fish, including snapper and hapuka, as well as big game fish. Drawing from more than four decades of fishing experience throughout New Zealand and the Pacific, Michael Rendle has written a book that will be loved by fishermen. Packed-full of colour, description, diagrams and detail, this book is easy to read, simple to follow and includes lots of tips and hi...
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Travel and Trout in the Antipodes - An Angler's Sketches in Tasmania and New Zealand

By: Senior, William

Price: NZ$222.75

Publisher: London, Chatto and Windus: 1880

Seller ID: 20725

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Front hinge completely broken, with text block separated from front board. Adhesive cloth tape strengthening on inside of spine cloth. Adhesive tape staining along margins of gutter at front hinge. Cloth torn along two thirds of rear joint. 1/2" tears and chips to cloth at head and tail of spine. Blank strip clipped from upper margin of title leaf. Suitable for rebinding. ; xii, 315, [1 (blank)] pages + 32 pages advertisements. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, gilt illustration at tail of spine, green lettering and illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 187 x 125mm. [Refe...
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