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Lot 148: EVANS (W.)

Est: £300 GBP - £500 GBPSold:
BonhamsLondon, United KingdomMay 22, 2012

Item Overview

Description

The Art of Angling; or Complete Fly-Fisher, lithographed frontispiece, perforated library stamp on title, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving original spine [Westwood & Satchell, p.89], J. Richardson, [1820]--The Angler's Companion, Being a Description of Where to Find, and How to Fish, the Various Swims in the Horse and Groom, Lea Bridge, and White Horse Fisheries, engraved frontispiece (partly hand-coloured, dampstained), folding map, wood-engraved vignettes on title and in text, contemporary half morocco [cf. Westwood & Satchell, p.7], W. & T. Piper, [c.1838]--Neil's Complete Angler; or the Whole Art of Fishing, tenth edition, lacks frontispiece, modern calf, publisher's blue printed wrappers bound in [Westwood & Satchell, p.155], A Neil, [c.1810]--The Jolly Angler, fifth edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations, contemporary quarter cloth [Westwood & Satchell, pp.143-4], J. March, [c.1845]--The Angler's Museum, third edition, engraved frontispiece, woodcut vignette on title, browning, late half morocco, upper cover near detached [Westwood & Satchell, p.194], John Fielding, 1784--The Repository of Arts and Sciences, or, Cabinet of Useful Knowledge, engraved frontispiece, 2-page section on angling, publisher's printed boards, soiled with some loss to spine [not in Westwood & Satchell], Glasgow, George Love, 1828, 8vo; and 5 others (11)

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Auction Details

The Angling Library of Alan Jarvis

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Bonhams
May 22, 2012, 12:00 PM GMT

Montpelier Street Knightsbridge, London, LDN, SW7 1HH, UK