Salmon

John Van Voorst   London 1851, 8vo Illust including 5 full page hand coloured plates of flies by Paul Jerrard, 74p plus plates.  Original green cloth.  The first work to deal at any length with salt-water fly-fishing. Fishing for Salmon  in Scotland, Ireland and Nova Scotia, White trout , Sewin or Salmon Peel fishing in Ireland, Wales and Ireland, Sea fly fishing off the Irish and Scottish coast for Pollack, Bass, Mullet and Perch, Pike fishing, Trout and Grayling with recommended flies and their dressings. Text is signed off with  H H. (Horatio Gordon Hutchinson ?)   Spine has been reinforced and has small repair to top.  Corners bumped.  Slight browning and foxing. Very scarce 

Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg, PA. 1996 1st edition 4to. Illust 396p. D/J.  Colour paintings, illustrated by John Swan, colour photographs by Michael Radencich, bibliography. in dust-wrapper. Completed by his daughter after his death, this is Joe Bates' last book. It contains the history and tying instructions for over 500 salmon fly patterns -classic to contemporary -in many variations. A handsome book enhanced by Radencich's stunning photography and John Swan's evocative illustrations.  -Very Fine

William Collins Auckland 1989 revised and expanded edn. soft cover. The first New Zealand book to deal exclusively with salmon fishing. Part 1 covers the mechanics of spinning and fly fishing for salmon and section 2 covers the introduction of salmon into New Zealand waters, its biology and management and research organizations. - Very Fine

Andre Deutsch London 1983 8vo Illust 316p. Soft Cover. From the Modern Fishing Classics. First published in 1910 this is a distillation of wisdom, experience, and lore covering every aspect of salmon fishing. Charmingly written in the form of letters to his sons with all the love and enthusiasm of the true angler. - Very Good.

Brunswick Press Fredericton  1977 2nd printing 8vo, Illust 288p. D/J. A collection of anecdotal information gathered over 50 years of fishing for trout and salmon on the waters of the Miramichi, Tobique, Nashwaak, Kedgwick, and Restigouche Rivers and on Ayer's Lake, and Patterson's Pond of New Brunswick. "Here are tales of classic encounters between anglers and the wily salmon told with masterful suspense and containing a wealth of disguised fishing lore” …..Foreword.  - Fine

Published by author Lincoln 1979 1st ltd edn of 500.. 8vo Illust. 95p. Green cloth with gilt fish motif. in an original glassine wrapper. A check-list of books on angling and the salmon fisheries in Scotland, Northern England, Wales and Ireland. With an introductory survey. One of the small handful of essential reference books for the collector of fishing books. The compiler was universally acknowledged as a leading authority on angling literature. Alan Jarvis bookplate - Fine

 Published by author   Lincoln 1979 1^st ltd edn of 500.  $100. 8vo Illust. 95p. Green cloth with gilt fish motif. in an original  glassine wrapper.  A check-list of books on angling and the salmon fisheries in Scotland, Northern England, Wales and Ireland. With an introductory survey. One of the small handful of essential reference books for the collector of fishing books. The compiler was universally acknowledged as a leading authority on angling literature. Very Fine                              

 

Guinness Publishing Enfield 1990 2nd Edn. 4to Illust. colour plates and photographs, 239p. Chapters on game fish and their habitat, catching trout, sea trout, salmon, and other game fish. - Fine

Surry: Elliot Right Way Books 1957, 12mo Illust. 126p. plus adverts. D/J price clipped, Very Good