lure float von sharp arthur (2 Ergebnisse)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). 1931 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 192mm). Pp168 + 8pp ads. B/w photograph plates, illustrations. Green cloth, black ruled border and titles to upper board, spine titled in black. Some staining to cloth, crease to corner of pages 143-150, ink annotation to half-title and usual foxing. Good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. Tales, reminiscences and hints on float-fishing for coarse fish, especially perch, tench, chub and pike. Chapters include:- The fascination of the float; About rods and tackle; Angling wiles and wisdom; A june morning; Sport on a little river; With a crow quill; Chub; About bream; Mill pools and weir pools; Pond possibilities; Tench fishing; The blackstriped clan; Summer rudd; On the canal; Some hints and tips; Float-fishing for pike; Some reminiscences; The winter-time angler; Thoughts on Izaak Walton and The Compleat Angler. .

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original parsley green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered black back and front. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains (xvi), 168 pp + 8 pp advertisements with 8 full-page single-sided monochrome photographs throughout. Light ink message dated 1942 to the front free end paper and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ANGLING & SPORT FISHING.