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Marston (Edward), "The Amateur Angler". Days in Clover, first edition, large-paper copy initialled by the author, viii, 120pp., number 36 of 250 copies, half-title, plates, bookplate of Henry Andrew Ingraham, original boards, parchment dust-jacket, t.e.g., worn, 8vo, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1892. *** 150 copies were produced for the U.K., 100 for the U.S.A.

Marston (Edward), "The Amateur Angler". Fishing For Pleasure and Catching It, first edition, xiv, 152pp., half-title, plates, hinges very slightly weak, original decorative cloth, corners very slightly rubbed, 8vo, T. Werner Laurie, 1906. *** Includes information on May fly fishing in Herefordshire, chubb fishing on the Stour and 2 chapters on angling in North Wales.

Marston (Edward), "The Amateur Angler". Sketches of Booksellers of Other Days, first American edition, xii, 182pp., title printed in red and black, frontispiece and illustrations, a little very light foxing, hinges very slightly weak, original vellum-backed cloth, gilt, t.e.g., a little very light soiling, small 8vo, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. *** Printed at the Chiswick Press.

[Marston (Edward), "The Amateur Angler". Fresh Woods and Pastures New, first edition, large-paper copy, x, 136pp., [6pp.], 6pp. advertisements at end, original printed boards, browned, 8vo,Sampson Low [&c.], 1887.

Martin (J.W.), "The Trent Otter". My Fishing Days and Fishing Ways, first edition signed and numbered by the author, xvi, 190pp., number 835, half-title, plates and illustrations, advertisements to endpapers and one leaf at beginning, original pictorial cloth, spine a little darkened, 8vo, Plymouth, W. Brendon & Son, 1906.

Martin (J.W.), "The Trent Otter". Practical Fishing for the So-Called Coarse Fishes, first edition, xii, 146pp., [4pp.], half-title, illustrations, mostly of equipment, 4pp. advertisements at end, light browning, original pictorial yellow cloth, light dust-soiling, 8vo, C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., n.d.[1906]. *** Covers "every branch of float-fishing, legering, spinning, trolling, and line-baiting on river, lake and stream."

Martin (J.W.), "The Trent Otter". Float Fishing and Spinning in the Nottingham Style, Being a Treatise on the So-Called Coarse Fishes, with Instructions for Their Capture, signed presentation copy from R.B. Marston to A.N. Cheney, viii, 182pp., [2pp]., second edition, half-title, illustrations, 2pp. advertisements at end, hinges weak, original pictorial cloth-backed boards, rubbed, chipped, [Westwood & Satchell Supplement p.250], 8vo, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1885. *** Inscription reads "A.N. Cheney from R.B. Marston, Glens Falls. N.Y. June 3d 1892." Cheney was co-author of 'Fishing With a Fly', 1883. The first edition of this work was published in 1882.

Martin (J.W.), "The Trent Otter". The "Trent Otter's" Little Book on Angling, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author, 82pp., [5pp]., frontispiece, illustrations, 5pp. advertisements at end, title very lightly soiled, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed with a little loss of image, light soiling, 8vo, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1910. *** Ink inscription reads "Presented by the author to the Hungerford Angling Association. 1910".

Martin (Rev. James) The Angler's Guide; The Most Complete and Practical Ever Written ... With a Minute Description of Tackle, Baits, Times, Seasons, Fish, and the Method of Cooking Them ... to Which is Added ... "The Three Jolly Anglers", first edition, viii, 191pp., wood-engraved frontispiece, 8pp. advertisements at beginning, a little light browning, light soiling to p.191, ex-library copy with bookplate removed and ticket holder to rear pastedown, hinges a little weak, original red cloth, spine repaired with adhesive tape, light soiling, a little bumped, [Westwood & Satchell p.148], 8vo, G. Cox, 1854. *** Contains sections on roach, jack, barbel, dace, gudgeon, chub, perch, eel, carp, tench, bream and trout fishing, as well as "a minute description of tackle, baits, times, season, fish, and the method of cooking them, and all the places for angling within twenty miles of London."

Masters (John) The Compleat Indian Angler, first edition, xii, 115pp., [16pp.], colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original cloth, title on upper cover very slightly rubbed, 4to, Country Life Ltd., 1938.

[Maxwell (William Hamilton)] Wild Sports of the West. With Legendary Tales, and Local Sketches, 2 vol., first edition, xvi, 327pp., [1p.], viii, 343pp., 5 aquatint plates, woodcuts in the text, bookplates of John Tilley, some light foxing, contemporary half morocco, gilt, t.e.g., slightly rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.149], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1832. *** Editions were subsequently published in 1838 and 1842. The 'West' of the title refers to England and Scotland.

Maxwell (Sir Herbert) Salmon and Sea Trout, How to Propogate, Preserve, and Catch Them in British Waters, first edition, xii, 272pp., [2pp.], edited by Maxwell and F.G. Aflalo, plates and illustrations, 2ff. advertisements, original decorative cloth, 8vo, George Routledge and Sons, [1898]. *** Number IV of "The Angler's Library".

Maxwell (Sir Herbert, editor) Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club, 1822-1908, first edition, xii, 266pp., number 224 of 350 copies, half-title, title printed in red and black, plates and illustrations, light browning to title, frontispiece lightly foxed, upper hinge weak, original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, slightly rubbed, Edward Arnold, 1908 ~ Page (R.P., editor) Further Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club, 1908-1931, first edition, [viii], 89pp., half-title, title printed in red and black, plates, some colour, slip tipped in on title advertising the original "Chronicles (1822-1907)" by Sir Herbert Maxwell, original green cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, paper label mounted on upper cover, McCorquodale & Co., 1932, large 4to (2).

Maxwell (Sir Herbert, editor) Fishing At Home and Abroad, first edition, xii, 413pp., number 242 of 750 copies, half-title, title printed in red and black, portrait frontispiece, 60 plates, including 7 colour, 5 monochrome and 5 photogravure plates with captioned tissue guards, a little very light foxing to first few ff., hinges skilfully reinforced, original morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, very slightly rubbed, 4to, The London & Counties Press Association Ltd., 1913. *** Contains "American Trout Fishing" by Theodore Gordon; this was his only published work. The first trade edition was published in 1914.

Mitchell-Hedges (F.A.) Battling With Sea Monsters, first edition, 319pp., [1p.], maps, plates, a little light foxing, hinges a little weak, original cloth, rubbed, head and foot of spine chipped, Duckworth, n.d., [c.1925]; Danger My Ally, 255pp., plates, original cloth, a little fading, Elek Books, 1954, 8vo (2). *** The first mentioned contains tales of exciting fishing in Honduras, Guatemala and Panama; the second describes adventures and some experiences in deep-sea fishing of this famous explorer, archaeologist and collector, who was an acquaintance of J. Pierpont Morgan and Trotsky.

Moffat (A.S.) The Secrets of Angling, first edition, xii, 326pp., half-title, engraved title vignette, some foxing, hinges a little weak, original cloth, gilt, rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.152], 8vo, Adam and Charles Black, 1865. *** With a circular "Key to 'The Secrets', or How to Angle" printed in gold on the brown front free endpaper.

Mosely (Martin E.) The Dry-Fly Fisherman's Entomology, [Being a Supplement to Frederic M. Halford's "The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook"], first edition, xx, 109pp., [6pp.], photogravure frontispiece, 16 hand-coloured plates, hinges weak, original cloth wallet, gilt, very slightly rubbed, 12mo, George Routledge and Sons, 1921.

Mottram (J.C.) Fly-Fishing: Some New Arts and Mysteries, first edition, xii, 272pp., illustrations, advertisements to endpapers, bookplate of Charles F. Walker, ink inscription to front free endpaper, original blue cloth, gilt, spine a little darkened, very slightly rubbed, 8vo, The Field & Queen (Horace Cox) Ltd., n.d., [?1915].

Mason (Richard) Angling Experiences and Reminiscences, [viii], 171pp., bookpates of Moses H. Grossman and Col. Henry A. Siegel, original cloth, fading, spine chipped, Great Grimsby, Grimsby New Co. Ltd., 1901 ~ Murray (Hilda) Echoes of Sport, first edition, xii, 167pp., [1p.], 15 photographic plates tipped in, original cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed, a little faded, London and Edinburgh, T.N. Foulis, 1910 ~ Mainwaring (Arthur) Fishing and Philandering, 254pp., newspaper article tipped in to front free endpaper, original cloth, Heath Cranton and Ouseley Ltd., n.d. ~ Moore (T.C. Kingsmill) A Man May Fish, xix, 225pp., plates, original boards, dust-jacket, Gerrards Cross, Colin Smythe, 1983 ~ M. (P.J., editor) Fishing Frolics, 48pp., colour illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, spine a little faded, Michael Joseph, 1986, 8vo & square 12mo (5).

Nall (G. Herbert) The Life of the Sea Trout, Especially in Scottish Waters; With Chapters on the Reading & Measuring of Scales, first edition, 335pp., numerous plates and illustrations, a little very light foxing, original green cloth, gilt spine, 8vo, Seeley, Service & Co., 1930. *** A compilation of many detailed studies of the sea trout.

Newland (Rev. Henry) Forest Scenes in Norway and Sweden: Being Extracts from the Journal of a Fisherman, first edition, vi, 418pp., engraved plates, original decorative cloth, gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down, rubbed with a little light dust-soiling, 8vo, G. Routledge & Co., 1854. *** Very scarce in this first edition.

[Nobbes (Robert)] The Compleat Troller, or, The Art of Trolling, first edition, [20pp.], 78pp., [2pp.], 2 small woodcut illustrations in the text, 1p. advertisements at end, browning, ink inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, slightly rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.156; Wing N1193], 16mo, by T. James for Tho. Helder, 1682. *** Rare. Nobbes, commonly called "the father of trollers", was not the first to write on the practice, but was "the earliest ... that discoursed at large, and in substantial shape, on it". This is the first issue with hook on p.37 pointing outwards and a broken 'E' on the title; this was not the case in the facsimile of 1790.

Nonnus (Ludovicus) Ichtyophagia Sive de Piscium esu Commentarius, first edition, [xvi], 176pp., [16pp.], woodcut printer's device on title, top edges of a few ff. shaved with a little loss of text, modern calf, [Brunet IV, 100; Westwood & Satchell p.157], 12mo, Antwerp, P. and J. Belleros, 1616.

[North (The Hon. Roger)] A Discourse of Fish and Fish-Ponds, first edition, [viii], 79pp., [1p.], 1p. advertisements at end, contemporary ink ownership inscription of Hill: Kingesmill, a little light browning, 3 bookplates of Heckscher, bookplates of F.G. Loeb and Joseph Crawhall, contemporary panelled calf, joints split, rubbed, modern cloth chemise and slip-case, [Kress 2864; Westwood & Satchell p.157], 8vo, for E. Curll, 1713. *** The 1773 edition of this work had the author's name printed on the title page. This was later appended to "The Gentleman Farmer" in 1726 and to Albin's "Esculent Fish", 1794. A French translation was printed in 1717 in Paris, with the title "Traite des etangs, des vivers, canaux ...".

O'Connor (R.) An Introduction to the Field Sports of France. Being a Practical View of Hunting, Shooting and Fishing, first edition, xx, 304pp., 16pp., half-title, wood-engraved title vignette and illustrations, 16pp. advertisements at end, original green cloth, gilt, spine faded, [Westwood & Satchell p.161], 8vo, London and Paris, John Murray and Stassin et Xavier, 1846. *** The third part, pp.225-298, deals with many types of fishing in various parts of France.

O'Gorman. The Practice of Angling, Particularly as Regards Ireland, 2 vol., first edition, xx, 320pp., vi, 260pp., [2pp.], engraved portrait frontispiece, 2pp. advertisements, a little light foxing, modern red morocco, gilt, cloth slip-case, [Westwood & Satchell p.161], 8vo, Dublin, William Curry, Jun. & Co., 1845. *** Very scarce. A second edition was published in 1855. A very entertaining book containing good advice about Irish fly dressings.

Ogden (J[ames]) Ogden on Fly Tying, Etc., first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to his nephew, iv, 89pp., errata slip tipped in on title, 2 mounted albumen prints including a portrait frontispiece of the author, 4 plates, hinges slightly weak, original decorative cloth, gilt, spine faded, some damp-staining, [Westwood & Satchell p.161], 8vo, Cheltenham, John T. Norman, 1879. *** Scarce. Ogden was the first to give practical advice on dry-fly fishing, and to propose a differentiation between fly-fishing and "any-method" fishing.

Oglesby (Arthur) Salmon, first edition, 224pp., half-title, plates and illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 8vo, Macdonald, 1971. *** Part of the Richard Walker Angling Library; one of the most comprehensive works on flyfishing and spinning for salmon.

Oglesby (Arthur) Reeling In, first edition, viii, 160pp., colour plates, original boards, dust-jacket, 8vo, Marlborough, Crowood Press, 1988. *** An autobiography.

Oppianus.- De Piscibus Libri V. Eiusdem de Venatione Libri IIII, (Graece), translated by Laurentius Lippius, woodcut printer's device on title, text in Greek and Latin, corner of front free endpaper with small tear, lacking one leaf (N7 or N8), hinges weak, contemporary vellum, a few small tears and holes to spine, light soiling, [Adams O200; Schwerdt II p.50; Westwood & Satchell p.163], 8vo, Venice, Aldus, 1517. *** Rare: the first Aldine edition. Brunet states that this edition is "Rare et recherche", although the text is thought to be less accurate than that of 1515. Contains Oppianus' poem on fishes in five books, his poem on hunting in three books, and Lippius' Latin translation of the former. Includes the first edition of the poem "de venatione".

Oppianus.- Halieuticks of the Nature of Fishes and Fishing of the Ancients in V. Books, [8pp.], 13pp., [3pp.], 232pp., [8pp.], translated from the Greek by William Diaper and John Jones, half-title, engraved title vignette, 7pp. list of subscribers at end, modern calf, gilt, spine faded, [Westwood & Satchell p.164], 8vo, Oxford, at the Theater, 1722. *** The first English edition in heroic verse of this important work, distinguished by it's handsome type and printing. The original contained 3500 lines, divided into 5 books, of which the first two concern the natural history of fishes and the others the art of fishing.

Overfield (T. Donald) Famous Flies and Their Originators, 186pp., plates and illustrations, original boards, Adam & Charles Black, 1972; Fifty Favourite Nymphs, first edition, 111pp., illustrations, original pictorial boards, Ernest Benn, 1978; Fifty Favourite Dry Flies, first edition, 119pp., plates and illustrations, original pictorial boards, Ernest Benn, 1980; Fifty Favourite Wet Flies, illustrations, original pictorial boards, A. & C. Black, 1986, 8vo (4).

Palmer (Herbert E.) The Roving Angler, xi, 266pp., second edition, wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings, original cloth, spine gilt but a little faded, 8vo, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1947. *** Includes 3 new chapters not found in the first edition.

Peard (W[illiam]) A Year of Liberty; or, Salmon Angling in Ireland from February. 1 to November 1, first edition, xii, 300pp., errata slip tipped in, ?lacking frontispiece, bookplate of Desmond B. Kinahan, original cloth, gilt, spine a little darkened, very slightly rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.167], 8vo, Horace Cox, 1867.

[Penn (Richard)] Maxims and Hints for an Angler, and Miseries of Fishing ... to Which are Added Maxims and Hints for a Chess Player, first edition, [iv], 59pp., 12 mounted lithographed plates on India paper, contemporary half calf by Bayntun, gilt, t.e.g., rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.168], 8vo, John Murray, 1833.

Pollok (Colonel) Incidents of Foreign Sport and Travel, first edition, viii, 427pp., half-title with contemporary ink ownership inscription, plates, original cloth, spine a little faded, extremities very slightly rubbed, 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1894. *** Hunting and shooting experiences in India, Syria and other parts of Asia, with a chapter on West Africa.

Pritt (T.E.) Yorkshire Trout Flies, first edition, v, pp.15-63, one of 250 copies, 12 plates including 11 hand-coloured, broken, original green cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed, modern cloth drop-back box, 8vo, Leeds, Goodall and Suddick, 1885. *** This was reissued in 1886 under the name "North Country Flies". Only 250 copies of the first edition were published, 200 intended for sale; this figure was apparently taken from a statement made by the author in "The Field". Coleby notes that only some of the copies were numbered in indelible pencil; there is no apparent difference between numbered and unnumbered copies.

Pritt (T.E.) An Angler's Basket, Filled in Sunshine and Shade ... With a Few Angling Hints and Experiences, first edition, xiv, 148pp., portrait frontispiece, original red cloth, gilt, spine faded, 8vo, Manchester and London, Abel Heywood & Son and Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1896. *** A collection of "stories, quaint sayings, and remembrances". This appears to be 'variant B' of the work, without a list of subscribers on pp.xv-xxi, and with the preliminaries ending on p.xiv.

Pritt (T.E.) The Book of the Grayling: Being a Description of the Fish, and the Art of Angling For Him, first edition, large-paper copy, 64pp., 3 chromolithographed plates, bookplate of Samuel W. Lambert, upper hinge reinforced, contemporary half morocco, gilt, t.e.g., slightly rubbed, 4to, Leeds, Goodall and Suddick, 1888.

Pryce-Tannatt (T.E.) How to Dress Salmon Flies, a Handbook for Amateurs, first edition, xiv, 248pp., 12 plates including 8 colour plates of flies with captioned tissue guards, illustrations in the text, hinges weak, original cloth, gilt, head and foot of spine very slightly rubbed, a little light soiling to lower edge of upper cover, 8vo, Adam and Charles Black, 1914.

Pulman (G[eorge] P.R.) The Vade-Mecum of Fly-Fishing for Trout, xii, 186pp., third edition, engraved frontispiece, illustrations in text, light browning, bookplate of Don Horter, original cloth, some fading, rebacked with original spine laid down, [Westwood & Satchell p.174], 8vo, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851. *** An important book in the evolution of dry-fly fishing. Hills, in "A History of Fly Fishing for Trout", credits this edition as " ... the earliest mention I know of the intentional drying of the fly" (pp.132-33]. The first edition was published in 1841.

Ransome (Arthur) Mainly About Fishing, first edition, xiv, 159pp., half-title, plates, some colour, original cloth, gilt spine, Adam & Charles Black, 1959; Rod and Line, Together With Aksakov on Fishing, 286pp., half-title, original cloth, spine faded, Jonathan Cape, 1947, 8vo (2). *** The first is an interesting and informal book containing sections on old fly-makers, the 18th century poacher, John Younger, Rev. Newland, a library of fishing books and Izaak Walton. In the second, Ransome calls Askakov " ... the first and most delightful of Russian writers on fishing". This work was first published in 1929 and is an angling classic.

Righyni (R.V.) Grayling, first edition, 104pp., plates, original boards, dust-jacket, a few small tears and chips, price-clipped, Macdonald, 1968; Salmon Taking Times, first edition, 135pp., half-title, plates, some colour, introduction by Bernard Venables, original cloth, some damp-staining, dust-jacket, extremities with a little chipping, Macdonald, 1965; Advanced Salmon Fishing, first edition, [viii], 139pp., plates and illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, Macdonald, 1973, 8vo (3). *** The first is a sought after book; part of the Richard Walker Angling Library. The second answers some of the problems of salmon fishing, with a section on greased line and reading river currents. The third is an advanced look at heavy and light spinning as well as sunk and greased line fishing for salmon.

Roberts (Sir Randal H.) The River's Side; or, the Trout and Grayling, and How to Take Them, vii, 120pp., a few small spots to title, hinges slightly weak, original cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.177], Horace Cox, 1866; The Silver Trout and Other Stories, first edition, [viii], 163pp., [8pp.], 8pp. advertisements at end and to endpapers, browning to half-title and endpapers, front free endpaper loose, hinges weak, original decorative cloth, gilt, head and foot of spine very slightly rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.252], W.H. Allen & Co., 1888, 8vo (2). *** The first mentioned was previously published in 1860 as "Trout and Grayling"; it is an early book that includes sound advice on dry-fly fishing. The second mentioned contains angling stories in the Rhenish Provinces, philosophy of angling, a day amongst the pike, and more.

Roberts (John) The Grayling Angler, first edition, 208pp., foreword by Arthur Oglesby, plates and illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 8vo, H.F. & G. Witherby, 1982. *** Includes a Bibliography and a chapter entitled "Grayling In Print".

Ronalds (Alfred) The Fly-Fisher's Entomology, first edition, vi, 115pp., half-title, 19 hand-coloured engraved plates, light foxing, bookplate of Joseph Delaplaine Bates, original cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed, some fading, [Westwood & Satchell p.178], 8vo, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1836.

Rooper (George) Thames and Tweed, first edition, iv, 141pp., 18pp., half-title, 18pp. advertisements at end, advertisements to endpapers, upper hinge slightly weak, original green cloth, gilt, spine slightly darkened, [Westwood & Satchell p.179], 8vo, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, n.d., [1870]. *** The second edition was published in 1876.

Roscoe (E[dward] S[tanley]) Rambles With a Fishing Rod, first edition, viii, 152pp., half-title, original green decorative cloth, gilt spine, extremities very slightly rubbed, Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood & Sons, 1883; Rambles With a Fishing Rod, xiv, 233pp., [6pp.], second edition, half-title, frontispiece, 6pp. advertisements at end, original pictorial cloth, extremities very slightly rubbed, Edinburgh, George A. Morton, 1906, 8vo (2). *** Covers angling in Ireland, the Black Forest, Bavaria and Normandy, and more.

Ruddiman (Walter, editor) A Collection of Scarce, Curious and Valuable Pieces, Both in Verse and Prose, first edition, [vi], 412pp., light browning, contemporary ink inscription to half-title, lacking title, inner margins of first few ff. repaired, modern cloth, 12mo, [Edinburgh, by W. Ruddiman, 1773.]

Russel (Alex) The Salmon, first edition, viii, 248pp., [24pp.], half-title, 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end, a little very light foxing and light dust-soiling, original cloth, gilt spine, a couple of small nicks to foot of spine, [Westwood & Satchell pp.180-181], 8vo, Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas, 1864. *** Portions of this volume originally appeared in the 'Quarterly Review', 'Blackwood's Magazine', 'The Edinburgh Review' and the 'Scotsman'.

Raymond (Rev. Oliver) The Art of Fishing on the Principle of Avoiding Cruelty. With Approved Rules for Fishing Used During Sixty Years' Practice, Not Hitherto Published in Any Work on the Subject, first edition, xix, 69pp., [32pp.], half-title, illustrations in the text, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original cloth, gilt, [Westwood & Satchell p.174], Longmans, Green & Co., 1866 ~ Rennie (James) Alphabet of Scientific Angling, for the Use of Beginners, first edition, xviii, 138pp., half-title, engraved title vignette, bookplates of Don Horter and T.G.W. Henslow, original cloth with paper label mounted on upper cover, label soiled, rebacked, William Orr, 1833, 8vo & 12mo (2). *** The second mentioned contains chapters on senses of fish, angler's imitative devices, and angling for trout, pike and eels.

S. (J.) The Innocent Epicure: Or, the Art of Angling. A Poem, first edition, xvi, 64pp., edited by Nahum Tate, half-title, faint ink ownership inscription to title, worming to lower margin throughout, affecting one catchword, minor occasional foxing, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, slightly rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.86], small 8vo, for S. Crouch, H. Playford and W. Brown, 1697. *** Rare. The dedicatory poem is headed "J.S. to O.S." and the preface is signed by Nahum Tate, who states that, before endorsing its publication, he showed the manuscript to "several experiencd anglers" who took the view that it excelled " any thing that has been publish'd in prose upon this subject", while from the poetic point of view "the cast and design of the work are after the model of ancient and best receiv'd poets." The second edition was published in 1713.

Salter (Robert) The Modern Angler, Being a Practical Treatise on the Art of Fishing, &c., in a Series of Letters to a Friend, first edition, 123pp., engraved frontispiece of fish hooks, errata slip tipped in at end, some offsetting to title, ink notes to front free endpaper, bookplate of Dean Sage, later morocco, gilt, [Westwood & Satchell p.186], 12mo, Oswestry, J. Salter, n.d., [c.1790]. *** Rare. The letters were addressed to Rev. Morgan Pryse; the second edition being published in 1811.

Salter (T.F.) The Angler's Guide, or Complete London Angler, first edition, xvi, 152pp., engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, illustrations in the text, 3 bookplates of John Gerard Heckscher, contemporary diced calf, gilt, rebacked with original spine label laid down, [Westwood & Satchell p.186], 8vo, for the author by T. Tegg, 1814.

Salter (T.F.) The Angler's Guide ... , to Which is Added a Treatise on Trolling, extra-illustrated large-paper copy, xii, 382pp., sixth edition, engraved title vignette, portrait frontispiece, numerous plates including 3 hand-coloured, illustrations in the text, folding map, modern half calf, gilt, t.e.g., [Westwood & Satchell p.187], 8vo, for Sherwood & Co., 1825. *** Extremely scarce in first edition. It's not uncommon to see 3 Heckscher bookplates in 1 book, showing the evolution of artwork to that of the one on the right.

Salter (T.F.) The Angler's Guide, Abridged for the Use of Young Anglers ... , first edition, xvi, 80pp., engraved frontispiece and illustrations in the text, bookplates of Samuel W. Lambert and William Loring Andrews, contemporary half morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.187], small 8vo, for the author by T. Tegg, 1816. *** Scarce: the first edition of Salter's abridgement for young readers, "to enable the fishing-tackle dealers to sell at a small price [1s. 6d.] to the novice in angling, a work of real practical Information on the Art of taking Fish" (Preface).

Salter (T.F.) The Troller's Guide ... the Art of Trolling or Fishing for Jack and Pike ... to Which is Added the Best Method of Baiting and Laying Lines for Large Eels, first edition, viii, 107pp., [1p.], engraved title vignette and frontispiece, illustrations in the text, 1p. advertisements at end, ex-library copy with bookplate of Brooklyn Public Library, original boards, rebacked, soiling, [Westwood & Satchell p.187], 8vo, for the author by T. Tegg, 1820. *** Scarce.

Sandeman (Fraser) By Hook and By Crook, first edition, large paper copy signed by the author, x, 255pp., number 98 of 100 copies, frontispiece, 15 lithographed plates, tissue-guards, most colour, illustrations in the text, bookplates of Matthew Mackey (June 1892), Chas. M. Wetzel, and Henry A. Portong, ink ownership signature of Wetzel to front pastedown, original decorative cloth, gilt, extremities slightly rubbed, spine a little darkened, a few water-stains to lower corner of upper cover, 4to, Henry Sotheran & Co., 1892. *** Angling experiences described and analysed, with much on the art of the fly. The second edition was published in 1894.

Saunders (James) The Compleat Fisherman, first edition, [vi], 234pp., folding engraved frontispiece, browning, bookplates of Charles Streynsham Collinson and John Gerard Heckscher, hinges reinforced, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, rubbed, 12mo, by W. Brown, 1724. *** This was reprinted by Smeeton as "The Fisherman, or the Art of Angling Made Easy ... ", under the pseudonym Guiniad Charfy.

Sawyer (Frank) Keeper of the Stream, the Life of River and its Trout Fishery, first edition, [x], 214pp., portrait frontispiece, contemporary half red crushed morocco, gilt spine, 8vo, Adam & Charles Black, 1952.