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MANUALS -- The North Country Angler, London: Longman [etc.], 1817, 12, woodcut title vignette and historiated opening initial, later black half morocco, original printed wrappers bound in. Fourth edition, the previous editions appearing in 1786, 1789 and 1800. W. & S. p. 13; Petit 92.
[CLARKE, Captain.] The Angler's Desideratum, containing ... directions for dressing the artificial fly, with some new and valuable inventions, Edinburgh: by M. Anderson, 1839. 12, wood-engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, figures in text, later green half morocco. W. & S. p. 8; Petit 69.
CARPENTER, William. The Angler's Assistant. London: George Routledge, 1852. 8, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved illustrations, later brown half morocco, spine gilt-tooled with angling trophies. A re-issue of the 1848 edition with new title page and frontispiece taken from The Angler's Hand-book (1838). W. & S. p. 50; Petit 345: "petit livre devenu rare".
With 7 other 19th-century angling manuals, all similarly bound in half leather, including A Concise but Comprehensive Treatise on the Art of Angling (London, undated) with engraved frontispiece, W. Evans The Art of Angling (undated London edition) and The Angler's Own Book (London, undated) with bookplate of Edwin F. Snow, all three titles with original wrappers bound in. (10)
[CLARKE, Captain.] The Angler's Desideratum, containing ... directions for dressing the artificial fly, with some new and valuable inventions, Edinburgh: by M. Anderson, 1839. 12, wood-engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, figures in text, later green half morocco. W. & S. p. 8; Petit 69.
CARPENTER, William. The Angler's Assistant. London: George Routledge, 1852. 8, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved illustrations, later brown half morocco, spine gilt-tooled with angling trophies. A re-issue of the 1848 edition with new title page and frontispiece taken from The Angler's Hand-book (1838). W. & S. p. 50; Petit 345: "petit livre devenu rare".
With 7 other 19th-century angling manuals, all similarly bound in half leather, including A Concise but Comprehensive Treatise on the Art of Angling (London, undated) with engraved frontispiece, W. Evans The Art of Angling (undated London edition) and The Angler's Own Book (London, undated) with bookplate of Edwin F. Snow, all three titles with original wrappers bound in. (10)