The Art of Angling: Confirmed by actual Experience; with Several Recent Discoveries to Which is Added Nobb's Complete Troller; Also Diagnostics of the Weather with or Without the Barometer.
by Best, Thomas
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
London: Baldwin, Craddock & Joy, 1822. This is the eleventh edition, revised, corrected and rearranged. Original (or at least old) brown leather spine and corners with original red title label on spine. Boards have new marbled paper on, also new endpapers have been fitted. A previous owner's name and date ()ctober 12th 1849) on rev of frontispiece, some foxing to outer pages and a few other brown markings to the inner pages, but otherwise a good tight copy of this two-hundred year old fishing book. Covers fresh water angling in England, the types of fish caught, fishing rods, bait and flies - real or artificial., forecasting the weather with and without the use of a barometer, and the laws regarding fishing at the time. Also contains "The Complete Troller, or the Art of Trolling; with Descriptions of all the Instruments, Tackle and Materials Requisite for a Gentleman Troller, and Directions how to use them" by Robert Nobbs which deals with catching Pike. 255pp plus 2 page glossary and a 3 page index, frontispiece illustration depicting 13 tied artificial flies. . Eleventh. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 501008
- Title
- The Art of Angling: Confirmed by actual Experience; with Several Recent Discoveries to Which is Added Nobb's Complete Troller; Also Diagnostics of the Weather with or Without the Barometer.
- Author
- Best, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Eleventh
- Publisher
- Baldwin, Craddock & Joy
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Angling, Fly Fishing, Pike-Fishing, Arificial-Flies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fishing; Shooting/Fishing;
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JimsOldBooks
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Kirkwall, Orkney
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