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Click here to subscribeFishing: Francis (Francis) A Book on Angling, L. 1867. Second Edn., frontis & 15 plts. (5 hd. coloured); By Lake and River: An Angler's Rambles in the North of England and Scotland, L. 1874; Hot Pot; or Miscellaneous Papers, L. 1880; and The Practical Management of Fisheries, L. 1883. First Edn. Fold. & other illus., all orig. cloth. (4)
Three Different Editions Fishing: Brookes (Rich.) The Art of Angling, 12mo L. 1766, [Second Edn.] engd. frontis, wd. cut vignette, wd. cut tailpiece, & 120 wd.-cut illus. of fish, cont. calf, rebacked; also Fourth Edition, L. 1774, and Fifth Dublin Edition, D. 1778, all frontis & text illus., & cont. calf. As a coll. (3)
Fishing: [Lathy (Thos. P.)] The Angler; A Poem, in Ten Cantos.... By Piscator. 12mo L. 1819. First Edn., hf. title, vignette title, & text vignettes & illus., orig. hf. mor. Scarce; [Glover (R.H.)] 'Cotswold Isys,' Lyra Piscatoria, Original Lyrics on Fish... 12mo L. 1895. orig. cloth, gilt lettered; & Stoddart (Thos. Tod) Angling Songs, sm. 8vo Edin. & L. 1889. First, unopened, orig. cloth. All Scarce. (3)
Fishing: Pickening (Wm.) publisher, The Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle, attributed to Dame Juliana Berners, 8vo L. 1827. Frontis & 2 plts., hf. mor. upr. cover loose; [Boosey (Thos.)] Piscatorial Reminiscences and Gleanings, by an Old Angler and Bibliopolist. 12mo L. 1835. First Edn., engd. frontis & text illus., also Bibliotheca Piscatoria - A Catalogue of Books upon Angling, L. 1836, cloth; and The River Dove, sm. 8vo L. c. 1840. Lacks t.p., cloth. (3)
Fishing: Bowlker (C.) The Art of Angling, 12mo Ludlow 1833. Hd. cold. frontis (loose), text illus., mor.; The Angler's Pocket - Book or Complete English Angler; 12mo L. 1841, frontis, plts. & text illus., hf. calf; The Jolly Angler or Water-side Companion, L. n.d. Seventh, frontis text illus., cloth good. (4)
Fishing: Stoddard (Thos. Tod) The Art of Angling, as Practiced in Scotland, 12mo Edin. 1836. Second, vign. title, orig. cloth with label; Kirkbride (John) The Northern Angler; or Fly-Fisher's Companion; 12mo Carlisle 1837. First, engd. frontis cloth; Young (A.) The Angler and Tourist's Guide to the Rivers, Lakes, ... in the Northern Counties of Scotland, 12mo Edin. 1857. First, gitl cloth. All good. (3)
Fishing: Stoddart (Thos. Tod) The Angler's Companion to The Rivers and Lochs of Scotland, Edin. 1853. Second, with fold. map in pocket; Keane (J.H.) The Practical Fisherman, L. 1881. First, plts., attractive gilt decor. cloth; Moffat (A.S.) The Secrets of Angling, Edin. 1865, vign. title; Colquhoun (John) Sporting Days, Edin. 1866 First, all cloth. (4)
In Attractive Bindings Fishing: Yarrell (Wm.) A History of British Fishes, 2 vols. in one 8vo L. 1836. First Edn., text illus., attractive hf. green mor. tooled gilt spine with fishing motifs by Pope, Hackney; Badham (Rev. C. David) Prose Halieutics or Ancient and Modern Fish Tattle, 8vo L. 1854. First, hf. mor. B.P. of Edwin F. Snow; Stoddart (Thos. Tod) An Angler's Rambles and Angling Songs, Edin. 1866 First, vign. title, hf.mor. (3)
Fishing: Stoddart (Thos. Tod.) Angling Reminiscences of the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland, L. 1887; Calderwood (W.L.) The Salmon Rivers and Lochs of Scotland, thick roy 8vo L. 1909. First Edn., cold. & bl. & white plts. 18 maps; Out-Door Sports in Scotland, Deer Stalking, Grouse, Shooting, Salmon Fishing, Golfing, Curling, etc., L. 1890. Second, frontis, all orig. cloth, good. (3)
Fishing: D[enny's] J[ohn], Esq. The Secrets of Angling, A Reprint, with introduction, by Thomas Westwood. 4to L. (Satchell & C.) 1883; Barnes (Dame Juliana) An Older Form of the Treatyse of Fysshynge with An Angle, 4to L. (Satchell & Co.) 1883. Lim. Edn. 200 Copies, uncut, both uniform mor. backed cloth boards. (2)
Fishing: Hackle (Palmer) Hints on Angling, with Suggestions Angling Excursions in France and Belgium,.. and Irish Waters. L. 1846. First Edn.; Sandeman (Fraser) Angling Travels in Norway, L. 1895. First, fine cold. & other plts. illus. etc.; Thomas Stanford (C.) A River of Norway Being The Notes and Reflections of an Angler, L. 1903. First, illus., both orig. gilt decor. cloth. Good. (3)
Rare Miniature Volume on Fishing Fishing & Swimming: The Art of Angling, (With "The Art of Swimming"), 24mo L. n.d. [c. 1815], bound as one. First Edn. Both with engraved frontis & engd. titles, recent full calf, mor. label. * N.B. Although the last leaf is headed 'Contents, Second Edition,' this is a first edition including the poems 'The Angler's Song and The Rod, Rime and Hook' which Westwood and Satchell record as unique to the First Edition. V. Rare. (1)
[Yachting interest] A George IV silver vase of campana form by Robert Hennell [Yachting interest] A George IV silver vase of campana form by Robert Hennell, London 1822, later embossed with a yacht racing scene and engraved Canford Cup Poole Regatta 1849 within a nautical themed embossed reserve, 23.5cm (9 1/4in) high, 972g (31.25 oz) Provenance: bought from John Nicholson, Haslemere, 23rd March 2005, lot 1 for £1,800; the Angling Collection of George Miskin. The main collection was sold in our Bloomsbury rooms on Thursday 3rd May 2012. Following the passing of George Miskin further books, ceramics and other works of art from the residue of the collection will be offered in our Bloomsbury and Dreweatts rooms in the coming months
A pair of late Victorian silver scalloped oval dishes by F. B. Thomas & Co A pair of late Victorian silver scalloped oval dishes by F. B. Thomas & Co., London 1890, stamped for Thomas, 153 New Bond Street as retailer, engraved with a fish crest and a motto Gardez La Foi , 17cm (6 3/4in) long, 409g (13.15 oz) Provenance: the Angling Collection of George Miskin. The crest is either a salmon naiant or a dolphin embowed pierced by an arrow fesswise not traced.
A Bilston enamel oval section straight-tapered or etui, circa 1770 A Bilston enamel oval section straight-tapered or etui, circa 1770, painted with a panel of a fishing scene to the front, a landscape verso, the cover with flower sprays, all within raised gilded scrolls, the pink ground with raised white dots, the interior with git metal fittings of a folding 6in ruler, a folding knife, a dividers, a snuff or ear spoon, an ivory aide memoire, a scissors, a pencil and a bone handle, gilt metal mounts, 11.5cm (4 1/2in) long Provenance: the Angling Collection of George Miskin.
A Victorian silver gilt mounted glass scent bottle modelled as a fish by the... A Victorian silver gilt mounted glass scent bottle modelled as a fish by the Army & Navy Cooperative Society Ltd (Frederick Bradford Macrea), the screw-on silver gilt tail with fine natural engraving, the opaque green glass possibly by Thomas Webb & Sons, with registration no. 15711, cut and gilded with scales, fins and eyes, 16cm (6 1/4in) long Provenance: the Angling Collection of George Miskin.
A pair of Edwardian silver mounted novelty menu card holders by Grey & Co A pair of Edwardian silver mounted novelty menu card holders by Grey & Co., Birmingham 1909, Rd. 473072, plain circular with fly fishing hooks inset beneath glazed panels, each on three pad feet, 4.7cm (1 7/8in) high, a set of six plated fish menu holders, 3.3cm (1 1/4in) high; a brooch shaped and engraved with fish on a grassy bank, 7cm (2 3/4in) long; and a pair of fish pepperettes, 9.2cm (3 1/4in) long, in a case Provenance: the Angling Collection of George Miskin.
A Victorian silver mounted glass scent bottle modelled as a fish, maker A Victorian silver mounted glass scent bottle modelled as a fish, maker's mark D & .. (probably Deakin & Francis), Birmingham probably 1889, the screw-on silver tail with fine natural engraving, the opaque light green glass gilded with scales, fins and eyes, 13.5cm (5 3/8in) long; and a Continental porcelain etui or box modelled as a fish, painted and gilded with flowers, blue painted mark, 13.5cm (5 3/8in) long (2) Provenance: the Angling Collection of George Miskin.
Two silver rectangular cigarette boxes, one plain large by Charles Edwin Turner Two silver rectangular cigarette boxes, one plain large by Charles Edwin Turner, Birmingham 1923, on four paw feet, cedar lined, 20.5cm (8in) long, loaded; the other with a linear decorated cover by Hamilton & Co. of Calcutta, London 1925, cedar lined, 9.3cm (3 5/8in) long, loaded Provenance: the Angling Collection of George Miskin.
An early Victorian silver large rectangular table snuff box by Nathaniel Mills An early Victorian silver large rectangular table snuff box by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1839, the cover engraved with an angler fishing from a rowing boat, within a bold, applied, raised and chased flower, leaf and scroll border and chamfering to the conforming edges, engine turned sides and base with a conforming edge, the gilt interior with a heraldic shield, crest and motto En Grace Affie , 11.8cm (4 5/8in) long, 354g (11.4 oz) Provenance: the Angling Collection of George Miskin. The shield crest and motto of BRUDENELL with a crescent for difference. Evidently for Lord Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell, b. January 1811, 2nd son of Charles, 2nd Earl of Cardigan and 1st Marquess of Ailesbury. On the death, in 1878, of his elder brother Lord Ernest succeeded as 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury and died in 1886.
A silver rectangular cigarette box by William Base & Sons, Birmingham 1925 A silver rectangular cigarette box by William Base & Sons, Birmingham 1925, the cover with five fishing fly hooks under glass, the rest plain, the interior cedar lined, 17.2cm (6 3/4in) long Provenance: the Angling Collection of George Miskin. A paper label beneath naming the flies: Popham, Wilkinson, Durham Ranger, Jock Scott and Silver Doctor.
[Royal presentation] A Victorian silver gilt reverse intaglio set novelty... [Royal presentation] A Victorian silver gilt reverse intaglio set novelty vesta box by Thomas Johnson II, London 1882, form as a basket weave fishing creel, the top painted with a trout laying on a bed of grass, with dried grass and under glass and with a rope-twist rim, the hinged cover interior with a striking plate and engraved Sir Charles Hall from H.R.H. The Prince of Wales and Princess of Wales. Xmas 1890 , 7.5cm (3in) wide, loaded, in a fitted blue velvet case Provenance: the Angling Collection of George Miskin. Sir Charles Hall, QC, KCMG, (1843-1900) was a lawyer and, later, politician. From 1877 until his appointment as recorder of London in 1892, he was attorney-general to the Prince of Wales. In May 1890, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George for acting as the British representative at an international conference on maritime law held in Washington, D.C., the previous year. In the General Election of 1885 he was returned as Conservative MP for the Chesterton, Cambridgeshire. After his defeat in the 1892 general election, he was elected at a by-election in August 1892 for the Holborn. He was appointed as a Privy Councillor in 1899, and died in office in March 1900.
A late George III silver book form snuff box, maker's mark WS, London 1817 A late George III silver book form snuff box, maker's mark WS, London 1817, the cover engraved with two putti, a net, a creel, each pulling in a fulsome catch and The Complete Angler by Iz. Walton & C. Cotton MDCCCXXV , the base with a landing the catch scene, the spine with patera and Ex Libris FSC 1826 , the interior gilt, 6.1cm ( 2 3/8in) long, 76g (2.45 oz) Provenance: the Angling Collection of George Miskin. The WS maker's mark recorded for William Stroud, William Sharp and William Schofield at this period.
A silver oval snuff box inset with a painting of landed fish, unmarked A silver oval snuff box inset with a painting of landed fish, unmarked, probably French, second quarter 19th century, the cover engraved with a vacant reserve on a diaper ground, the border of landed fish in reserves, the sides moulded above panels of artificial flies and other fishing equipment, the base with a vacant reserve on a diaper ground, within a stiff leaf border, the cover interior with an oil painting of a dozen fish, glazed, the base tortoiseshell lined, 9.5cm (3 3/4in) long, loaded Provenance: the Angling Collection of George Miskin.
Shaw-Sparrow, W - "Angling In British Art" Through five centuries: Prints, pictures, books, 1st ed 1923, cloth binding, John Lane Bodley Head edition, colour and b/w plates, blue cloth cover, together with Hare (T) The National Gallery, One Hundred Plates in Colour, Volume two, London: T.C & E.C Jack Ltd, and Luckhardt (Ulrich) David Hockney, A Drawing Retrospective, Royal Academy of Arts, 1995
Of angling interest: a Hardy bamboo rod case, 92.5cm long; together with a split cane rod; and an old fishing reel. Condition Report: The name on the rod is 'Hardy Bros'. ROD - 3 x sections are in good order. Base section has damage to cork and reel clip. TUBE - Hardy Bros stamped in black. Leather fixing strap missing. Some wear to outer surface and several minor splits in bamboo casing.
Daniel - Rural Sports , 4 vol. including Supplement ( Rev. William Barker) Rural Sports , 4 vol. including Supplement, engraved calligraphic titles, Supplement also with letterpress title, engraved portrait, 2 folding tables and 71 plates (of 73, lacking 2 plates in vol.1: 'Hounds running in ' and 'Litter of Foxes'), some folding, one hand-coloured, tissue guards, some foxing, contemporary diced calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spines, corners worn, 1812-13. Volume 2 is dedicated entirely to fishing including a double-page table of baits. The Supplement contains a list of subscribers and a Êtalogue of Books on Angling'.
ERIC PARKER AND THE EARL OF LONSDALE (ED): FINE ANGLING FOR COARSE FISH; TROUT FISHING FROM ALL ANGLES; SEA FISHING; FLAT RACING, 1943 reprint, vol 4 orig two tone cl gt, d/w, 1946 reprint, orig two tone cl gt, 1934 reprint, orig cl gt, 1948 reprint, orig two tone cl gt, d/w + CAPTAIN H F H HARDY: GOOD GUNDOGS, 1930, 1st edn, orig cl gt (5)
H T SHERINGHAM: ELEMENTS OF ANGLING, L, 1908, 1st edn, 2 plts compl, orig cl gt + WALTER M GALLICHAN: FISHING AND TRAVEL IN SPAIN A GUIDE TO THE ANGLER, L, 1904, 1st edn, 8 plts compl, orig pict cl gt + H T SHERINGHAM: TROUT FISHING MEMORIES AND MORALS, L, [1920], 2nd edn, 8 plts compl, orig decor cl gt (3)
ROUTLEDGE'S HANDBOOK OF FISHING, [1883], rebnd mod cl, orig top and bottom wraps laid onto top and bottom bds + [H ALFRED] "OTTER": A COMPLETE GUIDE TO SPINNING AND TROLLING SHEWING HOW AND WHERE TO TAKE PIKE AND JACK WITH INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ART OF SPINNING FOR TROUT AND PERCH, L, 1860, 2nd edn, frontis + 8 plts, rebnd hf cf, spine gt in compartments, orig wraps bnd in, ex lib + J P WHEELDON: ANGLING RESORTS NEAR LONDON, THE THAMES AND LEA, L, 1878, orig pict cl gt (3)
FISHING: STANLEY (Robert): 'Angling Anecdotes..' London, Sampson Low et al, circa 1890. 12mo, fine near period full green morocco, ornately gilt with botanic and fish devices, four raised bands to spine, upper board with central burgundy panel gilt lettered, teg. Together with a small volume titled 'Fishing Records', with manuscript entries from May 1899 to August 1908, giving details of where caught, wind direction, weather, fish and their weight etc. (2)
SPORT. ENGLISH ANGLING CHAMPIONSHIP DAILY MIRROR CUP, 9CT GOLD AND ENAMEL MEDAL, REVERSE ENGRAVED WORCESTER SEPT 28TH 1925, WINNERS LONG EATON AF R. FLETCHER, BIRMINGHAM 1925, ANOTHER 9CT GOLD WATCH FOB SHIELD AND A SILVER 8TH BATALLION TRAINING RESERVE MARKSMAN MEDAL 1917, 20G (EXCLUDING SILVER MEDAL)
The Fly Fisher's Classic Library. Silk, Fur and Feather, The Trout-Fly Dresser's Year, by G.E.M. Skues, 1993, monochrome illustrations to text by Robin Armstrong, top edge gilt, original quarter black morocco gilt in cloth slipcase, together with Jones's Guide to Norway, and Salmon-fisher's Pocket Companion, edited by Frederic Tolfrey, 1994, original quarter red morocco gilt, in matching cloth slipcase, plus River Angling for Salmon and Trout by John Younger, 1995, original red quarter morocco gilt in matching cloth slipcase, and John P. Traherne, Salmon Fishing with the Fly, 1995, monochrome illustrations, original blue quarter morocco gilt, in matching cloth slipcase, and two others in the same series (The Erne, Its Legend and Its Fly-fishing, by Henry Newland, 1999 & Where Bright Waters Meet, by Harry Plunket Greene, 1999), both bound in full red and blue morocco gilt respectively, with matching cloth slipcases, all 8vo, VG (6)
Sparrow (Walter Shaw). Angling in British Art Through Five Centuries: Prints, Pictures, Books, 1923, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, t.e.g., original cream cloth, some faint soiling, 4to Limited edition, 58/125 signed in pencil by the author, with an original signed etching by Norman Wilkinson. (1)
Wells (Henry P.). The American Salmon Fisherman, 1st edition, New York, 1886, wood engraved illustrations, bookplate of Henry C. Taylor to front pastedown, original green cloth gilt, some minor marks (generally in bright condition), together with La Branche (George M.L.), The Salmon and the Dry Fly, 1st edition, Houghton Mifflin, 1924, colour frontispiece, partly untrimmed, original calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed and scuffed, with a little wear to head and foot of spine, limited edition 484/775, plus Woods (Shirley E.), Angling for Atlantic Salmon, Goshen, Connecticut, The Angler's & Shooter's Press, 1976, colour and monochrome illustrations, original red cloth gilt in slipcase, VG, and Wetzel (Charles M.), Trout Flies, Naturals and Imitations, 1st edition, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Stacpole Company, 1955, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, rubbed and some marks, plus other American fishing interest, including The Book of Fishes, National Geographic Society, 1924, Secrets of the Salmon by Edward Ringwood Hewitt, 1922, Salmon of the Atlantic by William Landram McFarland, 1925, The Atlantic Salmon, A Vanishing Species? by Anthony Netboy, 1968, The Science of Fly Fishing for Trout by Fred. G. Shaw, 1925, Trout by Ray Bergman, 4th printing, Philadelphia, 1940, and others similar, some in dust jackets, mainly 8vo (including several 4to) (25)
Chatto (W.A., pseudonym P. Fisher). The Angler's Souvenir, edited by G. Christopher Davies, 1st edition, Frederick Warne, 1886, additional engraved title and 30 engraved plates on india paper by Beckwith and Topham, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth, very slightly rubbed (generally in bright condition), together with Halford (Frederic M.), Dry-Flying Fishing in Theory and Practice, 1st edition, 1889, frontispiece and 25 plates, including several in colour, publisher's advert leaf at end, a little staining to lower margins of first few leaves, top edge gilt, later half calf, rubbed, large 8vo, plus Cholmondeley-Pennell (H.). The Angler-Naturalist: A Popular History of British Fresh-water Fish, with a plain explanation of the rudiments of ichthyology, George Routeledge, [1863], wood engraved illustrations to text, original green cloth gilt, a little rubbed, and other late 19th and early 20th century fishing interest, including G.E.M. Skues, The Way of a Trout with a Fly, 1921, F.M. Halford, The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook, 1913, F.G. Aflalo, A Fisherman's Summer in Canada, 1911, Henry Lamond, Loch Lomond, A Study in Angling Conditions, 1931, C.F.J. Galloway, The Call of the West, Letters from British Columbia, 1916, John Veniard, Fly Dressers' Guide, 1952, Ray Bergman, Just Fishing & Trout, 2 volumes, 1932/38, etc., mostly original cloth, 8vo (18)
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