Bloomsbury Auctions: CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS, comprising, Angling Books, Sport, Natural History and Science, Travel and Topography, English Literature and History, Illustrated Books and Limited Editions including, Couch's History of the Fishes of the British Islands, 4 vol, 35,

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 01, 1985 - January 01, 1985

Page Size: 386 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		A[nderdon] (J. L.) The River Dove...			GBP 75.00 - 100.00	154.00
2		Angler's Note-Book and Naturalist's Record...			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	121.00
3	Baddeley (John)	The London Angler's Book		1834	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	132.00
4	Barker (Thomas)	Barker's Delight: or, the Art of Angling		1820	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	121.00
5		Bailey (William) The Angler's Instructor...			GBP 50.00 - 75.00	143.00
6		Berners (Dame Juliana) A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle...			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	110.00
7		Bickerdyke (John) The Book of the All-Round Angler..			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	88.00
8	BLACKER (WILLIAM)	ART OF FLY MAKING		1855	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	286.00
9		Blakey (Robert) Historical Sketches of the Angling Literature of all Nations...			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	121.00
10	[BOAZ HERMAN AND OTHERS]	THE ANGLERS PROGRESS [later The Fishers Garland]	Newcastle	1820 [1824]-1827	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	198.00
11	BOWLKER (CHARLES)	THE ART OF ANGLING and Compleat Fly-Fishing	Birmingham	[1774]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	286.00
12		Bradley (A. G.) Clear Waters...			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	66.00
13	Brookes (Richard)	The Art of Angling		1790	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	77.00
14	Browne (Moses)	Angling Sports in Nine Piscatory Dialogues		1773	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	82.00
15	Calderwood (W. L.)	The Salmon Rivers and Lochs of Scotland		1909	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	99.00
16		Carpenter (William) The Angler's Assistant...			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	121.00
17		[Chatto (W. A.)] The Angler's Souvenir by P. Fisher...			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	121.00
18	Pennell (H., editor)	Cholmondeley-The Fisherman's Magazine and Review		1864-65	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	82.00
19	Pennell (H.)	Cholmondeley-The Sporting Fish of Great Britain		1886	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	99.00
20	COLE (RALPH)	The Young Angler's Pocket Companion		1795	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	93.00
21		Colquhoun (John) The Moor and the Loch...			GBP 75.00 - 100.00	121.00
22	COUCH (JONATHAN)	A HISTORY OF THE FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS		1862-65	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	572.00
23	Crawhall (Joseph)	A Collection of Right Merrie Garlands for North Country Anglers	Newcastle-on-Tyne	1864	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	52.00
24	Cussac (J.)	Pisciceptologie, ou l'Art de la Peche a la Ligne	Paris	1816	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	132.00
25	Davies (G. Christopher)	Norfolk Broads and Rivers		1883	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	30.00
26	DAY (FRANCIS)	THE FISHES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND		1880-84	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	308.00
27	Day (Francis)	British and Irish Salmonidae		1887	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	99.00
28	DONOVAN (E.)	The Natural History of British Fishes		1803 & 1808	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	396.00
29		Edmonds (H.) and N. Lee. Brook and River Trouting...			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	132.00
30		Fitzgerald (E.) The Book of the Salmon...			GBP 75.00 - 100.00	242.00
31		Fly Fishing in Salt and Fresh Water...			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	253.00
32		Francis (F.) Angling...			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	104.00
33	Frank (Richard)	Northern Memoirs	Edinburgh	1821	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	176.00
34		Fraser (A.) Natural History of the Salmon...			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	187.00
35		GENTLEMAN ANGLER (THE)		1736	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	209.00
36		Gresham Angling Society...			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	110.00
37		Grey of Fallodon (Viscount) Fly Fishing		1930	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	154.00
38	Halford (Frederic M.)	Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice		1889	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	176.00
39	HAMILTON (EDWARD)	Recollections of Fly Fishing for Salmon		1884	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	121.00
40	Henderson (William)	My Life as an Angler		1879	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	30.00
41	HILLS (JOHN WALLER)	A SUMMER ON THE TEST		1924	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	242.00
42		Hodgson (W. E.) An Angler's Season...			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	93.00
43	Hofland (T. C.)	The British Angler's Manual		1839	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	71.00
44	HOUGHTON (Rev. W.)	BRITISH FRESH-WATER FISHES		1879	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	473.00
45	H[OWLETT] (R[OBERT])	The Angler's Sure Guide: or Angling Improved		1706	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	165.00
46	[Hughes (William)]	The Practical Angler by Piscator		1842	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	71.00
47		[Hughes (W.)] Fish, How to Choose and How to Dress...			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	71.00
48	JACKSON (JOHN)	The Practical Fly-Fisher		1854	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	264.00
49	Jardine (Sir W.)	The Naturalist's Library		1835-40	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	99.00
50	Jardine (Sir W.)	The Naturalist's Library		1843	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	132.00
51	KELSON (GEORGE M.)	THE SALMON FLY: HOW to Dress it and How to Use it		1895	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	352.00
52	Lang (Andrew)	Angling Sketches		1891	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	60.00
53		Lang (Andrew) Angling Sketches...			GBP 75.00 - 100.00	132.00
54		Lang (Andrew) The Tercentenary of Izaak Walton...			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	121.00
55	Lathy (T. P.)	The Angler; a Poem		1822	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	55.00
56		Little (G.) Angler's Guide and Companion...			GBP 75.00 - 100.00	154.00
57		Lonsdale Library			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	46.00
58	Mackintosh (Alexander)	The Driffield Angler		[1806]	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	27.00
59	Marbury (Mary O.)	Favorite Flies and their Histories	Boston & New York	1892	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	121.00
60	Markham (Gervase) and R. Venables	The Pleasures of Princes		1927	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	132.00
61	Mason (Richard, Lincolnshire Clodhopper)	Angling Experiences and Reminiscences	Great Grimsby	[1901]	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	46.00
62		Maxwell (Sir Herbert) Salmon and Sea Trout...			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	99.00
63	Medwin (Thomas)	The Angler in Wales		1834	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	52.00
64	Newland (Rev. H.)	The Erne, its Legend and its Fly Fishing		1851	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	99.00
65	NORTH (ROGER)	A TREATISE ON FISH AND FISHPONDS		n.d.	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	814.00
66	Pritt (T. E.)	The Book of the Grayling	Leeds	1888	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	132.00
67		Radcliffe (W.) Fishing from the Earliest Times...			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	132.00
68		Rennie (J.) Alphabet of Scientific Angling....			GBP 50.00 - 75.00	110.00
69	RONALDS (ALFRED)	The Fly-Fisher's Entomology		1844	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	176.00
70	Salter (T. F.)	The Angler's Guide		1815	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	93.00
71		Sandeman (Fraser) By Hook and by Crook		1892	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	93.00
72	SCROPE (WILLIAM)	DAYS AND NIGHTS OF SALMON FISHING IN THE TWEED		1843	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	176.00
73	Seeley (H. G.)	The Fresh-Water Fishes of Europe		1886	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	38.00
74	Sheringham (H.) and J. C. Moore	The Book of the Fly-Rod		1931	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	44.00
75	Skues (G. E. M.)	Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream...			GBP 75.00 - 100.00	132.00
76		Soltau (G. W.) Trout Flies of Devon and Cornwall...			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	132.00
77	South (Theophilus)	The Fly Fisher's Text Book		1841	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	71.00
78	Sparrow (Walter Shaw)	Angling in British Art		1923	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	77.00
79	Stoddart (Thomas T.)	The Angler's Companion to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland		1847	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	52.00
80		Stoddart (T. T.) The Art of Angling as practised in Scotland...			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	143.00
81	Taylor (Samuel)	Angling in all its branches		1800	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	38.00
82	Woods (J. E.)	Tenison-Fish and Fisheries of New South Wales	Sydney	1883	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	77.00
83		[Theakston (M.)] A List of Natural Flies that are taken by Trout...			GBP 75.00 - 100.00	286.00
84	Turton (John)	The Angler's Manual; or, Fly-Fisher's Oracle		1836	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	132.00
85	Venables (Robert)	The Experienced Angler		1827	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	99.00
86		Vesey-Fitzgerald (B.) and F. Lamonte. Game Fish of the World...			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	99.00
87		Waddington (R.) Fly Fishing for Salmon...			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	77.00
88	WALTON (ISAAC) AND CHARLES COTTON	The Complete Angler		1750	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	121.00
89	Walton (Isaac) and Charles Cotton	The Complete Angler		1760	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	104.00
90	Walton (Isaac) and Charles Cotton	The Complete Angler		1775	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	77.00
91	Walton (Isaac) and Charles Cotton	The Complete Angler		1792	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	60.00
92	Walton (Isaac) and Charles Cotton	The Complete Angler		1797	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	71.00
93	Walton (Isaac) and Charles Cotton	The Complete Angler		1808	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	82.00
94	Walton (Isaac) and Charles Cotton	The Complete Angler		1808	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	66.00
95	WALTON (ISAAC) AND CHARLES COTTON	The Complete Angler		1808	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	198.00
96	Walton (Isaac) and Charles Cotton	The Complete Angler		1808	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	82.00
97	WALTON (ISAAC) AND CHARLES COTTON	THE COMPLETE ANGLER		1808-15	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	528.00
98	Walton (Isaac) and Charles Cotton	The Complete Angler, Bagster's reprint		1810	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	44.00
99		WALTON (ISAAC) AND CHARLES COTTON		1815	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	82.00
100	Walton (Isaac) and Charles Cotton	The Complete Angler		1815	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	71.00

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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