BIFF BOOKS and RECORDS - SHEFFIELD

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1. Bingham, Charles: The Game Fishing Year. London: Batsford, 1989. Hardback, large 8vo, pp 192, illustrated with 84 b/w photographs, 12 colour photographs and 21 line illustrations. Seasonal guide to catching trout, sea trout and salmon from March until October. Vg+ in Vg price-clipped dust jacket. ISBN 0713459662 Stock ref 18158. £5.00

2. Gammon, Clive: Coarse Fishing. London: Collins, 1969 (reprint): Collins Nutshell Books number 38. Hardback, 12mo, pp 128. Vg in edge-rubbed dust jacket with price label remnant to front fold-in. Stock ref 15419. £2.50

3. Haines, Allan: The Complete Book of Match Fishing. Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1992. Hardback, small 4to, pp 208, illustrated with colour plates, b/w photographs and line drawings. Expert advice from one of Britain's most successful match fishermen. A little moisture marking to the lower board edges and the inside of the dust jacket. Small closed tear to the top front fore-edge corner of the dust jacket repaired to the inside. Otherwise Vg/Vg. Stock ref 16453. £5.00

4. Kerr, D Glenn: Along the Fisherman's Pad. Garvagh: D. Glenn Kerr, 1988. Hardback, 8vo, pp viii+120, illustrated with b/w line drawings. Written in the 1940s. Angling tales from Derry and Tyrone in the first half of the twentieth century. Inscription to ffep otherwise near Fine in near Fine dust jacket. Stock ref 15686. £15.00

5. Lucas, Jeremy: Fly-Fisher. London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. Hardback, large 8vo, pp x+145, illustrated with b/w plates and line drawings in the text. Information on equipment, tactics and style. Lucas also advocates responsible attitudes to the conservation of the environment. Fine in Vg/Fine dust jacket. Stock ref 11839. £10.00

6. McKelvie, Colin Laurie: A Game Fisher in Ireland. Southampton: Ashford, 1989. Hardback, large 8vo, pp viii+192, illustrated with colour plates and b/w photographs. The flavour of a wide selection of Irish fisheries for the visiting game fisher. Fine with dust jacket under loose film. Stock ref 12030. £10.00

7. Oglesby, Arthur: Fly Fishing for Salmon and Sea Trout. Marlborough: Crowood Press, 1986. Hardback, large 8vo, pp 311, illustrated with colour plates, b/w photographs and line drawings. A practical guide to fly fishing for salmon and trout on rivers and lochs. Vg+ in Vg+ dust jacket. Stock ref 9220. £9.50

8. Paxman, Jeremy: Fish, Fishing and the Meaning of Life. London: Penguin, 1995. Paperback, B format, pp xx+556. "Probably the definitive anthology of angling writing". Near Fine. Stock ref 9058. £5.00

9. Pickering, Tom: My Way with the Pole. Sheffield: Pisces Angling Publications, 1989. Hardback, large 8vo, pp xiv+178, illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. Up-to-date guide to modern pole angling, from the basics to advance techniques. Vg+ in Vg+ dust jacket with a tiny chip to the top of the rear fold-in. Stock ref 11895. £7.50

10. Prichard, Michael: A Sporting Angler: Places, People and Happenings that Form the "Stuff of Fishing". London: Collins Willow, 1987. Hardback, large 8vo, pp 192, illustrated throughout with b/w photographs. Memorable events, people and places in a full life of sportfishing around the world. Fine in near Fine dust jacket. Stock ref 11826. £8.50

11. Scrope, William: Days and Nights of Salmon-Fishing in the Tweed: With a Short Account of the Natural History and Habits of the Salmon. Cincinnati: Stewart Kidd, n.d. (1920s). Edited and with an introduction by H.T. Sheringham. Hardback, 8vo, pp xxxii+281 with thirteen plates in colour and sixteen other illustrations. Lower part of rear board water-marked and stained, spine a little yellowed, feps foxed. The block is nice and clean. Stock ref 10955. £50.00

12. Willock, Colin (ed): The ABC of Fishing: A Complete Guide to Angling for Coarse, Sea and Game Fish. London: Andre Deutsch, 1980 (revised edition). Hardback, large 8vo, pp 363, illustrated with colour plates and b/w line drawings in the text. A few pages have small stains, a few areas of underlining, board edges a little rubbed. Overall Vg in Vg price-clipped dust jacket. Stock ref 13571. £5.00

13. Wilson, Dermot: Fishing the Dry Fly. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1970 (reprint). Hardback, 8vo, pp x+217, illustrated with b/w photographs and figures in the text. Discusses technique and tackle. Fine book in near Fine dust jacket (small closed tear to head of spine). Stock ref 4464. £10.00

BOXING     CLIMBING     CRICKET     FIELD SPORTS    FISHING   

FOOTBALL     GOLF     HORSE RACING    RUGBY    SAILING