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  1. ANSON PETER F.   Fisher Folk-Lore. Old Customs, Taboos & Superstitions Among Fisher Folk Especially in Brittany & Normandy & on the East Coast of Scotland. illus. with frontis. pub. London: The Faith Press, 1965 1st. ed. or. dark blue cl. 8vo. pp.176. Almost fine copy.     Price: $65.00
     
  2. APPLIN  ARTHUR Philandering Angler. with frontis.  & 10 reproduced  eng.  by Denys  Watkins-Pitchford.  pub.  Lond. Hurst & Blackett nd.194-? or.pict. glt.cl. 8vo. pp.176.    Price: $90.00  Convert Currency
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  3. AUSTRALIAN  Fishing And Hunting. Guide No.1 by the  Editor of  Motor Manual. illus. with plates, dgms.,  maps,  advts. some  full page pub. Melb. A Keith Winser Publication  1952 or.  blu.& yell. illus.wps. 8vo. pp.162. sl.  silverfishing to top right cnr. of front wrapper, otherwise fine.    Price: $25.00
     
  4. BAKER W. JNO Goldfish In Australia.  With  a section on Tropical Fish. illus. with col. frontis. title-vignette, & b/w. text plates t/out.  pub.  Syd. Grahame Book Co.  1947  2nd Revised Edition or.cl.  roy.8vo. pp.86. Detailed guide to keeping goldfish in aquariums and ponds. Presentation plate to front free e/paper else very good copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  5. BALFOUR-KINNEAR  G.P.R.  Catching Salmon  And  Sea Trout. illus.  with  frontis. & 33 full page  plates  t/out.  pub. Lond. Thomas Nelson 1960 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.210,48.    Price: $45.00
     
  6. BARRETT  CHARLES    Water Life.  profusely illus.  with  plates t/out. 5 full page  pub.  Melb. (Sun Nature  Book No.4)  The  Sun  News   Pictorial   nd.193-? or.illus.wps. 4to. pp.42. fine.    Price: $30.00
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  7. BATES JR. JOSEPH D. Streamer Fly Tying And Fishing. illus. with  numerous  col. plates, charts, &  dwgs.  pub.  U.S.A. Pennsylvania  Stackpole 1966 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w.  lge.8vo. XVI.368,10 pp. fine in chipped d/w.    Price: $60.00
     
  8. BEAMISH  COLONEL  D.W.  Trout And  Other  Fishing  In  New Zealand.  illus.  with frontis. & full page  plates  t/out. pub.  Lond.  Allen & Unwin 1953 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.210. sl. spotting to f/free e/paper d/w. chipped.   Price: $75.00  Convert Currency
     
  9. BEEBE WILLIAM The Arcturus Adventure. An Account of the New Your Zoological Society's First Oceanographic Expedition. illus. with 77 photo plates in col. & maps, col. illus. e/papers pub. N.Y. Putmam 1926 1st ed. or. dark green cl. roy.8vo. glt. ltg. to spine and front board pp.XX.440. Six months aboard the steam yacht Arcturus through the Sargasso Sea, then to Cocos and Galapagos Achipelago. Very good copy.   Price: $75.00
     
  10. BERGMAN  RAY Trout. illus. with 16 full  page  fly-plates, text  dgms. Fly plates in full colour painted by Dr. Edgar Burke; photographs by Charles S. Krug and diagrams by Ivin Sickles. pub. N.Y. Alfred Knopf 1947 (first pub. 1938) or. maroon cl.   8vo. pp. 452. Very good copy.   Price: $50.00
     
  11. BERGMAN  RAY Trout. illus. with 16 full  page  fly-plates, text  dgms. Fly plates in full colour painted by Dr. Edgar Burke; includes new material by Edward C. James; pub. N.Y. Alfred Knopf 1984 or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.XVIII.518,14. The trout fisherman's bible covers all the angling necessities. Short closed tear to d/w. else fine.   Price: $40.00
     
  12. BLACKWOOD R.L.  The Quest Of The Trout. illus. with  tipped in b/w. frontis. & 4 tipped in plates, diagrams t/out. pub. Melb. Robertson  &  Mullens 1926 1st.ed.  or.  stiff  pic. (photo plate) card wrappers restored to spine with light tan cloth, . 4to. pp.106. Tape marks near restored spine, and inside some pages. New e/papers, name to half-title page, very nicely restored. Very good condition.   Price: $400.00      (See picture-press   )  
     
  13. BLACKWOOD  R.L. The Quest Of The  Trout.  illus.  with 2 diagrams  pub.  Melb. Robertson & Mullens  nd.195-?  illus. stiff card 12mo. pp.78.    Price: $45.00
     
  14. BLADES  WILLIAM F. -  Fishing Flies And Fly  Tying.  American Insects,  Including  Nymphs  and  Crustaceans.  with  col. frontis.  &  many  plates  t/out.  some  col.  pub.  U.S.A. Stackpole  Co.  Pennsylvania  1962  or.cl.  d/w.   roy.8vo. pp.320. lacks f/free e/paper. fine in the chipped d/w.    Price: $120.00  Convert Currency
     
  15. BORGER  GARY  A. Nymphing A Basic Book. An easy  guide  to identifying,  tying  and Fishing Artificial  Nymphs.  illus. with  text  dwgs. by Robert H. Pils pub.  U.S.A.  Stackpole Books 1979 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.192. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  16. BOYLE ROBERT H. & Whitlock Dave. The Fly-Tyer's Almanac. illus. with Colour plates, b/w. photographs, pub. New York Crown Publishers 1975 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XII.242. "A practical, fully illustrated guide to the latest advances and development in fly tying, including more than 20 proven patterns for fresh- and saltwater, described by their creators-new materials, tools, and techniques-profiles of famous tyers-helpful scientific studies-and much more" Short closed ter to d/w. else near fine.   Price: $55.00
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  17. BRENNAND GEORGE The Fisherman's Handbook Trout, Salmon and Sea Trout with notes on Coarse Fishing. illus. with col. frontis. (flys) and many full page plates t/out. Five coloured plates of flies, diagrams, with wood engravings by Colin Gibson. pub. London 1951 1st. ed. or. brown cl. 8vo. pp.288. Very good condition.  Price: $45.00
     
  18. BRIDGES  ANTHONY  Modern Salmon Fishing.  illus.  with  17 plates  &  34  line illus. pub. Lond. A. &  C.  Black  1969 2nd.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.230,21. Fine copy.   Price: $30.00
     
  19. BROOKS  CHARLES  E. The Trout And  The  Stream. Teaching approach  to practical trout fishing  and  better trout-stream conservation. illus. with b/w. plates,  line dwgs  t/out.  by Dave Whitlock pub. N.Y. Nick  Lyons  Books nd.198-? p/b. 4to. pp.216.     Price: $30.00
     
  20. BROOKS  CHARLES E. - Nymph Fishing For Larger Trout. with 2 full  page plates & numerous illus. by David Whitlock  pub. N.Y. Crown 1976 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.184.    Price: $35.00
     
  21. BROOKS  CHARLES E. Nymph Fishing For Larger Trout. with  2 full  page plates & numerous illus. by David Whitlock  pub. N.Y. Crown 1976 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.184. Fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  22. BROOKS JOE Complete Book Of Fly Fishing. with many  illus. t/out. pub. U.S.A. (Outdoor Life) 1963 2nd.ed. or.cl.  d/w. roy.8vo. pp.352,17. America's top fly caster covers tackle, techniques and artistry of fly fishing for all species of fresh and salt-water fish. Fine in sl. chipped d/w.   Price: $40.00
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  23. BROOKS  JOE  Trout Fishing. illus.  with  numerous  plates t/out.  pub. N.Y. Harper & Row (An Outdoor Life Book)  1972 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.302.     Price: $55.00
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  24. BROOKS  JOE Trout Fishing. revised ed. illus. with  dwgs. by Tom Beecham,  t/out.  photo  plates  by  R.  Valentine Atkinson, t/out. Fly Plates by Joseph D. Bates Jr. (8  full page) pub. N.Y. Outdoor Life Books 1985 or.cl.  d/w.  4to. pp.218. Slight shelf wear to dustwrapper, otherwise fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  25. BRYMER J.H.P. Guide to Tropical Fishkeeping illus. with colour and b/w, illustrations and tables; pub. London: Water Life, 1954 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.336 Very useful reference book on keeping tropical fish. Remarkable photographs of fish; with an Index to scientific names of fish. Fine copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  26. BUTCHER  A. DUNBAVIN The Freshwater Fish Of  Victoria And Their Food.  illus. with 7 text fig., 6  plates,  diagrams t/out.  Melb.  Fisheries and Game Dept.  Vic.  1950  original brown cloth, title in black on front board, roy.8vo. pp.64. From the Foreword, '….intended to be of interest to all classes of anglers, from those who set out to catch the lordly Murray Cod or lure the wily trout to his doom, to those more modest folk who are content with a bag of the succulent blackfish' Very good copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  27. BUTCHER  A.  DUNBAVIN  G.T.  THOMPSON  Fish  Farming. Management of water for fish production. Fisheries pamphlet No.3. illus.  with several text plates t/out.  pub.  Melb. Fisheries & Game Dept. 1947 or.wps. 8vo. pp.36     Price: .$30.00
     
  28. "CADDIS" Freshwater  Fishing. illus. with  dwgs.  plates t/out.  pub.  Syd. AFCO Pub. nd.1960 or.  red  &  yell. wps. cr.8vo. pp.86. fine.     Price: $15.00
     

  29. CALDWELL N. and N. ELLISON Fangs Of The Sea. with text-illus. e/paper maps; pub. Sydney Angus & Robertson 1939 or. light blue cloth black titles cr.8vo. pp.X,282. Peril and adventure in shark fishing for a living. Slight shelf wear else very good copy.   Price: $75.00

     
  30. CAMERA PHIL   Fly Tying With Synthetics Patterns & Techniques. profusely illus. with plates t/out. 16 full page & col. pub. Stillwater MN Voyageur Press 1992 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.190. Over 175 patterns and fly tying techniques using larva lace and other synthetics. Very fine.   Price: $60.00
     
  31. CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL  H.  Fishing.  Salmon  &  Trout. The Badminton  Library  illus. with 9 full page  plates  t/out. pub. Lond. Longmans 1901 eighth imp. or.cl. 8vo.  pp.481,8. some  spotting t/out. sl. wear & fading to cl. otherwise  a very good copy.     Price: $85.00.   Convert Currency
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  32. COLEFAX  G.W.  Fishing Adverbs. How To Fish When  to  Fish. Where to fish and the Whys of Fishing Methods. illus.  with several text illus. pub. Syd. nd.195-? wps. 8vo. pp.64.    Price: $25.00
     
  33. COLEMAN NEVILLE Australian Sea Fishes South of 30°S. illus. with e/paper  maps  & almost 300 colour photographs this guide describes one third of Australia's marine fish families; pub. Syd. Lane Cove Doubleday 1980 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.302. Australian Sea Fishes North of 30°S. e/paper  maps  almost 300 full-colour photographs and location maps, index, and author biography; pub. Syd. Lane Cove Doubleday 1981 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp. 298. Each of the photographed species is accompanied by details of family, common & scientific name. Very good copies in dustwrappers. Two vols.   Price: $95.00
     
  34. COLLYER  DAVID  J. Fly-Dressing. illus. with 91  dwgs.  by Derek Bradbury  & 8 pages of col. full  page  plates  pub. Lond. David & Charles 1985 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.240.  Very fine.   Price: $40.00
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  35. COPPLESON V.M. Shark Attack. A Study of Swimmers, Surfers, Skin  Divers, Shipwreck Survivors and Sharks.  illus.  with frontis. & 14 full page plates t/out., map, and text  dgms. contains  record  of all shark attacks from  1919-57.  pub. Syd.  Angus  &  Robertson 1958  1st.ed.  or light blue cl. d/w.  8vo. pp.XVI.266. Slight shelf wear, otherwise near fine.   Price: $45.00   Convert Currency
     
  36. COSTON TOWNER H.E. The Swift Trout. A Tale of Trout in Two Rivers.  illus. with 25 full page plates t/out. pub.  Lond. Collins 1946 2nd Revised Ed. or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.IX.160. Introduction of brown trout to New Zealand, tells of the parallel stories of two trout, offsping of the same trout farm. Fish from same hatchery are planted in Tongario River, NZ and the River Itchen. England.   Price: $25.00
     
  37. CROPP BEN Shark Hunters. with 40 full page plates  t/out. some  col.  &  text illus. pub. Adel.  Rigby  1964  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.192. Ben Cropp's classic account of undersea experiences with sharks both friendly and otherwise, and with other sea creatures such as gropers and sea snakes. Very good copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  38. CROSSE  MALCOLM Compiler & Robert Sloane Editor. Australia's Best Trout Flies. illus. with colour photographs, line illustrations pub. Hobart Fly Fish Australia 1997 1st edition.. or. black cl. cr.4to. pp.136. fine.    Price: $75.00
     
  39. DAWES MIKE The Flytier's Companion.  illus.  with  col. frontis. & col. text plates t/out. dwgs. in text. pub.  New Zealand SeTo Pub. 1989 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.160.    Price: $40.00
     
  40. DER SPORTFISCHER  Mit Dam Gerät Und Damyl – Katalog. Nr.26 Sportfishing catalogue. illus. with col. flies rods, reels etc, many full page; pub. Germany nd. 1956 or. stiff col. illus. gloss wrappers, picture of fish on front wrapper; cr.12mo. pp.126. Well used, corners little bent, else good copy and complete.   Price: $45.00
     
  41. DOOGUE R.B. Hook Line And Sinker. illus. with frontis.  16 full page plates, & many dwgs. t/out. pub. Wellington  N.Z. 1967 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.328. Sea-angling for Australian and New Zealand waters. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  42. DRAPER  KEITH Trout Flies In New Zealand. illus.  with  4 full  page  col.  plates of flies, numerous drawings to the text e/paper  illus. Appendices, bibliography, glossary of terms. pub. N.Z. Wellington 1971  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.182. Gift inscription to verso of front free endpaper else fine copy.  Price: $35.00
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  43. EDGAR GRAHAM  J. Peter R. Last Malcolm W.  Wells. Coastal Fishes  Of Tasmania And Bass Strait. illus. with  142  col. plates,  checklist of fishes, index of common names, index of scientific names. Photographs taken by the members of the Tasmanian Underwater Photographic Society. pub. Hobart Cat & Fiddle Press 1982 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.176.   Price: $55.00  Convert Currency
     
  44. EUNSON ROBERT   The Pearl King. The Story of the Fabulous Mikimoto illus. with 33 black-and-white photograph plates; pub. London Angus and Robertson 1956 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.208 Life story of a street peddler of noodles & seafood who invented the process to create cultured pearls, introduced them to the world & became one of Japan's richest & most beloved men. He died in 1954, aged 96. Price-clipped & slightly chipped d/w. else very good.   Price: $35.00
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  45. FARLOW'S HARDY BROTHERS  To Cast A Trout Fly. A  step-by-step  guide  for  the modern angler.  illus.  with  many diagrams  t/out.  pub.  U.K. Farlow's And  Hardy  Bros.  in conjunction  with Scientific Anglers Inc. of America. nd. limp printed boards, pp.36 Fine.    Price: $30.00

     
  46.  FERNIE  F. Dry-Fly Fishing In Border Waters.  illus.  with frontis.  & one full page plate index, two full page drawings; pub. Lond. Adam  &  Charles Black 1912  or. moss grn. cl., dec. to spine   8vo.  pp.VIII.136. Almost fine.   Price: $65.00
     
  47. FERRIS  GEORGE The Trout Are Rising. A Comprehensive  work on Fly-Fishing in New Zealand. Foreword by Sir Joseph Ward; illus. with over 30 dwgs.  & diagrams pub. Adel Heinemann 1967 reprint or.cl. d/w.  8vo. pp.184.XI. Fine copy.   Price: $65.00
     
  48. FERRIS  GEORGE  The  Trout & I. illus. with  6  full  page plates t/out. pub. Adel. Griffin Press 1970 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.155. Anecdotes from sixty years of fishing. Fine copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  49. FISHERMEN-SALT  WATER. illus. with dwgs. t/out.  many  full page  pub.  U.S.A.  Lane Book Co.  1964  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.338. fine in the sl. torn d/w.    Price: $25.00
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  50. FREY HANS  Illustrated Dictionary Of Tropical Fishes With more than a 1000+ colour & b/w. photos, illustrations, line drawings of fishes, plants, snails & maps; some in col. pub. London T.F.H. Publications 1961 or. illustrated laminated boards, 8vo. pp.768. The illustrated dictionary of tropical fishes has been enlarged and more than 800 additional photographs of aquarium fishes, plants and snails have been added to make identification and recognition more simple, breeding, feeding, illnesses and proper aquarium management are completely covered for each species.    Price: $35.00
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  51. GATHERCOLE  PETER The Handbook Of Fly Tying.  illus.  with col.  text plates t/out. line illustrations, pub. U.K. The Crowood  Press  1991 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.188. Chapters on Preparatory Techniques, Style and Proportion, Tails, Bodies, Hackles and Legs, Wings etc. Fine copy.   Price: $50.00
     
  52. GILMOUR  DON Trout Fishing In Australia. profusely  illus. t/out.  with plates many full page & col. pub. Melb.  Rigby 1977 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.166. Where trout are to be found, how they behave, and how they may be caught. Looks at various fishing conditions, locations (alpine steams, lakes, rivers, or coastal estuaries), methodologies - spinning, fly, etc. Fine copy.   Price: $65.00  Convert Currency
     
  53. GLOERFELT-TARP  THOMAS  &  Patricia  J.  Kailola. Trawled Fishes  Of Southern Indonesia And  Southwestern  Australia. profusely  illus. with plates t/out. many full page &  col. pub.  Aust. Development Assistance Bureau, The  Directorate General  for  Fisheries, the German  Agency  for  Technical Cooperation. nd.1981 or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.XVI.406.     Price: $200.00
     
  54. GRANT E.M. Guide To Fishes. profusely illus. t/out.  with plates  mostly full page pub. Brisb.  Co-ordinator  General Dept. 1975 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.640. Price: $50.00
     
  55. GREY  ZANE Tales Of Fishes. illus. with frontis. & 9  full page  plates  t/out. from photos by the author  pub.  Lond. Hodder  &  Stoughton  nd. 1919? or. red cl.  pp.320.  cloth has  been repaired at spine, v/good copy.   Price: $100.00
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  56. GRIFFITHS F.A.D. ("Fadg")  The Lure Of Fly-Tying. profusely illus. with plates throughout, some full page and col. illus. end-papers.pub. Sydney 1978 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.424. name on f/free e/paper else fine copy.    Price: $75.00  Convert Currency
     
  57. GRIFFITHS FADG     Australian Trout Anglers’ Insects illus. with numerous drawings and colour plates. pub. Sydney Murray Book Distributors Australia 1978 or. pictorial card covers 12mo. pp.207 fine copy.    Price: $25.00
     
  58. HARDY WAL The Saltwater Angler. The complete  how-to-do-it book for Australian and New Zealand Fishermen. with  illus. e/papers & 32 b/w. full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Murray nd.196-? or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.304.     Price: $30.00
     
  59. HARRIS  J.R.  An  Angler's Entomology. with col.  &  b/w. plates  t/out.  inc. 32 full page plates of  insects.  pub. Lond. Collins 1956 rev.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.267. Minimal wear, a small chip top & bottom of dust wrapper, near fine.   Price: $55.00
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  60. HARTLEYS (Lyne, C. R.) Facts For Anglers. illus. with several  diagrams, dwgs. t/out. pub. Melb. nd.195-? illus.wps.  12mo.  pp.46. sl. w/stained to text.     Price: $25.00
     
  61. HARTLEYS (Lyne, C. R.)  Hints For Anglers. with many illus  &  diagrams t/out.  pub.  Melb.  195-?  illus.wps.  12mo.  pp.48.   sl. silverfished.     Price: $25.00
     
  62. HARVEY  GEORGE  W. Techniques Of Trout  Fishing  And  Fly Tying.  illus. with dwgs. t/out. pub. U.S.A. Metz  Hatchery 1985 p/b. 8vo. pp.X.116.   Price: $25.00   
     
  63. HEACOX  CECIL E. The Complete Brown Trout. with b/w.  line dwgs. by  Wayne Trimm 4 full page col.  plates  pub.  N.Y. Winchester Press 1974 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.182. Fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  64. HEDGE JOHN Trout Fishing In New South Wales. illus.  with numerous plates t/out. 2 col. & 17 maps charts, pub. Syd. 1962 or. green cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.176. Limited to 500 copies and signed by John Hedge. A near fine copy in a clean bright dustwrapper.   Price: $600.00
     
  65. HEDGE JOHN Trout Fishing In New South Wales. illus.  with numerous plates t/out. 2 col. & 17 maps, charts, pub. Syd. Abbey Publishing 1962 1st. ed. or. green cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.176. Lacks front free e/paper, dustwrapper closed tear at spine & light edgewear, chip to lower panel at spine, boards fine.  Price: $225.00
     
  66. HEDGE JOHN Trout Fishing In New South Wales. illus.  with numerous plates t/out. 2 col. & 17 maps, charts, complete with large fold out map in pocket at rear. pub. Syd. Abbey Publishing 1963 second edition. or. green cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.176. The second edition includes material not in the first edition published a year earlier, namely a chapter on spinning for trout. Front free e/paper slight mark, dustwrapper slight chip top of spine else near fine.   Price: $300.00
     
  67. HEMINGWAY  JACK Misadventures Of A Fly Fisherman. My  Life with  and  without Papa. illus. with 32 full  page  plates t/out. pub. U.S.A. Dallas Taylor Pub. Co. 1986 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.326. Parachuting into occupied France as an OSS secret agent, clutching a fly rod along with standard gear, Jack Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway's oldest son, led a pretty adventurous life on his own. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
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  68. HENN  T.R.  Practical Fly-Tying. illus.  with  frontis.  3 plates  &  137 text drawings   t/out. pub. Lond. Adam & Charles  Black  1966 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.127,8. Near fine copy.   Price: $30.00
     
  69. HERTER GEORGE LEONARD Professional Fly-Tying And Spinning. Lure  making  manual. with 4 full page col. plates  &  many text  illus.  t/out.pub. U.S.A. 1969 rev.ed.  or.wps.  8vo. pp.192.     Price: $25.00
     
  70. HILL  LES  & Graeme Marshall Catching  Trout. profusely illus. with plates t/out. 16 full page & col. line dwgs. by Grant Winter pub. N.Z. Auckland Halcyon Pub. Co. 1991   or. card wrappers, (paperback), pp.4to. pp.130. Guide to the basics of fly casting and presentation with an emphasis on river fishing for New Zealand trout. Fine.   Price: $30.00
     
  71. HILL RAYMOND Wings And Hackle. A Pot-Pourri Of Fly Fishing For Trout & Grayling And Of Notes On bird Life. Chiefly In Hampshire,  Devon and Derbyshire. pub. Lond.  E.B.  Horwood 1912 or.lt.blu.cl. 8vo. pp.288. fine copy.    Price: $100.00   Convert Currency
     
  72. HILL  WILLIAM & Graeme Marshall Stalking Trout.  A  Serious Fisherman's  Guide. Profusely illus. with plates t/out.  16 full  page & col. text dwgs. pub. N.Z. Auckland  SeTo  Pub. 1989 p/b. 4to. pp.148. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
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  73. HILLS JOHN  WALLER A History Of Fly  Fishing  For  Trout. illus.  with  12 full page plates t/out.  pub.  U.K.  Barry Shurlock 1973 First pub. in 1921 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.244. Guide to the early angling literature of Britain and of France, with a useful bibliography of English and French angling books. "This excellent book (which has become a fishing classic) traces the art of fly fishing from its beginnings in the fifteenth century. Major Hills has succeeded in identifying almost all the artificial flies mentioned by the early writers." Fine copy.   Price: $45.00
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  74. HINTZ O.S. Fisherman's Paradise. illus. with 8 full  page plates t/out. & text dwgs. pub. Lond. Reinhart 1975 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.192. Tales of fishing New Zealand's Lake Taupo. Near fine copy.   Price: $45.00
     
  75. HOLE CHRIS    Exotic Fly Fishing In The South Seas illus. with numerous  col. plates  t/out.  some full page, coloured maps, index; pub. N.S.W.; Kangaroo press 1996 1st. ed. original illustrated pictorial laminated boards. 4to. pp.96. New Zealand and Australia trout; Northern Australia salt water; New Guinea. Salt water fly. Fine copy.     Price: $30.00
     
  76. HOW TO CATCH A FISH In fact 81 of 'em (cover title). illus. with nice period adverts., figures, pub. Sydney, AFCO n.d.195-? oblong duodecimo, pp.64.    Price: $20.00
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  77. HUGHES REGINALD D. The Principles And Practice Of Fly Bait Casting. illus. with 8 pages of plates (12 illus.), 12 line drawings; pub. London, A. & C. Black, 1924, original cloth. cr.8vo; pp.XII.80; neat signature to f/free e/paper and past down e/paper else very good copy    Price: $35.00
     
  78. HUMPHREYS JOE On The Trout Stream With Joe Humphreys. Trip to  the famed waters of Northern Pennsylvania for a  series of detailed,  exciting lessons from one of the  great  fly fisherman. profusely illus. with plates t/out. 8 full  page &  col. pub. U.S.A. Stackpole Books 1989 or.cl.  d/w.  4to. pp.228. Photo sequences, detailed captions, and schematic drawings illustrate theory as well as technique. Fine copy.  Price: $50.00  Convert Currency
     
  79. HUNGERFORD  ROGER  Guide to Trout  Angling.  With  expert advice on all freshwater species. illus. with numerous col. &  b/w. plates t/out. pub. N.S.W. Pollard Pub. 1971  or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.495. Comprehensive coverage of freshwater angling from the purchase of equipment ot the habits of trout, techniques for varying conditions, know-how on casting, to a complete rundown on tying and presentation of flies. Slight shelf wear, otherwise fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  80. HUNGERFORD ROGER Complete Book Of Australian Fishing. with e/paper illus. & many plates, diagrams, dwgs. t/out.  some col. & full page pub. Adel. Rigby 1977 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.1044.     Price: $25.00
     
  81. HUNTER W.A. Fisherman's Knots & Wrinkles. illus. with many diagrams t/out. pub. Lond. 1967 or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.75,5.     Price: $20.00
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  82. IVANOVIC I.S. Spearfishing. A handbook for beginners. with frontis. 16 full page plates & text illus. pub. Lond. The Barnes Sports Library Series  1952 (First pub as "Sub-marine Spearfishing" reprinted as Spearfishing) or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.80. Fine copy with dustwrapper.   Price: $35.00
     
  83. IVENS T.C.   Still Water Fly-Fishing. A  Modern  guide  to Angling  in Reservoirs and Lakes. illus. with 32 full  page plates  t/out. text dwgs. pub. Lond. 1970 or.cl. d/w.  8vo. pp.284. Near fine copy.    Price: $35.00
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  84. JACQUES DAVID Fisherman's Fly. illus. with col. frontis. & 12 plates pub. Lond. A.& C. Black 1965 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.124.    Price: $45.00
     
  85. JENSEN  TONY Trout Of The Tongariro. illus. with  54  text plates  pub. Wellington N.Z. Reed 1974 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.202. Trout fishing techniques and reminiscences of the Tongariro River and Lake Taupo. Fine.   Price: $40.00
     
  86. La FONTAINE GARY Caddisflies. A major study of one of  the most  important aquatic insects- entomology, fly tying,  and proven  fishing techniques. profusely illus.  with  plates, dwgs. t/out.  some full page & col. pub.  U.S.A.  Lyons  & Burford 1981 or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.336. Fine copy.   Price: $75.00
     
  87. LAKE JOHNS Freshwater Fishes And Rivers Of Australia. with  numerous colour illus. t/out. illustrations, diagrams, acknowledgements, pub. Melb. Nelson 1976 or.cl.  d/w. 4to. pp.61. Near fine copy. P  rice: $25.00
     
  88. LAMB TED The Penguin Book Of Fishing. A complete guide  to Freshwater  Coarse and Game Fishing and Sea,  Boat,  Shore, and Big Game Angling. with 262 illus. pub. Lond. Allen Lane 1980 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.544,37.     Price: $30.00
     
  89. LANE  BILLY COLIN GRAHAM Freshwater Fish. And  how  to catch 'em.  illus. with numerous dwgs.  t/out.  text  pub. Lond. Pelham 1975 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.185,10.    Price: $30.00
     
  90. LAPSLEY  PETER River Trout Flyfishing.  profusely  illus. with  plates  t/out. 4 full page & col. charts, diagrams & line-drawings by Graham Gaches, index, pub.  Lond.  Unwin Hyman 1988 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.178. Near fine copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  91. LAPSLEY  PETER Trout From Stillwaters. illus. with  plates t/out.  4 full page & col. pub. Lond. Adam & Charles  Black 1981 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XIV.208. Fly fishing for trout on lakes and reservoirs. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
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  92. LEONARD  J.  EDSON Flies. Their origin,  Natural  History, Tying, Hooks, Patterns and Selections of Dry and Wet Flies, Nymphs, Streamers, Salmon Flies for fresh and salt water in North America and the British Isles, including a dictionary of 2200 Fly Patterns. illus. pub. U.S.A. Barnes 1960 or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.340,14. Fine in the chipped d/w.   Price: $55.00
     
  93. LEONARD J. EDSON  Flies. Their  Origin,  Natural  History, Tying, Hooks, Pattern and selections of Dry and Wet  Flies, Nymphs, Streamers, Salmon Flies for fresh and Salt Water in North America  and  the  British  Isles,   Including   A Dictionary  of 2200 Patterns. illus. with 8 full page  col. plates & dwgs. t/out. by author pub. N.Y. Nick Lyons  Books 1988 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.340. Fine copy.   Price: $55.00
     
  94. LEWERS DICK Understanding Fishing Tackle. profusely illus. with text plates & dwgs. t/out. pub. Syd. Reed 1972 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w sm.4to. pp.240.     Price: $45.00
     
  95. LARIAR LAWRENCE You've Got Me On the Hook A Catch of the Funniest Cartoons About Fish & Fishermen. illus. with numerous b/w. line drawings, t/out. pub. London Hammond, Hammond & Company, 1956 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.96. Contents clean and bright of fishing cartoons from magazines and periodicals. Gift inscription to past down e/paper, d/w. little browned else very good.   Price: $35.00
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  96. McCAUSLAND M.E. Fly-Fishing In Australia And New Zealand. with col. frontis. & 24 full page plates t/out. 3 maps pub. Melb. Lothian nd.196-? or. grn. cl. 8vo. pp.222. fine in the sl. torn d/w.     Price: $115.00   Convert Currency
     
  97. McCRISTAL VIC The Family Fisherman. profusely illus.  with plates  t/out.  pub. Syd. Murray 1965 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.128,7. Fine copy.   Price: $30.00
     
  98. McCRISTAL   VIC.  Freshwater  Fighting   Fish. Practical book on Australia's unique sporting Fish of Lake, Stream  and  river mouth.. with 32 full page plates  &  text illus. pub. Syd. Murray nd. 1968 Second Edition or. cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.256. Fine copy.   Price: $50.00
     
  99. McCRISTAL  VIC Great Fishing With Lures. illus. with  many plates  t/out. pub. Syd. Murray 1972 or.cl.  d/w.  roy.8vo. pp.224.     Price: $40.00
     
  100. MANSFIELD KENNETH Ed. by. With Contributions from Prominent Angling  Writers. The Art Of Angling. 3 vols.  illus.  with col.  frontis. & many full page plates t/out.  text  dwgs. maps, one  folding.  pub.  Lond.  Caxton  Pub.  Co.   1962 or.dk.aq.cl.  4to. pp.Vol.I.416.  Vol.II.388.  Vol.III.392. v/good set.   Price: $150.00
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  101. MARSHALL FRANK Let's Go Surf Fishing. illus. with 16  full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1968  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.124.27. Slight shelf wear, otherwise fine.   Price: $30.00
     
  102. MARSHALL  FRANK Lets Go Rock Fishing. illus. with 16  full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1968 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.126. Slightly chipped d/w. otherwise fine.   Price: $30.00
     
  103. MARSHALL N. B. Developments In Deep-Sea Biology. illus. with plates, some col, some full page, 170 figures; pub. Eng. Poole: Blandford Press, 1979 1st. ed. or. cloth d/w. 8vo. pp.566 fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  104. MAUNSELL G.W. The Fisherman's Vade Mecum. A Compendium  of Precepts, Council, Knowledge and Experience in most matters pertaining to Fishing for Trout, Sea Trout, Salmon &  Pike. pub.  Lond.  A.& C. Black 1963 reprint or.cl. d/w. to  spine  16mo. pp.518,8. Near fine copy.   Price: $30.00
     
  105. MIGEL MICHAEL  Ed.  by. The Masters  On  The  Dry  Fly. profusely  illus.  with b/w. plates t/out.  dwgs.  by  Dave Whitlock pub. N.Y. Nick Lyons Books 1977 p/b. 4to. pp.246. The world's most famous dry-fly fishermen brought together for all aspects of fishing the dry fly for salmon, trout and other game fish. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  106. MITCHELL  JOHN Stillwater Trout. Tackle  And  Techniques. Fresh look  at still water fly fishing.  illus.  with  text plates  t/out. pub. Lond. Pelham Books 1987 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.158. d/w. torn.     Price: $35.00
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  107. MORETON J.P. & W.A. HUNTER Fisherman's Manual. illus. with many  diagrams t/out. pub. Lond. Adam & Charles Black 1965 or.cl. d/w. 16mo. pp.91,8.    Price: $20.00
     
  108. MUNRO IAN S.R. The Marine And Fresh Water Fishes Of Ceylon. illus. with 56 full page plates, and 19 figures in the text, pub. Canberra Department of External Affairs 1955 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp. XVI.352.56 fine copy.    Price: $250.00
     
  109. NORRIS THADDEUS Memorial Edition.  The American Angler's Book  Embracing the Natural History of Sporting Fish, and the Art of Taking Them. With instructions in Fly-fishing, Fly-making, and Rod-making; and directions for Fish-breeding. To which is added, Dies Piscatoriae; describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing. With a supplement, containing descriptions of salmon rivers, inland trout fishing, etc etc. illus. with frontis. & 80 engravings on wood, some full page, marbled e/papers, pub. Mississippi, Lyon Derrydale Press 1994 facsimile of 1864 edition, Fly Fisherman's Gold Library vol. XX. or. brown, full leather binding, with gilt pictorial decorated top board and lettering, all edges gilt. 8vo. pp.XXIV.702. Edition limited to 2500 copies. Fine un-numbered copy.   Price: $100.00
     
  110. OVERFIELD  T. DONALD Famous Flies And  Their Originators. illus. with 20 full page plates t/out. of which 10 are col. pub.  Lond.  Charles Black 1972 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.186. Short biographies of twenty famous fly dressers; Mackintosh, Ronalds, Ogden, Wright, Rogan, Marryat, Halford, Gordon, Skues, Lunn, Woolley, Austin, Dunne, Leisenring, Jennings, Flick, Sawyer, Hidy, Kite and Jacobsen.     Fine copy.  Price: $125.00
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  111. PARKER  CAPTAIN  L.A.  This Fishing Or  Angling  Arts  And Artifices.  illus. with b/w. dwgs. & diagrams  t/out.  pub. U.K. Bennett 1948 1st.ed. or.grn.bds. 8vo. pp.158. Captain Parker was landlord of The Bull at Downton, on the Hampshire Avon, and a great authority on roach fishing. Chapters on hemp fishing, long-trotting, pole fishing, the Avon and the Arun, trout and pike, carp and barbel fishing. Some sl. spotting. chip to top of spine otherwise v/good copy.   Price: $50.00
     
  112. PARROTT  ARTHUR W. Sea Angler's Fishes Of Australia.   frontis. & 8 full page plates t/out. text illus. pub. Melb. Hodder & Stoughton 1959 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.208. Distribution of Australian Fishes. Recorded Sizes of Fishes. Identification of Fishes. The Naming of Fishes. External Anatomy. Glossary of Technical Terms. References. Index. Slight shelf wear, otherwise fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  113. PARSONS  JOHN  A Fisherman's Year.  Fishing  adventures  in England  and  New  Zealand. with  b/w.  illus.  pub.  Lond. Collins 1974 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.217,12.   Price: $40.00
     
  114. PECK  R.D. Fly Fishing For Duffers. By one of  them.  With drawings  by another H.M. Bateman. frontis. & 5 dwgs.  pub. Lond. A.& C. Black 1934 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.XII.82. previous owner's name to f/free e/paper, short closed tear to d/w. else fine.   Price: $50.00
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  115. PICK  O'  The  World  Sports  Stores  P/L.  Tackle  Guide. profusely  illus. t/out. with plates, diagrams t/out.  pub. Syd. nd.1962? or.illus.wps. 8vo. pp.100. repaired with tape to spine, v/good copy.  Price: $20.00
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  116. POLLARD  JACK   The  Scream Of The  Reel.  with  14 full  page plates,  dwgs.  t/out. pub. Melb.  Lansdowne  1971  revised ed. or. green cl. 8vo. pp.316. Very good copy.    Price: $35.00
     
  117. POLLARD  JACK Ed. by. Australian And New  Zealand  Fishing. with  e/paper  illus. & many dwgs.  diagrams  t/out.  pub. N.S.W. Paul Hamlyn l969 or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.960. fine.     Price: $30.00
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  118. PRATT BRYAN The Canberra Fisherman. profusely illus.  with plates  t/out. many full page & col. pub.  Canberra  A.N.U. 1979 1st.ed. or.illus.bds. 8vo. pp.120. Describes in detail the angling resources of the region. It contains detailed descriptions of the fish, their distribution, feeding, breeding and migratory habits and the special characteristics which make many of them unique. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  119. PRICE TAFF The Angler's Sedge. Tying  and  Fishing  the Caddis.  illus.  with 8 full page plates  &  numerous  text dwgs. t/out. pub. Lond. Blandford Press 1989 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XII.178.    Price: $45.00
     
  120. PROFUMO DAVID GRAHAM SWIFT Ed. by The Magic Wheel. Anthology of Fishing Literature. with frontis. 8 full  page & text illus. pub. Lond. Heinemann 1986 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.460. Fine copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  121. RITCHIE  JACK The Australian Trout. Its Introduction  and Acclimatisation  in Victorian Waters. illus. with  12  full page  plates t/out. text dec. pub. Melb. Vic. Fly  Fishers' Assoc.  1988  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.104.  limited  to 2000 copies.    Price: $55.00
     
  122. ROBERTSON  R.B. Of  Whales  And  Men.  Whaling  in   the Antarctic.  illus. with 16 full page plates t/out.  e/paper maps. pub. Lond.  Macmillan & Co.  1956  or.blu.cl.  8vo. pp.XIV.246.    Price: $45.00
     
  123. ROBINSON  LAURIE  Sea Fishing In  Scotland. illus.  with frontis. 4 plates & 33 maps pub. Lond. Adam & Charles Black 1970 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.182,15. Development of Scottish Sea angling, The Continental shelf and its importance to the sport. It includes descriptions and methods of fishing and the main species of fish likely to be met in these waters, covers the whole of Scotland and most of the islands. Near fine copy.   Price: $60.00
     
  124. ROUGHLEY  T.C.  Fish  And  Fisheries  Of  Australia. e/paper maps 63 col. plates, 21 b/w. & 10 text figures, appendices, index of scientific names, general index; pub. Syd.  Angus  &  Robertson 1957  or.cl.  d/w.  4to.  pp.342. Dustwrapper slightly chipped else very good copy.   Price: $45.00
     
  125. ROUGHLEY  T.C.  The Cult Of The Goldfish illus. with col. frontis. b/w photo plates, line drawings, index.  pub. Sydney Angus & Robertson, 1949 second, revised & enlarged or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XV.170. The author describes the 'principles to be followed for goldfish to remain alive and healthy, covering aquarium construction, types of aquatic plants, goldfish varieties, their food and feeding. Cloth slightly faded at extremities. Prev owner's signature on front flyleaf. Chipped dustwrapper, lacks small piece at top of spine else very good.   Price: $30.00
     
  126. RUSSELL L.E. Lets Go Fly Fishing. With a foreword by Crosbie Morrison illus. with dgms. pub. Melb. Georgian House n.d. (1951) or.cl. d/w. demy 16mo. pp.62. tear to front of d/w. repaired with sticky tape else v/good copy.    Price: $45.00
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  127. SAUTELLE  JOHN Fishing For The Educated  Trout.  profusely  illus.  with plates t/out. some full page pub. Syd.  Murray Book Dist. 1978 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.206. Trout lore by one of Australia's leading exponents of fly fishing. A light-hearted look at the author's travels. Trout fishing in Australia and New Zealand, Kashmir, Britain and Ireland. Fine copy.   Price: $45.00
     
  128. SAWYER FRANK Nymphs And The Trout. illus. with 4 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. A.& C. Black 1974 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.272. Previous owner's name to f/free e/paper, otherwise fine.   Price: $50.00
     
  129. SENIOR WILLIAM - Near And Far: An Angler's Sketches Of Home Sport And Colonial Life. illus. with advts, to one page; pub. Lond. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. 1890 new edition. or. brown cl. glt.ltg to spine; 8vo. pp.XVI.304 pages uncut. The first part relates a year of sport with the rod in Britain, chiefly in pursuit of trout and pike. The second is all about Australia; sea-angling, and hunting for kangaroo, 'possum, wild horses, dugong and wildfowl. Sl. flecking to rear board else very good copy.    Price: $145.00
     
  130. SCHOLES  DAVID  The Way Of An Angler. An  Appreciation  of Fly-Fishing on many waters. illus. with frontis. & 16  full page plates t/out. pub. Brisb. Jacaranda Press 1963 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.184. Slightly rubbed & chipped d/w. otherwise near fine.   Price: $200.00
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  131. SCHOLES  DAVID Trutta The Trout. illus. with frontis and several dwgs. t/out. by Monika Bisits  pub. Melb. Gryphon Press 198-? 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.216. Limited to 1500 copies.    Price: $65.00
     
  132. SCHOLES  DAVID  Fly  Fishing In  Australia.  illus.  with numerous  b/w.  photo plates t/out.  Melb.  Macmillan  1974  1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to.. pp.160. fine copy.     Price: $85.00
     
  133. SCOTT TREVOR D. The Marine And Fresh Water Fishes Of South Australia.  illus.  with  plates t/out.  pub.  S.A.  (Govt. Printer) 1962 or.illus.wps. roy.8vo. pp.338. Handbook written by the curator of fishes South Australian Museum, includes: physical description with illustrations, scientific and common names, distribution including other Australian states. Fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  134. SCOTT TREVOR D. The Marine And Fresh Water Fishes Of South Australia.  illus.  with  plates t/out.  pub.  S.A.  (Govt. Printer) 1974 reprint or.illus.wps. roy.8vo. pp.394. Handbook written by the curator of fishes South Australian Museum, includes: physical description with illustrations, scientific and common names, distribution including other Australian states. Fine. Price: $30.00
     
  135. SKUES G.E.M. Nymph Fishing For Chalk Stream Trout.  illus. with frontis. & two plates pub. Lond. Adam & Charles  Black 1939 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.136. fine copy     Price: $300.00
     
  136. SKUES G.E.M. (George Edward MacKenzie). (1858-1949). The Chalk-Stream Angler. Sidelines, Sidelights &  Reflections. illus. with frontis. & 4 full  page  plates t/out. text dwgs. pub. U.K. Barry Shurlock 1976 reprint  of the 1932 ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.474. Fine.   Price: $125.00
     
  137. STEAD DAVID G. Sharks And Rays Of Australian Seas.  illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. Appendix; pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1963 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.211. Light edgewear, else fine.   Price: $65.00
     
  138. STEAD DAVID  G. Fishes  Of  Australia.  A  Popular  and Systematic  Guide  to the Study of the  Wealth  Within  Our Waters. illus. with ten full-page plates & 88 dwgs. in  the text. pub. Syd. William Brooks & Co. nd.1906. Date blacked out on title page, or. grey wps. 8vo.  pp.XII.278.  Little  browned to spine  and  edges  of wrappers else v/good.   Price: $65.00
     
  139. STEWART  W.C. The Practical Angler. Or the art  of  Trout-Fishing  more particularly applied to clear  water.  illus. with col. facsimiles of flies used by Mr. Stewart in pocket at  rear. pub. Lond. Adam & Charles Black 1961 or.cl.  d/w. 12mo. pp.212. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  140. SUNTER GEORGE HERBERT Adventures Of A Trepang Fisher. A Record Without Romance. Being a True Account of Trepang Fishing on the Coast of Northern Australia; and Adventures Met in the Course of the Same illus. with frontispiece portrait, map, pub. W.A. Victoria Park, Hesperian Press, 1997. Facsimile of the 1937 edition; or. stiff wrappers, pp.288. Fine.  Price: $30.00
     
  141. SWISHER   DOUG  CARL  RICHARDS  Selective  Trout. Dramatically  New and Scientific Approach to Trout  Fishing on Eastern and Western Rivers. profusely illus. t/out. with b/w.  & col. plates. pub. N.Y. Crown 1971  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.184. Price: $60.00
     
  142. SWISHER  DOUG CARL RICHARDS  Fly  Fishing  Strategy. illus.  with numerous b/w. & col. plates t/out. by Dave Whitlock.  pub.  N.Y. Crown 1975 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.184. Practical techniques for all fly fishermen, casting, stream strategy, fly patterns, lake fishing etc. Fine copy.   Price: $40.00
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  143. TAGG  BILL The Art Of Fly Dressing. illus. in b/w.  t/out. pub.  Lond.  A.&  C. Black 1970 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.112,43. Fine.   Price: $30.00
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  144. "TAGGERTY" Australian Fishing Manual. (With Hints on Camping) illus. with text plates t/out. pub. Melb. Reviews P/L nd. 193-? original stiff col. wrappers 12mo. pp.152. sl. water stain else v/good copy. Price: $70.00
     
  145. TAVERNER  ERIC  Trout Fishing From All  Angles. A Complete guide to modern methods by Eric Taverner author of "Divers Ways to Tackle Trout." With a chapter on trout scales by G. Herbert Nall and another on the legal aspect of fishing by Alban Bacon; illus. with  250 illus.  &  plates pub. Lond. Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd, The Londsdale Library Sports, Games and Pastimes. 1929   1st. ed. or.cl. 8vo. pp.448. Boards slightly rubbed otherwise v/good.   Price: $75.00
     
  146. TAYLOR  BILL Bream Fever. frontis. & 6 full  page  plates t/out. pub. Lond. Adam & Charles Black 1966 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.114. Light edgewear, else fine.   Price: $75.00
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  147. THACKERAY  CHARLES  (wobbegong) Goliath  Joe  Fisherman. Selection  of  Humorous yarns from "Sunday  Times  Referee" Syd. etc. illus. with frontis. & 4 dwgs. pub. Syd. Sydney & Melb. Pub. Co. nd. circa 1917 second ed. or. illus. red cloth covers (with picture of man on a bench with a tankard and smoking a pipe) 8vo. pp.112. Goliath Joe amuses his readers with outrageous stories of fishing triumphs, twenty stories including catching a mermaid. Stories that had also appeared in the Sydney Mail, the Referee, Sunday Times and The Australian Journalist. Lacks front free e/paper else near fine.   Price: $95.00
     
  148. TIGHT LINES 65 Fishing Tackle and Bait Catalogue. illus. with plates t/out. reels rods and fish shown in col. pub. Sweden 1965 or. white illus. wrappers, 12mo. pp.120. Price: $30.00
     
  149. TIGHT LINES 71 Fishing Tackle and Bait Catalogue. illus. with plates t/out. reels rods and fish shown in col. pub. Sweden 1971 or. white illus. wrappers, 12mo. pp.156. Price: $30.00
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  150. TRENCH CHARLES CHENEVIX A History Of Angling. illus. with many colour and b/w plates. pub. Chicago, Follett 1974 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.288. Near fine copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  151. TUNBRIDGE B.R. & P.L. ROGAN A Guide To The Inland  Angling Waters  Of Victoria. illus. with several maps  t/out. index,  pub. Melb. Fisheries & Wildlife Division Vic.  1981  illus.wps. roy.8vo.  pp.142.  Near fine copy.   Price: $20.00
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  152. VENABLES  BERNARD  and Howard Marchall (Ed.) The  Angling Times Book. Vol.1 illus. with 16 full page  plates  t/out. pub. Lond. J. Barrie 1955 1st.ed. 4to. pp.144. Anthology of fishing stories from the Angling Times. Contributions from "Alexandria", "BB", Tiny Bennett, Gerald Berth-Jones, S.C. Cloke, D.B., Frans Domhof, Derek Fletcher, James Fraser, Winnifred E. Frost, Jack Hargreaves, J.R. Harris etc. Chipped d/w. at spine otherwise near fine.   Price: $65.00
     
  153. VENABLES BERNARD The Angler's Companion. title page vign. &  profusely  illus. with dwgs. t/out., some full  page  of flies in col. book designed and illustrated by author, pub. Lond. George  Allen & Unwin 1958 or.brn.cl. glt.  fish  to front bd. cr.4to. pp.224.     Price: $85.00
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  154. VENIARD JOHN A Further Guide To Fly Dressing. illus.  with frontis.  &  many plates t/out. pub. Lond. Adam  &  Charles Black 1965  or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.250. v/fine copy  in  slip case.    Price: $75.00
     
  155. VENIARD  JOHN  text  and DONALD DOWNS Drawings.  Fly Tying Problems  And  Their  Answers. illus. with colour frontispiece, numerous  & b/w.  illus. t/out.  pub.  A.& C. Black 1970 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.124. Previous owner's name to f/free e/paper, otherwise fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  156. VENIARD JOHN Fly-Tying Development And Progress Illustrated by Donald Downs; with 9 plates of which 8 are coloured, plus numerous line- drawn text illustrations, pub. London:  1972 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.218. Near fine copy.   Price: $50.00
     
  157. VENIARD  JOHN  Fly Dressers' Guide. illus.  with  14  col. plates  & many dwgs. pub. Lond. A. & C. Black 1973  or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.256.   Price: $55.00
     
  158. VENIARD JOHN Trout Flies. Dressings of 140 Dry Fly and Wet Fly  Patterns, 72 of them illustrated in col.  (double-page col.  plate) pub. Lond. nd.196-? or.yell.  illus.wps.  8vo. pp.44.    Price: $30.00
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  159. VENIARD E. Price List & Guide To Fly-Tying Materials  Etc. profusely  illus.  t/out. pub. U.K by Author  1968  or.wps. 8vo. pp.136.   Price: $30.00
     
  160. VENIARD E. Series `A & B' Trout Flies. (2 vols.)  Dressing of 150 dry  fly and wet fly patterns,  58  of  them  with dressings  of 140. & Dry fly & wet fly patterns, 72 of  the illus.  in col. (2 full page plates in each) pub.  U.K.  by author nd.196-? illus.wps. 8vo. pp.36 & 44.   Price: $40.00
     
  161. WACKETT  C.J.  Studies Of An Angler. with 13  illus.  pub. Melb. J.T. Picken & Sons 1950 or.cl. d/w. 8vo.  pp.XII,236. v/fine.  signed  by author.    Price: $200.00
     
  162. WALTON  IZAAK CHARLES COTTON The Complete Angler. Or, Contemplative  Man's  Recreation:  being  A  Discourse   on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing. illus. with frontis. (eng.) & 2 full page eng. several engravings of fish t/out.  pub. Lond. Allen Bell & Co. 1836 reprint or.dk. brown embossed cl. glt.ltg. to spine 12mo. pp.328. Slightly rubbed otherwise very good copy.   Price: $150.00
     
  163. WALTON IZAAK The Complete Angler. Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: being A Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds,  Fish, and  Fishing.  illus. with frontis. & 11 full  page  plates t/out.  in  col. line dwgs. in the text by  Arthur  Rackham pub. Lond. Reissue 1975 or.grn. glt.dec cl. 4to. pp.224.     Price: $60.00
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  164. WANLESS ALEXANDER Threadline Fly Fishing For Trout And Sea Trout.  with text illus. t/out. pub. Lond. Herbert  Jenkins nd.194-? or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.112. Very good in the chipped and slighlty torn d/w. Lacks small piece to d/w. rear panel.   Price: $35.00
     
  165. WATERMAN CHARLES F. Modern Fresh & Salt Water Fly Fishing. with  many illus. t/out. pub. N.Y. Winchester  Press   1972 or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.368,17. Fine copy in the worn d/w.  Price: $40.00
     
  166. WATKINS   A.B.K.  Big  Game  Fishing.  Game  fishing   off Australia  (Port  Stephen)  &  New  Zealand in the 1930's and 40's.  illus.   with frontis.  18 plates & 1 map pub. Lond. 1950 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w.  8vo. pp.222,10. Very good copy in the torn d/w.   Price: $50.00
     
  167. WEDLICK LANCE 50 Ways To Fool A Trout. folding map & many dwgs  t/out. pub. Ballarat Vic. H.S. Gerard & Co.  nd.195-? illus.wps. 12mo. pp.116. fine.    Price: $80.00
     
  168. WEDLICK  LANCE Fly Fishing In Australia. illus. with  many plates,  dwgs.  t/out. some col. pub.  Melb.  Curlew  Books nd.197-? p/b. 8vo. pp.190. v/fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  169. WEDLICK  LANCE  Fishing In Australia. with 16  full  page plates t/out. text illus. line drawings, index; pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson  1962 2nd impression. or.cl. roy.8vo. pp.262. Slightly chipped dustwrapper else very good.   Price: $35.00
     
  170. WEDLICK  LANCE    The Lure Of The Trout. illus.  with  dgms.,  plates t/out. pub. Melb. A Curlew Book; nd.196-?or. green illus. stiff . 8vo. pp.106. almost fine.      Price: $20.00
     
  171. WEDLICK  LANCE Trout On A Fly. illus. with 16  full  page col. plates numerous b/w. plates & dwgs. pub. Melb. Wednell Pub. nd.196-? or.grn. illus.wps. 8vo. pp.158.    Price: $25.00
     
  172. WEDLICK  LANCE Fishing Westernport And Port Phillip  Bays .illus.  with  plates, maps t/out. pub. Melb.  WedNeil  Pub. nd.196-? or.grn. illus.wps. 8vo. pp.48.   Price: $20.00
     
  173. WEDLICK LANCE Bait Fishing For Trout. illus. with  plates. dgms. t/out.  some  full  page  pub.  Melb.  Wedneil  Pub. nd.196-? or. red illus.wps. 8vo. pp.64.   Price: $20.00
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  174. WEDLICK  LANCE Fishing Rigs And Baits.  profusely  illus. with plates, dwgs., dgms., t/out. some full page pub. Melb. Wednell Pub. nd.196-? or.col.illus.wps. 8vo. pp.80.   Price: $20.00
     
  175. WEDLICK  LANCE  Fishing Spots  In Victoria. illus.  with  many plates, maps & 3 advts. pub. Melbourne Wedneil Pub. nd. 197-? Original green  illus. stiff wrappers 12mo. pp.64. Fresh and seawater fishing. Slight shelf wear else near fine.   Price: $20.00
     
  176. WEDLICK  LANCE    Fishing  In Victoria. illus.  with  many plates, maps & 2 advts. pub. Vic. Ballarat 1961  illus.wps. 12mo. pp.240. sl rubbed.   Price: $25.00
     
  177. WEDLICK  LANCE   Fishing For Beginners. illus. with drawings and black & white photographs pub. Melbourne Wedneil Pub., nd. 1980’s or. col. illus, wrappers, 8vo. pp.128 Fine copy.    Price: $20.00
     
  178. WEIGALL PHILIP   The River Behind The Hill. A Celebration of Australian Fly Fishing illus. with decorated endpapers many colour illustrations, some full page index. pub. Frenchs Forest NSW New Holland 1999 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. oblong, pp.160. Very fine.    Price: $65.00
     
  179. WELSBY  THOS. Schnappering and Fishing In  The  Brisbane River And  Morton Bay Waters, Also  Included  A  Wandering Discourse  On Fishing Generally. illus. with frontis. &  28 full page plates t/out. pub. Brisb. Outridge Pub. Co.  1905 or. mud grn. & dk.blu. illus.cl. cr.8vo. pp.X.320.2, advts. lacks one plate, cut out, (Schnapper) & folding map Map of Morton  Bay, inside  back  cover, (showing Point Danger  to  Caloundra), bds. little worn, small tear to front cloth, otherwise good.   Price: $650.00
     
  180. WHITLEY G.P.   Poisonous And Harmful Fishes. illus. with black and white num. text illustrations, 4 full-page plates, & fold. colour plate at end. pub. Melbourne Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 1943. C.S.I.R. Bull. No. 159 or. brown wrappers roy.8vo. pp.28 Very good copy.     Price: $25.00
     
  181. WHITLEY G.P. The Fishes Of Australia. The Sharks, Rays, Devil-Fish and other Primitive Fishes of Australia and New Zealand. illus. with text plates, diagrams t/out. pub. Syd. Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. 1940 Part I or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp. 280. Fine copy with dustwrapper with one small chip to rear.   Price: $125.00
     
  182. WHITLEY GILBERT P.    Solvo Fish Book  illus. with full page colour plates by Mary E. Soady index. pub. Sydney: Boylan & Co. Pty. Ltd., nd. c. 1940's. original col. illus. wraps. 32mo. obl. pp.20. The Life and Habits of 80 Australian Fishes. Nice Solvol advt. to rear wrapper. Fine copy.    Price: $20.00
     
  183. WHITLOCK  DAVE Guide To Aquatic Trout Foods.  illus.  with b/w. drawings t/out. 8 full page of food types (in table format); pub. U.S.A. Nick Lyons Books 1982 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.VIII.216. Fine.  Price: $45.00
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  184. WIGRAM R.H. The Uncertain Trout. illus. with frontis. & 27 b/w.   photographic plates by Norman Taylor. pub. Melb. Georgian House 1951 1st.ed.  or. beige cloth. 21/- net. d/w. 4to. pp.72. Closed tear to d/w. else near fine.   Price: $600.00  (See picture-press   )  
     
  185. WILLIAMS  A. COURTNEY A Dictionary Of Trout Flies. And  of Flies for Sea-trout and Grayling. illus. with 16 full  page plates t/out. 8 col. (140 Flies in col.) pub. Lond. Adam  & Charles Black 1968 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.378. Near fine copy.   Price: $60.00
     
  186. WILLIAMS  JAMES Irish Coarse Fishing. illus. with frontis.  &  7 plates  t/out. pub. Lond. A.& C. Black 1968 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.117. Describes the rivers and lakes of Ireland and the various kinds of coarse fish found in them. .The author's comments on catching such fish as pike, bream and rudd will be of interest to all anglers, wherever they fish. Fine.   Price: $40.00
     
  187. WRIGHT  ROB  With  Hook, Line And Snorkel.  In  the South Pacific.  with  e/paper maps & 32 full page  plates  t/out. pub.  Syd.  Pacific  Pub. 1969  1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.168,34.    Price: $35.00
     
  188. WULFF LEE Trout On A Fly. illus. with text dwgs. by author t/out.  pub.  U.S.A.  Nick Lyons  Books  1986  or.cl.  d/w. cr.8vo. pp.180. Minimal shelfwear. Near fine copy.   Price: $55.00
     
  189. YEARSLEY G.K.    Australian Seafood Handbook:  An Identification Guide to Domestic Species profusely illus. with plates t/out. all col. pub. Australia CSIRO Marine Research, 2001updated. or. laminated boards. 4to. pp..462 This detailed identification guide contains full colour photographs of 350 species of fishes, crustaceans, jellyfishes, molluscs, sea cucumbers and sea urchins. Fine.    Price: $55.00
   
   
 
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