PIKE AND PERCH: WITH NOTES ON RECORD PIKE AND A CHAPTER ON THE BLACK BASS, MURRAY COD AND OTHER SPORTING MEMBERS OF THE PERCH FAMILY. By Alfred Jardine.

Published by Lawrence and Bullen. London. 1898

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1898). (1897) 1898 1st edition reprint. Small 8vo (135 x 190mm). Ppxii,204 + 2pp ads + 32pp publisher's catalogue. Two b/w plates, text engravings. Brown cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. A good clean and tidy ex-library copy. Publisher's catalogue dated 'Autumn season, 1896' bound in at rear. Volume III of "The Angler's Library", edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell and F.G. Aflalo. Westwood & Satchell gives 1898 as the first edition and most copies seem to be so dated. Since publishing Pike Anglers' Library I have seen a copy clearly dated (in Roman numerals) 1897 on the title-page. Jardine was one of the most successful pike anglers ever, with catches of large fish comparable to those of today's specimen hunters. He gave his name to the Jardine snap-tackle, popular for a century, and to the Jardine lead. He was the first in a dynasty of well-known anglers which continues to the present. . …

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Title
PIKE AND PERCH: WITH NOTES ON RECORD PIKE AND A CHAPTER ON THE BLACK BASS, MURRAY COD AND OTHER SPORTING MEMBERS OF THE PERCH FAMILY. By Alfred Jardine.
Author
Jardine (Alfred).
Publisher
Lawrence and Bullen. London. 1898
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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.…

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