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Walton (Izaak & Cotton, Charles Cotton). The Complete Angler: or, Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing, 2 parts in one, 2nd Hawkins edition, London: J. Rivington, T. Caslon and R. Withy, 1766, 14 engraved plates only (of 16, including 2 frontispieces and 1 of 2 music plates), wood engraved illustrations of fish and few headpieces, advertisement leaf at front, repaired closed tears to E2, E5, S1, S8 and T1, few ink marks and splashes, some toning and scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, 8vo, (Coigney 10; Westwood & Satchell, p. 221), together with: O'Gorman. The Practice of Angling, particularly as Regards Ireland, 2 volumes, Dublin: William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1845, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, some minor toning, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines with green morocco labels, spines and extremities rubbed, 8vo, Mosely (Martin E. . The Dry-Fly Fisherman's Entomology... being a supplement to Frederic M. Halford's The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook, London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd.; New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1921, portrait frontispiece, 16 hand-coloured plates, publisher's green cloth wallet binding gilt, small 8vo, Medwin (Thomas). The Angler in Wales, or Days and Nights of Sportsmen, 2 volumes, London: Richard Bentley 1834, etched frontispiece to each volume, few vignette illustrations, light toning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn (1836 -1907) to upper pastedowns, hinges splitting, contemporary half calf, sheep rebacked spines with gilt decoration, rubbed, 8vo, plus Jardine (William). The Naturalist's Library, Ornithology volumes 12 & 14 only, Edinburgh, 1842-43, numerous hand-coloured engraved plates, uniform contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines, 8vo (Quantity: 8)