TROUT FISHING IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

By John HEDGE

Syd. Abbey Publishing. 1963.
(2nd ed.) Or.cl. 204pp. Col & b/w plates & ills.
Large folding coloured map in back pocket.
The ffe is a little insect effected else this is a
bright, near Fine copy. Scarce.

AUD$185

THE COMPLETE ANGLER. Or Contemplative Man's Recreation: being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing.

By Izaak WALTON Charles COTTON

Lond. Printed for Samuel Bagster. 1815.
Bound in half calf with marbled boards.
514pp. plus index. 50 engraved plates or illustrations.
The eighth edition. Bagster's 2nd ed. Scarce.
Some offsetting to the plates else a very good copy.
Bookplate of Sir Ernest Cable.
A lovely early copy of Walton's great classic work.

AUD$495

 

THE HISTORY OF COCKFIGHTING.

By George Ryley SCOTT,

Lond. Charles Skilton Ltd. n.d.
Beautifully bound in half burgundy morocco with raised bands
and with gilt cock motifs in the spine panels.
204pp. uncut. t.e.g. Colour frontispiece and 40 b/w plates.
A fine copy. Scarce.
Edition of 1095 numbered copies, this number 74.
"One cannot fail to be impressed. One is horrified at the gory sight... but one cannot fail to admire at the stupendous courage displayed by the battling birds."

AUD$350

THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL HOUSE.
Architecture & Society in New South Wales, 1788-1842.

By James BROADBENT

Syd. Hordern House. 1997.
Folio. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 400pp. Profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. Bookplate on ffe, else a very good copy.
1st ed. Scarce. Limited to 2000 copies.

The first comprehensive history of domestic architecture in New South Wales during its first 50 years.

AUD$225