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Nymph Fishing in the Southern Hemisphere
by Wigram, R.H.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Facsimile edition
- Published
- 1992
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 160.39
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Octavo, illustrations, advertisements, original typographical wrappers.
Sympathetic facsimile edition, itself now hard to find. Item Price
SGD 160.39
The Shannon Rise
by Wigram, R.H.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- [1953]
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 1,008.15
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Octavo, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, very slight edge-wear but a nice example of a scarce pamphlet often found in used condition.
First edition. Contemporary guide to the short-lived (circa 1920s-60s) but legendary 'Shannon Rise'. Uniquely produced by Hydro-Electric Commission water flow, the prolific yearly hatch of the snowflake caddis fly in the Shannon River below the Great Lake dam at Miena… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,008.15
Trout Fishing in New South Wales
by Hedge, John
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Published
- 1962
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 458.25
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Octavo, illustrations, limitation statement completed in manuscript by the author on title-page, very good in original green cloth with pictorial dustwrapper (slightly chipped).
First edition ‒ issue limited to 500 copies (but fewer than this were actually numbered and signed by Hedge), distributed first to members of the Rod Fishers' Society. This copy number 183. (1000 copies of the first edition… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 458.25
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Anglers' Handbook. Season 1958-9
by Victorian Piscatorial Council
- Condition
- Used
- Published
- 1958
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 36.66
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Duodecimo, 32 pp., advertisements, original pictorial wrappers.
Issued with Victorian Inland Angling Licences. Includes minumum lengths and details of closed waters and fishing seasons &c. Item Price
SGD 36.66
Fishing Tackle Catalogue
by Melbourne Sports Depot
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- circa 1950s
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 50.41
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Octavo, 39pp., illustrations, original pictorial wrappers.
Includes Victorian close seasons, bag limits, and minimum lengths of fish. Item Price
SGD 50.41
Anglers’ Guide 1937
by Hartleys
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- Used
- Published
- 1936
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 114.56
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Octavo, 136pp, including section printed on coated blue paper, numerous illustrations, errata slip, very good in original orange pictorial wrappers.
Elaborate tackle catalogue printed in blue, including minimum lengths and close seasons &c. Item Price
SGD 114.56
Fly-Fisher in Tasmania
by Scholes, David
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1961
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 252.04
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Octavo, illustrations, pictorial endpapers, neat ownership stamp on half-title page, very good in original boards with crisp pictorial dustwrapper.
First edition.
Described by Brian Cadle as 'the bible of Tasmanian angling literature', Scholes's first book is a comprehensive & detailed guide to fly fishing in Tasmania, and as influential as Wigram's Trout and Fly in Tasmania (1938) and Sloane's The Truth About… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 252.04
Fishing Code For Anglers in Tasmania
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- Used
- Published
- circa 1974
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 32.08
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Folding brochure.
Scarce ephemeron. Guide to Tasmanian inland fishing regulations. Item Price
SGD 32.08
Tasmanian Trout and Game Fishing
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- Used
- Published
- circa 1980
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 50.41
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Small quarto, illustrations, eight maps, original pictorial wrappers.
Department of Tourism booklet mostly promoting trout fishing in Tasmania including Penstock Lagoon, Little Pine Lagoon, and Lake Pedder &c. Item Price
SGD 50.41
Craftsman-Built Rods. [catalogue].
by J.M. Turville
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- Used
- Published
- circa 1960s
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 32.08
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Leaflet [4]pp. (last blank).
Includes the 'Geehi' and the 'Mitta' and other cane fly rods &c.
Maurie Turville had a rod factory and tackle shop in Victoria Street, North Melbourne, from the 1930s. The shop finally closed in 2013.
Scarce ephemeron. Item Price
SGD 32.08
North Eastern ‒ Victoria
by Hawkins, Trevor
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- Used
- Published
- circa 1997
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 114.56
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Colour pictorial map, 33 x 45cms.
From a series of NSW, Victorian, and Tasmanian prints (1996-97) by the angler & artist Trevor Hawkins, a contributor to Freshwater Fishing Australia &c. Suitable for framing. Item Price
SGD 114.56
Trout Fishing in Tasmania
by French, Greg
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Published
- 1987
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 366.60
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Folio, illustrations, maps, original navy cloth with dustwrapper (slightly rubbed).
Very scarce hardback issue limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by the author. Comprehensive reference to Tasmanian trout waters. Item Price
SGD 366.60
The N.S.W. Rod Fishers Society's Gazette
by New South Wales Rod Fishers' Society
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- Used
- Published
- 1939
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 50.41
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Quarto, 16 pp. (including wrappers), illustrations, original wrappers (printed on cream coated paper).
Very scarce.
Includes articles on the Monaro District Acclimatisation Society, the Goodradigbee, and Zane Grey on big-game angling, as well as advertisements for Sil Rohu, Mick Simmons, and William Southam rods &c.
Featuring Deco typography, the monthly Gazette was first issued in October 1932, but was discontinued during World War… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 50.41
The Uncertain Trout
by Wigram, R.H.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1951
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 366.60
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Quarto, illustrations, minor offsetting on endpapers, original oatmeal cloth with an unusually crisp example of the pictorial dustwrapper.
First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author. Item Price
SGD 366.60
Official Guide For Anglers and Tourists
by Armidale and District Rod Fisherman's Association
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- Used
- Published
- [1929]
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 366.60
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Octavo, illustrations & maps, original cloth backed pictorial boards (bit marked & used), Cowles & Dunn stamp on upper board.
Formed in 1927, the association printed 5000 copies of this now scarce booklet to promote the New England fishery with detailed guides to the local streams including the Guy Fawkes, the Styx, and the Wollomombi rivers &c. Item Price
SGD 366.60
The Quest of the Trout
by Blackwood, R.L.
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1926
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 779.02
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Quarto, tipped-in black & white plates, illustrations, original wrappers with pictorial onlay.
First edition in uncommonly crisp condition. Attractively bound & printed, the book originally sold for 7/6. Item Price
SGD 779.02
Your Guide To Fishing The Upper Murray
by Spry, Mike (ed.)
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1993
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 27.50
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Octavo, illustrations, maps, advertisements, very good in original pictorial wrappers.
First edition ‒ wrappered issue. Item Price
SGD 27.50
Travel and Trout in the Antipodes
by Senior, William
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1880 [but 1879]
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 604.89
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Crown octavo, illustrations, contemporary gift plate (dated December 1879) on front paste-down, brown china clay endpapers, edges uncut, bound with 32pp. publisher's advertisements (October 1879) in original light blue cloth (decorated with green waterlilies on the front board) with (bright) gilt on spine, slightly flecked but an uncommonly crisp copy.
First edition.
Issued in late 1879 but post-dated on the title-page… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 604.89
Chasing Rainbows
by Patterson, George
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- Used
- Published
- [1959]
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 252.04
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Octavo, illustrations, three coloured plates, original cloth in pictorial dustwrapper (chipped and rubbed, especially on lower panel as usual).
First edition. Scarce. Pre-Snowy River Scheme recollections, 1930s-1950s, of trout fishing in the Snowy River and other snow-fed Monaro streams &c. Item Price
SGD 252.04
Anglers Guide to Tasmania
by Wigram, R.H.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Published
- 1959
- Quantity Available
- 1
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 687.38
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Octavo, illustrations, advertisements, and maps, original pictorial wrappers.
Revised edition. Comprehensive fishing & tourism booklet. Ephemeral & scarce. Nice copy. Item Price
SGD 687.38