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Auction date Wednesday 26 February 2025 10:30 - 17:30 GMT

Head of Sale: 

Julian Smith


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Wednesday 26th February at 10.30am

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 387

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
121 *E.H. PEAKE (b.1940) 'Osprey with a Fish'
1981, signed lower right and labelled verso, watercolour on paper, 50cm x 35cm
£30 - £50 £20 View
122 20TH CENTURY SCHOOL A fisherman catching the ear of a passer-by
monogrammed bottom right, gouache, 9cm x 13.5cm
£30 - £50 £30 View
123 BRIAN WRIGHT (20th Century) A canal lock scene
signed lower right, oil on board, 16cm x 18.5cm
£40 - £80 - View
124 AFTER ROLAND CHADWICK: A GROUP OF FISHERMEN IN A BOAT
a salmon is hooked with a gaff over choppy water, bronzed resin, signed lower left, with "H" maker's mark in scrolling border, with associated wooden base, 21cm high x 40cm long x 20cm deep
£50 - £100 £70 View
125 THREE BESWICK PORCELAIN FISH
20th century, including a rainbow trout, a perch, and a roach, all marked to base, the tallest measuring 16cm high x 24cm long (3)
£80 - £150 £260 View
126 HARDY'S ANGLERS' GUIDE
1931, 53rd edition

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£30 - £50 £30 View
127 A HARDY'S 1954 ANGLERS GUIDE AND CATALOGUE
and a Hardy's 1956 Anglers' Guide and Catalogue (2)

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£50 - £100 £30 View
128 THE 'COUNTRY LIFE' LIBRARY OF SPORT: FISHING
edited by Horace G. Hutchinson. two volume set (2)
£30 - £50 - View
129 'HOW TO CATCH THEM' SERIES: A RARE COMPLETE SET OF 48 FIRST EDITIONS
including the rare 'Cod - How to Catch Them' (48)

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£400 - £800 - View
130 EJ MALONE: 'IRISH TROUT AND SALMON FLIES' 1984
limited edition 21/60, signed by the author, blue calf leather half binding, marble end papers

Note: This book is 'Essentially a dictionary of over 800 traditional and modern dressings from an Irish…
£300 - £500 £300 View
131 HALFORD, FREDERICK M.: 'DRY FLY FISHING IN THEORY AND PRACTICE'
1889, first edition, rebound in red carved leather with raised bands and gilt title, marble boards

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£50 - £100 £90 View
132 HALFORD, F.M.: 'FLOATING FLIES AND HOW TO DRESS THEM'
a treatise on the most modern methods of dressing artificial flies for trout and grayling, with full illustrated directions and containing 90 hand-coloured engravings of most killing patterns,…
£30 - £50 £140 View
133 SAMUEL, WILLIAM: 'THE ARTE OF ANGLING 1577'
in original slip case with red cloth covers, red leather binding and gilt lettering, marbled end, limited edition of 342/950

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£30 - £50 £20 View
134 MOSELY, MARTIN E, F.E.S.: 'THE DRY-FLY FISHERMAN'S ENTOMOLOGY'
first edition 1886

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£30 - £50 £50 View
135 YOUNGER, JOHN: 'RIVER ANGLING FOR SALMON AND TROUT'
in original slip case, with red cloth covers, red leather binding, gilt lettering, 1995 reprinted copy of the original 1840 text, limited edition of 1,000 copies; and 'Silk, Fir and Feather of a…
£50 - £100 £30 View
136 WALKER, RICHARD: 'NO NEED TO LIE'
first edition, 1964, with original dust wrapper; together with 'Walker's Pitch' by Richard Walker, an Angling Times series, first edition 1959 (2)

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting…
£30 - £50 £30 View
137 KELSON, GEORGE: 'THE LAND AND WATER SALMON FLIES 1886-1902'
in original slip case with black cloth covers, black leather binding and gilt lettering, marble end papers, 1993 reprinted copy of original 1902 text, limited edition of 1,000 copies; together with …
£50 - £100 £50 View
138 STEPHENSON, JOHN: 'UNDERSTANDING THREADLINES'
'A Collector's Guide To The Early Fixed Spool Fishing Reels', leather bound copy, limited edition 4/10; together with 'Rosewood to Revolution - The Development Of The Centrepin Fishing Reel' by John…
£100 - £200 - View
139 WALKER, RICHARD: 'NO NEED TO LIE'
first edition, 1964, with no dust wrapper; together with 'The Savay Chronicles' by Keith Jenkins and Clive Williams, first edition, published 2013, limited edition, with map enclosed inside front…
£30 - £50 - View
140 WALKER, C.E.: 'OLD FLIES IN NEW DRESSES'
'How To Dress Dry Flies With The Wings In The Natural Position And Some New Wet Flies', 1898 first edition

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£30 - £50 £20 View
141 CRIMBLE, AUGUSTUS: 'THE SALMON RIVERS OF SCOTLAND'
'The Salmon Rivers of England and Wales' and ''The Salmon Rivers of Ireland', illustrated, including maps; 'The Salmon Rivers and Lochs of Scotland' by W.Earl Calderwood; and 'The Science of Dry Fly…
£30 - £50 £200 View
142 SCHWIEBERT, ERNEST: 'Trout'
vols I and II, in original slip-covers (2)
£30 - £50 £30 View
143 A METAL GUN CABINET
in a walnut Wellington chest style frame, for five guns, key present, 139cm high x 59cm wide
£100 - £200 £600 View
144 A SAFEGUARD METAL GUN CABINET
for eight guns, and an ammunition locker, 150cm x 46cm
£50 - £100 £100 View

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