THE ANGLER’S ASSISTANT, OR, THE COMPLETE ART OF ANGLING
York: C. Croshaw, [1820s]. Small Octavo, 34 pages. In Good minus condition. Bound in original printed paper wrappers with decorative rope-border frame and woodcut vignette of anglers to front wrapper. Wrappers heavily worn, soiled, and toned throughout, with significant tearing, loss, and fraying to all edges and corners, most severely to the right side of the front wrapper. Text block shows the binding thread exposed and partially detached at the gutter, with pages loose or near-loose. Moderate age toning throughout; text remains legible. Original issue price “Price Sixpence” printed to foot of front wrapper. Shelved in Netdesk Office, Case 2, Ephemera Box #6.
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A charming and uncommon provincial angling manual, printed and published at C. Croshaw’s Fishing Tackle Warehouse, 36 Pavement, York.York, circa 1820. Believed to be a provincial reprint of the London edition published by W. Mason in 1813. Contents cover angling technique, equipment selection (rods, lines, hooks, floats, baits, flies), the haunts and seasons of various fish species, and recipes for catching fish by hand. The Croshaw imprint is scarce; a copy was noted at Bonhams as not recorded in Westwood & Satchell, the standard bibliography of angling literature.