Art in Fishing

William Collins & Sons London, 1985, 8vo, Illust, 153pp, plus index and biblio. D/J.  A light-hearted discourse on the social history of angling as depicted on old post cards It shows that there is more to fishing than a mere contest between man and fish and that anglers are compassionate people with a sence of responsibility for their natural heritage.  - Near Mint                                                                                                       

J M  Dent & Sons   London 1985.  4to.  Illust. 160p. Foreword by Sir Michael  Horden. Richly illustrated by the author. Original green cloth binding with d/j.  A River Wardens life on two of the most beautiful small rivers in England the Tavy and Walkham.   Armstrong was a river keeper, naturalist and wildlife artist.  Charming pictures and text describing life, incidents and some of the characters like old Long John who at eighty five had never been caught poaching, of Jack 'Cracker' Smith the ageless farmer, the Brigadier, still fishing despite his failing eyesight and of Dave and George the authors colleagues with their droll observations of country life.  Slight Foxing to E/P.  -Fine 

Earth and Great Weather Publishing Co. Butte Montana, 1993, 1St Edn.   Folio, Illust, 156p, D/J, Introduction by Lefty Kreh.  Illustrations by Craig Rogers. A celebration with over 200 wonderful colour photographs of game fishing on a fly taken over the past fifty years. Includes  a history of salt-water fly-fishing by Stu Apte.  Sections on East & West coasts of North America, Florida Keys, Bahamas, the Caribbean, Central America and the rest of the world. Slight rub to D/J .  Near New.    

Duncan Baird Publishers London 1999,1^st Edn.  4to Square,  Illust, 176pp, D/J, Edited by Judy Dean.  An anthology of writings by well-known anglers about salmon and trout fishing in exotic locations around the world.  Illustrated by Atkinson's superb colour photographs.  Contributors include John Gierach  -Headwaters Western USA, ,  Tom McGuane  -On Wesleys River (Canada), David Profumo  -Never on Sundays. (Scotland),  Ernest Schwiebert  -Raspberries in the Rain.  (Norway),  J.W.Hills  -His Biggest Trout (England), David Street  -Mighty Mask  (Ireland), Brian Clarke  -Casting Off  The Edge Of the World (Argentina),   Roderick Haig-Brown. – The Start of the South. (Chile),  Zane Grey. – The Dreadnought Pool (New Zealand),  Clive Gammon -I Know A Good Place  (Alaska),  Nick Lyons  -Grimsa Journal. (Iceland) and  Bill Currie  -Prolific Eastern Margins  (Russia).   -Very Fine

Privately published by the Authors, Kingston 2002 1^st Edn. 4to, Illust 208p.  D/J. Foreword by Charles Wooley. Real stories of Tasmanian fishing. A lifestyle book of catching , cooking and recording the   pleasure experienced by a trio of friends who share the common interest.  Outstanding photoraphy and text make this book a pleasure to read. -Fine