Australian Fishing from Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller

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.

Octavo, 39pp., illustrations, original pictorial wrappers. Includes Victorian close seasons, bag limits, and minimum lengths of fish.

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.

Folding brochure. Scarce ephemeron. Guide to Tasmanian inland fishing regulations.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Octavo, illustrations, maps, advertisements, very good in original pictorial wrappers. First edition ‒ wrappered issue.

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.

Octavo, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers. 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 was an annual and much… Read more about this item

Octavo, illustrations, advertisements, and maps, original pictorial wrappers. Revised edition. Comprehensive fishing & tourism booklet. Ephemeral & scarce. Nice copy.

Decorative colour map, 45 x 33cms, with Rainbow Trout illustration. From a series of NSW, Victorian, and Tasmanian &c. prints (1996-97) by the angler & artist Trevor Hawkins, a contributor to Freshwater Fishing Australia &c. Includes the Howqua, Jamieson, and Steavenson rivers. Suitable for framing.

Octavo, illustrations, limitation statement completed in manuscript by the author on title-page, original green cloth with exceptionally bright pictorial dustwrapper (with loosely inserted 1961 N.S.W. Rod Fishers' Society circular, at which time Hedge was its secretary). First edition ‒ issue limited to 500 copies (but fewer than this were actually numbered and signed by Hedge), distributed first to members of the… Read more about this item

Small quarto [12 pp.], coloured illustrations, maps, original pictorial wrappers. Promotional Snowy Mountains Scheme trout fishing booklet and guide including fishing spots and angling regulations &c. 'Written by fishing expert Wal Hardy, this booklet contains a wealth of information for beginner and expert alike.'

Octavo, colour and black & white illustrations, original pictorial wrappers. First edition ‒ out of print. A companion work to Robert Sloane's The Truth About Trout (1983) with dressings & tying instructions for eleven original 'Sloane' Tasmanian fly patterns, including the Rabbit Fur Fly, the Sunset Fly, and Rob's Dry.