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The Glory Days of the Giant Scarborough Tunny, Mark Ross
‘The Glory Days of the Giant Scarborough Tunny’, (The British Tunny Club, Hardy Bros. tackle and big game fishing in the 1930s), written and published by Scots author and antique tackle collector Mark Ross.
This is the special edition, bound in leather, with dust wrapper and leather slip case - (email to choose from available numbers).
“angler in rowing boat catches Giant tunny (tuna) 60 miles off Scarborough”.
“the first thing you feel is a violent tug on the line, a tug that quickly builds up... the biggest fish I hooked towed me away out of sight of the fleet......”
“798lb tunny caught in the North Sea by Colonel E.T. Peel, 1932”
John Drewett - Hardy tackle expert, collector and writer (Hardy Bros., The Masters, The Men & their Reels) foreword:
“Mark’s efforts have culminated in a book that is ‘full of texture’. The monochrome photographs are so evocative of an era when men would don blazers and even suits when posing for the trophy picture. The boatman in their flat caps, the boats from which they fished and the yachts which many of the wealthy fishers possessed all combine to convey a world that will never be seen again. The collaboration between Mark Ross & David Watson has produced a hugely important tribute to an element of British angling history that excites so many fishermen and collectors”.
No wonder the excitement & glamour of this new sport attracted the rich & famous. Blending heroic tales of epic sea battles with enormous fish, the special tackle used, & social history this book will fascinate anglers and antique tackle collectors alike.
In leather hard back with dust wrapper and leather slip case, 270 x 210mm, 400 pages, colour printed throughout, 475-plus pictures showing atmospheric 1930s angling, the lords & ladies who went tunny fishing, Hardy and other rare big game fishing reels and tackle. All copies numbered.
Also available in standard edition with dust wrapper. |
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| Code: 50427Price: £200.00 |
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The Glory Days of the Giant Scarborough Tunny, Mark Ross
‘The Glory Days of the Giant Scarborough Tunny’, (The British Tunny Club, Hardy Bros. tackle and big game fishing in the 1930s), written and published by Scots author and antique tackle collector Mark Ross.
This is the standard edition, numbers 21-25.
“angler in rowing boat catches Giant tunny (tuna) 60 miles off Scarborough”.
“the first thing you feel is a violent tug on the line, a tug that quickly builds up... the biggest fish I hooked towed me away out of sight of the fleet......”
“798lb tunny caught in the North Sea by Colonel E.T. Peel, 1932”
John Drewett - Hardy tackle expert, collector and writer (Hardy Bros., The Masters, The Men & their Reels) foreword:
“Mark’s efforts have culminated in a book that is ‘full of texture’. The monochrome photographs are so evocative of an era when men would don blazers and even suits when posing for the trophy picture. The boatman in their flat caps, the boats from which they fished and the yachts which many of the wealthy fishers possessed all combine to convey a world that will never be seen again. The collaboration between Mark Ross & David Watson has produced a hugely important tribute to an element of British angling history that excites so many fishermen and collectors”.
No wonder the excitement & glamour of this new sport attracted the rich & famous. Blending heroic tales of epic sea battles with enormous fish, the special tackle used, & social history this book will fascinate anglers and antique tackle collectors alike.
In hard back with dust wrapper, 270 x 210mm, 400 pages, colour printed throughout, 475-plus pictures showing atmospheric 1930s angling, the lords & ladies who went tunny fishing, Hardy and other rare big game fishing reels and tackle. All copies numbered.
Also available in special edition bound in leather with slip case. |
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| Code: 50426Price: £89.00 |
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A collection of fishing priests - Dave Watson
Second edition. Fully illustrated colour catalogue of a collection made over almost twenty years, of seventy-two fine antique priests with the best photography and printing techniques available.
Examples show the use of boxwood, laburnham, fruitwood, rosewood, bone, whalebone, elephant & walrus ivory and narwahl ivory, to create the elegant, the functional and the downright extravagant.
The earliest - dated 1718 the rest from the 18th and 19th centuries and the most modern: laminated woods, 20th century.
The objective of this project was to illustrate the photography and printing possible to catalogue any antique collection by recording and illustrating this small facet of antique fishing tackle collecting. Size: 290 x 210mm, comprising 52 pages.
Published by Antique Knives Ltd. May 2010. |
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| Code: 50424Price: £20.00 |
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Special edition - Pocket Fruit Knives, Simon Moore
‘Pocket Fruit Knives, a synopsis of their history from the UK, France, Northern Europe & USA’, is an antique knife book which provides dealers and collectors with top quality images of knives, designed to enable the reader to spot even cleverly-produced fakes, and avoid costly investment mistakes. A price guide to the illustrated knives, arranged in price bands from £50 to £10,000-up is included.
This special edition is bound in leather, and numbered - one of a limited edition of 50 copies. |
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| Code: 50053Price: £65.00 |
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NEW ENGLAND CUTLERY, Pankiewicz, Philip R.
NEW ENGLAND CUTLERY
Pankiewicz, Philip R.
Gilman, CT: Hollytree Publicationa, Inc., 1986. Soft cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Thick quarto, 256 pages, profusely illustrated, pictorial full-color covers. Includes extensive listings of knife and cutlery makers located in New England, by state: Connecticut (57 entries), Massachusetts (35 entries), Rhode Island (12 entries), New Hampshire (8 entries), Maine (8 entries) and Vermont (5 entries), and much, much more! Bowie knives, hunters, folders, butchers' knives, cutlery - they're all here. An important collector/investors’ resource. The book is near-fine. |
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| Code: 50024Price: £35.00 |
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CIVIL WAR KNIVES, Newman, Marc
CIVIL WAR KNIVES (ISBN: 0873649990)
Newman, Marc
Paladin Press, 1998. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 109 pages.
A look into the history of Union and Confederate knives that reveals the attitudes, ingenuity, thoughts, and fears of not only the officers and men who carried these knives, but even the cutlers and blacksmiths who designed and crafted them. Historian Marc Newman spent more than 10 years researching Civil War Knives. As well as examining the collections of dozens of museums, historical societies, presidential libraries, national military parks and battlegrounds, and individual collectors, Newman devoted thousands of hours to locating and studying the oftentimes hidden details and anecdotes attached to the hundreds of Civil War knives documented in this definitive reference. The hardcover edition is out of print. The Book and the Dust Jacket are Fine. |
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| Code: 50023Price: £45.00 |
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