THE FIGHTING BARBEL. Compiled by Peter Wheat. First edition.
BARBEL: HOW TO CATCH THEM. By S. Donald Stone. Series editor Kenneth Mansfield. 1955 1st edition.
BARBEL: PERFECT DAYS. By John Bailey.
2008 1st edition. 8vo (153 x 216mm). Ppx,44. B/w scraperboard illustrations by Tom O'Reilly. Pictorial black cloth gilt. Limited to 500 numbered copies.
This very readable little book "is a snapshot into John Bailey's best experiences with this remarkable species. The book takes the reader west tothe Wye, east to the Czech Republic and south to Spain with a clutch of rivers in between." A lively work with much strong opinion and exciting incident which takes the reader to many unusual venues. A slim volume which is limited to only 500 copies, signed and numbered by publisher and illustrator, Tom O'Reilly. The publisher has now sold out and we have just a few copies remaining.
Bailey (John).
B001RX2P02.
Un-numbered review copy, signed by both the publisher, Tom O'Reilly, and the author, John Bailey. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper.
The Little Egret Press.
St Germans, Cornwall.