A few old books,

Right i know theres a few people knowlegdable on fishing books on here. So does anyone have a clue if these books listed are worth anything or of any value at all, (not necesserily money) if you see what i mean? (excuse the spelling).

First Edition - Country Of The Thames by Annan ****son

First Edition - Fly Fishing For Duffers by R.D Peck

First Edition - Fly Tying: Priciples and Practice by Burrard

Second Edition - Fly Tying: Priciples and Practice by Burrard

And last but definatly not least,

Where to Fish (1951-1952) by W.G Luscombe
I thought this book was brilliant by the way!

Any help would be great, my dad picked them all up for about 25p each in a book sale somewhere. Not bothered really about values but its always nice to know so any help would be great!

Thanks,

Christian + Dad

Christian,
The easy way to get an idea of what a dealer would charge is to look on bookfinder.com You search by title, subject or author.

See if you can find a copy of a dictionary when you're next at a sale!

I don't think the books are very valuable but that doesn't matter.

At 25p a book you have certainly got a good investment. Such books, depending on the condition, often sell for ?10 at least.

And you might be able to flog them to a specialist book seller for around ?3 to ?5.

Cheers Ron and Mark,
Mark i like that bookfinder.com very useful.

btw turns out fly fishing for duffers 1st ed is selling for between ?28 and ?38!

Christian, sounds like you've netted yourself some bargains!

If you want to keep them as a modest investment, you will need to store them safely.

Have a look at this...

Looking After Old Books

To be honest though, I'd hang on to them. I reckon I've probably re-read all of my collection several times.

Remember there is so much to know in fishing and so little time. Fishing books are a valuable reference for life, however dated some of the techniques may 'appear' to be.

Hope that helps...