HOOKED ON FLOATS 1860 - 1960: VINTAGE AND ANTIQUE FISHING FLOATS FROM 1860 TO 1960. A COLLECTOR'S COMPANION. By Jeff Della Mura.

2012 1st edition. 8vo (170 x 246mm). Pp431. Colour photographs throughout, colour and b/w illustrations, bibliography, silk marker ribbon. Red cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 340 signed and numbered copies.

"The aim of this book is to celebrate the fishing float and explore much of who made what, where, when and why. We will look into what shaped 100 years of angling's most humble artifact and meet with some of the best known, most outstanding and most intriguing examples. If you are enchanted by old fishing tackle; if you appreciate nostalgia; if you ever caught a fish using a float; if you are a collector, an investor, a light browser or a deep reader - or simply a curious float fan, then this book is most definitely one for you." A handsomely produced book on floats and float collecting, their history and potential future. A mine of good information on floats made by well known companies as well as private individuals and those of unknown origin. A great limited edition book that quickly sold out and is becoming harder to find. Chapters include: Personal Reflections - Individual views on that most humble of angling artefacts; Collectors' corner - buying, landmark features, care and repair; The classic styles; Fantastic in plastic; The same but different - going under, the world over; The innovators - the weird, the wonderful and the plain dubious; The DIY brigade - builders, decorators and dabblers; Mysteries and UFO's - a few Unidentified Floating Objects; Where to now? - tomorrow's treasures considered today; Bibliography. * All copies of both the standard and de luxe edition had a very minor printing fault where a small grey line was transferred across from the title-page to the blank page opposite. The first few copies to be sold were sent out like this, however in all the remaining copies the author tipped in a photograph onto this page to cover this very minor fault.