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Here is a list of the 13 books written by Peter Stone.

1961 - Rod Making
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1963 - Legering
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1963 - Bream and Barbel
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1964 - A Guide to Coarse Fishing
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1969 - Coarse Fishing (Illustrated Teach Yourself)
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1969 - Specimen Fish (How to Catch Them)
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1973 - Come Fishing With Me
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1975 - Bream
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1978 - Gravel Pit Angling
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1983 - Fishing for big Chub
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1997 - Old Father Thames
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2002 - Along The Way
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2006 - The Stone Walker Letters
(He worked on these letters in the 80's and 90's and the book was published after his death)
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He also wrote Along the Way (Medlar - 2002). The text of A Guide to Coarse Fishing and Coarse Fishing (Teach Yourself) are identical as far as I know. I remember a friend of mine getting the paperback of the former in about 1968 and both of us being fascinated by it, we were about 11 and 12 at the time.

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Thanks for the missing book DaceAce, I don't know how I missed that one, I have updated the first post.

Looking at the two books you mention the contents page lists the same chapters.
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Along the Way is the only one I don't have. I looked at it on a Medlar stand at the Game Fair many years ago and wasn't impressed enough to justify the price. The layout of the two books I mention is different as are the pictures.

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I'm missing three out of the thirteen.

Specimen Fish
Come Fishing With Me
Along The Way
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Come Fishing With Me is a great read.

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Mark wrote:I'm missing three out of the thirteen.

Specimen Fish
Come Fishing With Me
Along The Way
I just need the following two books and I will have them all.

Specimen Fish
Along The Way
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What a lovely little book is ‘Come Fishing With Me’!

I picked up a jacket-less copy a while ago and have had it by the bed in recent evenings, dipping in and out a chapter at a time. Peter Stone talks about wanting to write something like Fred J Taylor’s ‘Favourite Swims’ and he certainly achieved a classic.

I particularly enjoyed the chapter ‘The Gravel Pit’ where he describes a season-long campaign after the roach. Really thought-provoking, where he discusses how roach in a clear pit can clear every maggot except yours on a hook (witnessed this at Tom Thumb forty years ago) and also how they sometimes feed only well after dark in the winter. Seen this as well; you could be forgiven to think there are no fish in a pit if you fish regular hours.

Fascinating and highly recommended if you can find a copy.
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Everyone likes a bookshelf! Here are some others I picked up in the same bundle as the Peter Stone book - a nice haul!

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I think this chap must’ve done, such a tragedy but then I guess it brought the price down for me and they read the same!
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