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Condizione: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Very Good. 1775556992. 4/7/2026 10:16:32 AM.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1984). 1984 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp204. B/w illustrations by George Woodford. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Ex-library copy with usual stamps and faults, some browning but a good copy in dust-wrapper. "Frank Sawyer was a man of Wiltshire - fisherman, river-keeper, inventor, naturalist, writer, broadcaster and countryman. He seldom strayed far in his 73 years from the villages of the valley of the upper Avon where he was born and died. But his fame spread across the world. He will be remembered for the way in which, with his tiny nymphs, he advanced the delicate art of fly fishing; but he was much more than a fisherman. He was a true countryman, full of wisdom and country lore, and loved the river Avon and the wild creatures who lived by and in it." Chapters include: Part One - Boyhood: Early days at the Mill Cottage; Snaring big pike with father; Tickling trout; Fly fishing and the pike that bit; An idyll at Latton; The untearable suit; Disaster with a wasps' nest; sunstroke, moorhens, and jackboots; 'Alfy's in the water, Alfy's gone'; The great eel; The end of boyhood. Part Two - Manhood: Sawyer in his teens; The Twenties and Thirties; Sir Grimwood Mears; Fishing for television; Keeper of the stream; How to tie the Sawyer nymphs - Pheasant Tail Nymph, Grey Goose, Grayling or Killer Bug; fishing the Sawyer way; Relationships - Charles Ritz, Alex Behrendt, Oliver Kite, Howard Marshall, Wally Read; The river keeper - how the Avon was revived; The buried treasure; The humane trap; The Sawyer that I knew. .

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1987). (1984) 1987 paperback reprint. 8vo paperback (156 x 234mm). Pp204. B/w illustrations. Slight wear but solidly intact, second-hand paperback. "Frank Sawyer was a man of Wiltshire - fisherman, river-keeper, inventor, naturalist, writer, broadcaster and countryman. He seldom strayed far in his 73 years from the villages of the valley of the upper Avon where he was born and died. But his fame spread across the world. He will be remembered for the way in which, with his tiny nymphs, he advanced the delicate art of fly fishing; but he was much more than a fisherman. He was a true countryman, full of wisdom and country lore, and loved the river Avon and the wild creatures who lived by and in it." Chapters include: Part One - Boyhood: Early days at the Mill Cottage; Snaring big pike with father; Tickling trout; Fly fishing and the pike that bit; An idyll at Latton; The untearable suit; Disaster with a wasps' nest; sunstroke, moorhens, and jackboots; 'Alfy's in the water, Alfy's gone'; The great eel; The end of boyhood. Part Two - Manhood: Sawyer in his teens; The Twenties and Thirties; Sir Grimwood Mears; Fishing for television; Keeper of the stream; How to tie the Sawyer nymphs - Pheasant Tail Nymph, Grey Goose, Grayling or Killer Bug; Fishing the Sawyer way; Relationships - Charles Ritz, Alex Behrendt, Oliver Kite, Howard Marshall, Wally Read; The river keeper - how the Avon was revived; The buried treasure; The humane trap; The Sawyer that I knew. .

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Good hardcover. No DJ. HARD TO FIND ORIGINAL 1894 PRINTING. 279 illustrations. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Spine edge wear. Hinge cracked but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984). 1984 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp204. B/w illustrations by George Woodford. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Slightly bumped, slight browning and name to end-paper. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. "Frank Sawyer was a man of Wiltshire - fisherman, river-keeper, inventor, naturalist, writer, broadcaster and countryman. He seldom strayed far in his 73 years from the villages of the valley of the upper Avon where he was born and died. But his fame spread across the world. He will be remembered for the way in which, with his tiny nymphs, he advanced the delicate art of fly fishing; but he was much more than a fisherman. He was a true countryman, full of wisdom and country lore, and loved the river Avon and the wild creatures who lived by and in it." Chapters include: Part One - Boyhood: Early days at the Mill Cottage; Snaring big pike with father; Tickling trout; Fly fishing and the pike that bit; An idyll at Latton; The untearable suit; Disaster with a wasps' nest; sunstroke, moorhens, and jackboots; 'Alfy's in the water, Alfy's gone'; The great eel; The end of boyhood. Part Two - Manhood: Sawyer in his teens; The Twenties and Thirties; Sir Grimwood Mears; Fishing for television; Keeper of the stream; How to tie the Sawyer nymphs - Pheasant Tail Nymph, Grey Goose, Grayling or Killer Bug; fishing the Sawyer way; Relationships - Charles Ritz, Alex Behrendt, Oliver Kite, Howard Marshall, Wally Read; The river keeper - how the Avon was revived; The buried treasure; The humane trap; The Sawyer that I knew. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1992). 1992 1st edition. 4to (195 x 255mm). Pp176. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, maps, bibliography, pale blue end-papers. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight lean to spine, slight marks to edges. Good-plus in shelf-rubbed dust-wrapper. "Following a detailed instructional chapter on chalk-stream fishing techniques, [the author] describes the rivers of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Berkshire and Yorkshire. There is information on how to obtain permits and choose the best location, and advice on tactics and fly patterns." .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1992). 1992 1st edition. 4to (195 x 255mm). Pp176. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, maps, bibliography. Pale blue end-papers, blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "Following a detailed instructional chapter on chalk-stream fishing techniques, [the author] describes the rivers of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Berkshire and Yorkshire. There is information on how to obtain permits and choose the best location, and advice on tactics and fly patterns." .

Condizione: New. In.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1992). 1992 1st edition. 4to (195 x 255mm). Pp176. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, maps, bibliography. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults. Slightly browned else very good in dust-wrapper. "Following a detailed instructional chapter on chalk-stream fishing techniques, [the author] describes the rivers of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Berkshire and Yorkshire. There is information on how to obtain permits and choose the best location, and advice on tactics and fly patterns." .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984). 1984 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp204. B/w illustrations by George Woodford. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Top edge slightly dusty else very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "Frank Sawyer was a man of Wiltshire - fisherman, river-keeper, inventor, naturalist, writer, broadcaster and countryman. He seldom strayed far in his 73 years from the villages of the valley of the upper Avon where he was born and died. But his fame spread across the world. He will be remembered for the way in which, with his tiny nymphs, he advanced the delicate art of fly fishing; but he was much more than a fisherman. He was a true countryman, full of wisdom and country lore, and loved the river Avon and the wild creatures who lived by and in it." Chapters include: Part One - Boyhood: Early days at the Mill Cottage; Snaring big pike with father; Tickling trout; Fly fishing and the pike that bit; An idyll at Latton; The untearable suit; Disaster with a wasps' nest; sunstroke, moorhens, and jackboots; 'Alfy's in the water, Alfy's gone'; The great eel; The end of boyhood. Part Two - Manhood: Sawyer in his teens; The Twenties and Thirties; Sir Grimwood Mears; Fishing for television; Keeper of the stream; How to tie the Sawyer nymphs - Pheasant Tail Nymph, Grey Goose, Grayling or Killer Bug; fishing the Sawyer way; Relationships - Charles Ritz, Alex Behrendt, Oliver Kite, Howard Marshall, Wally Read; The river keeper - how the Avon was revived; The buried treasure; The humane trap; The Sawyer that I knew. .

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. This book is about Frank Sawyer and the impact he had in the development of nymph fishing.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st ed. 204pp. Illus dwgs by George Woodford throughout. Insc'n to a previous owner from Peter Robinson on ffep. A little glue sediment at bottom of ffep. O/w VG+/VG+ dw. The story of a man of Wiltshire - fisherman, river-keeper, inventor, naturalist, writer, broadcaster and countryman. The first part is Frank Sawyer's own account of his boyhood mainly previously unpublished & edited by Sidney Vines, an old friend. The second part deals with his life & achievements where biographical material by SV is interspersed with extracts from some of Sawyer's more important writing - on nymph fishing & river-keeping.

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Batsford. London. 1992. First edition, Pp176. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, maps, bibliography. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Jacket is clipped With covers and inside EXCELLENT CLEAN TIGHT READING ORDER AS NEW. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour dispatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First edition, British issue. Hardcover in dust jacket. Pages free of marking. Nice condition overall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Some light wear to dustjacket, some ruffling to edges, boards very good and internally good.

Condizione: New.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardback. Condizione: nrFine. Condizione sovraccoperta: nrFine DW. 1st Edition. Book and dustwrapper/dustjacket are in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Blue cloth with gilt spine titles; 8vo; 204pp; illustrated with drawings by George Woodford; photographic dust jacket. Sawyer spent his life along the Wiltshire Avon where he became head keeper to the Officer's Fishing Association. For years he made notes of his observations and experiences resulting in this fascinating account of British fly fishing. His book, "Nymphs and the Trout" is a classic in its genre. This copy in near fine condition in like jacket.

Hardcover book, 6 1/2" x 9 1/2", illustrations by George Woodford, dust wrapper and book are both fine; 204 pgs. fp l lb. Book.

Hardback, 9.5 x 6 inches. Bound in original cloth binding, with original dustwrapper. In very good condition. Not Price clipped. Inside generally very clean & tight. Size 24cm x 16cm 203 pages.

Condizione: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.75.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

A hard back publication of 204 pages 8vo. with illustrations by George Woodford. Both book and complete d / w have only the most minor of defects.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand pp. 68.