Crowood press marlborough (Oltre 1300 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Marlborough, United Kingdom: Crowood Press, Limited, The. Pages are clean, tight and bright. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1992. (298-A). Illustrated B&W Drawings & Photographs (illustratore).

hardcover. 1st. Tall 8vo, 248 pp. Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. Profusely illustrated (illustratore).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2002). 2002 1st edition. Large 8vo (171 x 241mm). Pp208. 70 colour plates by the author. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Front of dust-wrapper completely faded but internally very good. Seventy excellent colour plates of natural and artificial flies, mostly of interest to the river fisherman, enhanced by paintings of bankside plants. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2009). 2009 1st edition. 8vo paperback (139 x 216mm). Pp144. Colour photographs, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Slight fading to cover else good clean second-hand paperback. An up to date and rather detailed guide to keeping ducks and geese on a small scale. Chapters include: Making a start; Selecting and purchasing the right breeds; Housing, grass runs and ponds; Feeding; Breeding, hatching and rearing; Health and hygiene; Showing and exhibiting; Ornamental waterfowl. Many good pictures and diagrams. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2008). 2008 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp158. Colour photographs, b/w illustrations by Rebecca Lyne. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Smells musty, spotting to end-paper, damp marks to boards and rear of dust-wrapper but very good. This book "provides you with all the information you are likely to need. Covers the lures themselves, tackle and techniques. Contains chapters on using lures to catch pike, zander, chub, perch and other coarse fish species, as well as salmon, trout and sea trout. Considers boat fishing, advanced big-water trolling, sea fishing and big game fishing. Discusses jerkbait fishing, rubber jigs and lures, lightweight lure fishing the use of hybrid lures". Contributions by James Holgate and Gord Burton on lure-fishing for pike in large waters, Dave Steuart on spinning for salmon, particularly in South Country rivers, Fred J.Taylor on spinning for trout, and David Bird on lure fishing for big-game species. Very strong on pike fishing but with good sections on light-tackle spinning for other species, and with much on Barrie's fishing adventures abroad, especially on Lake Nasser and in Australia and South America. The foreword is by John Wilson. . Lyne, Rebecca (illustratore).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2003). 2003 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp160. Colour and b/w photographs. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight marks to edges but very good in slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. From eel and tench expert to captain of the England flyfishing team, author of ten fishing books including the excellent "Guide to fly patterns" series, carp and barbel specimen hunter, haunter of Irish loughs for salmon, trout and pike, and successful angling businessman. "In his semi-retirement years Bob has taken a look back at his fishing life: a story that will be of interest to any true angler, be they a game or coarse fisherman. Travel with Bob through a lifetime of fishing not only in the UK and Ireland, but in many other countries, too. Bob has travelled around the world in both directions fly fishing for trout: after reading what it was like, you may wish to [follow in] his footsteps." Chapters include: Looking back; Eels and tench; Pike; My fly fishing adventure; Trout; Competition; Salmon and sea trout; World travel; The west of Ireland - the place for me; More river fishing; At last a taste for carp. .…

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition. nf w/o dust jacket as issued. unused; no marks, not remaindered, not exlib, etc. nf trade paperback.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Blue cloth-effect boards, lettered in gold foil. As issued, pictorial dust jacket (showing minor surface rubbing) now in mylar. 1999 (likely 2nd) ptg. 144 pp., illus. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2003). 2003 1st edition. 8vo (144 x 222mm). Pp96. B/w photographs, illustrations. Laminated boards. Slightly rubbed but very good. This is a "concise, no-nonsense guide to ferrets and ferreting." Contents include: Housing; Adoption; Food and feeding; Breeding; Handling; Introduction to ferreting; Equipment; Obtaining hunting rights; The art of ferreting; Dressing the kill; To the table; Health and welfare. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 8vo (170 x 243mm). Pp158. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight lean to spine, stains to boards, pages unobtrusively cockled. Good working copy in used dust-wrapper. Stalking trout on small stillwaters, fly patterns etc. Chapters include: Bill Sibbons: portrait of an artist; A day on the water; Know your water; Tackle that works; The eyes have it; Fishing the small fly; The small stillwater year; Fifteen years of successful patterns; Good companions. With a foreword by Barrie Welham. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1995). 1995 1st edition. 4to (195 x 255mm). Pp192. Colour photographs, illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Edges slightly dusty, end-papers marked. Good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. A complete guide to carp fishing explaining all the essentials, from carp behaviour and locating fish, through tackle choice and tactics, to playing and landing. Also covers rigs, baits, particle fishing, long-range carping, weedy waters, floater fishing and winter carp fishing. .…

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. Large 8vo (170 x 242mm). Pp171 + 3pp ads. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w line illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Marks to edges, some use, end-paper excised. Good copy in creased, spine-faded dust-wrapper. While discussing other types of stillwaters, Alan Pearson really specialised in catching big trout from comparitively small lakes such as Avington. He was at the forefront of the small stillwater boom of the 1980s, catching many huge rainbows. Chapters include: Angles on tradition; Angles on tackle; Angles on rainbows; Angles on water temperatures; Angles on the tactical approach; Angles on flies; Angles on new patterns; Angles on seasonality; Angles on angling etiquette; Angles on records. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2002). 2002 1st edition. Large 8vo (171 x 241mm). Pp208. 70 colour plates by the author. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in spine-faded & slightly used dust-wrapper. Seventy excellent colour plates of natural and artificial flies, mostly of interest to the river fisherman, enhanced by paintings of bankside plants. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2008). 2008 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp158. Colour photographs, b/w illustrations by Rebecca Lyne. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good copy in dust-wrapper. This book "provides you with all the information you are likely to need. Covers the lures themselves, tackle and techniques. Contains chapters on using lures to catch pike, zander, chub, perch and other coarse fish species, as well as salmon, trout and sea trout. Considers boat fishing, advanced big-water trolling, sea fishing and big game fishing. Discusses jerkbait fishing, rubber jigs and lures, lightweight lure fishing the use of hybrid lures". Contributions by James Holgate and Gord Burton on lure-fishing for pike in large waters, Dave Steuart on spinning for salmon, particularly in South Country rivers, Fred J.Taylor on spinning for trout, and David Bird on lure fishing for big-game species. Very strong on pike fishing but with good sections on light-tackle spinning for other species, and with much on Barrie's fishing adventures abroad, especially on Lake Nasser and in Australia and South America. The foreword is by John Wilson. . Lyne, Rebecca (illustratore).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1991). 1991 1st edition. 4to (195 x 254mm). Pp141 + 2pp ads. Colour and b/w photographs. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, smells slightly musty from long storage but good-plus in used dust-wrapper. Continues the quests of Bailey's previous book "In wild waters." Ferox and char, Irish pike and trout, wild carp and mahseer. A companion to the Granada television programme of the same name. "Casting for Gold is the record of two years' fishing in wild, exotic places, for equally wild and often rare fish species. .The book takes us on a great fishing expedition in passionate search of the quarry, starting in the west of Ireland and through the Scottish Highlands fishing for ferox, then, down through Europe and out in to the Balkans for encounters with wild carp and a great catfish. The finale is a hunt for the legendary mahseer of the Ganges." A good, well-written book of angling tales. The dust-wrapper illustration of a fighting mahseer is by Chris Turnbull. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 8vo (170 x 243mm). Pp158. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. Stalking trout on small stillwaters, fly patterns etc. Chapters include: Bill Sibbons: portrait of an artist; A day on the water; Know your water; Tackle that works; The eyes have it; Fishing the small fly; The small stillwater year; Fifteen years of successful patterns; Good companions. With a foreword by Barrie Welham. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 8vo (170 x 243mm). Pp158. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Gift inscription to end-paper. Good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. Stalking trout on small stillwaters, fly patterns etc. Chapters include: Bill Sibbons: portrait of an artist; A day on the water; Know your water; Tackle that works; The eyes have it; Fishing the small fly; The small stillwater year; Fifteen years of successful patterns; Good companions. With a foreword by Barrie Welham. . …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First. 8vo. Slight bump to top of front joint. Slight cocking. Dw has creasing to top of spine. Pc. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. 2" closed tear to upper right of jacket's front panel, bump to bottom of spine. ; Illus. , jacket now in a clear protector; 207 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Revised Edition. The book is in good condition with a sturdy hardcover binding. There is some visible wear on the cover, but the spine is intact and the pages are clean. No dust jacket is included, and there are no inscriptions or library markings. unknown (no dust jacket visible).…

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2005). 2005 1st edition. 8vo. Pp96. B/w photographs, illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine new copy. "This concise book, written by an experienced ferret owner and breeder, provides the reader with a wealth of information about all aspects of the ferret's care and management. .Essential reading for all those who keep ferrets, or are considering keeping them." PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 9.99.…

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2009). 2009 1st edition. 8vo paperback (139 x 216mm). Pp144. Colour photographs, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Mint new copy. An up to date and rather detailed guide to keeping ducks and geese on a small scale. Chapters include: Making a start; Selecting and purchasing the right breeds; Housing, grass runs and ponds; Feeding; Breeding, hatching and rearing; Health and hygiene; Showing and exhibiting; Ornamental waterfowl. Many good pictures and diagrams. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 10.99.…

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2012). 2012 1st edition. 4to paperback (190 x 246mm). Pp144. Colour photographs throughout, brief bibliography. Fine new unread paperback. A detailed guide, for the smallholder and backyard poultry-keeper, to dozens of traditional British breeds of chickens and ducks. The ancestry and uses of each breed are discussed, as well as other points of practical insterest. The book is divided into five sections: British poultry breeds, history and definition; The uses of British poultry breeds; Domestic fowl A-Z; Domestic fowl, auto-sexing breeds; Waterfowl, domestic ducks and geese. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 16.99.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2010). 2010 1st edition. Large 8vo (173 x 242mm). Pp111. Colour photographs and b/w illustrations throughout. Laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper. Mint unread copy. This is a good guide to simple hutch and pen building, anybody can do it. A totally practical guide to building arks, pens and aviaries: simple, direct construction methods requiring little skill and no craftsmanly self-respect. The author also makes numerous relevant observations about the practical needs of each sort of livestock, giving examples from his own experience. A very useful book with a great many explanatory photographs. Chapters include: Basic chicken house; Chicken run; Dog kennel; Bantam chicken house; Dovecote; Rabbit hutch; Aviary; Ferret house; Quail housing; Duck house; Goose house; Brooder box for rearing chicks. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 14.99.…

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2008). 2008 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp158. Colour photographs, b/w illustrations by Rebecca Lyne. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. This book "provides you with all the information you are likely to need. Covers the lures themselves, tackle and techniques. Contains chapters on using lures to catch pike, zander, chub, perch and other coarse fish species, as well as salmon, trout and sea trout. Considers boat fishing, advanced big-water trolling, sea fishing and big game fishing. Discusses jerkbait fishing, rubber jigs and lures, lightweight lure fishing the use of hybrid lures". Contributions by James Holgate and Gord Burton on lure-fishing for pike in large waters, Dave Steuart on spinning for salmon, particularly in South Country rivers, Fred J.Taylor on spinning for trout, and David Bird on lure fishing for big-game species. Very strong on pike fishing but with good sections on light-tackle spinning for other species, and with much on Barrie's fishing adventures abroad, especially on Lake Nasser and in Australia and South America. The foreword is by John Wilson. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 19.95. Lyne, Rebecca (illustratore).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2008). 2008 1st edition. 4to. Pp192. Colour photographs & b/w illustrations. Black cloth. Fine in dust-wrapper. "The Guinness Book of World Records cites a huge Nile Perch weighing. 510lb. as being caught by local fishermen on Lake Victoria. Moreover, on Lake Nasser, in Egypt, a number of Nile Perch weighing well in excess of 200lb have been caught [on Lake Nasser]. and the largest perch reliably reported by the Egyptian fisheries department is a massive 378lb". Includes a list of Nasser's top twenty fish, to 230lb. This first book dealing with the subject is a practical and useful guide totackling these immense and forbidding predators. Covers tackle and techniques in detail, something of the story of angling at Lake Nasser, as well as the biology and ecology of the Nile Perch. Many of the lake's other quarry species are also mentioned, including (very large) carp and (huge) vundu catfish, bottle-nosed bream, tilapia and others. "The authors [also] present pointers about travelling to other locations for Nile Perch,such as Murchison Falls in Uganda", as well as John Wilson's account of his enormous captures there. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 19.95.…

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2007). (1984) 2007 reprint. 4to (185 x 252mm). Pp133. Full-page colour plates and b/w illustrations by Chris Turnbull. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. Chapters on barbel, bream, carp, chub, dace, eels, perch, pike, roach, rudd and tench. Beautifully illustrated with full-page plates by Chris Turnbull. Certainly one of John Bailey's best books. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 19.95.…

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2005). 2005 1st edition. Pp160. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations. Laminated boards. Fine. "Care of the Dog is a manual for responsible dog owners, covering the ancestry of the dog and benefits of dog ownership, before considering the choice of breed and how to acquire your new companion. There are extensive sections on puppy training, general training, feeding and welfare, as well as important subjects such as travel, security and old age. Further chapters include activities such as socialising classes, obedience training, agility, field trials, track and lure racing." PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 14.99.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2003). 2003 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp160. Colour and b/w photographs. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine in dust-wrapper. From eel and tench expert to captain of the England flyfishing team, author of ten fishing books including the excellent "Guide to fly patterns" series, carp and barbel specimen hunter, haunter of Irish loughs for salmon, trout and pike, and successful angling businessman. "In his semi-retirement years Bob has taken a look back at his fishing life: a story that will be of interest to any true angler, be they a game or coarse fisherman. Travel with Bob through a lifetime of fishing not only in the UK and Ireland, but in many other countries, too. Bob has travelled around the world in both directions fly fishing for trout: after reading what it was like, you may wish to [follow in] his footsteps." Chapters include:- Looking back; Eels and tench; Pike; My fly fishing adventure; Trout; Competition; Salmon and sea trout; World travel; The west of Ireland - the place for me; More river fishing; At last a taste for carp. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 19.95. …

Condizione: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2002). 2002 1st edition. Large 8vo (171 x 241mm). Pp208. 70 colour plates by the author. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. New unread copy in dust-wrapper. Seventy excellent colour plates of natural and artificial flies, mostly of interest to the river fisherman, enhanced by paintings of bankside plants. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 19.95.…