david charles 1982 newton abbot (48 risultati)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 8vo (139 x 222mm). Pp180. B/w photograph plates. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Ex-library usual stamps and faults. Working copy in like dust-wrapper. A good collection of 48 of Dick Walker's trout fishing articles, here collected together in book form for the first time. Part One, The ways of the trout: The mind of the trout; The trout's window; Key colours for selective trout; Rise-forms in still waters; Runaway raindbows; Not-so-simple stockies. Part Two, In general: Reservoirs, the more the merrier; Are you catching your share of fish?; Big trout or just trout?; Why we get smash-takes; Learn to cast a long line and to dress your own flies. Part Three, Tackle. Part Four, Tactics: Hand or reel?; More ways than one with non-risers; Feel for trout and catch more; How to dodge those out of order rainbows; Small stream tactics; May on the reservervoirs; When it pays not to drift; Dry fly and the upstream mend; How many flies make a cast?; Enigmas of the lure. Part Five, Flies; Trout flies the easy way; There's imitation and adulteration; The cult of the dry fly; No more exact imitation; In search of the ideal hackle; A place in the fly box; Picking the Chinaman; The dry fly on still waters; The truth about mayfly nymphs; Make your mark with a mayfly; The paradox of the fish imitating nymph; The Ghost Swift Moth; The weighted nymph. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 8vo (139 x 222mm). Pp180. B/w photograph plates. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Slightly used and tanned, smells strongly of tobacco. Good only. A good collection of 48 of Dick Walker's trout fishing articles, here collected together in book form for the first time. Part One, The ways of the trout: The mind of the trout; The trout's window; Key colours for selective trout; Rise-forms in still waters; Runaway raindbows; Not-so-simple stockies. Part Two, In general: Reservoirs, the more the merrier; Are you catching your share of fish?; Big trout or just trout?; Why we get smash-takes; Learn to cast a long line and to dress your own flies. Part Three, Tackle. Part Four, Tactics: Hand or reel?; More ways than one with non-risers; Feel for trout and catch more; How to dodge those out of order rainbows; Small stream tactics; May on the reservervoirs; When it pays not to drift; Dry fly and the upstream mend; How many flies make a cast?; Enigmas of the lure. Part Five, Flies; Trout flies the easy way; There's imitation and adulteration; The cult of the dry fly; No more exact imitation; In search of the ideal hackle; A place in the fly box; Picking the Chinaman; The dry fly on still waters; The truth about mayfly nymphs; Make your mark with a mayfly; The paradox of the fish imitating nymph; The Ghost Swift Moth; The weighted nymph. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). (1982) 1983 reprint. 8vo (139 x 222mm). Pp180. B/w photograph plates. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults. Good-plus in slightly used / stained dust-wrapper. A good collection of 48 of Dick Walker's trout fishing articles, here collected together in book form for the first time. Part One, The ways of the trout: The mind of the trout; The trout's window; Key colours for selective trout; Rise-forms in still waters; Runaway raindbows; Not-so-simple stockies. Part Two, In general: Reservoirs, the more the merrier; Are you catching your share of fish?; Big trout or just trout?; Why we get smash-takes; Learn to cast a long line and to dress your own flies. Part Three, Tackle. Part Four, Tactics: Hand or reel?; More ways than one with non-risers; Feel for trout and catch more; How to dodge those out of order rainbows; Small stream tactics; May on the reservervoirs; When it pays not to drift; Dry fly and the upstream mend; How many flies make a cast?; Enigmas of the lure. Part Five, Flies; Trout flies the easy way; There's imitation and adulteration; The cult of the dry fly; No more exact imitation; In search of the ideal hackle; A place in the fly box; Picking the Chinaman; The dry fly on still waters; The truth about mayfly nymphs; Make your mark with a mayfly; The paradox of the fish imitating nymph; The Ghost Swift Moth; The weighted nymph. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 8vo (139 x 222mm). Pp180. B/w photograph plates. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, slight use and tanning to end-paper and edges. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. A good collection of 48 of Dick Walker's trout fishing articles, here collected together in book form for the first time. Part One, The ways of the trout: The mind of the trout; The trout's window; Key colours for selective trout; Rise-forms in still waters; Runaway raindbows; Not-so-simple stockies. Part Two, In general: Reservoirs, the more the merrier; Are you catching your share of fish?; Big trout or just trout?; Why we get smash-takes; Learn to cast a long line and to dress your own flies. Part Three, Tackle. Part Four, Tactics: Hand or reel?; More ways than one with non-risers; Feel for trout and catch more; How to dodge those out of order rainbows; Small stream tactics; May on the reservervoirs; When it pays not to drift; Dry fly and the upstream mend; How many flies make a cast?; Enigmas of the lure. Part Five, Flies; Trout flies the easy way; There's imitation and adulteration; The cult of the dry fly; No more exact imitation; In search of the ideal hackle; A place in the fly box; Picking the Chinaman; The dry fly on still waters; The truth about mayfly nymphs; Make your mark with a mayfly; The paradox of the fish imitating nymph; The Ghost Swift Moth; The weighted nymph. .

1st.uk hardback edition,book and dust jacket both fine with one corner bumped,there is no inscription.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. VG PB 1st. Book.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp192. B/w photographs, line illustrations by Baz East. Dark blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. "A down-to earth, practical book about catching sea fish from our coastline. .will smooth the path for any prospective shore caster." Chapters include: Shorefishing around our coastline; The modern tackle market; Rod types and how to choose them; Suitable reels for shorefishing; Other essential accessories; The angler's personal equipment; All about bait; Natural elements which affect shorefishing; The art of safe, trouble-free casting; Fish which may be caught from our shoreline; Successful methods, rigs and bait; Shore lore, night fishing and safety precautions. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 8vo (139 x 222mm). Pp180. B/w photograph plates. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults. Very good in dust-wrapper. A good collection of 48 of Dick Walker's trout fishing articles, here collected together in book form for the first time. Part One, The ways of the trout: The mind of the trout; The trout's window; Key colours for selective trout; Rise-forms in still waters; Runaway raindbows; Not-so-simple stockies. Part Two, In general: Reservoirs, the more the merrier; Are you catching your share of fish?; Big trout or just trout?; Why we get smash-takes; Learn to cast a long line and to dress your own flies. Part Three, Tackle. Part Four, Tactics: Hand or reel?; More ways than one with non-risers; Feel for trout and catch more; How to dodge those out of order rainbows; Small stream tactics; May on the reservervoirs; When it pays not to drift; Dry fly and the upstream mend; How many flies make a cast?; Enigmas of the lure. Part Five, Flies; Trout flies the easy way; There's imitation and adulteration; The cult of the dry fly; No more exact imitation; In search of the ideal hackle; A place in the fly box; Picking the Chinaman; The dry fly on still waters; The truth about mayfly nymphs; Make your mark with a mayfly; The paradox of the fish imitating nymph; The Ghost Swift Moth; The weighted nymph. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp192. B/w photographs, line illustrations by Baz East. Dark blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight spotting to edges else very good in used dust-wrapper. "A down-to earth, practical book about catching sea fish from our coastline. .will smooth the path for any prospective shore caster." Chapters include: Shorefishing around our coastline; The modern tackle market; Rod types and how to choose them; Suitable reels for shorefishing; Other essential accessories; The angler's personal equipment; All about bait; Natural elements which affect shorefishing; The art of safe, trouble-free casting; Fish which may be caught from our shoreline; Successful methods, rigs and bait; Shore lore, night fishing and safety precautions. .

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. VG PB 1st. Book.

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, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Pp136. B/w photographs & illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Spotting to edges, slightly musty but good copy in dust-wrapper. Drawn from Colonel Pease's experience of fifteen years as a river-keeper on the Wiltshire Avon. "For some fifteen years Colonel Pease has been river keeper on a chalk stream and his 'leisure' has been put to very active use, facing and coping with the many difficulties that beset a lowland populated region. As a man who has been addicted to the pursuit of fish from his early youth, he provides interest for anglers and all those associated with rivers: the means he employs to mitigate the effects of pollution and weed, and the drought of 1973-76; his descriptions of the ecology of his stream and the effect upon it of man and other predators; the behaviour of trout observed at first hand as it affects their conservation and relations with fishermen and the creatures that comprise their food chain. The theme is the river but, as all anglers know, to catch fish you must know their waters, and what is relevant to the Wiltshire Avon applies to many rivers." Chapters include: As the river keeper sees it; Territory; Water; Water abstraction; Forage; The doldrums; Chalk; Weed; Growth; Fear; Predators; Stocking; The epoch of drought; Conclusions and reflections; Grayling. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 8vo (141 x 222mm). Pp136. B/w photographs and illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight spotting to edges, else very good in price-clipped, spine-faded dust-wrapper. Drawn from Col. Pease's experience of fifteen years as a river-keeper on the Wiltshire Avon. "For some fifteen years Colonel Pease has been river keeper on a chalk stream and his 'leisure' has been put to very active use, facing and coping with the many difficulties that beset a lowland populated region. As a man who has been addicted to the pursuit of fish from his early youth, he provides interest for anglers and all those associated with rivers: the means he employs to mitigate the effects of pollution and weed, and the drought of 1973-76; his descriptions of the ecology of his stream and the effect upon it of man and other predators; the behaviour of trout observed at first hand as it affects their conservation and relations with fishermen and the creatures that comprise their food chain. The theme is the river but, as all anglers know, to catch fish you must know their waters, and what is relevant to the Wiltshire Avon applies to many rivers." Chapters include: As the river keeper sees it; Territory; Water; Water abstraction; Forage; The doldrums; Chalk; Weed; Growth; Fear; Predators; Stocking; The epoch of drought; Conclusions and reflections; Grayling. .

First. Introduction by Dr. J.A. Coiley. Illustrated. 216pp. Maroon cloth with VG dj. One small smudge on front cover of dj. Owner's name whited out on free fep. Otherwise VG.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Pp136. B/w photographs & illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use/ minor fault but very good in slightly spine-faded/used dust-wrapper. Drawn from Col. Pease's experience of fifteen years as a river-keeper on the Wiltshire Avon. "For some fifteen years Colonel Pease has been river keeper on a chalk stream and his 'leisure' has been put to very active use, facing and coping with the many difficulties that beset a lowland populated region. As a man who has been addicted to the pursuit of fish from his early youth, he provides interest for anglers and all those associated with rivers: the means he employs to mitigate the effects of pollution and weed, and the drought of 1973-76; his descriptions of the ecology of his stream and the effect upon it of man and other predators; the behaviour of trout observed at first hand as it affects their conservation and relations with fishermen and the creatures that comprise their food chain. The theme is the river but, as all anglers know, to catch fish you must know their waters, and what is relevant to the Wiltshire Avon applies to many rivers." Chapters include: As the river keeper sees it; Territory; Water; Water abstraction; Forage; The doldrums; Chalk; Weed; Growth; Fear; Predators; Stocking; The epoch of drought; Conclusions and reflections; Grayling. .

First English edition. Knots, splices, rigging, chains on boats, and its modern development with terminals, turnbuckles, shackes and other hardware. Illustrated . 224pp. Blue cloth with vG dj. Owner's name neatly on free fep. otherwise near Fine.

Sketches, index; 48pp. orig. wrappers,

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp158. B/w photographs & illustrations. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use but very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "Clive Smith needs no introduction: he is one of the best championship anglers we have.". The author gives blow by blow accounts of some famous championships, with much useful technical advice. Chapters include: The Embassy Challenge; The BAA Annual; The Ladbroke Championships; The Courage Championships; The Sun Pro-Am Championships; TheNational Championships; The Winter Leagues; The Birmingham Angling Festival; My Favourite Match; The World Championships. .

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 4th Edition. 232pp. 590g. Black cloth boards with slight browning to page edges, Near FINE in a Near FINE d/w. with slight sun darkening to spine area and browning to top edge. Ilustrated with 46 b/w photographs plus drawings in the text, and maps including fold-out tipped in on rear paste-down.

VG/VG .not price-clipped. no inscriptions. internally, a lovely clean copy. 8vo. Lavishly illustrated in blackand white. The author tells her experience of sailing in the Tall Ships races, giving a detailed account of the 1980 race when 100's of ships assembled at Amsterdam.

2nd impression. 8vo. 248pp. B/w. illustrations, maps, folding map. Bookplate to front pastedown. Original boards. Pictorial d/w. with black band and white lettering, slightly rubbed to edges. ISBN 0715378503 US$15.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Celebrates the revival of the handmaking skills and small workshops which flourished up until the Industrial Revolution, covering lacemaking, spinning and weaving, hand knitting, textile printing, basket making, pottery, furniture making, metal and leather working, and cooking, examining both past and modern practices. 8vo. 232pp. many illustrations. Fine in near-fine d-w.

hardcover in good condition, endpapers lightly foxed, a few faint annotations in pencil, dustwrapper a little worn; 256pp.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). (1982) later reprint. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp159. B/w photographs, illustrations. Tan boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use but very good in like dust-wrapper. "A sound, sensible, well-written book by one who really knows her subject. .Here is understanding, affection and pride in good measure." Countryside Monthly. Chapters: Choosing a Jack Russell Terrier; Managing a puppy; Feeding dogs and puppies; Obedience training; Breeding; Shows and showing; Terriers in sport; Problem dogs; Accidents and ailments; The Terrier and the Rev. John Russell; The Jack Russell Terrier Club of Great Britain. .

Condizione: Very Good. 8vo hardcover 208pp index, b/w illus. very good, fep clipped. / very good d/w.

Hardcover. F. 8vo. 1st UK ed. 207mm x 117mm. Colour ilustrations throughout, laminated boards. A few ballpoint annotations.

First edition. Very good in good dustwrapper.

8vo; original green boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 159; plates. Dustwrapper slightly sunned; trace of foxing to dustwrapper and endpapers; snooker-related newspaper clippings mounted to endpapers; earlier owner's name signed on front pastedown. Good to very good condition. "In one of the most astonishing rags-to-riches stories of our time, the advent of colour television suddenly made snooker compulsive viewing for millions of people and its stars were recognised wherever they went. On hand to lead the jet-set was Ray Reardon, the right man in the right place at the right time. The new affluence brought both opportunities and problems, but elegant, meticulous Ray Reardon took it all in his stride, setting high standards for himself and others. He sold himself and the game to family audiences all over Britain and was a perfect ambassador abroad.".

8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and plans in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original emerald paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 216 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Slight foxing to the fore edge and end papers, small scratch mark to the front cover. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition panoramic dust wrapper with 30 mm closed tear to the front cover, light rubbing to the spine tips, slight sun fading to the spine, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0715381482 ROYAL NAVY (RN).