David charles newton abbot devon 1982 (16 risultati)

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 rainbows; 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 reservoirs; 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 rainbows; 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 reservoirs; 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. 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 rainbows; 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 reservoirs; 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 (145 x 222mm). Pp136. B/w photographs & illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Ex-library usual stamps and faults but a good copy in 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. . …

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. .…

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 (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. .…

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 else very good in slightly used and 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. .…

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

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. 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).…

Condizione: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 192 printed pages of text. Spine ends turned-in, age browning to the page edges, very light ghosting to the free end papers. Near Very Good condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0715381539 IRELAND (Éire).…

Condizione: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 9½" x 6¼" 320 pages. ISBN 0715382241. Colour and monochrome photographic illustrations. SIGNED by the author to title page 'Angela Rippon'. Without inscription. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. EQUINE & EQUESTRIANISM.…

Condizione: Very Good. First UK edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy paper covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 319 pp with monochrome illustrations and drawings throughout. Water marks to the upper spine end, lower spine end scuffed. Near Very Good condition book in near Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading down the spine, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0715378643 ARCHAEOLOGY. …

Condizione: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 9" x 6¼" 392 pp. ISBN 0715381776. Monochrome photographic illustrations on semi-glossy paper. Fine in Fine dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. NAUTICAL (Shipbuilding).…