Swan hill press 1990 (27 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Condizione: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Condizione: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Condizione: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). (1959) 2004 2nd edition reprint. 8vo (140 x 209mm). Pp191. Illustrated with b&w woodcut chapter-heading vignettes. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. With a memoir of the author by his son, J.V.Luce. Very good. Large tear to rear of dust-wrapper. Beautifully written anecdotes and reflections on trout, salmon and sea-trout fishing in Ireland. Chapters include: Spring salmon in the Dublin district; The Finney river; The mountain tarn; The gillie; The western lakes; A day on Lough Conn; Dapping and trolling; The spate river; The ethics of angling. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 4to (185 x 248mm). Pp158. Colour and b/w photographs, maps. Grey-green boards, spine titled in gilt. Some browning. Good-plus in slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. Gazeteer of the best trout and sea trout rivers in Scotland. How to get there, amenities and tickets. "A wealth of practical information [about each river] with a lively personal account of many rivers, and many fish." ISBN wrongly given in the book as 1853100944 .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). (1959) 2004 2nd edition reprint. 8vo (140 x 209mm). Pp191. Illustrated with b&w woodcut chapter-heading vignettes. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. With a memoir of the author by his son, J.V.Luce. Very good in dust-wrapper. Beautifully written anecdotes and reflections on trout, salmon and sea-trout fishing in Ireland. Chapters include: Spring salmon in the Dublin district; The Finney river; The mountain tarn; The gillie; The western lakes; A day on Lough Conn; Dapping and trolling; The spate river; The ethics of angling. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). (1959) 1990 2nd edition. 8vo (140 x 209mm). Pp191. Illustrated with b&w woodcut chapter-heading vignettes. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. With a memoir of the author by his son, J.V.Luce. Minor faults, slightly bumped / slight use. Good-plus in slightly used / slightly faded dust-wrapper. Beautifully written anecdotes and reflections on trout, salmon and sea-trout fishing in Ireland. Chapters include: Spring salmon in the Dublin district; The Finney river; The mountain tarn; The gillie; The western lakes; A day on Lough Conn; Dapping and trolling; The spate river; The ethics of angling. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). (1990) 1990 1st UK edition. Large 4to (222 x 286mm). Pp128. Colour photographs, bibliography. Foreword by Mike Everett. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight cockling to pages due to past exposure to damp, abrasion to some page edges else good in clean dust-wrapper. Connie Toops introduces the reader to all aspects of the life of owls, with much about conservation problems. Many excellent photographs and a well-informed, conversational text. Chapters include: An owl encounter; The legendary owl; Owl origins and distribution; Amazing adaptations for seeing and hearing; Hunting on hushed wings; Rites of spring; At home in forests and ferns; Raptor rivals; Sharing our world with owls; Owl prowls; Owls as educators; What lies ahead?; List of owl species. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). (1959) 1990 2nd edition. 8vo (140 x 209mm). Pp191. Illustrated with b&w woodcut chapter-heading vignettes. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. With a memoir of the author by his son, J.V.Luce. Very good in slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. Beautifully written anecdotes and reflections on trout, salmon and sea-trout fishing in Ireland. Chapters include: Spring salmon in the Dublin district; The Finney river; The mountain tarn; The gillie; The western lakes; A day on Lough Conn; Dapping and trolling; The spate river; The ethics of angling. .…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine in Fine Jacket. 1st Edition. 158pp tall 8vo.

Condizione: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 4to (212 x 303mm). Pages not numbered [pp164]. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout by Rodger McPhail, text by Colin McKelvie. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults (gift inscription / boards a little marked) but good-plus in like dust-wrapper. "Fishing Season is Rodger McPhail's wide-ranging personal and artistic odyssey through the angling year, beginning with the first sport of a New Year, with early salmon from the deep and chill waters of Tweed in February. On southern chalk streams there are the first stirrings of trout rising to emergent insects, while pike and chub, grayling and perch prepare for spawning. We have glimpses from the river bank and also into the private, silent, underwater worlds of the fish themselves." . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). (1987) 1990 1st UK edition. Large 4to (220 x 285mm). Pp232. 25 colour plates, 23 of them of flies & 2 of them after paintings by Henry McDaniel, photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Spotting to top edge else very good in slightly frayed dust-wrapper. "Starting with the earliest examples described by the apocryphal Dame Juliana Berners in 1496, the author proceeds to describe salmon flies through all their major incarnations including the colourful and ornate Victorian patterns of the last century, and closes with the sparser designs of modern times. In preparing this complete history, the author has assembled a vast amount of information, systematically clarifying obscure references in books and journals and interviewing experts from around the globe to record methods and patterns that could well become forgotten. Colonel Bates even provides detailed dressing instructions for more than 75 patterns of historical importance. Supporting the author's classic text are some three hundred detailed and often specially tied patterns assembled from the author's renowned personal collection. These historic flies, arranged chronologically, have been reproduced in meticulously printed colour on twenty-three full-page plates. There are also numerous illustrations depicting title pages and textual details from rare books contributing to the history of the salmon fly." . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). (1987) 1990 1st UK edition. Large 4to (220 x 285mm). Pp232. 25 colour plates, 23 of them of flies & 2 of them after paintings by Henry McDaniel, photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "Starting with the earliest examples described by the apocryphal Dame Juliana Berners in 1496, the author proceeds to describe salmon flies through all their major incarnations including the colourful and ornate Victorian patterns of the last century, and closes with the sparser designs of modern times. In preparing this complete history, the author has assembled a vast amount of information, systematically clarifying obscure references in books and journals and interviewing experts from around the globe to record methods and patterns that could well become forgotten. Colonel Bates even provides detailed dressing instructions for more than 75 patterns of historical importance. Supporting the author's classic text are some three hundred detailed and often specially tied patterns assembled from the author's renowned personal collection. These historic flies, arranged chronologically, have been reproduced in meticulously printed colour on twenty-three full-page plates. There are also numerous illustrations depicting title pages and textual details from rare books contributing to the history of the salmon fly." . …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. pp.127 with many colour photographs. 4to. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw.

Condizione: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 4to (212 x 303mm). Pages not numbered [pp164]. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout by Rodger McPhail, text by Colin McKelvie, yellow end-papers. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "Fishing Season is Rodger McPhail's wide-ranging personal and artistic odyssey through the angling year, beginning with the first sport of a New Year, with early salmon from the deep and chill waters of Tweed in February. On southern chalk streams there are the first stirrings of trout rising to emergent insects, while pike and chub, grayling and perch prepare for spawning. We have glimpses from the river bank and also into the private, silent, underwater worlds of the fish themselves." A beautiful book. . …

Condizione: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 4to (212 x 303mm). Pages not numbered [pp164]. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout by Rodger McPhail, text by Colin McKelvie. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use but very good in like dust-wrapper. Bookplate of angling book collector Colin Pitt. "Fishing Season is Rodger McPhail's wide-ranging personal and artistic odyssey through the angling year, beginning with the first sport of a New Year, with early salmon from the deep and chill waters of Tweed in February. On southern chalk streams there are the first stirrings of trout rising to emergent insects, while pike and chub, grayling and perch prepare for spawning. We have glimpses from the river bank and also into the private, silent, underwater worlds of the fish themselves." . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). (1986) 1990 2nd edition. Large 4to (215 x 305mm). Pp218. Colour plates, b/w photographs, illustrations. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults. Smells slightly musty, good-plus in dust-wrapper. A celebration, in words and art, of the natural history of the woodcock and its place in sport. Includes much solid information and advice useful to the practical shooter. Chapters include: Introducing the woodcock; Woodcock roding; Woodcock at the nest; Do woodcock carry their young?; Woodcock migration; The woodcock in winter; "Right and left" - the coveted double; Woodcock - springes, cock-shuts and falcons; Woodcock and gundogs; Short-billed woodcock and other oddities; Woodcock around the world; Woodcock in the 1990s and beyond. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). (1989) 1990 1st UK edition. 8vo (155 x 226mm). Ppx,239,ad. B/w illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Name to front end-paper, slight use but good-plus in spine-faded dust-wrapper. Gammon's fishing exploits around the world. A great read! Chapters include:- Home river - Wales; Macdonald's lament - Scotland; In a land of green, a touch of blue - Ireland; The shade of a grayling - Finland; Red star salmon - Czechoslovakia; Trout and truffles on the Tarn - France; Pushed to the icy bank - Iceland; A date with nemesis - Nantucket; Alaska! Welcome to the chocolate factory - Alaska; Sea-trout heaven - the Falkland Islands; Royal red setter, British Columbia; The lady in pink - Arctic Canada; The once and future island - Oracoke, North Carolina; The provo proviso, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies; Invasion of the red horde - Panama; Noble fish and royal ruins - Guatemala; Deep in the green - Amazonia; The maharaja fish - India; Greetings from Christmas - Christmas Island; Last cast. . …

Swan Hill Press, 1990. Hardback, d/j, 4to, 96pp, illust. D/j slightly shelf worn. A good copy. 1853101737.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). (1989) 1990 1st UK edition. 8vo (155 x 226mm). Ppx,239,ad. B/w illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used/ faded dust-wrapper. Gammon's fishing exploits around the world. A great read! Chapters include:- Home river - Wales; Macdonald's lament - Scotland; In a land of green, a touch of blue - Ireland; The shade of a grayling - Finland; Red star salmon - Czechoslovakia; Trout and truffles on the Tarn - France; Pushed to the icy bank - Iceland; A date with nemesis - Nantucket; Alaska! Welcome to the chocolate factory - Alaska; Sea-trout heaven - the Falkland Islands; Royal red setter, British Columbia; The lady in pink - Arctic Canada; The once and future island - Oracoke, North Carolina; The provo proviso, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies; Invasion of the red horde - Panama; Noble fish and royal ruins - Guatemala; Deep in the green - Amazonia; The maharaja fish - India; Greetings from Christmas - Christmas Island; Last cast. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). (1986) 1990 2nd edition. Large 4to (215 x 305mm). Pp218. Colour plates, b/w photographs, illustrations. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use, book-seller's label to fep else very good in like dust-wrapper. Woodcock related articles laid in. A celebration, in words and art, of the natural history of the woodcock and its place in sport. Includes much solid information and advice useful to the practical shooter. Chapters include: Introducing the woodcock; Woodcock roding; Woodcock at the nest; Do woodcock carry their young?; Woodcock migration; The woodcock in winter; "Right and left" - the coveted double; Woodcock - springes, cock-shuts and falcons; Woodcock and gundogs; Short-billed woodcock and other oddities; Woodcock around the world; Woodcock in the 1990s and beyond. .…

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Paperback book in good condition. Minor bumps to corners. Page edges lightly tanned throughout with slight waviness in places. 8vo. 92pp.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition hard cover book in good+ condition with dust jacket in very good condition. Shelfwear to edges of jacket. Spotting to head of text block. 8vo. c156pp.

Condizione: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 4to (212 x 303mm). Pages not numbered [pp164]. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout by Rodger McPhail, text by Colin McKelvie. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use else very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. Signed pen and ink sketch of a snipe by Rodger McPhail to half-title. "Fishing Season is Rodger McPhail's wide-ranging personal and artistic odyssey through the angling year, beginning with the first sport of a New Year, with early salmon from the deep and chill waters of Tweed in February. On southern chalk streams there are the first stirrings of trout rising to emergent insects, while pike and chub, grayling and perch prepare for spawning. We have glimpses from the river bank and also into the private, silent, underwater worlds of the fish themselves." . …

Condizione: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 4to (212 x 303mm). Pages not numbered [pp164]. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout by Rodger McPhail, text by Colin McKelvie. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use else very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. Signed pen and ink sketch of a pheasant by Rodger McPhail to half-title, signed "To Andrew, R. McPhail." "Fishing Season is Rodger McPhail's wide-ranging personal and artistic odyssey through the angling year, beginning with the first sport of a New Year, with early salmon from the deep and chill waters of Tweed in February. On southern chalk streams there are the first stirrings of trout rising to emergent insects, while pike and chub, grayling and perch prepare for spawning. We have glimpses from the river bank and also into the private, silent, underwater worlds of the fish themselves." . …

Condizione: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 4to (210 x 310). Pages not numbered [pp164]. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout by Rodger McPhail, text by Colin McKelvie. Dark green half leather, spine titled in gilt, gilt vignette to the upper board, top edge gilt, raised bands, matching dark green cloth slipcase. Slight marks to slipcase but fine unread copy. This is a copy of the de luxe leather-bound edition that was limited to just 100 copies - each signed and numbered by the artist. This particular copy however is an un-numbered publisher's proof copy and has an original water colour illustration by Rodger McPhail on the limitation page. It is bound in dark green half leather with a gilt vignette to the upper board, top edge gilt, raised bands and gilt titles to the spine and presented in a matching dark green slipcase. "Fishing Season is Rodger McPhail's wide-ranging personal and artistic odyssey through the angling year, beginning with the first sport of a New Year, with early salmon from the deep and chill waters of Tweed in February. On southern chalk streams there are the first stirrings of trout rising to emergent insects, while pike and chub, grayling and perch prepare for spawning. We have glimpses from the river bank and also into the private, silent, underwater worlds of the fish themselves." .…