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Destination, rates & speedsSeller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR004032319
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Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: 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. Seller Inventory # GOR001982555
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Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. First Edition. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # GRP17543799
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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1987). 1987 1st UK edition. Large 4to (280 x 222mm). Ppxii,276. Colour plates, b/w photographs, illustrations. Black cloth-backed boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Slight use, slight tanning to edges else very good in like dust-wrapper. An innovative and pioneering fly-tying book, currently out-of-print and difficult to find. Looks in detail at the natural fly, at fly-tying tools and materials, and in particular at dubbing and hackling methods, woven and wrapped bodies, hair-spinning, spun marabou and herl bodies. Chapters include: tying tackle and trim; The vice; The fly hook; Feathers and fluff; Hairs and furs; The insect and the plant; The naturals; The way of a fly - a preface to a theory of tying; Art of the fly; Fly-tying proportions; Hook and thread; Dubbing methods; The hackling methods; The head; The float body; The furled body; The Langley wing-loop method; The needle-body method; The Olsson parachute method; Wax bath methods for stripped peacock herl; The weaves and wraps; The spun Marabou method; The spun Zonker method; The spun herl method; The stem-loop parachute method; The single-thread hair spinning method; The extended body; The imitations (step by step instructions for a variety of patterns *), 34 pages. The Complete Tyer: The streamside tyer; Sans-vice tying; The spinning knot. * "The following patterns, both traditional and novel, were selected because they gather into a single text a remarkable variety of methods and skills. By blending methods and substituting materials even a greater variety of patterns may be created. Most of the included patterns require only a modicum of skill. And the instructional detail is extensive enough so that even the complex patterns are clear. No tyer should become lost in a maze of methods and materials." . Seller Inventory # 15672
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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1987). 1987 1st UK edition. Large 4to (280 x 222mm). Ppxii,276. Colour plates, b/w photographs, illustrations. Black cloth-backed boards. Slight browning to end-papers and edges but very good in chipped dust-wrapper. An innovative and pioneering fly-tying book, currently out-of-print and difficult to find. Looks in detail at the natural fly, at fly-tying tools and materials, and in particular at dubbing and hackling methods, woven and wrapped bodies, hair-spinning, spun marabou and herl bodies. Chapters include: tying tackle and trim; The vice; The fly hook; Feathers and fluff; Hairs and furs; The insect and the plant; The naturals; The way of a fly - a preface to a theory of tying; Art of the fly; Fly-tying proportions; Hook and thread; Dubbing methods; The hackling methods; The head; The float body; The furled body; The Langley wing-loop method; The needle-body method; The Olsson parachute method; Wax bath methods for stripped peacock herl; The weaves and wraps; The spun Marabou method; The spun Zonker method; The spun herl method; The stem-loop parachute method; The single-thread hair spinning method; The extended body; The imitations (step by step instructions for a variety of patterns *), 34 pages. The Complete Tyer: The streamside tyer; Sans-vice tying; The spinning knot. * "The following patterns, both traditional and novel, were selected because they gather into a single text a remarkable variety of methods and skills. By blending methods and substituting materials even a greater variety of patterns may be created. Most of the included patterns require only a modicum of skill. And the instructional detail is extensive enough so that even the complex patterns are clear. No tyer should become lost in a maze of methods and materials." . Seller Inventory # 910
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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1987). 1987 1st UK edition. Large 4to (280 x 222mm). Ppxii,276. Colour plates, b/w photographs, illustrations. Black cloth-backed boards. Minor faults and use but good-plus in slightly frayed dust-wrapper. An innovative and pioneering fly-tying book, currently out-of-print and difficult to find. Looks in detail at the natural fly, at fly-tying tools and materials, and in particular at dubbing and hackling methods, woven and wrapped bodies, hair-spinning, spun marabou and herl bodies. Chapters include: tying tackle and trim; The vice; The fly hook; Feathers and fluff; Hairs and furs; The insect and the plant; The naturals; The way of a fly - a preface to a theory of tying; Art of the fly; Fly-tying proportions; Hook and thread; Dubbing methods; The hackling methods; The head; The float body; The furled body; The Langley wing-loop method; The needle-body method; The Olsson parachute method; Wax bath methods for stripped peacock herl; The weaves and wraps; The spun Marabou method; The spun Zonker method; The spun herl method; The stem-loop parachute method; The single-thread hair spinning method; The extended body; The imitations (step by step instructions for a variety of patterns *), 34 pages. The Complete Tyer: The streamside tyer; Sans-vice tying; The spinning knot. * "The following patterns, both traditional and novel, were selected because they gather into a single text a remarkable variety of methods and skills. By blending methods and substituting materials even a greater variety of patterns may be created. Most of the included patterns require only a modicum of skill. And the instructional detail is extensive enough so that even the complex patterns are clear. No tyer should become lost in a maze of methods and materials." . Seller Inventory # 10566
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: River Reads, Torrington, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Seller Inventory # 026465
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Seller: River Reads, Torrington, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Seller Inventory # 013064
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Seller: Lion Books PBFA, Kidderminster, WORCS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dw has wear and sl tears to head of spine, sl chips to bottom edge, rub to corners, price-clipped. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall ; 276 pages. Seller Inventory # 67525
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Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Large format. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. A discussion of the best tools and materials for the serious fly tyer. Black cloth spine and black boards, silver title to spine. SIGNED by the author by means of a dedication to the lower margin of the frontis. Foxing to page edges and a slight musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched! SIGNED - please see description for details. Seller Inventory # 1329360
Quantity: 1 available