Bates Vernon (112 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Light wear. Small format book with dust jacket.

Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 221p. : illus ; 19 cm. Subjects: Fishing Implements and appliances. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 156p, with 9 figures in the text, hardback, a very good copy in a very good dust-jacket (minor repairs).

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. hardback, 16mo, third printing, a very good tightly bound copy, clean and unmarked and in a price clipped pictorial dust wrapper which is protected in a non -adhesive clear film sleeve. 95pp.

Condition: Good. 1940. 243 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 221p. : illus ; 19 cm. Subjects: Fishing Implements and appliances. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1956). (1956) later reprint. Small format (94 x 163mm). Pp95. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Good-plus in poor / tape-repaired dust-wrapper. Another title in this highly collectable series. Chapters include: Preliminaries - why do we do it? What will it cost? What do we need?; Standard trout flies and nymphs - a hackle fly, winged flies, mayflies, nymphs; Salmon flies - the materials, types of salmon flies, grubs, strip-wing flies, composite-wing flies; Some standard fly patterns - a few popular patterns of trout flies, twelve popular dressings for salmon flies. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1956). (1956) later reprint. Small format (94 x 163mm). Pp95. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Various minor faults. Good-plus in frayed dust-wrapper. Another title in this highly collectable series. Chapters include: Preliminaries - why do we do it? What will it cost? What do we need?; Standard trout flies and nymphs - a hackle fly, winged flies, mayflies, nymphs; Salmon flies - the materials, types of salmon flies, grubs, strip-wing flies, composite-wing flies; Some standard fly patterns - a few popular patterns of trout flies, twelve popular dressings for salmon flies. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1940). (1940) 1946 reprint. 8vo (140 x 205mm). Pp244. B/w photographs, line drawings. A volume in The Nelsonian Library series. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt with gilt rod-in-hand motif. Some use, good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. A species-by-species introduction to game, coarse and sea angling. Number 64 in The Nelsonian Library series. .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Blue cloth with spine titles in darker blue; 16mo; 95pp; illustrated with drawings; color pictorial dust jacket; 1st printing. A volume in the uniformly bound "How to Catch Them" series. This copy in good condition with some sunning to board edges, foxing spots to fore edge of text block o/w internally good. The jacket shows moderate edge wear a bit of loss at crown of spine, internal cello-tape repair along front hinge. Original price of 3/6 net to front flap.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1940). 1940 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 205mm). Pp244. B/w photographs, line drawings. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt with gilt rod-in-hand motif. Various minor faults (some wear to cloth, owner's name on front end-paper), good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. A species-by-species introduction to game, coarse and sea angling. Part one gives a general overview of watercraft. Parts two, three and four then look at coarse, game and saltwater angling in turn with sections on each of the main species. Number 64 in The Nelsonian Library series. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1956). (1956) later reprint. Small format (94 x 163mm). Pp95. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Ownership inscription / label, slightly bumped, else very good in poor / tape-marked dust-wrapper. Another title in this highly collectable series. Chapters include: Preliminaries - why do we do it? What will it cost? What do we need?; Standard trout flies and nymphs - a hackle fly, winged flies, mayflies, nymphs; Salmon flies - the materials, types of salmon flies, grubs, strip-wing flies, composite-wing flies; Some standard fly patterns - a few popular patterns of trout flies, twelve popular dressings for salmon flies. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Salter, T. F. (illustrator). 1st Edition second impression. This is one of the famous "How to Catch Them" series. This is a first edition third printing.

Condition: Good. DJ is lightly toned but it is complete, other than being price clipped. Gift inscription to pastedown. Contents are clean but lightly toned.

Condition: Good. 1959. Second printing. 95 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.

Condition: Good. 1946. Reprinted. 244 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Top textblock edge dyed green. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1962). 1962 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp156,2pp ads. B/w text illustrations. Binding B. Red boards, spine titled in black. 15/- net. Boards stained and slightly used, slight browning, name to paste-down but a good copy, lacks dust-wrapper. "The purpose of this book is to show how trout and salmon fishing techniques can be applied to the catching of coarse fish." Predominantly about flyfishing, with chapters on pike, perch and chub on the fly; fly-minnow fishing; and spinning, mostly with spoons, devons and wagtails. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1960). 1960 1st edition. Small format (95 x 166mm). Pp94. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Rather used and stained, wear to cloth and spine. Reading copy only, lacks dust-wrapper. Another title in the excellent and highly collectable 'How To Catch Them' series. Chapters include: Spoons - metals, tools, manufacture, hooks, bar spoons, colour; Devon minnows - cane devons, vanes, wooden devons, metal devons, plastic devons, the future; Sundry spinning lures - quill minnows, wagtails, propellor-type lures; Dead-bait spinning tackles - minnow mounts, spinning vanes, body spears, attaching the vanes, prawn and shrimp tackles, methods of mounting; Plug baits - vanes, attaching the hooks, painting; Anti-kink devices. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1946). (1940) 1946 reprint. 8vo (140 x 205mm). Pp244. B/w photographs, line drawings. A volume in The Nelsonian Library series. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt with gilt rod-in-hand motif. 7/6 net. Dedication to front end-paper. Good-plus in spine-faded/ torn dust-wrapper. A species-by-species introduction to game, coarse and sea angling. Number 64 in The Nelsonian Library series. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition. 8vo. 221 pages. Green cloth boards with titles in black on front and spine; publishers' logo on rear. Black and white photographic frontispiece; numerous black and white illustrations in the text. Boards rubbed, with moderately heavy edgewear; corners bumped; ends of spine crushed and starting to fray; a couple of small dark marks. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. A little foxing on some preliminary pages; otherwise pages almost entirely clean. Binding firm.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1956). 1956 1st edition. Small format (94 x 163mm). Pp95. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Price 3s 6d net. Cloth very stained and worn, foxing throughout. Working copy only, lacks dust-wrapper. Another title in this highly collectable series. Chapters include: Preliminaries - why do we do it? What will it cost? What do we need?; Standard trout flies and nymphs - a hackle fly, winged flies, mayflies, nymphs; Salmon flies - the materials, types of salmon flies, grubs, strip-wing flies, composite-wing flies; Some standard fly patterns - a few popular patterns of trout flies, twelve popular dressings for salmon flies. .

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. Give the gift of knowledge to your loved ones today and watch their eyes light up as they explore the rich tapestry of a vintage book! Each one is a unique, captivating journey through the corridors of knowledge. Whether they love the artistry of the past, or if they want to unravel the mysteries of geography, and delve into the pages of nature's wonders. From the symphonies of music to the discoveries in science, the thrill of sports, and the evolution of technology, these rare volumes offer a glimpse into the history and people that shaped our modern world. This wonderful edition of Artificial Flies, How to Tie Them by L. Vernon Bates is a marvellous addition to their reference library or if you can?t resist, purchase this one as a treat for yourself Title: Artificial Flies, How to Tie Them Author: L. Vernon Bates Publisher: Herbert Jenkins Publication Date: 1962 Format: Hardcover with dust jacket Condition: This book is in good condition for its age other than some minor signs of wear. The dust jacket is worn and clipped.

Condition: Fair. 1938. First Edition. 221 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Missing front free endpaper. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and rear free endpaper. Moderate cracking to gutters and front hinge causing some noticeable looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1962). 1962 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp156,2pp ads. B/w text illustrations. Binding A. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt. 15/- net. Marks to edges and browned. Good-plus in frayed dust-wrapper. "The purpose of this book is to show how trout and salmon fishing techniques can be applied to the catching of coarse fish." Predominantly about flyfishing, with chapters on pike, perch and chub on the fly; fly-minnow fishing; and spinning, mostly with spoons, devons and wagtails. .

Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some minor loss) and dust-toned dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 244 p., 6 leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. Subject; Fishing. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 94pp, price clipped, no inscriptions, diagrams, slight spotting to text. some rubbing and tears to edges of wrapper especially upper edge, no loss, wrapper is now in clear protective sleeve.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Jacket. Second Edition. 1967 printing. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1960). 1960 1st edition. Small format (95 x 166mm). Pp94. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. D/w price 3/6 net. Boards slightly bumped and stained, slight spotting. Good only in chipped dust-wrapper. Another title in the excellent and highly collectable 'How To Catch Them' series. Chapters include: Spoons - metals, tools, manufacture, hooks, bar spoons, colour; Devon minnows - cane devons, vanes, wooden devons, metal devons, plastic devons, the future; Sundry spinning lures - quill minnows, wagtails, propellor-type lures; Dead-bait spinning tackles - minnow mounts, spinning vanes, body spears, attaching the vanes, prawn and shrimp tackles, methods of mounting; Plug baits - vanes, attaching the hooks, painting; Anti-kink devices. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1962). 1962 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp156,2pp ads. B/w text illustrations. Binding B. Red boards, spine titled in black. 15/- net. Slight signs of use. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. "The purpose of this book is to show how trout and salmon fishing techniques can be applied to the catching of coarse fish." Predominantly about flyfishing, with chapters on pike, perch and chub on the fly; fly-minnow fishing; and spinning, mostly with spoons, devons and wagtails. .