Beddington Roy (60 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. States "First published 1955." Not price-clipped -- original price of "16s net" showing to bottom of jacket front flap. There is some rippling (from dampness) to the top half-inch of the blue cloth covering the boards. While this book is complete and holding together well with an attractive, undamaged interior text block, it's "good only" in a "fair" dust jacket which shows water damage to top 2 inches of the jacket rear panel. Thus, this is a reading copy -- not suitable as a gift. Small interior illustration in B&W are by the author, as is the color frontispiece. 189 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Spine is faded, light wear, overall clean. Beddington, Roy (illustrator).

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a good tightly bound copy in a poor worn and torn pictorial dust wrapper, brief gift inscription to a previous owner else the text remains clean and unmarked, coloured frontis, b&w illustrations by the author, 189pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Second edition. Light soiling to exterior and some pen marks inside cover. No dust jacket or slip case. Beddington, Roy (illustrator).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1955). 1955 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp189. Colour frontispiece & b/w illustrations by the author. Binding B. Blue boards, spine titled in black. Boards faded, bumped and dented, stains / browning to end-papers and edges. Good only, lacks dust-wrapper. Roy Beddington discusses his experience and thinking on salmon, trout and sea-trout in Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia. Chapters include: The fisherman's curse; The etiquette of fishing; A running commentary; Pastures new; Prince fish; Mayfly time; Pike and grayling; Eels and elvers; Ladies on the river; Why 'coarse'?; Clear water; Metamorphosis; Dementian piscatoria; Fair fishing?; Fishing by firelight. .…

Condition: Very Good. . Hardcover. Clean copy fine in mylar covered dust wrapper. DW with some foxing and minor tears. Remains a very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. . Hardcover. Clean copy fine in mylar covered dust wrapper. DW with some foxing and minor tears. Remains a very good copy. . . . .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). 1975 1st edition. Pp143. B/w photographs. Very good in price-clipped dust-wrapper. The story of a working yellow labrador, an expert retriever of game - and fish. .

Condition: Good. 1955. First Edition. 189 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout and colour frontispiece by author. 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 moderate marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.…

Condition: Good. 1955. First Edition. 189 pages. No dust jacket. Black and white illustrations by author. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1955). 1955 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp189. Colour frontispiece & b/w illustrations by the author. Binding A. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Faded and used. Good only. Roy Beddington discusses his experience and thinking on salmon, trout and sea-trout in Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia. Chapters include: The fisherman's curse; The etiquette of fishing; A running commentary; Pastures new; Prince fish; Mayfly time; Pike and grayling; Eels and elvers; Ladies on the river; Why 'coarse'?; Clear water; Metamorphosis; Dementian piscatoria; Fair fishing?; Fishing by firelight. .…

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. Poor DJ with some edge wear and creasing, tearing.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 83 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1st ed. A tidy copy in tight binding. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good hardcover, no inscriptions. Colour frontis by the author with numerous black & white pictures and drawings. Very good dust jacket, a little rubbed to extremities and has been price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 189 pages. …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1955). 1955 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp189. Colour frontispiece & b/w illustrations by the author. Binding A. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight foxing. Good-plus in poor dust-wrapper. Roy Beddington discusses his experience and thinking on salmon, trout and sea-trout in Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia. Chapters include: The fisherman's curse; The etiquette of fishing; A running commentary; Pastures new; Prince fish; Mayfly time; Pike and grayling; Eels and elvers; Ladies on the river; Why 'coarse'?; Clear water; Metamorphosis; Dementian piscatoria; Fair fishing?; Fishing by firelight. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Fishing adventures. Colour frontis, black & white illustrations throughout. Red boards, gilt titles, owner dedication on ffep, clean with tight binding, very good. Dust Jacket price clipped, small tears along edges, fair.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hard cover brown cloth bds, VG, unclipped d/w, VG, light fading, contents fine and tight, pp143.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Undated but presumed 1st c 1953. 143pp. Illus drawings. The author's recollections of angling told in an informative and entertaining way with a humorous slant. Based on articles which appeared in several periodicals of the time. The ep's are sl. tanned. A corner of one page has a closed tear caused by clumsy separation of the pages o/w VG in a creased & torn dw with loss to the bottom front. Roy Beddington. (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Presumed First edition first printing quarto hardback 84 pages many illustrations and plates Near Very Good condition in Good ? unclipped dust jacket (some large closed tears but nearly complete). No inscriptions. Roy Beddington (illustrator).…

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Very Good. First Edition. 143 pages. Light wear to edges & corners of dustjacket. Very clean hardback binding and contents.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. No internal markings; unclipped D/J is worn at top and bottom of spine and is protected with removable premium grade clear wrap.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover, Publisher : London, Chatto & Winduss Ltd, (1936). FIRST EDITION, (VG / VG). Publishers Original Teal-Green Cloth Covered Boards, Gilt Titles To Spine, (Gilt Vignette Trout To Front Cover), 8.1/2" X 5.1/2", 172pp, (B/W Woodcut (trout) To Fep + contains some B/W Vignettes by Roy Beddington., (No Inscriptions). The Dust Jacket Is A Little Chipped At The Edges/Corners, And Is Price Clipped, Else, Quite Presentable In A New (Removable) Protective Sleeve. [Front (inside) Flap] This is a book by a very skilful fisherman, who loves fishing more than catching fish. Although in his time Mr. Sinclair Carr has killed many a salmon and trout, his pleasure here remembered lie in the practice of the art, in experiencing slowly acquired, in the friendship of fishing 'characters' - and even in occasional failures. For he is a modest and truthful angler; and he has another rare gift, that of unemphatic, rather Northern humour, as readers of 'Salfario's' articles know. This book may prove dangerous to the families of anglers, for it will be apt to release a sympathetic flow of reminiscence - perhaps not always quite so entertaining as Mr. Carr's The illustrations and cover-design are the workj of Roy Beddington". Roy Beddington (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. SIGNED, DATED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLUE PEN, ON HALF TITLE PAGE 'For Noel (and of course Catherine), for - a very small token of my gratitude for almost 40 years of your inspiration, advice and friendship - all of which I have valued so much. Roy Beddington 3rd April 1975'. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed and bruised, some yellowing to jacket, slight lean, not price clipped (£3.50), previous owner's name 'Catherine Carrington' to ffep, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 143pp. Artist and journalist Roy Beddington's (1910-95), memories of his labrador dog. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Giood. First Edition. The Cotswolds. Green cloth, titles white out. Bookplate and small signature to front pastedown, very neat. No jacket. Line illustrations and half-tone plates by Roy Beddington. 83pp. Printed on heavy stock. A very clean copy. Roy Beddington (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Generally Very Good. First Edition. Pictures of the Coln Valley in the Cotswolds. Green cloth, very good, no jacket. Tiny name inscription. Many illustrations in line and half tone. A generally very good copy. Roy Beddington (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . 1936 1st, no dustjacket, blue boards, bookplate, inscription on end paper, slight age toning, clean tight copy, Professional booksellers since 1981.

1st.ed. Illus by Roy Beddington Chunk missing from spine (about 1/3rd); owner's name (1938); some scattered light foxing. Used - Acceptable. Poor hardback (no dustjacket) Used - Acceptable. Poor hardback (no dustjacket).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 25x19cm, 83pp. With numerous drawings by Roy Beddington printed in black on plates and within the text. Bound in full green cloth over boards, title blocked in cream to upper board and backstrip, pictorial dustjacket with original green price sticker to the spine, in an acetate/tissue protector. An illustrated account of travelling through the Coln Valley in the Cotswolds. No date, but this appears to be the 1938 first edition. An excellent copy with an unusually well-preseved dustjacket. Near Fine (a little browning to text block edges, bookseller's pencil notes to ffep), with the small discreet blind-stamp of Trevor Weston to the corner of the rear endpaper, with a Near Fine (the slightest bruising to the edges and a little grubbiness to the spine and edges, unclipped with no tears or loss) dustjacket. Roy Beddington (illustrator).…

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