Bernard Percival (159 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1969). (1967) 1969 Panther edition. Small 8vo paperback (110 x 178mm). Pp300 + 3pp ads. B/w illustrations by the author. Various minor faults. Browned, worn and stained. Intact second-hand reading copy. All you need to know about freshwater fish, their habitats and how to catch them. Sections on tackle, baits, legers, spinning, wet-fly and dry-fly fishing. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1973). (1967) 1976 2nd edition reprint. 8vo (150 x 230mm). Ppviii,228. B/w illustrations by the author. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Edges quite browned, gift inscription to front end-paper. Good-plus, lacks dust-wrapper. All you need to know about freshwater fish, their habitats and how to catch them. Sections on tackle, baits, legering, spinning, wet-fly & dry-fly fishing. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1978). (1967) 1978 2nd edition reprint. 8vo (143 x 229mm). Ppviii,228. B/w illustrations by the author. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Ex library, usual faults. Reading copy in complete dust-wrapper. All you need to know about freshwater fish, their habitats and how to catch them. Chapters include: The quarry; Out of natural history, by observation, come fishing methods; Out of method, tackle; Tackle for fly fishing; Knots; Bottom fishing; Bottom fishing - legering; Bottom fishing - baits; Spinning; Fly fishing - the dry fly; Wet fly fishing; The fish; The fish, continued; The salmon; final matters. .

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.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1967). (1967) 1973 reprint. 8vo (150 x 230mm). Ppviii,228. B/w illustrations by the author. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Spotting and browning to edges but good-plus in faded and slightly used dust-wrapper. All you need to know about freshwater fish, their habitats and how to catch them. Sections on tackle, baits, legering, spinning, wet-fly & dry-fly fishing. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1973). (1967) 1976 2nd edition reprint. 8vo (150 x 230mm). Ppviii,228. B/w illustrations by the author. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, good-plus in like, slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. All you need to know about freshwater fish, their habitats and how to catch them. Sections on tackle, baits, legering, spinning, wet-fly and dry-fly fishing. Chapters include: The quarry; Out of natural history, by observation, come fishing methods; Out of method, tackle; Tackle for fly fishing; Knots; Bottom fishing; Bottom fishing - legering; Bottom fishing- baits; Spinning; fly fishing - the dry fly; Wet fly fishing; The fish; The fish, continued; The salmon; Final matters. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1973). (1967) 1978 2nd edition reprint. 8vo (143 x 229mm). Ppviii,228. B/w illustrations by the author. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in used and faded dust-wrapper. All you need to know about freshwater fish, their habitats and how to catch them. Chapters include: The quarry; Out of natural history, by observation, come fishing methods; Out of method, tackle; Tackle for fly fishing; Knots; Bottom fishing; Bottom fishing - legering; Bottom fishing - baits; Spinning; Fly fishing - the dry fly; Wet fly fishing; The fish; The fish, continued; The salmon; Final matters. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1973). (1967) 1976 2nd edition reprint. 8vo (150 x 230mm). Ppviii,228. B/w illustrations by the author. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in faded dust-wrapper. Bookplate of angling author Peter Wheat. All you need to know about freshwater fish, their habitats and how to catch them. Sections on tackle, baits, legering, spinning, wet-fly & dry-fly fishing. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1967). 1967 1st edition. 8vo (147 x 229mm). Ppviii,228. B/w illustrations by the author. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Boards slightly worn, snag to top of spine, some browning. Good copy, lacks dust-wrapper. All you need to know about freshwater fish, their habitats and how to catch them. Sections on tackle, baits, legering, spinning, wet-fly & dry-fly fishing. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1954). 1954 1st edition. 4to (207 x 259mm). Pp104. Colour and b/w illustrations by the author, full-page maps taken from the Ordnance Survey. Laminated boards. Ex-library copy in plain blue library binding with gilt spine titles. Usual stamps and faults. A guide to fishing in South East England, includes the Thames, Great Ouse and the streams of Suffolk, the Hampshire Avon and Sussex and Kentish waters. Excellent maps taken from the Ordnance Survey which show every lake, pond, stream and canal as well as the coast, with specific venues indicated. The first half of the book consists of essays by Venables on the various districts of the region. The twenty-five pages of maps are followed by a detailed key to the venues indicated, with information on trains and buses, ownership and permits with a sentence on the venue itself. And of course, many engaging illustrations by Bernard Venables in both monochrome and colour. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). 1993 1st edition. Landscape 4to (260 x 210mm). Ppxvi,135,ads. Colour plates, illustrations throughout. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Marked and used but good copy in used / slightly faded dust-wrapper. Beautifully illustrated story of Bernard Venables' angling life. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). 1993 1st edition. Landscape 4to (260 x 210mm). Ppxvi,135,ads. Colour plates, illustrations throughout. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Fading and use, soiling to top edge. Good-plus in like dust-wrapper. A beautifully illustrated story of Bernard Venables' angling life. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1967). 1967 1st edition. 8vo (147 x 229mm). Ppviii,228. B/w illustrations by the author. Green cloth, spine titled in silver gilt. Spotting to edges and end-papers, faded spots to boards, but a good copy in rather used dust-wrapper. All you need to know about freshwater fish, their habitats and how to catch them. Sections on tackle, baits, legering, spinning, wet-fly & dry-fly fishing. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1953). 1953 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Ppx,278. Woodcut illustrations by the author. Blue cloth, spine titled in black or gilt. Cloth quite faded and used. Good-plus, lacks dust-wrapper. Venables takes a wide-ranging look at angling, from the match anglers of London and Sheffield to the history of flyfishing and the formation of the A.C.A. He draws much on early angling literature and illustrates the book with his inimitable woodcuts. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). 1993 1st edition. Landscape 4to (260 x 210mm). Ppxvi,135,ads. Colour plates, illustrations throughout. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Boards slightly faded o/w very good in dust-wrapper. Obituary of Venables from The Times, Wednesday April 25th 2001, plus "Crabtree's Lasting Legacy: Bernard Venables remembered", an appreciation by Brian Clarke, from The Times, Thursday May 10 2001, laid in. Beautifully illustrated story of Bernard Venables' angling life. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). 1993 1st edition. Landscape 4to (260 x 210mm). Ppxvi,135,ads. Colour plates, illustrations throughout. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight fading to boards but very good in like dust-wrapper. Beautifully illustrated story of Bernard Venables' angling life. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). 1993 1st edition. Landscape 4to (260 x 210mm). Ppxvi,135,ads. Colour plates, illustrations throughout. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use but very good in dust-wrapper. Beautifully illustrated story of Bernard Venables' angling life. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). 1993 1st edition. Landscape 4to (260 x 210mm). Ppxvi,135,ads. Colour plates, illustrations throughout. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Spine slightly shaken, slight use and fading to boards. Good copy in like dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. Beautifully illustrated story of Bernard Venables' angling life. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1967). 1967 1st edition. 8vo (147 x 229mm). Ppviii,228. B/w illustrations by the author. Green cloth, gilt titles to spine. Name to paste-down, corners ever so slightly bumped but good-plus in faded, used and possibly clipped dust-wrapper. All you need to know about freshwater fish, their habitats and how to catch them. Sections on tackle, baits, legering, spinning, wet-fly & dry-fly fishing. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1953). 1953 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Ppx,278. Woodcut illustrations by the author. Blue cloth, spine titled in black or gilt. Cloth slightly faded and used. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. Venables takes a wide-ranging look at angling, from the match anglers of London and Sheffield to the history of flyfishing and the formation of the A.C.A. He draws much on early angling literature and illustrates the book with his inimitable woodcuts. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1958). (1958) 1959 reprint. 4to (188 x 253mm). Pp224. Colour & b/w illustrations by the author, bibliography. Textured brown cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt, gilt vignette of perch & weeds on upper board. Ex-library, usual stamps and faults, end-paper removed, marks to boards but a good reading copy, lacks dust-wrapper. A compendium of angling information; designed, written and illustrated by Bernard Venables. What could have been a dry collection of facts about the anglers' fishes, rivers, tackle, flies and methods, is lifted to a much higher level by Venables' beautiful prose and evocative illustrations. One of the delights of modern angling literature. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1948). ND (1948) 1st edition. Oblong stapled paperback (220 x 180mm). Pp31. Colour & b/w illustrations. Issue A - Puffin on a yellow disc on front cover. Tears to top edge of cover. Top of book (not irretrievably) bent, with some tears. Good only. "This book, the fifty-third in the Puffin Picture Book Series, is an astonishing achievement. In thirty-one pages of text and illustrations is contained such a wealth of accurate and helpful information as one might hope to find at ten times the price in ten times as many pages. All young anglers, and most middle-aged or elderly ones, will get any amount of fun from this book." (Country Sportsman, December, 1948). .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1954). 1954 1st edition. 4to (207 x 259mm). Pp104. Colour and b/w illustrations by the author, full-page maps taken from the Ordnance Survey. Laminated boards. Boards very rubbed and worn, end-papers rather foxed with small label/owner's name to paste-down. A reading copy only. Lacks dust-wrapper. A guide to fishing in South East England, includes the Thames, Great Ouse and the streams of Suffolk, the Hampshire Avon and Sussex and Kentish waters. Excellent maps taken from the Ordnance Survey which show every lake, pond, stream and canal as well as the coast, with specific venues indicated. The first half of the book consists of essays by Venables on the various districts of the region. The twenty-five pages of maps are followed by a detailed key to the venues indicated, with information on trains and buses, ownership and permits with a sentence on the venue itself. And of course, many engaging illustrations by Bernard Venables in both monochrome and colour. .

Condition: Fair. 1958. First Edition. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. B&W and colour illustrations throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Minor sunning to spine. Gilt has dulled on spine.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2000). (2000) 1st reprint. 8vo (162 x 240mm). Pp207. B/w illustrations by the author. Black boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Slight foxing to edges else very good in slightly rubbed dust-wrapper. Bernard Venables' only book devoted solely to flyfishing. A good new collection of his writings, recent and early. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). 1993 1st edition. Landscape 4to (260 x 210mm). Ppxvi,135,ads. Colour plates, illustrations throughout. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. From the library of angling author Barrie Rickards, with his review notes and a short note from the publisher enclosed. Slight use but very good in dust-wrapper. Beautifully illustrated story of Bernard Venables' angling life. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1948). ND (1948) 1st edition. Oblong stapled paperback (220 x 180mm). Pp31. Colour & b/w illustrations. Issue A - Puffin on a yellow disc on front cover. Front cover re-attached with tape round all edges, rear cover completely missing. From the library of Barrie Rickards, with a gift inscription to him inside the front cover. "This book, the fifty-third in the Puffin Picture Book Series, is an astonishing achievement. In thirty-one pages of text and illustrations is contained such a wealth of accurate and helpful information as one might hope to find at ten times the price in ten times as many pages. All young anglers, and most middle-aged or elderly ones, will get any amount of fun from this book." (Country Sportsman, December, 1948). .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1948). ND (1948) 1st edition. Oblong stapled paperback (220 x 180mm). Pp31. Colour & b/w illustrations. Issue A - Puffin on a yellow disc on front cover. Cover well-used with small tears and slight loss at the rear. Good only. "This book, the fifty-third in the Puffin Picture Book Series, is an astonishing achievement. In thirty-one pages of text and illustrations is contained such a wealth of accurate and helpful information as one might hope to find at ten times the price in ten times as many pages. All young anglers, and most middle-aged or elderly ones, will get any amount of fun from this book." (Country Sportsman, December, 1948). .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1967). 1967 1st edition. 8vo (147 x 229mm). Ppviii,228. B/w illustrations by the author. Green cloth. Corners ever so slightly bumped but very good in spine-faded dust-wrapper. All you need to know about freshwater fish, their habitats and how to catch them. Sections on tackle, baits, legering, spinning, wet-fly & dry-fly fishing. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1953). 1953 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Ppx,278. Woodcut illustrations by the author. Blue cloth, spine titled in black or gilt. Usual light foxing and fading. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. Venables takes a wide-ranging look at angling, from the match anglers of London and Sheffield to the history of flyfishing and the formation of the A.C.A. He draws much on early angling literature and illustrates the book with his inimitable woodcuts. .