Braithwaite Cecil (19 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1990). (1923) ND (1990s) 1st edition thus. Small 8vo paperback (129 x 197mm). Pp96. Not illustrated. Usual slight browning and spine-fading but a good-plus second-hand paperback. Originally titled "Fishing Vignettes: Being Extracts from a Diary and Other Fragments 1875 to 1922" (Home Words, London 1923), this is a reprint of slightly less than half of those extracts, which was issued with Trout & Salmon Magazine in their Forgotten Gems Series. The text covers mostly Norwegian, Scottish and Irish salmon fishing around the turn of the century as well as a certain amount of interesting autobiographical material. This edition is an inexpensive way of obtaining at least part of what is, in the first edition, costly and hard to find. .…

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Remains well-preserved overall. Publication year suggested. Physical description; 96 p. ; 20 cm. Series; Forgotten gems series ; 2. Subjects; Fishing Great Britain Anecdotes. Angling Great Britain. 1 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Remains well-preserved overall. Publication year suggested. Physical description; 96 p. ; 20 cm. Series; Forgotten gems series ; 2. Subjects; Fishing Great Britain Anecdotes. Angling Great Britain. 1 Kg.

Condition: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. New ed. Forgotten Gems series. A tidy copy in tight binding Used - Very Good. VG paperback.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Soft Covers published by Hugh Braithwait, Very Good.

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No date. 8vo. Pp 144. Frontis & plates. Original cloth, spine faded, hinges rubbed. Moderate foxing throughout. Ink address stamps to front free endpaper. A sound copy. Uncommon.

Blue hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Spine darkened with chip at head. Spotting to page ends. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 240pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 22 x 14 cm. 240pp. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering. Extensively illustrated with 74 photographs taken by the author. Fading to spine and some rubbing and bumping to edges of cloth.

Soft Covers. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Published by Trout and Salmon Magazine. Green card covers, some tanning to page edges.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Some discolouration of boards. Slightly bowed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1923). ND (1923) 1st edition. 8vo (143 x 222mm). Pp240. B/w photograph plates, errata slip. Blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine & upper board. Cloth rubbed and marked, small bookseller's label to paste-down, slightly browned end-papers and edges. Good copy. "Most of the content is about salmon fishing, on the Killaloe in Ireland; the Deveron, the Barr, the Dee and the Grimersta, all in Scotland; a month on the Suldal in Norway, and so on." (Wood). Chapters include: Early days; Wet and dry fly; The Lake District; St. Mary's Loch; Luib, Rannoch and Tummil; The Devoran - Mount Blairy Water; Loch fishing; Killaloe and Killarney, 1893; Loch Awe and Invergarry, 1894 or 1895; Sunda River, Norway, 1897; Tomdown, Glengarry, 1898; Strathpeffer and Rannoch, 1899; Cat Lodge, Laggan; Muiresk, Devoran, 1902; Glenbarr Abbey, 1903; Invergarry and Loch Rannoch; Odd days; Devoran, St. Mary's Loch, etc., 1907; Tomdown Hotel, Glengarry, 1909; Inverawe, 1910; Tomdown, 1911; Huntly Lodge, Huntly, the Devoran, 1916; Huntly and the Eden at Carlisle; Fishing rods of my early days and those of to-day; An angling story founded on facts; Invergarry; Stornoway, the Grimersta and Morsgail, Island of Lewis; Disappointments and successes, 1921; The Grimersta River; The Wye at Builth; Boys will be boys. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1923). ND (1923) 1st edition. 8vo (143 x 222mm). Pp240. B/w photograph plates, errata slip. Blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine & upper board. Cloth slightly rubbed and marked, owner's name and decorative plate to slightly browned end-papers. Good copy. "Most of the content is about salmon fishing, on the Killaloe in Ireland; the Deveron, the Barr, the Dee and the Grimersta, all in Scotland; a month on the Suldal in Norway, and so on." (Wood). Chapters include: Early days; Wet and dry fly; The Lake District; St. Mary's Loch; Luib, Rannoch and Tummil; The Devoran - Mount Blairy Water; Loch fishing; Killaloe and Killarney, 1893; Loch Awe and Invergarry, 1894 or 1895; Sunda River, Norway, 1897; Tomdown, Glengarry, 1898; Strathpeffer and Rannoch, 1899; Cat Lodge, Laggan; Muiresk, Devoran, 1902; Glenbarr Abbey, 1903; Invergarry and Loch Rannoch; Odd days; Devoran, St. Mary's Loch, etc., 1907; Tomdown Hotel, Glengarry, 1909; Inverawe, 1910; Tomdown, 1911; Huntly Lodge, Huntly, the Devoran, 1916; Huntly and the Eden at Carlisle; Fishing rods of my early days and those of to-day; An angling story founded on facts; Invergarry; Stornoway, the Grimersta and Morsgail, Island of Lewis; Disappointments and successes, 1921; The Grimersta River; The Wye at Builth; Boys will be boys. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1923). ND (1923) 1st edition. 8vo (143 x 222mm). Pp240. B/w photograph plates, errata slip. Blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine & upper board. Cloth slightly stained, browning to edges else good-plus. "Most of the content is about salmon fishing, on the Killaloe in Ireland; the Deveron, the Barr, the Dee and the Grimersta, all in Scotland; a month on the Suldal in Norway, and so on." (Wood). Chapters include: Early days; Wet and dry fly; The Lake District; St. Mary's Loch; Luib, Rannoch and Tummil; The Devoran - Mount Blairy Water; Loch fishing; Killaloe and Killarney, 1893; Loch Awe and Invergarry, 1894 or 1895; Sunda River, Norway, 1897; Tomdown, Glengarry, 1898; Strathpeffer and Rannoch, 1899; Cat Lodge, Laggan; Muiresk, Devoran, 1902; Glenbarr Abbey, 1903; Invergarry and Loch Rannoch; Odd days; Devoran, St. Mary's Loch, etc., 1907; Tomdown Hotel, Glengarry, 1909; Inverawe, 1910; Tomdown, 1911; Huntly Lodge, Huntly, the Devoran, 1916; Huntly and the Eden at Carlisle; Fishing rods of my early days and those of to-day; An angling story founded on facts; Invergarry; Stornoway, the Grimersta and Morsgail, Island of Lewis; Disappointments and successes, 1921; The Grimersta River; The Wye at Builth; Boys will be boys. .…

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Memories of loch fishing, fishing on the Wye, in the Western Isles etc. Illustrated by photographs taken by the author. Erratum slip. Foxing to front and rear endpapers. Slit up rear internal hinge about two thirds of the gutter. Blue cloth with slit to top front external hinge, and scuff mark on front cover. Some rubbing and wear to corners and slightly to extremities of spine.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1923). ND (1923) 1st edition. 8vo (143 x 222mm). Pp240. B/w photograph plates, errata slip. Blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine & upper board. Slight use, foxing to end-papers and edges, otherwise very good. "Most of the content is about salmon fishing, on the Killaloe in Ireland; the Deveron, the Barr, the Dee and the Grimersta, all in Scotland; a month on the Suldal in Norway, and so on." (Wood). Chapters include: Early days; Wet and dry fly; The Lake District; St. Mary's Loch; Luib, Rannoch and Tummil; The Devoran - Mount Blairy Water; Loch fishing; Killaloe and Killarney, 1893; Loch Awe and Invergarry, 1894 or 1895; Sunda River, Norway, 1897; Tomdown, Glengarry, 1898; Strathpeffer and Rannoch, 1899; Cat Lodge, Laggan; Muiresk, Devoran, 1902; Glenbarr Abbey, 1903; Invergarry and Loch Rannoch; Odd days; Devoran, St. Mary's Loch, etc., 1907; Tomdown Hotel, Glengarry, 1909; Inverawe, 1910; Tomdown, 1911; Huntly Lodge, Huntly, the Devoran, 1916; Huntly and the Eden at Carlisle; Fishing rods of my early days and those of to-day; An angling story founded on facts; Invergarry; Stornoway, the Grimersta and Morsgail, Island of Lewis; Disappointments and successes, 1921; The Grimersta River; The Wye at Builth; Boys will be boys. . …

Printed for private circulation only, the author of this scarce volume was a keen cricketer, being a joint-founder of the Hampstead Nondescripts, and enjoyed shooting in England and Scotland; but fishing was his main passion, and the major part of this book describes his experiences on the Isle of Lewis and elsewhere and recounts A Tale of The Hebrides Salmon (in a contribution by W.A. Everington). Small 8vo. 127pp. Portrait frontispiece. Orig. cloth gilt. Foxing to early pages and edges of others. A good copy. Scarce. Signed by the author to front free-endpaper. [Cox, 38].…