Carr R Sinclair (16 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. . 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, 1936). 1936 1st edition. 8vo (132 x 210mm). Pp172. B/w woodcut frontispiece and vignettes by Roy Beddington, title-page printed in black & blue. Teal-green cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt trout vignette on upper board. Tear to cloth on rear hinge. Spotting to edges, marks to cloth on upper board. Good only. Lacks dust-wrapper. 'Alexander' was a water-bailiff on the rivers of the Scottish Borders. Short stories and memories of salmon, sea-trout and trout fishing, greatly enhanced by Beddington's illustrations. "The book impressed us deeply. read it again and again." (Angling, January-March 1939). .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1936). 1936 1st edition. 8vo (132 x 210mm). Pp172. B/w woodcut frontispiece and vignettes by Roy Beddington, title-page printed in black & blue. Teal-green cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt trout vignette on upper board. Label ghost (W.H. Smith library) to front board, boards stained, slight lean to faded spine, some browning. Good only, lacks dust-wrapper. 'Alexander' was a water-bailiff on the rivers of the Scottish Borders. Short stories and memories of salmon, sea-trout and trout fishing, greatly enhanced by Beddington's illustrations. "The book impressed us deeply. read it again and again." (Angling, January-March 1939). .…

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). …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1936). 1936 1st edition. 8vo (132 x 210mm). Pp172. B/w woodcut frontispiece and vignettes by Roy Beddington, title-page printed in black & blue. Teal-green cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt trout vignette on upper board. Spine faded but good-plus. Angling bookplate of Colin Pitt. 'Alexander' was a water-bailiff on the rivers of the Scottish Borders. Short stories and memories of salmon, sea-trout and trout fishing, greatly enhanced by Beddington's illustrations. "The book impressed us deeply. read it again and again." (Angling, January-March 1939). .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1936). 1936 1st edition. 8vo (132 x 210mm). Pp172. B/w woodcut frontispiece and vignettes by Roy Beddington, title-page printed in black & blue. Teal-green cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt trout vignette on upper board. Owner's name, slight use but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. 'Alexander' was a water-bailiff on the rivers of the Scottish Borders. Short stories and memories of salmon, sea-trout and trout fishing, greatly enhanced by Beddington's illustrations. "The book impressed us deeply. read it again and again." (Angling, January-March 1939). .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Condition: Good. 1936. First Edition. 171 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Signed by the author with dedication to front endpaper. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking and mottling to boards. heavy tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Moderate staining to front board.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1936). 1936 1st edition. 8vo (132 x 210mm). Pp172. B/w woodcut frontispiece and vignettes by Roy Beddington, title-page printed in black & blue. Teal-green cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt trout vignette on upper board. Names and notes to end-paper and paste-down, mark to upper board rather browned and foxed but a good copy in rather frayed and foxed dust-wrapper. 'Alexander' was a water-bailiff on the rivers of the Scottish Borders. Short stories and memories of salmon, sea-trout and trout fishing, greatly enhanced by Beddington's illustrations. "The book impressed us deeply. read it again and again." (Angling, January-March 1939). .…

First Edition. Sound copy in tight binding; blue cloth with gilt fish emblem on front board; a few spots on cloth; faded on spine. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

1st ed. Blue cloth slightly browned on spine, with a little wear at head & foot. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dustjacket) Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dustjacket).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1936). 1936 1st edition. 8vo (132 x 210mm). Pp172. B/w woodcut frontispiece and vignettes by Roy Beddington, title-page printed in black & blue. Teal-green cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt trout vignette on upper board. Slight lean to spine, end-paper name. Some foxing and use but good-plus in foxed, price-clipped dust-wrapper. 'Alexander' was a water-bailiff on the rivers of the Scottish Borders. Short stories and memories of salmon, sea-trout and trout fishing, greatly enhanced by Beddington's illustrations. "The book impressed us deeply. read it again and again." (Angling, January-March 1939). .…

First Edition. ROGUES' GALLERY, L-B, 1945, first edition, spine lightened, else a vg copy. Contributions by: Hammett, Christie, Bailey, Hecht, Sayers, Carr, Allen, Hornung, LeBlanc, Anderson, Wallace, Post, Freeman, Hodgson, McCulley, Finger, Charteris, Queen, S. Lewis, F. Brown, etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1936 edition omn blue cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Printing. "First Printed 1936" so stated. Octavo, original blue cloth over boards, stamped in gilt, stained top edge, illustrated dustjacket, black and white frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout. Book about fishing. Near Fine, spine fading, in Near Fine dustjacket, slight edgewear, spine darkened.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Blue cloth with small slit developing from top front hinge. Some rubbing to extremities. Roy Beddington (illustrator).