Downs Baird (14 results)

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2005). 2005 1st edition. Spiral-bound red pictorial card covers. Ppiv,67. B/w line illustrations. Mint new copy. Donald Downs has been expertly tying flies for many years. Designed rather in the manner of Alfred Wainwright's famous fell-walking guides, this attractive facsimile of a handwritten notebook gives excellent drawings and step by step instructions. It will be invaluable to all fly-tyers for its practical content, and no doubt treasured in years to come, simply for its thoroughly satisfying appearance. Downs learned fly dressing from Geoffrey Bucknall and illustrated several books for him. He also worked with John Veniard, illustrating his books and tying flies in demonstrations with him. "In this book I aim to introduce a new technique with each fly - and enough flies to cover the minimum throughout the season." "This book is intended for those who feel that trout fly dressing is difficult [and] for anglers who dress one or two flies - and would like to dress a few more. It therefore looks at [the particular] techniques in some detail." Downs kept sketches of every fly pattern he ever tied, and the selection of flies in this book is compiled from these. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 12.00.

Medlar Press, Ellesmere, 2006. Illustrated with drawings. 6.25" x 8.25". 67 pp. Paperbound, wire spiral spine set into cover so that there is a proper spine. Step-by-step fly tying instructions, illustrated with good drawings. Instructions for tying 21 types of flies, also tools, materials and techniques. Very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Spiral-bound softcover, in Fine condition. Previous owner's label on inside cover. First edition, pp67, b&w illustrations. This handwritten book, with drawings and step by step instructions, will be invaluable to all fly-dressers and, owing to the uniqueness of its presentation, will be a book to treasure for posterity. Contains all the steps to get you fly dressing, explains all the tools and techniques and is spiral bound for ease of use.

, [4] 66 [2] pages, fly dressing illustrations throughout First Edition , small dent to upper cover, slight damage to title page, very good condition , ring bound full colour wrapper , 21cmx 16cm Card Covers ISBN: 1899600612.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. The Author (illustrator). Limited Edition. Tonbridge, England: Creel Press, 1991, #119 of 125 copies, Signed, 129p. Illustrated by the author and entirely written in calligraphy by the author. Stories, Rhymes and Sketches. Light tan buckram, with calf spine title label, dark brown endpapers. In a light tan buckram slipcase. A Fine copy with very light wear. In a Near Fine slipcase also with very light wear. A Clean, Tight Copy See Photos. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Ediiton De Luxe. hardback, 8vo, bound in full brown morocco, one out of series of twenty five deluxe leather bound copies of a total edition of 150, lettered and ruled gilt to spine, marbled endpapers, a fine tightly bound clean and unmarked copy, no dust jacket issued but housed in a beige cloth covered slipcase, illustrated throughout in b&w, 131pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Minor shelf-wear (smudges) to the edges of the slipcase, otherwise in new unread condition. Limited edition, number139 of 150. Brown cloth binding.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2002). 2002 1st edition. 4to (180 x 260mm). Pp132. B/w illustrations by the author throughout. Fully bound in tan buckram, white spine label titled in gilt. Tan buckram-bound slipcase. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies. Near fine in slip-case. Number 76 of a limited edition of 150 numbered copies. "Following on from an earlier book entitled 'Weavings Round the Creel', I have put together in this volume pieces I have written in the past along with new and unpublished items to make, I fondly hope, a fair browsing companion to 'Weavings'. A collection of articles, many previously published in magazines such as the Flyfishers' Journal and Salmon, Trout & Sea Trout, also some poems and "Hugmanay cards". Excellent illustrations throughout by Downs-Baird. This is a buckram bound copy from an edition of 150 numbered copies, of which the first 25 were bound in leather. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2002). 2002 1st edition. 4to (180 x 260mm). Pp132. B/w illustrations by the author throughout. Fully bound in tan buckram, white spine label titled in gilt. Tan buckram-bound slipcase. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies. Fine in slip-case. From an edition of 150 numbered copies, of which the first 25 are bound in leather. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1991). 1991 1st edition. 4to (176 x 261mm). Pp129. Illustrated by the author. Original oatmeal buckram, leather spine label. Edition limited to 150 signed & numbered copies. Sporting bookplate on endpaper but fine in slipcase. Signed. Rhymes, stories and sketches from the inimitable Donald Downs, all reproduced from his original hand-written and illustrated manuscript. The entire edition was limited to 150 signed and numbered copies. The first 25 were bound in full leather whilst the remaining 125 were bound in cloth with a leather spine label. A handsome book, already difficult to find. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1991). 1991 1st edition. 4to (176 x 261mm). Pp129. Illustrated by the author. Original oatmeal buckram, leather spine label. Edition limited to 150 signed & numbered copies. Fine in slipcase. Signed and numbered by the author. Rhymes, stories and sketches from the inimitable Donald Downs, all reproduced from his original hand-written and illustrated manuscript. The entire edition was limited to 150 signed and numbered copies. The first 25 were bound in full leather whilst the remaining 125 were bound in cloth with a leather spine label. A handsome book, already difficult to find. .

Limited edition, no. 72 of 125 copies, signed by the author, from a total edition of 150, large 8vo, 128, (2) pp. Buckram, brown morocco spine label, slipcase, a fine copy.

1st Edn, VI 131 pages, large 8vo., illus by the author, tan cloth, leather title label, fine in slipcase, limited to 150 numbered copies. A collection of angling stories and verse.

First edition , Number 7 of 25 copies bound in full leather, signed by the author. Illustrated by the author. 128, [1] pp. Bound in full tan morocco in slipcase. Very Fine Illustrated by the author. 128, [1] pp First edition , Number 7 of 25 copies bound in full leather, signed by the author.