John Orrelle (25 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Very slight edge rubbing, otherwise a clean, bright, tight copy. Filled with drawings and b&w photos of vintage reels. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 155 pages.

Condition: Very Good. Very good + condition/almost like new. Only very minor creasing on bottom corner. Binding is good; pages are clean and tight.Paperback. book.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Quarto (28 cm), pp. 155. Illustrated wraps. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Covers the history, evolution and construction of both American and British fly reels. Minor edge wear and rubbing.

Paperback. Condition: VG+. Paperback in Very Good+ condition. 8.5 X 0.5 X 11 inches. 155 pages. Clean, unmarked interior. Light wear to covers . Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. [Cat. 69. ] 4to 8.5" x 11" illus. Exceptional book for all connoisseurs of fly reels; 250 illustrations, many full-size; covers both American and British makers from earliest times to 1960's. The author had a much larger and more comprehensive edition submitted to the publisher Frank Amato, but Amato thought it would not sell very well.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed. A nice copy. Clean text, solid binding. Quarto paperback edition, 155 pgs. Signed and inscribed by the author inside front cover.

Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 155 pps.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. paperback, 11 1/8" x 8 1/2", pictorial gloss card covers, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, illustrated, 155pp.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1987). 1987 1st edition. Paperback issue. 4to paperback (215 x 278mm). Pp155. B/w photographs, illustrations. Slight browning and use, but good second-hand paperback. A useful history of British and American fly reels. Chapters include: Evolution of the fishing reel: Early British fishing reels; American fishing reels; Vom Hofe and Meisselbach reels; A time of plenty; Automatic fly reels; Hardy Brothers; Hardy Perfect; Other notable British firms; Fly reel construction; checks and drags; Miscellaneous fly reels; Notes on collecting. .

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings. ; B&W Photographs and Illustrations; 4to.; 155 pages.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Number 448 of a limited edition of one thousand copies, signed by Orrelle and Hagerbaumer. Illustrated in color. 207 pages. Oblong 8vo (12" by 9 1/4".) Hardcover, bound in green leather, printed in gilt. In a dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author and Illustrat.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. David Hagerbaumer (illustrator). First, SIGNED, and Limited Edition. Limited Edition, Signed and numbered, this copy being # 637. Limited to 1000 copies. Faux, green leatherbound with gold lettering to the cover and spine plus decorations. Very bright and clean copy. Photos available upon request. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Oblong. SIGNED By Author and Artist.

Condition: Fine, NO dj. limited ed. horiz 4to. 176pp. Signed by the author and the illustrator. #330 of 1000. NOT one of the. 1st 100 in a slipcase with an additional print.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1987). 1987 1st edition. 4to. Pp155. B/w photographs, illustrations, bonded leather gilt. #68 of a signed limited edition of 175 copies. Small labels on end-paper. Very good in poor, repaired dust-wrapper. A useful history of British and American fly reels. Chapters include: Evolution of the fishing reel: Early British fishing reels; American fishing reels; Vom Hofe and Meisselbach reels; A time of plenty; Automatic fly reels; Hardy Brothers; Hardy Perfect; Other notable British firms; Fly reel construction; checks and drags; Miscellaneous fly reels; Notes on collecting. .

Illus., oblong 9 x 11", gilt-lettered and gilt-dec green leatherette, 176pp with Index To the Art, former owner's bookplate on front fly, hinges a little loose else a nice copy of Volume I only. LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY JOHN ORRELLE. THIS COPY ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY DAVID HAGERBAUMER (in pencil) ON DEDICATION PAGE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very fine in fine Wrapper. Skagit River Press, LaConner, 2009, #450 of 1,000 copies, signed by both Orrelle and Hagerbaumer. Volume Two. Illustrated with b&w reproductions. 8.75" x 11.25" (oblong). 207 pp. Decorated green bonded leather. A collection of stories, commentaries, remarks on sporting art, and Hagerbaumer's paintings. Very fine in fine wrapper in a very good slipcase.

Skagit River Press, LaConner, 2009, #640 of 1,000 copies, signed by both Orrelle and Hagerbaumer. Volume II. Illustrated with b&w reproductions. 8.75" x 11.25" (oblong). 207 pp. Decorated green bonded leather. A collection of stories, commentaries, remarks on sporting art, and Hagerbaumer's paintings of waterfowl, upland gamebirds, etc. Very fine in fine wrapper.

Volume I. Skagit River Press, LaConner, 2008, #774 of 1,000 copies, signed by both Orrelle and Hagerbaumer. Illustrated with b&w reproductions. 8.75" x 11.25" (oblong). 176 pp. Decorated green paper covered boards, color pictorial endpapers. Chapters on waterfowl and waterfowling, quail, snipe, woodcock, turkey, grouse, chukar, doves, pigeons, decoys, blinds and duck shacks, and other birds and animals. Excellent drawings! Fine.

First Edition. Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1987. Quarto (11 x 8 1/2). 155 pp. including index, bibliography. Limited Edition. Book number 149 of 175 copies published. Signed by John Orrelle on the limitation leaf. A multitude of black and white photos showing many of the reels described. Line drawings, historical illustrations, and patent drawings. The book is divided into four sections. Part 1: History and Development. Part 2: American Fly Reels. Part 3: The British Tradition. Part 4: Form and Function. The book is bound in brown cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Author.

Limited Edition. Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1987. Quarto (11 x 8 1/2). 155 pp. including index, bibliography. Limited Edition. Book number 151 of 175 copies published. Signed by John Orrelle on the limitation leaf. A multitude of black and white photos showing many of the reels described. Line drawings, historical illustrations, and patent drawings. The book is divided into four sections. Part 1: History and Development. Part 2: American Fly Reels. Part 3: The British Tradition. Part 4: Form and Function. The book is bound in brown cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Author.