Michael Shephard (132 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Book is in Very Good condition, with minimal handling and light shelf wear, binding is tight, corners are sharp, interior is clean, text is free of markings. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. DJ has edge wear, creases, scratches, scuffs, rubbed corners/spine, very slightly soiled. Boards have edge wear, rubbed corners/spine. No writing. Very good.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1991). 1991 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 239mm). Pp118. B/w photographs, bibliography, end-paper maps. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Some use and spotting to top edge, but good-plus in spine-faded dust-wrapper. A good guide to river and stillwater game and coarse fisheries in Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Hampshire, Wilstshire and Dorset, with plenty of anecdotes and advice as to techniques. "Michael Shephard, an angler and fishing writer of great experience, discusses not only the famous rivers such as the Tamar, the Exe, the Torridge, the Taw and Avon but also a great many smaller streams which provide marvellous days. He ranges widely over the lakes and reservoirs, some famous like Blagdon and Wimbleball, but many others not so well known. Besides giving a wealth of information on where to fish and how to get there, Michael Shephard gives advice on reliable flies which can be fished at various times. He vividly recalls red-letter days on rivers and lakes and discusses the behaviour of fish found in the region, providing a detailed and vastly entertaining guide to the fishing in this beautiful part of Britain." .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1991). 1991 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 239mm). Pp118. B/w photographs, bibliography, end-paper maps. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. A good guide to river and stillwater game and coarse fisheries in Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Hampshire, Wilstshire and Dorset, with plenty of anecdotes and advice as to techniques. "Michael Shephard, an angler and fishing writer of great experience, discusses not only the famous rivers such as the Tamar, the Exe, the Torridge, the Taw and Avon but also a great many smaller streams which provide marvellous days. He ranges widely over the lakes and reservoirs, some famous like Blagdon and Wimbleball, but many others not so well known. Besides giving a wealth of information on where to fish and how to get there, Michael Shephard gives advice on reliable flies which can be fished at various times. He vividly recalls red-letter days on rivers and lakes and discusses the behaviour of fish found in the region, providing a detailed and vastly entertaining guide to the fishing in this beautiful part of Britain." .

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. Cover and spine are good with only mild shelf/rub wear. No dog-eared corners. Solid Binding. All pages intact and legible. Clean. No store stamps. --- Jul, 1984 issue. --- Science Fiction stories including authors: ---- Lucius Shephard --- Michael Cassutt --- Martin Gardner --- Isaac Asimov --- Kit Reed --- Warren Wagar --- Marc Laidlaw --- James Morrow. . .See photos for additional content. . .

Condition: New.

Shephard, Jennifer M. / Kosslyn, Stephen Michael / Hammonds, Evelynn Maxine, ed. The Harvard sampler: liberal education for the twenty-first century. Edited by Jennifer M. Shephard, Stephen M. Kosslyn, Evelynn M. Hammonds. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2011, xiii, 366pp., very good dust-jacket, original price $29.95, very good black half-cloth with brown boards. CONTENTS: Enhancing religious literacy in a liberal arts education through the study of Islam and Muslim societies / Ali S. Asani -- American literature and the American environment : there never was an "is" without a "where" / Lawrence Buell -- The Internet and Hieronymus Bosch : fear, protection, and liberty in cyberspace / Harry R. Lewis -- Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution : pattern, process, and the evidence for evolution / Jonathan B. Losos -- Global history for an era of globalization : an introduction / Charles S. Maier -- Medical detectives / Karin B. Michels -- The human mind / Steven Pinker -- Securing human rights intellectually : philosophical inquiries about the universal declaration / Mathias Risse -- What is morality? / T.M. Scanlon -- Energy resources and the environment : a chapter on applied science / John H. Shaw -- Interracial literature / Werner Sollors -- "Pursuits of happiness" : legacies of the American revolution / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. ISBN 9780674059023.

Condition: Good. 1955. First Edition. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Prize plate to front pastedown. Black and white illustrated plates. Light tanning to pages with noticeable staining to free endpapers. Binding is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Book is visibly bowed and forward leaning with minor tanning, staining and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear.

Condition: Good. 1962. Fifth impression. 128 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1957). (1955) 1957 reprint. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Pp128. B/w illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in silver and gilt. Boards very faded, edges browned. Good only. Lacks dust-wrapper. This is a book for beginners, for the benefit of youngsters who have no knowledgeable parent or friend to start them off in the right direction. "The frontispiece depicts trout, salmon and grayling, but the book deals in the main with coarse fish and fishing methods. It does this commendably." (Angling, August 1955). Chapters include:- Where to find your fish; Rod and tackle; Running water; Trotting; Still waters; Fly-fishing; Wet-fly; Spinning. .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback in good condition- with jacket. Pages in good clean condition.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy, blind embossed address stamp if a previous owner to the front free endpaper otherwise with clean and unmarked contents. The pictorial dust jacket with some tears and loss, now protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve. Illustrations, 128pp.

Condition: Good. 1954. First Edition. 128 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.

hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. hardback, third printing, 6 1/2" x 3 3/4", a tightly bound copy, previous owner name obscured with ink, an unmarked text but with some mild foxing. Price clipped pictorial dust jacket has general edge-wear and some loss at the head of the front panel, Illustrated, 95pp.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a tightly bound copy with clean and unmarked contents, the dust wrapper with some minor edge wear and now protected in a non-adhesive clear film sleeve. Illustrated, 240pp.

hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. hardback, third printing, 6 1/2" x 3 3/4", a tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text but with some mild foxing. Price clipped pictorial dust jacket has general edge-wear and closed tears, Illustrated, 95pp.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1952). 1952 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Pp240. B/w photographs, decorative end-papers. Grey cloth, spine titled in gilt, green motif of angler casting to upper board. Well used. Good only. Lacks dust-wrapper. In the series, "The Sporting Scene," edited by William Luscombe. Encouraging ruminations on a wide range of angling experiences. Includes material on bream, barbel, carp trout, pike, tench, perch, grayling, salmon, and various scenarios where each might be encountered. Chapters include: On being an angler; Bottom-fishing; Fly-fishing; Roach fishing; 'The fearfullest of fishes'; so catch your bream; Fishing for barbel; Fishing the weir; The appeal of the carp; Angling competitions; Trout fishing; Tench fishing; Perch fishing; The gamest fish of all; Grayling fishing; Worming; Salmon fishing; Fishing in flood water; Pollution. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1954). (1954) later reprint. Small format (94 x 164mm). Pp95. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Various minor faults (boards faded with slight damage, fading, foxing / tape marks). Reading copy only, lacks dust-wrapper. Part of the excellent and highly collectable 'How To Catch Them' series. Chapters include: Description and habits; Tackle - rods, reels, lines, casts and hooks, floats, other tackle; Baits; Methods of fishing with bait - long trotting, fishing without float, dapping, ledgering, landing the fish; Fly fishing - tackle, casts, dry flies, wet flies, using the dry fly, where to cast, using the wet fly; Chub in cold weather. An appendix lists 'some notable chub'. .

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright with no markings, 128pp with illustrations by A.J. Smith. Poor DJ, heavily taped with loss btm front.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. As new copy in dustjacket pp143.

Condition: Good. Book will have been read but remains in excellent condition. Clean and tight binding. Cover may show slight wear. Contents will be clean and free from markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Slight scuffing to dust jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Green cloth, faded lettering to spine, a couple of small marks to cloth. School prize certificate to front pastedown.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1950; London; tan illustrated glossy paper dust jacket with red titling; corners are bumped; rubbing and wear on covers and spine; interior is clean and unmarked; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 352 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1950 British Field Sports Society first editon paperback, stapled binding; Very Good, clean copy; UK dealer, immediate dispatch.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1955). (1955) 1955 reprint. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Pp128. B/w illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in silver and gilt. Boards slightly stained and faded, smells slightly musty. A good copy. This is a book for beginners, for the benefit of youngsters who have no knowledgeable parent or friend to start them off in the right direction. "The frontispiece depicts trout, salmon and grayling, but the book deals in the main with coarse fish and fishing methods. It does this commendably." (Angling, August 1955). Chapters include:- Where to find your fish; Rod and tackle; Running water; Trotting; Still waters; Fly-fishing; Wet-fly; Spinning. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1950). 1950 1st edition. 8vo Stapled paperback (140 x 215mm). Pp32. Colour illustrations taken from Player's cigarette cards, b/w illustration. Slightly rubbed and foxed. Good. ~. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1954). (1954) later reprint. Small format (94 x 164mm). Pp95. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Boards slightly faded, foxing to edges and end-papers, inscription. Good-plus in poor dust-wrapper. Part of the excellent and highly collectable 'How To Catch Them' series. Chapters include: Description and habits; Tackle - rods, reels, lines, casts and hooks, floats, other tackle; Baits; Methods of fishing with bait - long trotting, fishing without float, dapping, ledgering, landing the fish; Fly fishing - tackle, casts, dry flies, wet flies, using the dry fly, where to cast, using the wet fly; Chub in cold weather. An appendix lists 'some notable chub'. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1955). 1955 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Pp128. B/w illustrations. Blue-green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Quite used, good only. Lacks dust-wrapper. This is a book for beginners, for the benefit of youngsters who have no knowledgeable parent or friend to start them off in the right direction. "The frontispiece depicts trout, salmon and grayling, but the book deals in the main with coarse fish and fishing methods. It does this commendably." (Angling, August 1955). Chapters include:- Where to find your fish; Rod and tackle; Running water; Trotting; Still waters; Fly-fishing; Wet-fly; Spinning. .

Condition: Good. 1956. Second Edition. 95 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Drawings in blue pen to pastedowns and rear endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Heavy tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends.