Nobbs Percy E (14 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very nice copy with slight edgewear. Dual English and French language versions. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Paper along hinges is cracked but still holding firm. This is NOT a signed copy.

pamphlet. Condition: very good(+). 13 pages, 8vo, original green printed wrappers. Small blind library stamp on title page. Quebec, April 1948. First Edition. Scarce. Very good (+).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by the author in very good condition. Also included are 2 letters from Susan Wagg. Signed by Author(s).

LeatheBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 24. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1948 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 24.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. 147 pp. Very light foxing. 19 illustrations. Purple illustrated endpapers. Green hardcovers. Stains along bottom edge and along spine's edge on rear cover, corners bumped. Beige DJ, not price-clipped. Spine and edges yellowed, light wear along the edges. GOOD+/GOOD+. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Houghton Mifflin and Co., Boston, 1935, first U.S. edition. Illustrated with fine drawings and plates. 6" x 9". 147 pp. Black cloth, red cloth spine label, decorated endpapers, ink owner name on half-title page. Fishing for salmon in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Great Britain, with chapters on flies, tackle, habits of salmon, cookery, etc. Scarce. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. Nobbs, Percy E. (illustrator). First U.K. 147 pages in very good, clean condition; edges a little yellowed. 19 full-page drawings. Illustrated endpapers. Bottom corner of free back endpaper torn off. Previous owner's stamp on a couple of pages. Green cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Very light wear on corners. Green DJ with blue titles and decoration. Spine and edges yellowed, spine stained and a little worn. Light wear on corners and edges. Price clipped. VG/VG-. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. 147 pages in very good condition; edges a little yellowed. With 19 line drawings by the author. Purple and green illustrated endpapers. Green hardcovers with black titles. One corner lightly bumped, small stain on spine's tail. Green DJ with blue titles. Spine yellowed and lightly worn. Light wear on corners and edges. Not price-clipped. VG+/VG+. Book.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Nobbs, Percy E. (illustrator). First Edition. 26 pages. Features: Some facts about Atlantic Salmon; The Moose That Was a Grizzly - article with photo of Lloyd Stonehouse; Hunting & Summer Cabins; Chuck Ewart and his 1954 record Steelhead; 1955 Fishing Contest Results; Going, Going.; Nice ad inside back cover announces trophy winners in the Thomas Adams Ontario Deer Hunting Competition, with the names of winners including A.V. Burniston of Chatham, Marvin D. Shaw of IN, Walter Schmidthurst of OH, and eight others. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 209-308. Features: Frontispiece photo of George F. McCorquodale; Natural and artificial methods of salmon production - a short review of Canadian results; Salmon Fisheries of Norway; Defective Bones in Hand-reared Trout; The Grayling - part IV - bait fishing; Rod Joints and Whippings - how to recondition them for difficult climates; The Value of Hatchery Trout for Stocking Rivers; De Profundis - a tale of a fisherman's Dilemma; Experiments on the Starvation of Trout Fry; Artificial Propagation of Brown Trout - Hatchery Mortality; Reviews of new books; The Jolly Angler (continued); and more. Average wear. Few institutional library markings. A sound vintage copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 203-243 plus nineteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Toronto's 150 Years; Metal Crafts in Canada - many photos of beautiful creations; Western Mountain Flowers; Britain's Storied Stones and Crosses; Interiors of Pioneer Houses in New Brunswick; and more. Some of the best ads include:.Ford Motor company (military theme); Magnificent two-page two-color Victory Bonds ad features soldier on battlefield; CIBC (features photo of heavy navy guns); Gold Flake cigarettes (features photo of male and female military personnel); Canadian Women's Army Corps - nice colour ad on back cover Moderate wear. Bit of sticker remnant and peel mark on front cover. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.

8vo. pp. ix, 412. few text illus. index. cloth (corners rubbed). dw. (edges worn with few short tears & stain on front cover). First Edition.

8vo. 22cm, the First Edition, 147p., with 19 plates from drawings by the author, two colour illustrated endpapers from drawings also by the author, green cloth, a fine bright copy in fine complete (not price clipped) jacket, slight abrasion on the free endpaper, probably from the removal of a sticker, very rare thus, a signed association presentation copy to colleague Eric Arthur, noted Architectural historian "From Percy Nobbs, to Eric Arthur", on the half title, with small designed bookplate on the free fly printed in blue, AERA _ ex libris@. Very rare thus. (cgc). No standard price references located. The author, 1875 1964, a Montreal Architect wrote books on Architecture and Architecture in Canada which are also scarce, but not as scarce as the present title. "The waters in which Mr. Nobbs has exercised his craft are chiefly Canadian, and therefore this is a book which will appeal particularly to those fishermen who have visited the New World. as well, he is a gifted artist, and the book contains 19 very fine full page drawings from his pen". jacket.