O'farrell Rowan Cunningham (4 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1971). (1964, 1966) 1971 1st edition thus. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp195. B/w photographs and line drawings. Blue cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt. Slight foxing to edge, else very good in dust-wrapper with small tear. A merger of the author's two earlier books, "Sea fishing for pleasure and profit" and "Crabs and crawfish." The author, forced to leave the army at an early age following a riding accident and a year in Indian hospitals ".where treatment was limited to spine boards, water beds and hope.", took up a career of commercial fishing based at a port on the Lleyn Peninsula, North Wales. Useful advice on small-scale inshore fishing for fish, lobsters, crabs and shellfish based on a lifetime's experience. Chapters include:- I started job hunting; My five boats and their points, good and bad; Pleasant but tough - I "look-see" at the Mediterranean; Crew problem - so I married one; About the lobster; Catching; More about storing; Hibernian sandwich; About the crab; About the crawfish; Useful tips on line fishing; Some successful lures and their use; Many ways of catching fish; Inshore netting gives good results; About other shellfish; Choice of craft; Hints on trawling and netting; Winning full profit from your catch. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1966). 1966 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp120. B/w photographs & illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Quite used and stained. A good working copy in torn dust-wrapper. A useful guide for the amateur or small scale lobster and shellfish fisherman. Chapters include: About the lobster; Catching; More about storing; Hibernian sandwich; About the crab; About the crawfish; About other fish; Choice of craft; Preparation and cooking (written by the author's wife). .…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. [The Fisherman's Library]; B and w photos; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 120 pages.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1966). 1966 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp120. B/w photographs & illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. End-paper name but o/w very good in used & chipped dust-wrapper. A useful guide for the amateur or small scale lobster and shellfish fisherman. Chapters include: About the lobster; Catching; More about storing; Hibernian sandwich; About the crab; About the crawfish; About other fish; Choice of craft; Preparation and cooking (written by the author's wife). .…