Peter Tombleson (93 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1976). (1966) 1976 2nd edition. Small 8vo paperback. (120mm x 183mm). Pp96. B/w illustrations. A very good copy. ~. .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. The Fixed-Spool Reel. Tombleson, Peter, Herbert Jenkins, London, 1968, 94p, hc w/ dj, dj bumped/scuffed/chipped, boards clean/square, CLEAN text, solid binding--7.50.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Second printing. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Acceptable Jacket. A worn jacket with red stain on the back. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Condition: Good. 1960. Third impression. 95 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some tears, chipping and creasing.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1957). 1957 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Pp128. B/w illustrations. Green boards, silver-gilt kingfisher motif to upper board, spine titled in silver-gilt. Staining to boards, spine faded, inscription to end-paper, internally clean. Good copy, lacks dust-wrapper. "The author proceeds from tackle to baits and thence to what happens during a match." Much advice on baits and groundbaits, whilst Fenland fishing and bream fishing as well as slow and fast waters are each discussed in separate chapters. Part of an Angling Times Series of books each published with a similar dust-wrapper design. .…

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 faded, slight foxing, owner's stamp. Good-plus, lacks dust-wrapper. One of the excellent and highly collectable 'How To Catch Them' titles, with an introduction by Bernard Venables; ".The bream symbolizes all that quiet timeless peace, that rushy sequestered sort of delight that some sorts of coarse fishing mean to us. Tombleson has a look in his eye when he speaks of bream. The book is a record of an obsession." Chapters include: The bream - description, spawning and growth, where to find bream; Baits - general, worms, paste, gentles or maggots, wheat, groundbaits; Tackle - rods, reels, lines, hooks, casts, keepnets; Methods - float fishing, ledgering, spinning; Bream in match fishing. The appendix lists 'some notable bream', with an extra record in later reprints. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1965). 1965 1st edition. 4to (180 x 245mm). Pp143. Colour frontispiece photograph, b/w photographs, b/w illustrations by Ernest Petts. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Various minor faults. A fair reading copy, lacks dust-wrapper. A terrific collection of articles by all the big names of the 1960s. The fourth and final volume in a series of books based on material collected from the Angling Times. Covers game and sea angling but is strongest on coarse fishing. Contributions from Albert Oldfield, Jim Sharp, Bernard Donovan, Hugh Stoker, Cliff McCullagh, Bill Taylor, Ken Seaman, Colin Blake, T.K. Wilson, Ewan Clarkson, C.R. Gamble, Fred J. Taylor, C.N.G. Matthews, F.E. Marriott, Dick Walker, Tom Tomlyn, Jim Wheat, A.F. Magri-MacMahon, D.L. Wray, Ken Stabler, Peter Collins, Billy Lane, Herbert Green, Fred Laughton, Peter Stone, John Holdham, A. Dean Leach, Cyril Precious, Derek Fletcher, M. Melhuish, John Tyrell, Dennis Pye, Gordon Wood, Peter Trowse, David Carl Forbes, Tag Barnes, Peter Mead and Bob Norman. The introduction is by Ken Sutton. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. Small format (95 x 167mm). Pp94. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Boards slightly bumped, boards and edges stained, but internally clean. Good copy only, without dust-wrapper. Another title in the excellent and highly collectable 'How To Catch them' series. Chapters include: Introducing the reel - suggestions, continental reels, choosing a reel, pick-up arm, slipping clutch, spool capacity, maintenance; Light tackle casting - filling the spool, backing, casting, setting-up, shotting, two-handed casts; Playing the fish - trotting, playing, setting the clutch, practical illustration; Heavy tackle casting - casting, short rods, striking, playing; Hints on general handling - line loads, the rod for the reel, long trotting, sea casting, using the slipping clutch, the enclosed spool reel; Hints on competition casting by Barrie Welham. An appendix lists the relationship of diameter to breaking strain of nylon. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1963). 1963 1st edition. 4to (185 x 245mm). Pp144. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs, illustrations by Ernest Petts. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. 18s. net. Some foxing and use but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. A selection of the best articles to appear in Angling Times during the year preceding publication. Coarse angling, flyfishing and sea fishing. An excellent read as are the three other books in the series. Contributions from all the well-known names of the era - Ken Seaman, John Holdham, David Marlborough, Peter Tombleson, Fred J. Taylor, Dick Walker, Derek Fletcher, Clive Gammon, T.K. Wilson, Hugh Stoker, Peter Mead, B.B. Pond, Ron Marshall, Peter Stone, Jim Wheat, A.G. Cox, Bernard Donovan, Frank Murgett, Toby Sinclair, P.A. Macnab, D.L. Wray, Winston Hall, Peter Grundel, Peter Collins, Jack Williams, William Nathan, C.R. Gamble, Albert Smalley, Les Baverstock, Peter Green, Tag Barnes, J.D. Hussey, Arthur E.J. Went, D.Sc., Jack Winstanley, "Seangler", Dennis Pye, Peter Mohan, Alastair Ross, Bill Taylor, Peter Martin, Albert Oldfield and C.H. White. The dust-wrapper of this title is notoriously fragile and copies in good condition are quite hard to find. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1962). 1962 1st edition. 4to (182 x 245mm). Pp144. B/w photographs, illustrations by Bernard Venables. Green boards, upper board and spine titled in gilt. 15/- net. Some browning and use but good. Various minor faults. Lacks dust-wrapper. A selection of the best articles to appear in Angling Times during the eighteen months preceding publication. An excellent read as are the three other books in the series. Contributions from all of the well-known names of the era - Bernard Venables, Fred J. Taylor, C.R. Gamble, Hugh Stoker, Dick Walker, John Barratt, Dennis Pye, Frank Murgett, B.A. Pearson, Steve Crawshaw, Bernard Donovan, Ken Seaman, A. Oldfield, F.W. Holiday, C.H. White, Derek Fletcher, Clive Gammon, Leslie Moncrieff, Peter Stone, D.L. Wray, Eric Taylor, Jim Wheat, Tag Barnes, Ray Robson, Julian Venables, R.J. Loader, Peter Tombleson, Les Baverstock, A. Dean Leach and George Goldsmith Carter. The dust-wrapper of this title is notoriously fragile and copies in good condition are quite hard to find. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. Small format (95 x 167mm). Pp94. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Boards faded, stained and bumped, hinges tender, end-papers stained. Reading copy only in remnant / tape-repaired dust-wrapper. Another title in the excellent and highly collectable 'How To Catch them' series. Chapters include: Introducing the reel - suggestions, continental reels, choosing a reel, pick-up arm, slipping clutch, spool capacity, maintenance; Light tackle casting - filling the spool, backing, casting, setting-up, shotting, two-handed casts; Playing the fish - trotting, playing, setting the clutch, practical illustration; Heavy tackle casting - casting, short rods, striking, playing; Hints on general handling - line loads, the rod for the reel, long trotting, sea casting, using the slipping clutch, the enclosed spool reel; Hints on competition casting by Barrie Welham. An appendix lists the relationship of diameter to breaking strain of nylon. .…

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. Good DJ with some chips/tears, marks and is price clipped.

Condition: Good. 1961. First Published. 94 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. 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 light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Water staining to spine. Light foxing overall. …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1957). 1957 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Pp128. B/w illustrations. Green boards, silver-gilt kingfisher motif to upper board, spine titled in silver-gilt. Earlier green dust-wrapper with fish design & price of 12/6. Various minor faults. Browning to edges and end-papers, some use. Good copy in rather chipped and torn, tape-repaired dust-wrapper. "The author proceeds from tackle to baits and thence to what happens during a match." Much advice on baits and groundbaits, whilst Fenland fishing and bream fishing as well as slow and fast waters are each discussed in separate chapters. Part of an Angling Times Series of books each published with a similar dust-wrapper design. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1965). 1965 1st edition. 4to (180 x 245mm). Pp143. Colour frontispiece photograph, b/w photographs, b/w illustrations by Ernest Petts. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. A little marked and used but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. A terrific collection of articles by all the big names of the 1960s. The fourth and final volume in a series of books based on material collected from the Angling Times. Covers game and sea angling but is strongest on coarse fishing. Contributions from Albert Oldfield, Jim Sharp, Bernard Donovan, Hugh Stoker, Cliff McCullagh, Bill Taylor, Ken Seaman, Colin Blake, T.K. Wilson, Ewan Clarkson, C.R. Gamble, Fred J. Taylor, C.N.G. Matthews, F.E. Marriott, Dick Walker, Tom Tomlyn, Jim Wheat, A.F. Magri-MacMahon, D.L. Wray, Ken Stabler, Peter Collins, Billy Lane, Herbert Green, Fred Laughton, Peter Stone, John Holdham, A. Dean Leach, Cyril Precious, Derek Fletcher, M. Melhuish, John Tyrell, Dennis Pye, Gordon Wood, Peter Trowse, David Carl Forbes, Tag Barnes, Peter Mead and Bob Norman. The introduction is by Ken Sutton. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1966). 1966 1st edition. Small 8vo paperback. (123mm x 185mm). Pp96. B/w illustrations. Cover illustration by Reg Cooke. 7s. 6d. net. Slight damage to spine, some foxing and use but good copy. A volume in the 1960s Angling Times series of books. Chapters include: Choosing the right rod; Choosing a reel; Lines, hooks, floats and nets; Baits and groundbaits; Mostly about fish and their habitats; Summer fishing, rivers and stillwaters; Winter fishing; Hints and tips; Dictionary of angling terms. .…

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, slight spotting, ownership label. Good-plus in frayed dust-wrapper. One of the excellent and highly collectable 'How To Catch Them' titles, with an introduction by Bernard Venables; ".The bream symbolizes all that quiet timeless peace, that rushy sequestered sort of delight that some sorts of coarse fishing mean to us. Tombleson has a look in his eye when he speaks of bream. The book is a record of an obsession." Chapters include: The bream - description, spawning and growth, where to find bream; Baits - general, worms, paste, gentles or maggots, wheat, groundbaits; Tackle - rods, reels, lines, hooks, casts, keepnets; Methods - float fishing, ledgering, spinning; Bream in match fishing. The appendix lists 'some notable bream', with an extra record in later reprints. .…

Condition: Fair. 1965. No Edition Remarks. 143 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white illustrations and photographic plates throughout with colour photographic frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Page and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Pencil marking and creasing to some pages, text remains readable. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining to both boards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Light wear. Small format book.

Condition: Good. 1965. No Edition Remarks. 143 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with tears and creasing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Fifth printing. Partial dust spotting to top text block edge, with very thin line of fade to top edge rim of bds, dw has surface discolouring to covers, rub to some edges and cornes of cover, with tiny nick to top edge rear cover, a couple of fox spots to ffep, and to front fold-over of dw.; pocket sized; 95 pages.…

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. Slight spotting. Very good in poor / tape-repaired dust-wrapper. One of the excellent and highly collectable 'How To Catch Them' titles, with an introduction by Bernard Venables; ".The bream symbolizes all that quiet timeless peace, that rushy sequestered sort of delight that some sorts of coarse fishing mean to us. Tombleson has a look in his eye when he speaks of bream. The book is a record of an obsession." Chapters include: The bream - description, spawning and growth, where to find bream; Baits - general, worms, paste, gentles or maggots, wheat, groundbaits; Tackle - rods, reels, lines, hooks, casts, keepnets; Methods - float fishing, ledgering, spinning; Bream in match fishing. The appendix lists 'some notable bream', with an extra record in later reprints. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Second Impression. Some dark spotting to rear cover, ; How To Catch Them Series; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 94 pages.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1965). 1965 1st edition. 4to (180 x 245mm). Pp143. Colour frontispiece photograph, b/w photographs, b/w illustrations by Ernest Petts. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Good copy in chipped and wrinkled dust-wrapper. A terrific collection of articles by all the big names of the 1960s. The fourth and final volume in a series of books based on material collected from the Angling Times. Covers game and sea angling but is strongest on coarse fishing. Contributions from Albert Oldfield, Jim Sharp, Bernard Donovan, Hugh Stoker, Cliff McCullagh, Bill Taylor, Ken Seaman, Colin Blake, T.K. Wilson, Ewan Clarkson, C.R. Gamble, Fred J. Taylor, C.N.G. Matthews, F.E. Marriott, Dick Walker, Tom Tomlyn, Jim Wheat, A.F. Magri-MacMahon, D.L. Wray, Ken Stabler, Peter Collins, Billy Lane, Herbert Green, Fred Laughton, Peter Stone, John Holdham, A. Dean Leach, Cyril Precious, Derek Fletcher, M. Melhuish, John Tyrell, Dennis Pye, Gordon Wood, Peter Trowse, David Carl Forbes, Tag Barnes, Peter Mead and Bob Norman. The introduction is by Ken Sutton. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1963). 1963 1st edition. 4to (185 x 245mm). Pp144. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs, illustrations by Ernest Petts. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. 18s. net. Some browning else a good copy in rather poor dust-wrapper. A selection of the best articles to appear in Angling Times during the year preceding publication. Coarse angling, flyfishing and sea fishing. An excellent read as are the three other books in the series. Contributions from all the well-known names of the era - Ken Seaman, John Holdham, David Marlborough, Peter Tombleson, Fred J. Taylor, Dick Walker, Derek Fletcher, Clive Gammon, T.K. Wilson, Hugh Stoker, Peter Mead, B.B. Pond, Ron Marshall, Peter Stone, Jim Wheat, A.G. Cox, Bernard Donovan, Frank Murgett, Toby Sinclair, P.A. Macnab, D.L. Wray, Winston Hall, Peter Grundel, Peter Collins, Jack Williams, William Nathan, C.R. Gamble, Albert Smalley, Les Baverstock, Peter Green, Tag Barnes, J.D. Hussey, Arthur E.J. Went, D.Sc., Jack Winstanley, "Seangler", Dennis Pye, Peter Mohan, Alastair Ross, Bill Taylor, Peter Martin, Albert Oldfield and C.H. White. The dust-wrapper of this title is notoriously fragile and copies in good condition are quite hard to find. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1965). 1965 1st edition. 4to (180 x 245mm). Pp143. Colour frontispiece photograph, b/w photographs, b/w illustrations by Ernest Petts. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in poor dust-wrapper remnant with large areas of loss. A terrific collection of articles by all the big names of the 1960s. The fourth and final volume in a series of books based on material collected from the Angling Times. Covers game and sea angling but is strongest on coarse fishing. Contributions from Albert Oldfield, Jim Sharp, Bernard Donovan, Hugh Stoker, Cliff McCullagh, Bill Taylor, Ken Seaman, Colin Blake, T.K. Wilson, Ewan Clarkson, C.R. Gamble, Fred J. Taylor, C.N.G. Matthews, F.E. Marriott, Dick Walker, Tom Tomlyn, Jim Wheat, A.F. Magri-MacMahon, D.L. Wray, Ken Stabler, Peter Collins, Billy Lane, Herbert Green, Fred Laughton, Peter Stone, John Holdham, A. Dean Leach, Cyril Precious, Derek Fletcher, M. Melhuish, John Tyrell, Dennis Pye, Gordon Wood, Peter Trowse, David Carl Forbes, Tag Barnes, Peter Mead and Bob Norman. The introduction is by Ken Sutton. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. THE DUST JACKET HAS A PLASTIC PROTECTIVE COVER WHICH IS RUBBED. THE CORNERS ARE BUMPED. THE SPINE IS BUMPED AT BOTH ENDS. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). (1961) 1968 reprint. Small format (94 x 165mm). Pp94. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Spotting to top edge else very good clean copy in a slightly chipped dust-wrapper. Another title in the excellent and highly collectable 'How To Catch them' series. Chapters include: Introducing the reel - suggestions, continental reels, choosing a reel, pick-up arm, slipping clutch, spool capacity, maintenance; Light tackle casting - filling the spool, backing, casting, setting-up, shotting, two-handed casts; Playing the fish - trotting, playing, setting the clutch, practical illustration; Heavy tackle casting - casting, short rods, striking, playing; Hints on general handling - line loads, the rod for the reel, long trotting, sea casting, using the slipping clutch, the enclosed spool reel; Hints on competition casting by Barrie Welham. An appendix lists the relationship of diameter to breaking strain of nylon. . …

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Tanning and some foxing to text block edge, mild dulling to spine ends bds, sl musty aroma on flicking through pages, dw has approx 1/4 loss at top rear cover, with wear, chips and tears to extremeties, and sl loss around tail of spine. ; 245x185mm; 144 pages. Illustrated by Ernest V. Pets (illustrator).…