Phoebe Barnes (18 results)

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. VG/VG. Light soiling to edges of text block. No internal markings of any kind.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. NF/NF. Bright and beautiful copy. Hardcover with dust jacket. First edition. Very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Gift inscription on front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. xvii, 293pp+ index. Very good hardback in a slightly tanned jacket.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2002). (1997) 2002 2nd edition. 8vo (156 x 236mm). Pp71. B/w photographs. Blue cloth with gilt spine-title & gilt salmon fly motif to upper board. Issued without a dust-wrapper. Fine unread copy. The author, elderly when she wrote this book, tells the story of a lifetime of salmon fishing with her husband, Charlie Barnes. Reminiscences of flyfishing for Atlantic salmon on the Grand Cascapedia and Mirimichi, on the Alta in Norway, in Iceland and Ireland, and on the Cassley, Spey, Thurso and Garry in Scotland, and on the George River in the Canadian Arctic. Charlie died in 1980, but Phoebe continued fishing and travelling for several years more. "In 1992, at the age of 84, I gave up the sport completely." A fascinating account of privileged anglers whose experience spanned the highs and the lows of almost all of the twentieth century. Originally published privately by the author in 1997; the first edition quickly sold out, so she produced this second edition, in a run of about 1500 copies, in 2002. PBD was a published poet and writes very well. In fact I can see that I'm going to have to take this one home and read it! PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 15.00.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cloth. About Very Good/About Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. Binding has minor foxing; dust jacket has small label-removal residue and some age browning at extremities. A manuscript letter from the author dated 5 January 1974 has been laid in loosely; in it, Ms. Barnes states that she has checked off the poems that mean a lot to her--this copy's table of contents have pencilled check marks next to selected poems.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Ed. VG+ in pale blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine; no dust jacket. Author's first collection of poems on various subjects & life experiences. Poetry.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Boston: BP / Branden Press Publishers 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. The author's second collection of poems. "The subject of here poems range from travel to dinosaurs, from guns to grandchildren, and each is, as the title of this collection indicates, an exploration of life's many facets". Yellow-green cloth with bright green gilt spine lettering, 41 pages. Vwery good with slight spine cocking and very minor bumping to one corner, in jacket wth wear and a 1/2" light colored stain and a 1/4" top edge tear to the front panel, and lightly colored staining to the bottom 1/2" of the spine. clph.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Ed. Biography of Cambridge, MA, artist who became best known after World War II for his oil portraits of influential figures, as Robert Frost, Eugene O'Neill & Dylan Thomas. Illustrated with drawings & B&W photographs. SIGNED, inscribed & dated by the Author on front endpaper. Biography, Art, Signed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. No Place: Privately Printed, 1997, Inscribed, First Edition, 71p. Illustrated with b&w photographs. A lifetime of salmon fishing on the Grand Cascapedia + chapters on salmon fishing in Scotland, Iceland and Norway. Green cloth with gilt spine title and gilt salmon fly on front cover, grey endpapers. A Very Good+ copy with very light wear, Inscribed on front free endpaper. See Photos. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED by the poet on the title page. 40 pages of poems. SIGNED By Author. Book.

Hardcover. 8vo. Pp: 71. First edition, first printing. Publisher's teal boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt illustration to front. Black and white illustrations. Very good. 3 slight spots at page 5 that go through to page 6. Minor rubbing at head and tail of spine and top and bottom corners.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Illustrated With Photographs. Inscribed "To Dr. Costen A Fellow Angling Enthusiast" And Signed By The Author On The Ffep. The Book Is Bound In Green Clothe With Gilt Stamped Lettering On The Spine And A Gilt Stamped Salmon Fly On The Front. Inscribed by Author(s).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1997). 1997 1st edition. Pp71. B/w photographs. Green cloth, titled in gilt on spine & gilt salmon fly on upper board. A fine copy. The author, elderly when she wrote this book, tells the story of a lifetime of salmon fishing with her husband, Charlie Barnes. Reminiscences of flyfishing for Atlantic salmon on the Grand Cascapedia and Mirimichi, on the Alta in Norway, in Iceland and Ireland, and on the Cassley, Spey, Thurso and Garry in Scotland, and on the George River in the Canadian Arctic. Charlie died in 1980, but Phoebe continued fishing and travelling for several years more. "In 1992, at the age of 84, I gave up the sport completely." A fascinating account of privileged anglers whose experience spanned the highs and the lows of almost all of the twentieth century. Privately published by the author as a birthday present for her husband. No place of publication is stated. .