Richards Coombe (103 results)

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in green cloth w/gilt spine titles and green topstain. Very Good/No DJ. Edgewear, gift inscription to chipped top front endpaper (chip continues to frontis photo), else About Fine and unmarked. 216pp inc. Index; illustrated in photos and drawings by the Author. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. N/A (illustrator). 1973. Barrie Jenkins, London, 1973. Hard Cover. Book Condition : Fine, like new. A very clean copy. Angler's Library series. Booksellert Inventory #003364. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. N/A.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. 4 x 8 in. Paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; mild wear, clean. Binding tight, edges foxed. DJ s VERY GOOD ; clean, mild wear. Sport. Stax.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable Jacket. Third Edition. The jacket has a long archive tape repair. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1956). (1956) later reprint. Small format (94 x 164mm). Pp94. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Slight fading and tanning to boards, slightly tanned. Good-plus, lacks dust-wrapper. Another title in the excellent and highly collectable 'How To Catch Them' series. Chapters include: Spawning and growth; Kelts, baggots and rawners; Tackle - for fly fishing, for spinning and bait fishing; Location - salmon lies and catches, time of the day; Fly fishing - the sunk fly, moving a fish, control of line and fly, time and tactics, the greased line, choice of fly, control of fly, hooking and playing a fish; Spinning and bait fishing - the artificial minnow, natural dead baits, the sprat, the prawn, the shrimp, eel-tail, stone loach, minnow etc., the worm, the spoon, plugs and wobblers. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 254 pages, a very good plus hardback, publisher's original dark green cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Birds, hunting. Covers very nice, light bumps on the spine ends, corners sharp, small spots. Interior clean and tight, endpapers foxed, pages toned. Dust jacket rubbed, light edge wear, paper tanned.

16mo. Blue boards. 2nd printing. 94pp. B&w drawings. Very good in price-clipped dust jacket with 1" tear at front fold.

HC. B&W illustrations (illustrator). 216pp "From his earliest years Coombe Richards has been accustomed to watching, stalking and sketching the creatures of the wild." Illustrated from the author's drawings and from photographs by Gordon Turnil, A.I.B.P." good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. DJ with some edge wear,a few small tears and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Fishing (The Angler's Library). First published stated. Covers nice, light bumps on the corners and spine ends. Owner name on the first endpaper, owner address label before the title page, no other marks, binding tight. Dust jacket rubbed, moderate edge wear, chip from rear panel, price clipped.

Condition: Good. Little wear to boards.Light toning to pages with some spotting. DJ has some tears and loss to edges.

Condition: Good. 1st ed. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. Toning to page ends. DJ with some edge wear, toning and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Herbert Jenkins, London, 1962, third printing. Illustrated with text figures. 3.75" x 6.5". 94 pp. Blue cloth. A volume in the How To Catch Them series. Salmon fishing with flies, lures and bait, tackle, fishing technique, etc. Very good in very good wrapper.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright with light toning. Good DJ with light edge wear and light marks.

Condition: Good. 1950. First Published. 216 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth covered boards with gilt. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. End papers are more notably tanned. Text block edge is moderately foxed. Redacted address label to front free end-paper. Plates are bright and clear. Binding remains firm. Top edge of text block is dust marked. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Board corners are bumped. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1956). 1956 1st edition. Pocket format (95 x 165mm). Pp94. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Boards slightly faded, browning to edges. Good-plus, lacks dust-wrapper. Another title in the excellent and highly collectable 'How To Catch Them' series. Chapters include: Spawning and growth; Kelts, baggots and rawners; Tackle - for fly fishing, for spinning and bait fishing; Location - salmon lies and catches, time of the day; Fly fishing - the sunk fly, moving a fish, control of line and fly, time and tactics, the greased line, choice of fly, control of fly, hooking and playing a fish; Spinning and bait fishing - the artificial minnow, natural dead baits, the sprat, the prawn, the shrimp, eel-tail, stone loach, minnow etc., the worm, the spoon, plugs and wobblers. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1951). 1951 1st edition. 8vo (141 x 221mm). Pp254. B/w photographs and illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Stained and musty, felt-tip erasure to fep, browning and stains to end-papers and edges. Reading copy only, lacks dust-wrapper. Good advice, mainly on salmon and seatrout fishing, based on "Sinbad's" experiences on the Wye, Dart and in Scotland and Ireland. .

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover lightly rubbed. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 64pp. b/w photographs. Contains over 30 articles on Shooting, Hunting, Wild Fowling, Beagling, Bird Life, Coursing, Stalking, Otter Hunting, Fishing Falconry and the natural history of the British Countryside.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover lightly rubbed. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 64pp. b/w photographs. Contains over 30 articles on Shooting, Hunting, Wild Fowling, Beagling, Bird Life, Coursing, Stalking, Otter Hunting, Fishing Falconry and the natural history of the British Countryside.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover lightly rubbed. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 72pp. b/w photographs. Contains over 30 articles on Shooting, Hunting, Wild Fowling, Beagling, Bird Life, Coursing, Stalking, Otter Hunting, Fishing Falconry and the natural history of the British Countryside.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. First Edition, 1950. No dust jacket. Foxing to the page edges. Contents clear and firm within. A good condition book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Blue cloth with spine titles in darker blue; 16mo; 94pp; illustrated with drawings; color pictorial dust jacket; later printing. A volume in the uniformly bound "How to Catch Them" series. This copy in VG condition with bookplate of former owner affixed to front free endpaper o/w internally clean. The jacket is in good condition with a bit of edge wear. Original price of 4/6 net to front panel.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1956). (1956) later reprint. Small format (94 x 164mm). Pp94. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Slight browning. Good-plus in poor dust-wrapper. Another title in the excellent and highly collectable 'How To Catch Them' series. Chapters include: Spawning and growth; Kelts, baggots and rawners; Tackle - for fly fishing, for spinning and bait fishing; Location - salmon lies and catches, time of the day; Fly fishing - the sunk fly, moving a fish, control of line and fly, time and tactics, the greased line, choice of fly, control of fly, hooking and playing a fish; Spinning and bait fishing - the artificial minnow, natural dead baits, the sprat, the prawn, the shrimp, eel-tail, stone loach, minnow etc., the worm, the spoon, plugs and wobblers. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1950). 1950 1st edition. 8vo (146 x 222mm). Ppxi,196. B/w photographs. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Ex W.H. Smith Library, usual faults, label ghost to front board. Reading copy only, lacks dust-wrapper. Conversational first-person account of some of the author's sporting experiences. Three chapters on fishing on Ireland's River Slaney, an enthusiasm provoked by reading Mrs N.K. Robertson's Thrifty Salmon Fishing in 1945. Detailed accounts of one or two shoots, before and during the war for sake of contrast and then more fishing, this time the Tay and related localities. .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Ex library copy which, on the whole is nice and fresh looking with no inscriptions. The front free end paper has been carefully cut out (probably to get rid of the library markings.) Hackney library stamp on the copyright page is the only mark remaining. Dust jacket is bright and not sun faded, although price clipped. In all, still a decent copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. 254pp, photographs & illustrations. DW has slight wear. Internally, an owner's inscription. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1950). 1950 1st edition. 8vo (146 x 222mm). Ppxi,196. B/w photographs. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Ex-library copy, rebound into library binding, various stamps and faults. Reading copy only. Conversational first-person account of some of the author's sporting experiences. Three chapters on fishing on Ireland's River Slaney, an enthusiasm provoked by reading Mrs N.K. Robertson's Thrifty Salmon Fishing in 1945. Detailed accounts of one or two shoots, before and during the war for sake of contrast and then more fishing, this time the Tay and related localities. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1950). 1950 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Pp216. B/w photographs, vignette drawings by the author. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt/red cloth, spine ttitled in black. Cloth marked and used, browning to end-papers and preliminaries else good. Lacks dust-wrapper. Tales of sport and natural history. Rabbiting, pigeon shooting, grouse and partridge, and lots of wildfowling, .