Taverner Eric Editor (19 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Finish on the boards is somewhat mottled. 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, 1945). (1931) 1945 reprint. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Pp472. Colour frontispiece of salmon flies, b/w photos, ills, end-paper maps. Tan buckram-backed cloth. Cloth stained, wear to spine, edges foxed, half-title excised. Good copy. ".with contributions by G.M.L. La Branche, Eric Parker, W.J.M. Menzies, J.A. Rennie, A.H.E. Wood, Wyndham Forbes, Thomas Rook and Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law. Chapters include: Life history (four chapters); Literature (three chapters); Tackle (two chapters); Salmon-hooks; Gut, casts, etc; Knots and splices; Casting a salmon-fly; The practice of fishing with the sunk fly (eight chapters); The choice and meaning of a salmon-fly; Transitional; Greased-line fishing; Fly-dressing materials; Some ways of tying salmon-flies (three chapters); A modern system of fly-tying; The evolution of the salmon-fly (two chapters); Fishing the minnow and spoon; Fishing with worm and prawn; Repairs and salvage; Dry-fly fishing; Entr'acte - a critique of fishing with the greased line; Shrimp-fishing; Scales - their formation and uses; The River Shannon; Some names of salmon pools; The legal aspect of fishing; The cooking of fish; The salmon river (two chapters). The Lonsdale Library attempted to provide the most comprehensive coverage of sporting subjects. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). (1931) 1948 reprint. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Pp472. Colour frontispiece of salmon flies, b/w photos, ills, end-paper maps. Gilt publisher's monogram to tan buckram-backed cloth, spine titled in gilt. Cloth rather marked and used, pages browned but a good copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. ".with contributions by G.M.L. La Branche, Eric Parker, W.J.M. Menzies, J.A. Rennie, A.H.E. Wood, Wyndham Forbes, Thomas Rook and Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law. Chapters include: Life history (four chapters); Literature (three chapters); Tackle (two chapters); Salmon-hooks; Gut, casts, etc; Knots and splices; Casting a salmon-fly; The practice of fishing with the sunk fly (eight chapters); The choice and meaning of a salmon-fly; Transitional; Greased-line fishing; Fly-dressing materials; Some ways of tying salmon-flies (three chapters); A modern system of fly-tying; The evolution of the salmon-fly (two chapters); Fishing the minnow and spoon; Fishing with worm and prawn; Repairs and salvage; Dry-fly fishing; Entr'acte - a critique of fishing with the greased line; Shrimp-fishing; Scales - their formation and uses; The River Shannon; Some names of salmon pools; The legal aspect of fishing; The cooking of fish; The salmon river (two chapters). The Lonsdale Library attempted to provide the most comprehensive coverage of sporting subjects. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). (1931) 1958 reprint. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Pp472. Colour frontispiece of salmon flies, b/w photos, illustrations, end-paper maps. Tan buckram-backed cloth, spine titled in gilt. Boards slightly marked, usual browning to edges. Good-plus, lacks dust-wrapper. ".with contributions by G.M.L. La Branche, Eric Parker, W.J.M. Menzies, J.A. Rennie, A.H.E. Wood, Wyndham Forbes, Thomas Rook and Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law". Chapters include: Life history (four chapters); Literature (three chapters); Tackle (two chapters); Salmon-hooks; Gut, casts, etc; Knots and splices; Casting a salmon-fly; The practice of fishing with the sunk fly (eight chapters); The choice and meaning of a salmon-fly; Transitional; Greased-line fishing; Fly-dressing materials; Some ways of tying salmon-flies (three chapters); A modern system of fly-tying; The evolution of the salmon-fly (two chapters); Fishing the minnow and spoon; Fishing with worm and prawn; Repairs and salvage; Dry-fly fishing; Entr'acte - a critique of fishing with the greased line; Shrimp-fishing; Scales - their formation and uses; The River Shannon; Some names of salmon pools; The legal aspect of fishing; The cooking of fish; The salmon river (two chapters). The Lonsdale Library attempted to provide the most comprehensive coverage of sporting subjects. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). (1931) 1935 reprint. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Pp472. Colour frontispiece of salmon flies, b/w photographs, illustrations, end-paper maps. Tan buckram-backed cloth, spine titled in gilt. Spine shaken, cloth worn and stained, corners slightly bumped, browning to edges. Reading copy only. ".with contributions by G.M.L. La Branche, Eric Parker, W.J.M. Menzies, J.A. Rennie, A.H.E. Wood, Wyndham Forbes, Thomas Rook and Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law. Chapters include: Life history (four chapters); Literature (three chapters); Tackle (two chapters); Salmon-hooks; Gut, casts, etc. ; Knots and splices; Casting a salmon-fly; The practice of fishing with the sunk fly (eight chapters); The choice and meaning of a salmon-fly; Transitional; Greased-line fishing; Fly-dressing materials; Some ways of tying salmon-flies (three chapters); A modern system of fly-tying; The evolution of the salmon-fly (two chapters); Fishing the minnow and spoon; Fishing with worm and prawn; Repairs and salvage; Dry-fly fishing; Entr'acte - a critique of fishing with the greased line; Shrimp-fishing; Scales - their formation and uses; The River Shannon; Some names of salmon pools; The legal aspect of fishing; The cooking of fish; The salmon river (two chapters). The Lonsdale Library attempted to provide the most comprehensive coverage of sporting subjects. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). (1931) later reprint. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Pp472. Colour frontispiece of salmon flies, b/w photos, ills, end-paper maps. Tan buckram-backed cloth. Good-plus copy. ".with contributions by G.M.L. La Branche, Eric Parker, W.J.M. Menzies, J.A. Rennie, A.H.E. Wood, Wyndham Forbes, Thomas Rook and Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law. Chapters include: Life history (four chapters); Literature (three chapters); Tackle (two chapters); Salmon-hooks; Gut, casts, etc; Knots and splices; Casting a salmon-fly; The practice of fishing with the sunk fly (eight chapters); The choice and meaning of a salmon-fly; Transitional; Greased-line fishing; Fly-dressing materials; Some ways of tying salmon-flies (three chapters); A modern system of fly-tying; The evolution of the salmon-fly (two chapters); Fishing the minnow and spoon; Fishing with worm and prawn; Repairs and salvage; Dry-fly fishing; Entr'acte - a critique of fishing with the greased line; Shrimp-fishing; Scales - their formation and uses; The River Shannon; Some names of salmon pools; The legal aspect of fishing; The cooking of fish; The salmon river (two chapters). The Lonsdale Library attempted to provide the most comprehensive coverage of sporting subjects. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). (1931) later reprint. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Pp472. Colour frontispiece of salmon flies, b/w photos, ills, end-paper maps. Tan buckram-backed cloth. Good copy without dust-wrapper. ".with contributions by G.M.L. La Branche, Eric Parker, W.J.M. Menzies, J.A. Rennie, A.H.E. Wood, Wyndham Forbes, Thomas Rook and Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law. Chapters include: Life history (four chapters); Literature (three chapters); Tackle (two chapters); Salmon-hooks; Gut, casts, etc; Knots and splices; Casting a salmon-fly; The practice of fishing with the sunk fly (eight chapters); The choice and meaning of a salmon-fly; Transitional; Greased-line fishing; Fly-dressing materials; Some ways of tying salmon-flies (three chapters); A modern system of fly-tying; The evolution of the salmon-fly (two chapters); Fishing the minnow and spoon; Fishing with worm and prawn; Repairs and salvage; Dry-fly fishing; Entr'acte - a critique of fishing with the greased line; Shrimp-fishing; Scales - their formation and uses; The River Shannon; Some names of salmon pools; The legal aspect of fishing; The cooking of fish; The salmon river (two chapters). The Lonsdale Library attempted to provide the most comprehensive coverage of sporting subjects. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). 1931 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Pp472. Colour frontispiece of salmon flies, b/w photographs, illustrations, end-paper maps. Errata slip tipped to p7. Gilt monogram to tan buckram, spine titled in gilt. Cloth stained, browning to end-papers and edges. Good copy. Malcolm Greenhalgh's copy, his initials to half-title. ".with contributions by G.M.L. La Branche, Eric Parker, W.J.M. Menzies, J.A. Rennie, A.H.E. Wood, Wyndham Forbes, Thomas Rook and Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law. Chapters include: Life history (four chapters); Literature (three chapters); Tackle (two chapters); Salmon-hooks; Gut, casts, etc; Knots and splices; Casting a salmon-fly; The practice of fishing with the sunk fly (eight chapters); The choice and meaning of a salmon-fly; Transitional; Greased-line fishing; Fly-dressing materials; Some ways of tying salmon-flies (three chapters); A modern system of fly-tying; The evolution of the salmon-fly (two chapters); Fishing the minnow and spoon; Fishing with worm and prawn; Repairs and salvage; Dry-fly fishing; Entr'acte - a critique of fishing with the greased line; Shrimp-fishing; Scales - their formation and uses; The River Shannon; Some names of salmon pools; The legal aspect of fishing; The cooking of fish; The salmon river (two chapters). The Lonsdale Library attempted to provide the most comprehensive coverage of sporting subjects. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1958). (1931) 1958 reprint. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Pp472. Colour frontispiece of salmon flies, b/w photos, illustrations, end-paper maps. Tan buckram-backed cloth. Tape marks to end-papers and paste-downs, slight browning but a good copy in frayed and tape-marked dust-wrapper. ".with contributions by G.M.L. La Branche, Eric Parker, W.J.M. Menzies, J.A. Rennie, A.H.E. Wood, Wyndham Forbes, Thomas Rook and Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law. Chapters include: Life history (four chapters); Literature (three chapters); Tackle (two chapters); Salmon-hooks; Gut, casts, etc; Knots and splices; Casting a salmon-fly; The practice of fishing with the sunk fly (eight chapters); The choice and meaning of a salmon-fly; Transitional; Greased-line fishing; Fly-dressing materials; Some ways of tying salmon-flies (three chapters); A modern system of fly-tying; The evolution of the salmon-fly (two chapters); Fishing the minnow and spoon; Fishing with worm and prawn; Repairs and salvage; Dry-fly fishing; Entr'acte - a critique of fishing with the greased line; Shrimp-fishing; Scales - their formation and uses; The River Shannon; Some names of salmon pools; The legal aspect of fishing; The cooking of fish; The salmon river (two chapters). The Lonsdale Library attempted to provide the most comprehensive coverage of sporting subjects. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). (1931) 1958 reprint. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Pp472. Colour frontispiece of salmon flies, b/w photos, ills, end-paper maps. Tan buckram-backed cloth. Owner's name to end-paper, some browning. Good-plus in poor dust-wrapper. ".with contributions by G.M.L. La Branche, Eric Parker, W.J.M. Menzies, J.A. Rennie, A.H.E. Wood, Wyndham Forbes, Thomas Rook and Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law. Chapters include: Life history (four chapters); Literature (three chapters); Tackle (two chapters); Salmon-hooks; Gut, casts, etc; Knots and splices; Casting a salmon-fly; The practice of fishing with the sunk fly (eight chapters); The choice and meaning of a salmon-fly; Transitional; Greased-line fishing; Fly-dressing materials; Some ways of tying salmon-flies (three chapters); A modern system of fly-tying; The evolution of the salmon-fly (two chapters); Fishing the minnow and spoon; Fishing with worm and prawn; Repairs and salvage; Dry-fly fishing; Entr'acte - a critique of fishing with the greased line; Shrimp-fishing; Scales - their formation and uses; The River Shannon; Some names of salmon pools; The legal aspect of fishing; The cooking of fish; The salmon river (two chapters). The Lonsdale Library attempted to provide the most comprehensive coverage of sporting subjects. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). 1931 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Pp472. Colour frontispiece of salmon flies, b/w photographs, illustrations, end-paper maps. Tan buckram, titled in gilt. Cloth slightly marked, some use but good-plus. ".with contributions by G.M.L. La Branche, Eric Parker, W.J.M. Menzies, J.A. Rennie, A.H.E. Wood, Wyndham Forbes, Thomas Rook and Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law. Chapters include: Life history (four chapters); Literature (three chapters); Tackle (two chapters); Salmon-hooks; Gut, casts, etc; Knots and splices; Casting a salmon-fly; The practice of fishing with the sunk fly (eight chapters); The choice and meaning of a salmon-fly; Transitional; Greased-line fishing; Fly-dressing materials; Some ways of tying salmon-flies (three chapters); A modern system of fly-tying; The evolution of the salmon-fly (two chapters); Fishing the minnow and spoon; Fishing with worm and prawn; Repairs and salvage; Dry-fly fishing; Entr'acte - a critique of fishing with the greased line; Shrimp-fishing; Scales - their formation and uses; The River Shannon; Some names of salmon pools; The legal aspect of fishing; The cooking of fish; The salmon river (two chapters). The Lonsdale Library attempted to provide the most comprehensive coverage of sporting subjects. .…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. No dust jacket. Marks on boards. Undated edition.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1931). (1931) 1948 reprint. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Pp472. Colour frontispiece of salmon flies, b/w photos, ills, end-paper maps. Tan buckram-backed cloth. Some foxing and use, slightly shaken, name to paste-down but a good copy in rather poor dust-wrapper. ".with contributions by G.M.L. La Branche, Eric Parker, W.J.M. Menzies, J.A. Rennie, A.H.E. Wood, Wyndham Forbes, Thomas Rook and Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law. Chapters include: Life history (four chapters); Literature (three chapters); Tackle (two chapters); Salmon-hooks; Gut, casts, etc; Knots and splices; Casting a salmon-fly; The practice of fishing with the sunk fly (eight chapters); The choice and meaning of a salmon-fly; Transitional; Greased-line fishing; Fly-dressing materials; Some ways of tying salmon-flies (three chapters); A modern system of fly-tying; The evolution of the salmon-fly (two chapters); Fishing the minnow and spoon; Fishing with worm and prawn; Repairs and salvage; Dry-fly fishing; Entr'acte - a critique of fishing with the greased line; Shrimp-fishing; Scales - their formation and uses; The River Shannon; Some names of salmon pools; The legal aspect of fishing; The cooking of fish; The salmon river (two chapters). The Lonsdale Library attempted to provide the most comprehensive coverage of sporting subjects. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). (1931) 1948 reprint. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Pp472. Colour frontispiece of salmon flies, b/w photos, ills, end-paper maps. Tan buckram-backed cloth. Some signs of use, slightly shaken. Good-plus in slightly chipped dust-wrapper. ".with contributions by G.M.L. La Branche, Eric Parker, W.J.M. Menzies, J.A. Rennie, A.H.E. Wood, Wyndham Forbes, Thomas Rook and Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law. Chapters include: Life history (four chapters); Literature (three chapters); Tackle (two chapters); Salmon-hooks; Gut, casts, etc; Knots and splices; Casting a salmon-fly; The practice of fishing with the sunk fly (eight chapters); The choice and meaning of a salmon-fly; Transitional; Greased-line fishing; Fly-dressing materials; Some ways of tying salmon-flies (three chapters); A modern system of fly-tying; The evolution of the salmon-fly (two chapters); Fishing the minnow and spoon; Fishing with worm and prawn; Repairs and salvage; Dry-fly fishing; Entr'acte - a critique of fishing with the greased line; Shrimp-fishing; Scales - their formation and uses; The River Shannon; Some names of salmon pools; The legal aspect of fishing; The cooking of fish; The salmon river (two chapters). The Lonsdale Library attempted to provide the most comprehensive coverage of sporting subjects. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1945). (1931) 1945 reprint. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Pp472. Colour frontispiece of salmon flies, b/w photos, ills, end-paper maps. Tan buckram-backed cloth. Corners slightly bumped, slight wear to cloth else good-plus in chipped and frayed dust-wrapper. ".with contributions by G.M.L. La Branche, Eric Parker, W.J.M. Menzies, J.A. Rennie, A.H.E. Wood, Wyndham Forbes, Thomas Rook and Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law. Chapters include: Life history (four chapters); Literature (three chapters); Tackle (two chapters); Salmon-hooks; Gut, casts, etc; Knots and splices; Casting a salmon-fly; The practice of fishing with the sunk fly (eight chapters); The choice and meaning of a salmon-fly; Transitional; Greased-line fishing; Fly-dressing materials; Some ways of tying salmon-flies; Entr'acte - a critique of fishing with the greased line; Shrimp-fishing; Scales - their formation and uses; The River Shannon; Some names of salmon pools; The legal aspect of fishing; The cooking of fish; The salmon river (two chapters). The Lonsdale Library attempted to provide the most comprehensive coverage of sporting subjects. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). (1931) 1958 reprint. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Pp472. Colour frontispiece of salmon flies, b/w photos, ills, end-paper maps. Tan buckram-backed cloth. Inscription else very good in rubbed and torn dust-wrapper. ".with contributions by G.M.L. La Branche, Eric Parker, W.J.M. Menzies, J.A. Rennie, A.H.E. Wood, Wyndham Forbes, Thomas Rook and Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law. Chapters include: Life history (four chapters); Literature (three chapters); Tackle (two chapters); Salmon-hooks; Gut, casts, etc; Knots and splices; Casting a salmon-fly; The practice of fishing with the sunk fly (eight chapters); The choice and meaning of a salmon-fly; Transitional; Greased-line fishing; Fly-dressing materials; Some ways of tying salmon-flies (three chapters); A modern system of fly-tying; The evolution of the salmon-fly (two chapters); Fishing the minnow and spoon; Fishing with worm and prawn; Repairs and salvage; Dry-fly fishing; Entr'acte - a critique of fishing with the greased line; Shrimp-fishing; Scales - their formation and uses; The River Shannon; Some names of salmon pools; The legal aspect of fishing; The cooking of fish; The salmon river (two chapters). The Lonsdale Library attempted to provide the most comprehensive coverage of sporting subjects. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). (1931) 1948 reprint. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Pp472. Colour frontispiece of salmon flies, b/w photos, ills, end-paper maps. Tan buckram-backed cloth. Some use but very good in slightly frayed dust-wrapper. ".with contributions by G.M.L. La Branche, Eric Parker, W.J.M. Menzies, J.A. Rennie, A.H.E. Wood, Wyndham Forbes, Thomas Rook and Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law. Chapters include: Life history (four chapters); Literature (three chapters); Tackle (two chapters); Salmon-hooks; Gut, casts, etc; Knots and splices; Casting a salmon-fly; The practice of fishing with the sunk fly (eight chapters); The choice and meaning of a salmon-fly; Transitional; Greased-line fishing; Fly-dressing materials; Some ways of tying salmon-flies (three chapters); A modern system of fly-tying; The evolution of the salmon-fly (two chapters); Fishing the minnow and spoon; Fishing with worm and prawn; Repairs and salvage; Dry-fly fishing; Entr'acte - a critique of fishing with the greased line; Shrimp-fishing; Scales - their formation and uses; The River Shannon; Some names of salmon pools; The legal aspect of fishing; The cooking of fish; The salmon river (two chapters). The Lonsdale Library attempted to provide the most comprehensive coverage of sporting subjects. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). (1931) 1935 reprint. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Pp472. Colour frontispiece of salmon flies, b/w photos, ills, end-paper maps. Quarter green leather. Leather quite rubbed and worn but a good copy in the superior binding. Dust-wrapper flap taped inside. ".with contributions by G.M.L. La Branche, Eric Parker, W.J.M. Menzies, J.A. Rennie, A.H.E. Wood, Wyndham Forbes, Thomas Rook and Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law. This a copy of the quarter leather-bound issue of the 1935 edition. Chapters include: Life history (four chapters); Literature (three chapters); Tackle (two chapters); Salmon-hooks; Gut, casts, etc; Knots and splices; Casting a salmon-fly; The practice of fishing with the sunk fly (eight chapters); The choice and meaning of a salmon-fly; Transitional; Greased-line fishing; Fly-dressing materials; Some ways of tying salmon-flies (three chapters); A modern system of fly-tying; The evolution of the salmon-fly (two chapters); Fishing the minnow and spoon; Fishing with worm and prawn; Repairs and salvage; Dry-fly fishing; Entr'acte - a critique of fishing with the greased line; Shrimp-fishing; Scales - their formation and uses; The River Shannon; Some names of salmon pools; The legal aspect of fishing; The cooking of fish; The salmon river (two chapters). The Lonsdale Library attempted to provide the most comprehensive coverage of sporting subjects. .…

1st Edn.. 471 pages, published as part of the Lonsdale Library, this is No 25 of a LIMITED EDITION of 275 copies, signed by Eric Taverner printed on hand made paper, top edge gilt pages uncut. Coloured frontis, numerous tipped in plates from photographs and text drawings and maps of the principal salmon rivers of Ireland, England and Wales and Scotland. Mounted in glassine case to the inner rear cover Seven Salmon flies tied by Hardy Bros the flies bright and in very good condition. The book is bound in full dark blue morroco, gilt crest and corner pieces to the upper cover. A fine copy and rarely found in this condition.…