Vare Alan (29 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1973). (1973) later reprint. 8vo (149 x 218mm). Pp111. B/w photographs throughout. Orange cloth, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. This is a good basic manual aimed at beginners, containing material which has been thoroughly tested on real students in evening classes and demonstrations. Chapters include: Vices; Tools and materials; Feathers and hair; Store box; Hen and cock hackle; Capes; Fur and feathers; Fly boxes; Drying rack; Loading a bobbin holder; Bobbin holder; Hook and fly sequence; The hackled wet fly; Seal fur nymph; Winged and palmered wet fly; Winged wet fly; Hackled dry fly; Winged dry fly; Simple tandem; Richard Walker polystickle; Hair winged fly; Muddler type; Fan winged mayfly; Copper wire Nymph; Woollen Nymph (leaded); Nymph; Palmered and winged sedge; Wet fly with jungle cock cheeks; Herl winged fly; Herl nymph. .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1973). (1973) 1981 reprint. 8vo (151 x 217mm). Pp111. B/w photographs throughout. Orange boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. This is a good basic manual aimed at beginners, containing material which has been thoroughly tested on real students in evening classes and demonstrations. Chapters include: Vices; Tools and materials; Feathers and hair; Store box; Hen and cock hackle; Capes; Fur and feathers; Fly boxes; Drying rack; Loading a bobbin holder; Bobbin holder; Hook and fly sequence; The hackled wet fly; Seal fur nymph; Winged and palmered wet fly; Winged wet fly; Hackled dry fly; Winged dry fly; Simple tandem; Richard Walker polystickle; Hair winged fly; Muddler type; Fan winged mayfly; Copper wire Nymph; Woollen Nymph (leaded); Nymph; Palmered and winged sedge; Wet fly with jungle cock cheeks; Herl winged fly; Herl nymph. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1973). (1973) later reprint. 8vo (151 x 219mm). Pp111. B/w photographs throughout. Orange cloth, spine titled in gilt. Near fine in dust-wrapper. This is a good basic manual aimed at beginners, containing material which has been thoroughly tested on real students in evening classes and demonstrations. Chapters include: Vices; Tools and materials; Feathers and hair; Store box; Hen and cock hackle; Capes; Fur and feathers; Fly boxes; Drying rack; Loading a bobbin holder; Bobbin holder; Hook and fly sequence; The hackled wet fly; Seal fur nymph; Winged and palmered wet fly; Winged wet fly; Hackled dry fly; Winged dry fly; Simple tandem; Richard Walker polystickle; Hair winged fly; Muddler type; Fan winged mayfly; Copper wire Nymph; Woollen Nymph (leaded); Nymph; Palmered and winged sedge; Wet fly with jungle cock cheeks; Herl winged fly; Herl nymph. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1973). 1973 1st edition. 8vo (152 x 216mm). Pp111. B/w photographs throughout. Pink boards, spine titled in gilt. Good only in torn and rubbed dust-wrapper. This is a good basic manual aimed at beginners, containing material which has been thoroughly tested on real students in evening classes and demonstrations. Chapters include: Vices; Tools and materials; Feathers and hair; Store box; Hen and cock hackle; Capes; Fur and feathers; Fly boxes; Drying rack; Loading a bobbin holder; Bobbin holder; Hook and fly sequence; The hackled wet fly; Seal fur nymph; Winged and palmered wet fly; Winged wet fly; Hackled dry fly; Winged dry fly; Simple tandem; Richard Walker polystickle; Hair winged fly; Muddler type; Fan winged mayfly; Copper wire Nymph; Woollen Nymph (leaded); Nymph; Palmered and winged sedge; Wet fly with jungle cock cheeks; Herl winged fly; Herl nymph. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1973). 1973 1st edition. 8vo (147 x 216mm). Pp111. B/w photographs throughout. Pink boards, spine titled in gilt. Owner's name to end-paper. Good-plus in frayed and chipped dust-wrapper. This is a good basic manual aimed at beginners, containing material which has been thoroughly tested on real students in evening classes and demonstrations. Chapters include: Vices; Tools and materials; Feathers and hair; Store box; Hen and cock hackle; Capes; Fur and feathers; Fly boxes; Drying rack; Loading a bobbin holder; Bobbin holder; Hook and fly sequence; The hackled wet fly; Seal fur nymph; Winged and palmered wet fly; Winged wet fly; Hackled dry fly; Winged dry fly; Simple tandem; Richard Walker polystickle; Hair winged fly; Muddler type; Fan winged mayfly; Copper wire Nymph; Woollen Nymph (leaded); Nymph; Palmered and winged sedge; Wet fly with jungle cock cheeks; Herl winged fly; Herl nymph. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in dust jacket. Pages free of marking. Nice condition overall.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1977). (1972) 1977 4th impression. 12mo stapled paperback (120 x 184mm). Pp75. B/w photograph sequences throughout. Orange card covers titled in black and with b/w photograph on front. Slight wear to covers else very good. Fishing knots illustrated in good photographs of tying sequences. A new revised and enlarged edition. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). 1975 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 223mm). Pp126. B/w plates, line drawings by Ted Andrews and Alan Vare. Blue cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt. Poor ex-library reading copy in dust-wrapper. Usual faults. A useful beginner's guide to sea angling in Britain from the shore. Chapters include:- Tides and the shore; The angler's sea fishes; Sea angling baits; The sea angler's tackle; Sea fishing methods; Safety for the sea angler; A day's sea fishing with Arthur and Alan. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1972). 1972 1st edition. 12mo paperback (120mm x 182mm). Pp63. Well illustrated with b&w step-by-step photographs. Card covers. Slightly faded but a very good copy. Fishing knots illustrated in good step-by-step photographs of tying sequences. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1973). 1973 1st edition. 8vo (147 x 216mm). Pp111. B/w photographs throughout. Red-orange boards, spine titled in gilt. Corners unobtrusively bumped else very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. This is a good basic manual aimed at beginners, containing material which has been thoroughly tested on real students in evening classes and demonstrations. Chapters include: Vices; Tools and materials; Feathers and hair; Store box; Hen and cock hackle; Capes; Fur and feathers; Fly boxes; Drying rack; Loading a bobbin holder; Bobbin holder; Hook and fly sequence; The hackled wet fly; Seal fur nymph; Winged and palmered wet fly; Winged wet fly; Hackled dry fly; Winged dry fly; Simple tandem; Richard Walker polystickle; Hair winged fly; Muddler type; Fan winged mayfly; Copper wire Nymph; Woollen Nymph (leaded); Nymph; Palmered and winged sedge; Wet fly with jungle cock cheeks; Herl winged fly; Herl nymph. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1973). 1973 1st edition. 8vo (147 x 216mm). Pp111. B/w photographs throughout. Red-orange boards, spine titled in gilt. Dust-wrapper laminated to boards, inscription "To my good friend Dennis Bridges, may his 'rope' never break. Raymond Kenyon Sugg, Oct 1973." This is a good basic manual aimed at beginners, containing material which has been thoroughly tested on real students in evening classes and demonstrations. Chapters include: Vices; Tools and materials; Feathers and hair; Store box; Hen and cock hackle; Capes; Fur and feathers; Fly boxes; Drying rack; Loading a bobbin holder; Bobbin holder; Hook and fly sequence; The hackled wet fly; Seal fur nymph; Winged and palmered wet fly; Winged wet fly; Hackled dry fly; Winged dry fly; Simple tandem; Richard Walker polystickle; Hair winged fly; Muddler type; Fan winged mayfly; Copper wire Nymph; Woollen Nymph (leaded); Nymph; Palmered and winged sedge; Wet fly with jungle cock cheeks; Herl winged fly; Herl nymph. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1973). (1973) 1977 reprint. 8vo (149 x 219mm). Pp111. B/w photographs throughout. Orange boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight browning but very good in dust-wrapper. The front free end-paper has a dedication from the author to Joe Perrin. The rear of this page also has an inscription to Perrin by Donald Downs. This is a good basic manual aimed at beginners, containing material which has been thoroughly tested on real students in evening classes and demonstrations. Chapters include: Vices; Tools and materials; Feathers and hair; Store box; Hen and cock hackle; Capes; Fur and feathers; Fly boxes; Drying rack; Loading a bobbin holder; Bobbin holder; Hook and fly sequence; The hackled wet fly; Seal fur nymph; Winged and palmered wet fly; Winged wet fly; Hackled dry fly; Winged dry fly; Simple tandem; Richard Walker polystickle; Hair winged fly; Muddler type; Fan winged mayfly; Copper wire Nymph; Woollen Nymph (leaded); Nymph; Palmered and winged sedge; Wet fly with jungle cock cheeks; Herl winged fly; Herl nymph. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). 1975 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 223mm). Pp126. B/w plates, line drawings by Ted Andrews and Alan Vare. Blue cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt. Very good copy in a torn and creased dust-wrapper. A useful beginner's guide to sea angling in Britain from the shore. Chapters include:- Tides and the shore; The angler's sea fishes; Sea angling baits; The sea angler's tackle; Sea fishing methods; Safety for the sea angler; A day's sea fishing with Arthur and Alan. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). 1975 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 223mm). Pp126. B/w plates, line drawings by Ted Andrews and Alan Vare. Blue cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt. Spotting to top edge bur good-plus in price-clipped dust-wrapper. A useful beginner's guide to sea angling in Britain from the shore. Chapters include:- Tides and the shore; The angler's sea fishes; Sea angling baits; The sea angler's tackle; Sea fishing methods; Safety for the sea angler; A day's sea fishing with Arthur and Alan. .…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Thus. Firmly bound with a small tear on the edge of front end paper.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1987). (1987) 1994 2nd edition reprint. 12mo stapled paperback (120mm x 187mm). Pp64. B/w photographs throughout, b/w illustrations. Foreword by James L. Hardy. Small ownership label to front, & label removed inside rear cover. Good-plus. This is a useful pocket guide to tying more than two dozen knots of use to fly fishermen and coarse and sea anglers. Four or five good step-by-step photographs for each knot as well as a clear line drawing of the plan of the knot. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). 1975 1st edition. 8vo (149 x 216mm). Pp132. B/w photographs and illustrations. Red and black mottled cloth, spine titled in gilt. Signature to paste-down, else very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. An explanation of rod building in a simple manner for the amateur rod builder. The methods of rod building are revealed step-by-step in a photographic sequence alongside concise instructions. Chapters include: Rod blanks; Tools; Glues; Handle materials; Blank and dummy handles; Sheet cork handles; Cord handles; Leather handles; Rubber grip handles; Dummy handles; The lathe; Screw fittings; Ferrules and spigots; Rod rings; Whipping and varnish; Rod building sequence. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1987). 1987 1st edition. Small 8vo stapled paperback (120mm x 187mm). Pp64. B/w photographs throughout, b/w illustrations. Slight use but very good. This is a useful pocket guide to tying more than two dozen knots of use to fly fishermen and coarse and sea anglers. Four or five good step-by-step photographs for each knot as well as a clear line drawing of the plan of the knot. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Edge-rubbed jacket.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ex library copy with ffep torn out and discarded stamps dow the half title page. Other than that it's actually quite a decent copy with clean pages and just a little toning at the page block edge. Dust jacket has a library cat. number at the base of the spine. Covered by a protective wrapper. …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). 1975 1st edition. 8vo (149 x 216mm). Pp132. B/w photographs and illustrations. Red and black mottled cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. An explanation of rod building in a simple manner for the amateur rod builder. The methods of rod building are revealed step-by-step in a photographic sequence alongside concise instructions. Chapters include: Rod blanks; Tools; Glues; Handle materials; Blank and dummy handles; Sheet cork handles; Cord handles; Leather handles; Rubber grip handles; Dummy handles; The lathe; Screw fittings; Ferrules and spigots; Rod rings; Whipping and varnish; Rod building sequence. .…

Paperback. Condition: Good. stapled format, 64 pages. wraps are shelf rubbed and a bit creased. light marks. no inscriptions. well bound. fairly good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A very presentable bright copy bound in salmon coloured cloth boards which are lovely and fresh. No inscriptions and clean pages throughout save for the odd light speck on one or two pages. The dust jacket is fairly bright although price clipped and a little rubbed at the extremities. Great copy.…

1st edtion. 8.5" x 6". 132pp, illustrated throughout. Foxing on prelims, else very good hardback in near fine, protected, dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Black and white photographs throughout. First edition. Near fine in a near fine, price clipped dust jacket.

Revised reprint of the 1987 original. Foreword by James L. Hardy. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 18.7 x 12. Recommended and tried knots for the sport fisherman.

Pictorial Card Covers. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. The book contains various examples of tackle tying, all with step-by-step photographic instructions. There is a slight crease to the upper corner of the front card cover, also affecting the corners of the adjacent pages. Slight rubbing to the card cover edges. A lovely copy.…

Rod and Gun Publishing. 1975. First edition. Hardback with DW. Illustrated. A lovely clean and fresh copy in slightly worn wrapper.