stackpole 1981 (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fifth printing; Solid binding, gently worn at spine; Clean, sturdy boards; Pages free of markings; Dust jacket moderately edge-worn/rubbed w/ mild damp-stains present at rear; A quality reading/reference copy.

Marilyn Weber (illustrator). 2nd Printing Hardbound Good+/Fair., DJ 8vo, 224, General wear to book. DJ is worn on edges/corners. DJ has been wet on front panel. Book not affected. DJ is not price clipped. ISBN:0-8117-0935-3.

Very good minus, light general wear. 2nd Ptg hardbound Edgeworn, edgetorn jacket. Illustrated.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 128p. Photos. Oversize. Jacket price clipped. Fine/Fine Copy. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 128p. Photos. Oversize. Jacket priced. Fine/Fine Copy. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 128p. Photos. Oversize. Fine/Near Fine Copy. Book.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardback, 1st Edition, Fine Minus in Fine Minus, price clipped DJ; small gift inscription signed by 8 persons (presumably friends or coworkers) on half title page, illustrated, 4to., 128 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd ed. 352p. Photos. Exploded drawings. Fine/Fine copy. Book.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1982). (1981) later paperback reprint. 4to (185 x 233mm). Pp192. B/w photographs, line drawings. Slight use, curling to cover, adress label to fep else good, solidly intact second-hand paperback. "For most of us, the four or five season veterans, JOE HUMPHREYS'S TROUT TACTICS value is as great for what it "un-learns" about streams, about fish, about the underwater fly, as for the original ideas on water temperature and migration. For the 'expert' - for those few among us who are quite satisfied that they know all they need know about fishing the dry fly, about mid-season fishing - for you this book is essential." A well-illustrated, systematic approach to trout flyfishing, based on 80,000 hours of trout stream experience. Chapters include: Finding trout - a matter of degrees; Nymph fishing - getting to the bottom; Wet flies - a new look at old techniques; Streamers - matching minnows; Dry flies - seeing is believing; Brush fishing - the dry fly and small streams; Night fishing - the big ones come out at night; Epilogue - observation. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1982). (1981) 1982 paperback reprint. 4to (185 x 233mm). Pp192. B/w photographs, line drawings. Slight use and browning to edges, good copy second-hand paperback. "For most of us, the four or five season veterans, JOE HUMPHREYS'S TROUT TACTICS value is as great for what it "un-learns" about streams, about fish, about the underwater fly, as for the original ideas on water temperature and migration. For the 'expert' - for those few among us who are quite satisfied that they know all they need know about fishing the dry fly, about mid-season fishing - for you this book is essential." A well-illustrated, systematic approach to trout flyfishing, based on 80,000 hours of trout stream experience. Chapters include: Finding trout - a matter of degrees; Nymph fishing - getting to the bottom; Wet flies - a new look at old techniques; Streamers - matching minnows; Dry flies - seeing is believing; Brush fishing - the dry fly and small streams; Night fishing - the big ones come out at night; Epilogue - observation. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1979). (1977) 1979 reprint. 4to. Pp224. Colour plates of flies on end-papers, photographs, b/w line illustrations. Foreword by Leonard M Wright, Jr. Two tone boards, with gilt titles to spine and fly motif to upper board. Slight use. Good-plus in like dust-wrapper. "Most fly fishermen recognise caddis flies by their bouncing, erratic flight over trout streams. But fly fishing's traditional emphasis on the mayflies has obscured the importance of this insect to the trout, and to trout fishing. .Here is the first comprehensive guide to caddis entomology, new fishing techniques, and caddis patterns - over fifty flies with proper dressings and full tying instructions." Chapters include; foreword by Leonard M. Wright, Jr. ; caddis - an informal introduction; the caddis and the angler; the time of the larva; pupa - a dangerous age; adult caddis - imitation and presentation; ovipositing - the final curtain; caddis cousins - an observance of caddis activity throughout the United States, wing silhouette and antennae length chart; favorite local patterns. .

Small quarto softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

228pp. 8vo Drawings by Ned Smith Brown cloth Revised Edition Fine/lightly scuffed VG dj with sunned spine. 0-8117-0414-9.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 704p. Photos. Line Drawings. Very Oversize. Near Fine/Very Good copy. Book.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Very nice copy octavo 283pp., b/w plates, text ills., notes, glossary, bibliog., index, Neat ownership signature details & slight edge-wear to dust jacket o/w a very nice copy.

8vo (23.5x15.5cm), hardback, prelims + 598pp. Good condition in good dustwrapper (price clipped, bumped, some creasing, several small tears with associated creasing, scuff marks). Bumped, bruised at head of spine and front corners, faint mark to mid fore edge. Foot of spine bruised and bumped, page edges lightly soiled. With b&w photographs and illustrations. This item is heavy and may attract additional postage. Pictures available on request.

8vo (23.5x15.5cm), hardback, prelims + 598pp. Good condition in good dustwrapper (price clipped, 2cm tear to upper right corner with associated creasing, bumped and bruised at foot of spine, tiny chips to upper left front and to lower front edge, rubbed). Foot of spine bruised and bumped, page edges lightly soiled. With b&w photographs and illustrations. This item is heavy and may attract additional postage. Pictures available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. A dampstain to lower margin of rear panel of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover.; This copy inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper. 283, [3 (blank)] pages + 2 colour plate leaves. Blue boards with silver lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 229 x 152mm. Illustrated. "Terraforming other planets, or transforming them to make them habitable by human bings, has captured the imaginations of people through the ages, but has just recently achieved a level of respectability among the scientific community." - from dust-jacket blurb. "Terraforming - the splendid dream that other planets might be transformed to fit them for mankind - once belonged to science fiction" - from the Foreword by Jack Williamson. "New Earths : Restructuring Earth and Other Planets" - dust-jacket title. Contents: Foreword by Jack Williamson; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Terraforming Manifesto; The Biosphere; How Earth "Happened"; Restructuring Earth; Resources for Terraforming; The Technology; Mars - A First Look; Mars - A Closer Look; Venus as a True Twin of Earth; The Smaller Worlds; Why? Who? By What Right?; Afterword; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

revised ed. dust jacket Near Fine octavo 598pp., b/w pls., diags., index, A Revision of the Classic modern text on Gunsmithing.

Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 146 pgs. Cover shows only light wear, with a small area of fading near base of spine. Jacket shows light edgewear. Nice copy. Illustrated with over 200 photographs. Detailed guide to over 270 spring-air, pneumatic and gas-powered guns on the market in 1981.