Published by Sportsman's Press. London. 1989, 1989
ISBN 10: 0948253398 ISBN 13: 9780948253393
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
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First Edition
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (159 x 240mm). Pp128. Colour plates of flies, b/w photographs. Black boards, gilt titles to spine. Ex library, usual faults. Working copy in dust-wrapper. A "a wide-ranging and authoritative book." Chapters include: The beginning - tools, hooks and materials, guide to hackle colours; Dressing the flies - dubbed bodies, herls, quills, dressing a dry fly, palmer hackled wet fly, winging, [and so on.]; Fishing the dry fly and the dry flies of old - lakes and rivers, patterns of James Ogden, George S. Marryat, Frederick M. Halford, and R.S. Austin; Dry flies of today; The wet fly; The wet spiders - dressing the spider, across and down spiders, upstream spiders; Sea trout flies; Lures - muddlers, streamers, hairwing lures, killer wing style, leadhead lure, floating lures; The salmon fly - salmon fly groups and patterns, preparing married wings, tying mixed variant, strip wing variants, whole feather winged, herl wing flies, low water patterns, tying hairwing flies, West Country patterns; Tubes, Waddingtons and special flies; Feathers of game and other birds; Hackles - quality, age, and shape; Breeding for colour, quality and shape; Preparation of bird skin. .
Published by Sportsman's Press. London. 1989, 1989
ISBN 10: 0948253398 ISBN 13: 9780948253393
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (159 x 240mm). Pp128. Colour plates of flies, b/w photographs. Black boards, gilt titles to spine. Slight browning. Good-plus in slightly creased dust-wrapper. A "a wide-ranging and authoritative book". Chapters include: The beginning - tools, hooks and materials, guide to hackle colours; Dressing the flies - dubbed bodies, herls, quills, dressing a dry fly, palmer hackled wet fly, winging, [and so on.]; Fishing the dry fly and the dry flies of old - lakes and rivers, patterns of James Ogden, George S. Marryat, Frederick M. Halford, and R.S. Austin; Dry flies of today; The wet fly; The wet spiders - dressing the spider, across and down spiders, upstream spiders; Sea trout flies; Lures - muddlers, streamers, hairwing lures, killer wing style, leadhead lure, floating lures; The salmon fly - salmon fly groups and patterns, preparing married wings, tying mixed variant, strip wing variants, whole feather winged, herl wing flies, low water patterns, tying hairwing flies, West Country patterns; Tubes, Waddingtons and special flies; Feathers of game and other birds; Hackles - quality, age, and shape; Breeding for colour, quality and shape; Preparation of bird skin. .
Published by Sportsman's Press. London. 1989, 1989
ISBN 10: 0948253398 ISBN 13: 9780948253393
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (159 x 240mm). Pp128. Colour plates of flies, b/w photographs. Black boards, gilt titles to spine. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. A "a wide-ranging and authoritative book." Chapters include: The beginning - tools, hooks and materials, guide to hackle colours; Dressing the flies - dubbed bodies, herls, quills, dressing a dry fly, palmer hackled wet fly, winging, [and so on.]; Fishing the dry fly and the dry flies of old - lakes and rivers, patterns of James Ogden, George S. Marryat, Frederick M. Halford, and R.S. Austin; Dry flies of today; The wet fly; The wet spiders - dressing the spider, across and down spiders, upstream spiders; Sea trout flies; Lures - muddlers, streamers, hairwing lures, killer wing style, leadhead lure, floating lures; The salmon fly - salmon fly groups and patterns, preparing married wings, tying mixed variant, strip wing variants, whole feather winged, herl wing flies, low water patterns, tying hairwing flies, West Country patterns; Tubes, Waddingtons and special flies; Feathers of game and other birds; Hackles - quality, age, and shape; Breeding for colour, quality and shape; Preparation of bird skin. .
Published by The Sportsman's Press. London. 1989, 1989
ISBN 10: 094825338X ISBN 13: 9780948253386
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). (1957) 1989 new edition. Small 8vo (132 x 204mm). Pp198. B/w photographs. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt. Browning to edge. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. A good introduction to the use of HPRs for rough shooting. Chapters include: On training; Primary obedience; First stages in retrieving and steadiness; On scent and scenting, gamefinding, pointing and flushing; Advanced training; Brace work and trials; General remarks on the use of the dogs and training; A full bag; A blank day; A day's partridge shooting; A day's pheasant shooting; Wildfowling; Two's company; Extracts from a training diary; Diary of an ex-policewoman; Postword, mainly on the G.S.P. .
Published by The Sportsman's Press. London. 1989, 1990
ISBN 10: 0948253355 ISBN 13: 9780948253355
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
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First Edition
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (180 x 235mm). Pp160. Colour paintings, b/w illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good, lacks dust-wrapper. Not a game cookery book as such. A fine collection of recipes and menus for all kinds of sporting occasions. .
Published by The Sportsman's Press. London. 1989, 1990
ISBN 10: 0948253355 ISBN 13: 9780948253355
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
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First Edition
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (180 x 235mm). Pp160. Colour paintings, b/w illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Clean but smells slightly musty from long storage. Good-plus, stains to rear of slightly used, clipped dust-wrapper. Not a game cookery book as such. A fine collection of recipes and menus for all kinds of sporting occasions. .
Published by The Sportsman's Press. London. 1989, 1989
ISBN 10: 094825341X ISBN 13: 9780948253416
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
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Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). (1966) 1989 2nd edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp138. B/w illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight browning to edges. Good-plus in slightly browned dust-wrapper. "The author, who is Deputy Surveyor of the New forest, is a forester, a naturalist and an authority on this country. He naturally knows the Roe, Fallow, Red and Sika deer of his own forest area intimately, but he has also studied (and stalked) deer in Scotland and elsewhere." The author introduces the reader to the natural history and habits of the British deer species, punctuating his description with accounts of his own experiences. Good illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe. This edition includes a brief new introduction by the author. Chapters include: The first day of summer; 'Sit still, look long and hold yourself quiet'; Some deer facts; Roses and runner beans; The rut; Control - theory; Control - practice; Tales of visitors' deer; The great white buck of Burley; Odd sorties and luck; First stag; The ravens; Close proximity. .
Published by London, The Sportsman's Press, 1989., 1989
First Edition; 8vo; pp. 128; 8 b/w plates, 12 colour plates; glossary; original cloth, dustjacket, bottom of page edges lightly flecked, page edges browned and flecked, some full pages flecked, a good copy.
Published by The Sportsman's Press. London. 1989, 1990
ISBN 10: 0948253371 ISBN 13: 9780948253379
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
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Stewart, P. N. (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). (1968) 1989 2nd edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp222. B/w illustrations by P.N. Stewart. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight page browning as usual but very good in dust-wrapper. The life-story of Alfred Blowers, gamekeeper. Growing up in the last years of Victoria's reign, Blower learns his trade in Suffolk, before being called up to the First World War and subsequently volunteering for the Second World War, and then ending up in the Highlands, in turn on a grouse shoot and then a deer estate. A detailed chronicle of the immense changes which took place in the period in rural Britain, much obviously taken directly from the author's own experiences. .
Published by The Sportsman's Press. London. 1989, 1990
ISBN 10: 0948253355 ISBN 13: 9780948253355
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (180 x 235mm). Pp160. Colour paintings, b/w illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in torn, repaired dust-wrapper. Not a game cookery book as such. A fine collection of recipes and menus for all kinds of sporting occasions. .
Published by The Sportsman's Press. London. 1989, 1990
ISBN 10: 0948253355 ISBN 13: 9780948253355
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (180 x 235mm). Pp160. Colour paintings, b/w illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. Not a game cookery book as such. A fine collection of recipes and menus for all kinds of sporting occasions. .