Casting Tackle Methods by Smith, First Edition (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 257 pp., green cloth with gilt text, portrait frontis., ill., deckle edge, 8vo. ; Firm binding, bright copy throughout, no ownership markings,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Green cloth, lettered in gilt, deckled text block edges. Mildly rubbed corners and spine extremities, toned text block edges. xi,257 pp., sepia plates. Firm binding. This copy not inscribed by author. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, green cloth lettered gilt to spine, blind to the upper board. Page edges browned, upper hinge just beginning to crack but the stitching intact. the contents clean and unmarked, Illustrated, xi + 257pp.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 257 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1920). 1920 1st edition. 8vo (144 x 215mm). Ppxii,257. B/w photograph plates. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. One or two plates loose (but all are present), underlining to several pages else good copy. An important early work on baitcasting reels and lure fishing techniques. Chapters include:- The bait casting rod; The casting reel; Terminal tackle; Casting lures; Housing the tackle; Repair kits and methods; A first lesson in casting; Landing tools and how to use them; Fishing a wadeable stream; Fishing a river from a boat; Shore casting; Casting after dark; Lake casting from a boat; Spoons and how to cast them; Trolling for bass. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1922). (1920) 1922 1st UK edition. 8vo (144 x 215mm). Ppxii,257. B/w photograph plates. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt, upper board title blind-stamped, with blind-stamped fish vignette at lower right. Slight tanning of end-papers but a very good clean copy. An important early work on baitcasting reels and lure fishing techniques. Chapters include:- The bait casting rod; The casting reel; Terminal tackle; Casting lures; Housing the tackle; Repair kits and methods; A first lesson in casting; Landing tools and how to use them; Fishing a wadeable stream; Fishing a river from a boat; Shore casting; Casting after dark; Lake casting from a boat; Spoons and how to cast them; Trolling for bass. .

Hardback. Condition: G++. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Green cloth lettered in gold on spine and blind stamped with letters, border and fish motif on front cover. Good clean tight text throughout. Text edges roughcut and a bit spotted. Some wear to covers around edges and some marks.

8°, original cloth-binding. 1st ed. With frontispiece and numerous images, XI, 257 p. Preliminary pages tanned and name on it, otherwise fine copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0.

8°, original cloth-binding. 1st ed. With frontispiece and numerous images, XI, 257 p. Cover a bit rubbed, otherwise fine copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0.

v.good.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this illustrated guidebook to fishing, particularly fishing rod use and repair. First edition of Casting Tackle and Methods by O. W. Smith in the original publisher's cloth binding.This fishing guidebook from the early twentieth century is more of a technical guidebook to fishing equipment rather than to fishing itself.Contents include The Bait Casting Rod, Repair Kits and Methods, and Shore Casting.With fourteen monochrome plates from photographs. Collated, complete.Includes gilt lettering to the spine. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.