eric taverner (320 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Illustrated by Margot Hamand. Blue boards, bree spine. Undated, circa 1935. Previous owner's personal bookplate. Crease flyleaf. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Zustand: Good. No edition remarks. 140 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Previous owner's ink inscription. Illustrated. 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, 1957). 1957 1st edition (1973 re-issue). 8vo (139 x 223mm). Pp284 + 2 pp ads. B/w photographs & illustrations. Plain grey boards, spine titled in gilt. This remainder issue lacks the colour plate or errata slip that were in the original. A different dust-wrapper (with a plain green background) was produced for this issue. Various minor faults. Smells slightly musty else good in dust-wrapper. "The life of fishes and those creatures upon which they are dependent and the natural conditions governing their world." Chapters include: Some fishes and their distribution; The salmon; The brown or resident trout; The seatrout; The grayling; The steelhead and the rainbow trout; The carps; Perch and pike; Anatomical; Fins & locomotion; Distinction of species, &c; Aquatic vision; The other special senses; Coloration & disguise; Reproduction in some fishes; May-flies, sedge-flies and stone-flies; Other four-winged insects; Some two-winged flies; Higher crustaceans & crustaceans of the plankton; Freshwater snails; Some notes on migration; Aquatic vegetation; Predators; Water - lakes and rivers, food chain; Regulation of stock. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Previous owner name to ffep. Good DJ with some edge wear, tears and clipped.

hardback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. hardback, blue cloth lettered gilt to spine, insacription and press-clipping on front endpaper o/w a good copy, no dust wrapper, b&w plates, 228pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Hamand, Margot (illustrator). 1st Edition. Assumed first edition as no copyright date found. Binding tight, interior clean and bright. Aqua green boards in very nice condition, lightly bumped to corners and spine ends. Dj preserved in mylar, has been price clipped but 15/ - sticker on flap. Dust jacket spine is age toned with small (1/4") tear at lower edge on back. Bright lettering on spine; fish illustrations on front end papers, hooks and knots on back. Woodcut illustrations throughout. ".mingles entertainment and instruction for the man who likes to go week-ending with a fishing-rod." - dj flap. 512 pages including index and more.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Acceptable Jacket. Considered a "life-story of a chalkstream brown trout" and is a must-read for fishing enthusiasts. The jacket is worn and chipped. 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, 1929). (1929) 1946 reprint. 8vo (148mm x 219mm). Pp448. B/w photographs & illustrations. Tan buckram-backed cloth, gilt titles to spine. Rather foxed and used. Good only, lacks dust-wrapper. With a chapter on "Trout Scales" by G. Herbert Nall, M.A., F.R.M.S., and one on "The Legal Aspect of Fishing" by Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law." "The best all-round book on brown trout fishing that has appeared in this generation." (Times Literary Supplement). Chapters include: Milestones in angling literature (2 chapters); Life history of the trout (2 chapters); Tackle (2 chapters); Casting a fly; Entomology (2 chapters); Trout flies; Trout flies, the Ephemeridae; Trout flies, the Sedge Flies, etc; Anglers' knots and splices; Wax, gut, hooks; Practice (4 chapters); Rise-forms; Fly dressing materials; some ways to dress flies; Fishing in lochs and lakes (2 chapters); Dapping, dibbing, shade-fishing or bushing; Spinning for trout; Worm and creeper fishing; Brown trout scales; The grayling; The legal aspect of fishing; Trout streams and fishery management. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1942). (1935) 1942 reprint. Small 8vo (128 x 190mm). Pp512. B/w woodcuts by Margot Hamand. Blue cloth, green titles to white printed spine-label on green cloth spine. Ex-library, stained and well-used working copy, lacks dust-wrapper. A pot-pourri of angling information: glossaries of angling terms, an anthology of short angling pieces, the fisherman's inn, cooking and boat (and coracle) handling, a who's who of anglers, fly-dressers and angling writers, and lots, lots more. "Page after page is as alluring as a well-tied fly, yet there is no lack of very useful information and hints on tackle and boats, flies and baits; scale reading; measuring, packing and cooking fish; fisherman's birds, flowers, weeds and inns. A valuable book of reference." (The Scotsman). .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1954). 1954 1st edition. Square 8vo (175 x 217mm). Pp62. B/w illustrations by W.E. Barrington-Browne. Ivory paper-covered boards with silver trout vignette. Signs of previous ownership, slightly stained & used - good only - without dust-wrapper. This is an engaging account of the life-story of an Atlantic salmon, written before the discovery of the salmon's Greenland feeding grounds. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1929). (1929) later reprint. 8vo (148mm x 219mm). Pp448. B/w photographs & illustrations. Light tan cloth, spine titled in gilt. Various minor faults. Cloth stained and used but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. With a chapter on "Trout Scales" by G. Herbert Nall, M.A., F.R.M.S., and one on "The Legal Aspect of Fishing" by Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law." "The best all-round book on brown trout fishing that has appeared in this generation." (Times Literary Supplement). Chapters include: Milestones in angling literature (2 chapters); Life history of the trout (2 chapters); Tackle (2 chapters); Casting a fly; Entomology (2 chapters); Trout flies; Trout flies, the Ephemeridae; Trout flies, the Sedge Flies, etc; Anglers' knots and splices; Wax, gut, hooks; Practice (4 chapters); Rise-forms; Fly dressing materials; some ways to dress flies; Fishing in lochs and lakes (2 chapters); Dapping, dibbing, shade-fishing or bushing; Spinning for trout; Worm and creeper fishing; Brown trout scales; The grayling; The legal aspect of fishing; Trout streams and fishery management. .

hardcover. Zustand: 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.

hardback. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, mild foxing to the closed top edge, the binding tight and the contents clean and unmarked. The price clipped pictorial dust jacket is sunned to the spine. Illustrated, 284pp.

Original Cloth. Zustand: See Description. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: None. The Modern Sports Series, no date. 121 pages, 2 colour plates and 56 other illustrations, short catalogue of Seeley Service publications at end. Hb, in original cloth, no dw, cloth slightly browned at upper edges, otherwise a very good copy.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex County library, with some labels removed. Cream cloth with titles somewhat effaced. Boards a little shelf soiled. 77pp.

Zustand: Good. No Edition Stated. 121 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

hardback. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. hardback, octavo, a tightly bound copy with clean and unmarked contents and in a chipped and rubbed pictorial dust jacket which has darkened to the spine and has some strengthening to the verso. 512pp.

hardback. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. hardback, octavo, some light spotting to closed page edges else a tightly bound copy in a soiled and chipped dust wrapper, the text remains unmarked, b&w plates, 160pp.

Zustand: Good. 1955. First Edition. 77 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout by Barrington - Browne. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1939). 1939 1st edition thus. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp122,6pp ads. Illustrated with 2 colour plates of flies & hackles, & b&w text figures. Dark yellow cloth, spine & upper board titled in black. Ex-libris book-plate, and name to paste-down, staining to the boards but a good copy in torn but tape-repaired, foxed and clipped dust-wrapper. "The major part of this book is drawn from 'Trout fishing from all angles', but there are a number of notable additions in the dressings and elsewhere which add greatly to its value." .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1939). (1939) ND (1942) reprint. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Pp121 + 6 pp advertisements. Illustrated with 2 colour plates of flies & hackles, & b&w text figures. Dark yellow cloth, spine & upper board titled in black. Good working copy only. "The major part of this book is drawn from 'Trout fishing from all angles,' but there are a number of notable additions in the dressings and elsewhere which add greatly to its value." .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1935). (1935) later reprint. Small 8vo (125 x 191mm). Pp512. B/w woodcuts by Margot Hamand. Green and blue cloth-backed boards, tipped-on spine label. Cloth rather marked and used. Lacks dust-wrapper. A pot-pourri of angling information: glossaries of angling terms, an anthology of short angling pieces, the fisherman's inn, cooking and boat (and coracle) handling, a who's who of anglers, fly-dressers and angling writers, and lots, lots more. "Page after page is as alluring as a well-tied fly, yet there is no lack of very useful information and hints on tackle and boats, flies and baits; scale reading; measuring, packing and cooking fish; fisherman's birds, flowers, weeds and inns. A valuable book of reference." (The Scotsman). .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1954). 1954 1st edition. Square 8vo (175 x 217mm). Pp62. B/w illustrations, 4 colour illustrations by W.E. Barrington-Browne. Ivory paper-covered boards with silver trout vignette. Ex-Flyfishers' Club Library. Good-plus in torn dust-wrapper. This is an engaging account of the life-story of an Atlantic salmon, written before the discovery of the salmon's Greenland feeding grounds. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1929). (1929) 1946 reprint. 8vo (148mm x 219mm). Pp448. B/w photographs & illustrations. Tan buckram-backed cloth, gilt titles to spine. Rather foxed and stained, owner's name to end-paper. Good copy in stained, chipped and clipped dust-wrapper. With a chapter on "Trout Scales" by G. Herbert Nall, M.A., F.R.M.S., and one on "The Legal Aspect of Fishing" by Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law." "The best all-round book on brown trout fishing that has appeared in this generation." (Times Literary Supplement). Chapters include: Milestones in angling literature (2 chapters); Life history of the trout (2 chapters); Tackle (2 chapters); Casting a fly; Entomology (2 chapters); Trout flies; Trout flies, the Ephemeridae; Trout flies, the Sedge Flies, etc; Anglers' knots and splices; Wax, gut, hooks; Practice (4 chapters); Rise-forms; Fly dressing materials; some ways to dress flies; Fishing in lochs and lakes (2 chapters); Dapping, dibbing, shade-fishing or bushing; Spinning for trout; Worm and creeper fishing; Brown trout scales; The grayling; The legal aspect of fishing; Trout streams and fishery management. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1955). 1955 1st edition. Square 8vo (175 x 215mm). Pp78. Colour plates & b/w illustrations by W.E. Barrington-Browne. Green hooked trout motif and titles to ivory paper-covered boards, spine titled in green. Various minor faults. Lacks dust-wrapper. Good-plus. A beautifully illustrated life-story of a chalkstream brown trout. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1954). 1954 1st edition. Square 8vo (175 x 217mm). Pp62. B/w illustrations by W.E. Barrington-Browne. Ivory paper-covered boards with silver trout vignette. Boards slightly stained, gift inscription to front paste-down/end-paper. Good only in dust-wrapper remnant. This is an engaging account of the life-story of an Atlantic salmon, written before the discovery of the salmon's Greenland feeding grounds. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: good-. First. 12mo. fade to edge of boards. Wear to extremities. Light spotting to endpapers. Dw has browned spine browning/spotting to front leading edge .Marks to cover small loss to top of spine. Couple of tears. Book.

hardback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, two tone brown cloth binding lettered gilt to the spine, no jacket. Tightly bound, the contents free of marking but with age-toning to the closed fore-edge. Illustrated, 448pp.

Zustand: Good. 1925. No Edition Remarks. 228 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.