HALFORD FREDERIC MICHAEL 1844 1914 (18 Ergebnisse)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2001). (1913) 2001 paperback edition. 8vo paperback with flaps. Ppxvi,416. B/w photographs & illustrations. Fine unread copy. This is a good quality paperback edition of this revised compilation from "Dry-fly fishing in theory and practice," "Dry-fly entomology," and "Making a fishery." Part 1 Dry-Fly Fishing; chapters include; rod and tackle; casting; the ethics of the dry fly; choice of pattern; drag; favourable and unfavourable conditions; the psychological moment; dry fly on lochs and lakes; striking and handling a hooked fish. Part 2 The Fisherman's Entomology; chapters include; the study of entomology; mayflies, duns and spinners; caddis flies; stoneflies, alders, smuts, etc. Part 3 The Making and Management of a Fishery; chapters include; selection of a water; general management; weeds and weed cutting; killing down the trout's enemies; stocking. PREVIOUS PRICE £16.95.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2001). (1913) 1994 Derrydale Press edition. 8vo (157 x 235mm). Ppxvi,416. B/w photographs & illustrations. Pictorial bonded leather boards. Some gilt rubbed from top-edge but a very good copy. Un-numbered copy. A revised compilation from "Dry-fly fishing in theory and practice," "Dry-fly entomology," and "Making a fishery." Part 1 Dry-Fly Fishing; chapters include; rod and tackle; casting; the ethics of the dry fly; choice of pattern; drag; favourable and unfavourable conditions; the psychological moment; dry fly on lochs and lakes; striking and handling a hooked fish. Part 2 The Fisherman's Entomology; chapters include; the study of entomology; mayflies, duns and spinners; caddis flies; stoneflies, alders, smuts, etc. Part 3 The Making and Management of a Fishery; chapters include; selection of a water; general management; weeds and weed cutting; killing down the trout's enemies; stocking. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1902). (1895) 1902 2nd edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Ppvii,212. Frontispiece portrait photograph, 4 other plates, b/w text illustrations. Dark blue cloth, Spine & upper board titled in gilt. Some pages at front & rear loose. A clean working copy, sold with all faults. Number 3 in the Halford Dry Fly Series. Halford's monograph on chalkstream fishery management. Chapters include:- Selection; Tenure; Management; Weeds; Poachers; Netting; Wiring; Stocking; The stew; Grayling; Distribution. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First trade edition (there was also a de luxe edition of 150 numbered copies) with copious chapter head and tailpieces, illuminated initials and charming illustrations in the text plus several full page examples. Demy 8vo (215 x 145 mm); vi, (2), 212 pp. Original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to the front and spine; tips of corners a tad bumped; top edges gilt; orig. floral endpapers. Ownership inscription of Percy Wadham, Waltondale, Newport, Isle of Wight, dated 1899. A near Fine copy. Book.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1902). (1895) 1902 2nd edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Ppvii,212. Frontispiece portrait photograph, 4 other plates, b/w text illustrations. Dark blue cloth, Spine & upper board titled in gilt. Some browning but a very good clean copy. Number 3 in the Halford Dry Fly Series. Halford's monograph on chalkstream fishery management. Chapters include:- Selection; Tenure; Management; Weeds; Poachers; Netting; Wiring; Stocking; The stew; Grayling; Distribution. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). (1889) 1989 Centenary edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp224. Tipped-in limitation plate, plain plates, illustrations. Quarter-bound in brown bonded leather over brown cloth, silk marker ribbon, gilt FFCL logo to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Brown cloth slipcase. Fine in slipcase. Edition limited to 450 copies only. A specially bound issue of the Witherby edition, re-issued by the Flyfisher's Classic Library. "This is one of an unnumbered special edition limited to 450 copies." "Published as an edition of 1500 only by H.F. & G. Witherby in 1989, with 50 'de luxe' copies each selling at £200 each. .FCL has acquired from Witherby the unbound sheets printed for a possible American edition which never appeared." The FFCL catalogue gives the limitation as 500 copies whereas the book-plate in each copy states 450. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1902). (1897) 1902 2nd revised edition. 8vo (150 x 220mm). Ppxii,323. 28 colour & b/w plates of flies, 2 folding charts, b/w text illustrations. Blue cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Snag to spine, slightly shaken, cloth quite worn and marked, browning to edges and end-papers with owner's name. Good copy. Number 2 in the Halford Dry Fly Series. The first serious attempt to represent the natural insect as found on the water. "This is undoubtedly written by a great angler, but who was, however, not a great naturalist. It gives details of aquatic insects of the Test. This book is based on his earlier book Floating Flies And How To Dress Them, which is incidentally probably more famous. The very useful entomological section in Dry Fly Entomology is larger due to the co-operation of the Rev. E.A. Eaton. The hundred best patterns were tied by George Holland of Winchester." (Hampton). .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1895). 1895 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Ppvi,212. Frontispiece portrait photograph, 4 other plates, b/w text ills. Dark blue cloth with bevelled edges, gilt-ruled border to upper board, upper board and spine titled in gilt. 7/6. Slightly browned and shaken, hinges tender. Good. Halford's monograph on chalkstream fishery management. Chapters include:- Selection; Tenure; Management; Weeds; Poachers; Netting; Wiring; Stocking; The stew; Grayling; Distribution. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1913). 1913 1st edition. Large 8vo (160 x 228mm). Ppxvi,416. Illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece of Halford fishing and 43 other photogravure plates (all under tissue-guards), drawings and engravings. Re-bound in two-tone green cloth, gilt border to upper and lower boards, spine titled in gilt. A very good copy recently re-bound in two-tone green cloth. Contemporary owner's inscription to front end-paper. A revised compilation from "Dry-fly fishing in theory and practice," "Dry-fly entomology," and "Making a fishery." Part 1 Dry-Fly Fishing; chapters include; rod and tackle; casting; the ethics of the dry fly; choice of pattern; drag; favourable and unfavourable conditions; the psychological moment; dry fly on lochs and lakes; striking and handling a hooked fish. Part 2 The Fisherman's Entomology; chapters include; the study of entomology; mayflies, duns and spinners; caddis flies; stoneflies, alders, smuts, etc. Part 3 The Making and Management of a Fishery; chapters include; selection of a water; general management; weeds and weed cutting; killing down the trout's enemies; stocking. In 1913 Routledge had all of Halford's important work in print in just two volumes - this one and "The modern development of the dry-fly." .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1895). 1895 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Ppvi,212. Frontispiece portrait photograph, 4 other plates, b/w text ills. Dark blue cloth with bevelled edges, gilt-ruled border and titles to upper board, spine titled in gilt, top edge gilt. Half-inch chip in bottom of spine else very good. Sir Robert Saundby's copy with his pasted-in signature and laid-in photocopy of his obituary. Halford's monograph on chalkstream fishery management. Chapters include:- Selection; Tenure; Management; Weeds; Poachers; Netting; Wiring; Stocking; The stew; Grayling; Distribution. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1895). 1895 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Ppvi,212. Frontispiece portrait photograph, 4 other plates, b/w text ills. Dark blue cloth with bevelled edges, gilt-ruled border and titles to upper board, spine titled in gilt, top edge gilt. End-papers quite browned otherwise a very good copy. Tag of brown paper adhered to rear paste-down. Halford's monograph on chalkstream fishery management. Chapters include:- Selection; Tenure; Management; Weeds; Poachers; Netting; Wiring; Stocking; The stew; Grayling; Distribution. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1902). (1897) 1902 2nd revised edition. 8vo (150 x 220mm). Ppxii,323. 28 colour & b/w plates of flies, 2 folding charts, b/w text illustrations. Blue cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Small tear to 1 chart. Some use and foxing but good-plus. Number 2 in the Halford Dry Fly Series. The first serious attempt to represent the natural insect as found on the water. "This is undoubtedly written by a great angler, but who was, however, not a great naturalist. It gives details of aquatic insects of the Test. This book is based on his earlier book Floating Flies And How To Dress Them, which is incidentally probably more famous. The very useful entomological section in Dry Fly Entomology is larger due to the co-operation of the Rev. E.A. Eaton. The hundred best patterns were tied by George Holland of Winchester." (Hampton). .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1902). (1897) 1902 2nd revised edition. 8vo (150 x 220mm). Ppxii,323. 28 colour & b/w plates of flies, 2 folding charts, b/w text illustrations. Blue cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Previous owner's name (1906) ornately inscribed. Slightly used but a good copy, with some annotation in ink. Number 2 in the Halford Dry Fly Series. The first serious attempt to represent the natural insect as found on the water. "This is undoubtedly written by a great angler, but who was, however, not a great naturalist. It gives details of aquatic insects of the Test. This book is based on his earlier book Floating Flies And How To Dress Them, which is incidentally probably more famous. The very useful entomological section in Dry Fly Entomology is larger due to the co-operation of the Rev. E.A. Eaton. The hundred best patterns were tied by George Holland of Winchester." (Hampton). .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1895). 1895 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Ppvi,212. Frontispiece portrait photograph, 4 other plates, b/w text illustrations. Dark blue cloth with bevelled edges, gilt-ruled border and titles to upper board, spine titled in gilt, top edge gilt. Cloth just slightly rubbed otherwise a very good copy. Sir James Ramsay Gibson Maitland's copy with his armorial bookplate to front paste-down. Halford's monograph on chalkstream fishery management. Chapters include:- Selection; Tenure; Management; Weeds; Poachers; Netting; Wiring; Stocking; The stew; Grayling; Distribution. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1897). 1897 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 223mm). Ppxii,314 + 1p ad. 28 colour & b/w plates of flies, 2 folding charts, b/w text illustrations. Half black leather over blue cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt, top edge gilt, title-page printed in red and black. Newly rebound black half leather over blue cloth boards, marbled end-papers. Some foxing. Not the original binding but still a tidy copy. The first serious attempt to represent the natural insect as found on the water. "This is undoubtedly written by a great angler, but who was, however, not a great naturalist. It gives details of aquatic insects of the Test. This book is based on his earlier book Floating Flies And How To Dress Them, which is incidentally probably more famous. The very useful entomological section in Dry Fly Entomology is larger due to the co-operation of the Rev. E.A. Eaton. The hundred best patterns were tied by George Holland of Winchester." (Hampton). .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1897). 1897 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 223mm). Ppxii,314 + 1p ad. 28 colour & b/w plates of flies, 2 folding charts, b/w text illustrations. Half midnight blue leather binding over blue cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt, top edge gilt, title-page printed in red and black. Newly rebound to match original binding. Slight scratches to spine, slight wave to top edge. Browning to edges else text block in very good condition. A very nice copy. The first serious attempt to represent the natural insect as found on the water. "This is undoubtedly written by a great angler, but who was, however, not a great naturalist. It gives details of aquatic insects of the Test. This book is based on his earlier book Floating Flies And How To Dress Them, which is incidentally probably more famous. The very useful entomological section in Dry Fly Entomology is larger due to the co-operation of the Rev. E.A. Eaton. The hundred best patterns were tied by George Holland of Winchester." (Hampton). .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1895). 1895 1st edition - large paper issue. 4to (200 x 292mm). Ppvi,212. Frontispiece portrait photograph, 4 other plates, b/w text illustrations, title-page in red & black. Full green morocco, spine titled in gilt, gilt rules on upper board, raised bands, top edge gilt, inner dentelles, silk marker, marbled end-papers, deckle edges. The plates are tipped in. Edition limited to 150 signed & numbered copies. Page edges & prelims slightly tanned but generally a very good copy. Signed by the author #8/150. Halford's monograph on chalkstream fishery management. Chapters include:- Selection; Tenure; Management; Weeds; Poachers; Netting; Wiring; Stocking; The stew; Grayling; Distribution. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1886). 1886 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 228mm). Ppviii,136 + 1pp ads + 32pp publisher's catalogue. 9 hand-coloured plates of flies, shade chart, b/w illustrations. Dark olive cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt, top edge gilt. Rather worn original cloth, corners rubbed, slightly shaken, one or two plates loose but a good copy of the first edition. Only 500 copies were printed. "A treatise on the most modern methods of dressing artificial flies for trout and grayling. With full illustrated directions and containing ninety hand-coloured engravings of the most killing patterns. Together with a few hints to dry-fly fishermen. By Frederic M. Halford." The first edition of the first, and scarcest, of Halford's books. Though the book contains no limitation statement it is known that only 500 copies of this first edition were produced. A contemporary publisher's advertisement stated "A large-paper edition, printed on Dutch hand-made paper, limited to 100 copies for England and 50 for America, price 30s (This Edition is exhausted). Small-paper edition - Demy 8vo, first edition limited to 500 copies, cloth, 15s post free." .