alexander wanless (93 Ergebnisse)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1946). ND (1946) 1st edition. 12mo (127 x 188mm). Pp100. B/w illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Ex-library copy, with usual associated faults. Working copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. Wanless promoted the use of threadline, or spinning, tackle, together with a controller to present the fly to a salmon. An interesting book from a very innovative angler. Chapters include: Limitations of present methods; Equipment for line-line fly-fishing; Using the equipment; The light-line method; Casting; Lines and casts; Studying the current; Days out; How to make the fly controller; Fly-fishing with the spinning outfit; More about the controller; Tactics on some typical pools. .

hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. hardback, slim octavo, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, the dust wrapper with some edge wear, unclipped. Illustrated, 100pp.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1944). ND (1944) 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp207. B/w photographs. Green cloth, spine titled in black. Accumulated faults, cloth stained and used, hinges tender. Reading copy only, lacks dust-wrapper. "This, the seventh. book by the "inventor" of the term "thread-line angling," now universally used, is based on a first selection (with original material added) of articles contributed to leading journals. .Care has been taken to avoid repetition of material published in the previous volumes. There is, of course, much about the thread line. Poaching, people, nature, fish, rivers, methods, experiences, practical information and much else besides - such is the catch in this well-filled creel of generous size." Chapters include:- George, Jack and a salmon; Poaching adventure on Tweed; "All-day" rise on Leader; Balance in the spinning outfit; Salmon on the 6-lb line; Flies - their number is legion, but their use.!; River watchers at work; A night on the Tay; Do salmon prefer blondes?; Trout poaching in Scotland; How salmon poachers work; Management of club waters; About eels; Three fish for grayling; A salmon day on the Earn; Comedy of the big trout; Doctor's luck on the Aaro; A day on Loch Lyon; Anglers - good anglers - great anglers: angler's tale, an angler's otter; Fly fishing as it might be; Jiggeritis; Short-rising trout; Waking up a salmon; A Blair Drummond record; Queer things happen fishing! Some thread-line experiences; Encounters; Poachers' tales and others; Incidental. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). ND (1948) 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 190mm). Pp112. B/w line illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. 7/6 net. Cloth stained, foxing to edges and preliminaries. Working copy, lacks dust-wrapper. A concise introduction with clear explanatory diagrams. Chapters include: Methods; Experiences; The controllers; Lines - rods - reels - casts; Casting; Wind and current; Downstream - upstream; Sunk fly - surface fly - dry fly; Natural flies; Loch fishing; Sea trout - grayling - loch salmon. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). ND (1948) 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 190mm). Pp112. B/w line illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. 7/6 net. Cloth stained, foxing to edges and preliminaries. Working copy, lacks dust-wrapper. A concise introduction with clear explanatory diagrams. Chapters include: Methods; Experiences; The controllers; Lines - rods - reels - casts; Casting; Wind and current; Downstream - upstream; Sunk fly - surface fly - dry fly; Natural flies; Loch fishing; Sea trout - grayling - loch salmon. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1946). ND (1946) 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp100. B/w illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Quite faded, owner's name to paste-down but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. Wanless promoted the use of threadline, or spinning, tackle, together with a controller to present the fly to a salmon. An interesting book from a very innovative angler. Chapters include:- Limitations of present methods; Equipment for line-line fly-fishing; Using the equipment; The light-line method; Casting; Lines and casts; Studying the current; Days out; How to make the fly controller; Fly-fishing with the spinning outfit; More about the controller; Tactics on some typical pools. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). ND (1948) 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 190mm). Pp112. B/w illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. 7/6 net. Cloth quite faded, some use but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. Chapters include:- Methods; Experiences; The controllers; Lines - rods - reels - casts; Casting; Wind and current; Downstream - upstream; Sunk fly - surface fly - dry fly; Natural flies; Loch fishing; Sea trout - grayling - loch salmon. .

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Green cloth, slight sunning to spine, minor rubbing to extremities. Owner's name and monogram to free fep.

Zustand: Good. Boards have some toning to edges. Pages are toned. DJ has some edge wear, toning and some marks.

Zustand: Good. 1st printing. Boards have some wear, soiling marks. Content has light toning. Some spotting to page ends. No DJ.

Zustand: Good. DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. DJ with some edge wear, sun fading to spine and creasing.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1952). 1952 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 190mm). Pp158. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in black. Slight browning but very good in rubbed, clipped dust-wrapper. Threadline tactics, for all freshwater and estuarine species, throughout the year. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1937). 1937 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp320. B/w frontispiece. Binding B - Blue-green cloth, upper board titled in black, spine titled and ruled in black. Slight foxing and browning, cloth hinges slightly rubbed. Good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. Chapters on angling in the Borders, on the Tweed and Leader, Ardle, Annan, Tay, Whitadder, Water of Leith, Ayr, Ericht, the streams of Islay and Kintyre, a survey of Scottish club waters, and chapters on Grayling In Scotland, and Angling In Shetland. "Describes the `open' salmon and trout rivers of Scotland and gives details of many club waters which can be fished at small fees." (Where To Fish 1939). .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). 1931 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 192mm). Pp168 + 8pp ads. Colour plates of flies and materials, b/w photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, ruled & titled in black on spine and upper board, uniform with other Herbert Jenkins titles. Stain to upper board - internally clean and bright. Good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. Mostly threadlining techniques but includes a lot on Andrew Holmes' dry flies and tying techniques. Chapters include:- Equipment; Thread-line worm fishing; Stalking with the worm; Float fishing with worm; Spinning; Bobbing the minnow; Artificial fly fishing; Fly-dressing; Andrew Holmes' dry flies; Other thread line methods; Night fishing; Alternatives in loch fishing. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1944). ND (1944) 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp207. B/w photographs. Green cloth, spine titled in black. Cloth slightly faded and stained, some foxing but good copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. "This, the seventh. book by the "inventor" of the term "thread-line angling," now universally used, is based on a first selection (with original material added) of articles contributed to leading journals. .Care has been taken to avoid repetition of material published in the previous volumes. There is, of course, much about the thread line. Poaching, people, nature, fish, rivers, methods, experiences, practical information and much else besides - such is the catch in this well-filled creel of generous size." Chapters include:- George, Jack and a salmon; Poaching adventure on Tweed; "All-day" rise on Leader; Balance in the spinning outfit; Salmon on the 6-lb line; Flies - their number is legion, but their use.!; River watchers at work; A night on the Tay; Do salmon prefer blondes?; Trout poaching in Scotland; How salmon poachers work; Management of club waters; About eels; Three fish for grayling; A salmon day on the Earn; Comedy of the big trout; Doctor's luck on the Aaro; A day on Loch Lyon; Anglers - good anglers - great anglers: angler's tale, an angler's otter; Fly fishing as it might be; Jiggeritis; Short-rising trout; Waking up a salmon; A Blair Drummond record; Queer things happen fishing! Some thread-line experiences; Encounters; Poachers' tales and others; Incidental. .

Cloth. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. first Edition. Green cloth, minor rubbing to extremities, slight fraying to base of spine. Name in ink on free fep.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. first Edition. Green cloth, minor rubbing to extremities, slight bumping to corners. Date in ink on free fep.

Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition copy complete with age toned jacket that has small tears and minor loss to edges with creasing. Boards slightly knocked at corners with rubbing to cloth edges. Contents have age toned marks and thumbing to textblock edge but overall a good clear book.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1946). ND (1946) 1st edition. 16mo (95mm x 120mm). Pp77. B/w illustrations. Limp blue cloth, titled in black. Good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. "This handy volume, gives briefly all the principles and a great many details of threadline angling for trout, sea-trout and salmon, with references to pike, perch and grayling." .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1946). ND (1946) 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp100. B/w illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Various minor faults (cloth slightly frayed / boards slightly bumped / browned). Good copy in chipped and tanned dust-wrapper. Wanless promoted the use of threadline, or spinning, tackle, together with a controller to present the fly to a salmon. An interesting book from a very innovative angler. Chapters include:- Limitations of present methods; Equipment for line-line fly-fishing; Using the equipment; The light-line method; Casting; Lines and casts; Studying the current; Days out; How to make the fly controller; Fly-fishing with the spinning outfit; More about the controller; Tactics on some typical pools. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1937). 1937 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp320. B/w frontispiece. Binding A - Green cloth, upper board and spine titled and ruled in black. Owner's name to front end-paper else very good copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. Chapters on angling in the Borders, on the Tweed and Leader, Ardle, Annan, Tay, Whitadder, Water of Leith, Ayr, Ericht, the streams of Islay and Kintyre, a survey of Scottish club waters, and chapters on Grayling In Scotland, and Angling In Shetland. "Describes the `open' salmon and trout rivers of Scotland and gives details of many club waters which can be fished at small fees." (Where To Fish 1939). .

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. first Edition. Blue cloth with green/ black dustjacket, chipped and torn to edges. 154pp.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). ND (1948) 1st edition. Small 8vo (132 x 197mm). Pp180. B/w illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight fading to cloth, stains to edges, some browning. Working copy, lacks dust-wrapper. "In this volume is given the fullest description of thread line fly fishing for salmon yet published. Here will be found descriptions of spinning for trout, sea trout and salmon, drop minnow fishing, prawn roving and spinning, various methods of using worm, stone fly larvae and cod bait, with instructions on the making of spinning tackles and exact specifications of proper types of rods, reels, lines and other items of equipment." .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1935). 1935 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp156 + 4pp ads. 4 colour plates of flies, b/w line illustrations. Binding A - Green cloth, black ruled border and titles to upper board and spine. Some foxing, one plate loose, owner's name to end-paper and stamp to title-paged. Good only, lacks dust-wrapper. More discussion of thread-line angling techniques with fly, minnow and lure for trout and salmon. Chapters include:- Thread-line "bobbing"; Ledgering; Artificial flies; Trouting rods; The thread-line and trout; Improvements in equipment; Miscellaneous. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). 1931 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 192mm). Pp168,8pp ads. Colour plates of flies and materials, b/w photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, ruled & titled in black on spine and upper board, uniform with other Herbert Jenkins titles. Minor faults. Cloth slightly marked, some foxing but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. Mostly threadlining techniques but includes a lot on Andrew Holmes' dry flies and tying techniques. Chapters include: Equipment; Thread-line worm fishing; Stalking with the worm; Float fishing with worm; Spinning; Bobbing the minnow; Artificial fly fishing; Fly-dressing; Andrew Holmes' dry flies; Other thread line methods; Night fishing; Alternatives in loch fishing. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. ALEXANDER WANLESS (illustrator). THE DUST JACKET IS CONSIDERABLY WORN, RUBBED, MARKED, CREASED AND TORN BUT THE PRINT IS BOLD. THE BOARDS AND SPINE ARE BUMPED AND RUBBED BUT THE GILT IS BRIGHT. THERE IS STAINING TO THE FFEP, FINAL BLANK PAGE AND BACK PASTEDOWN. THERE'S FOXING TO THE PAGE EDGES BUT INSIDE THEY ARE CLEAN AND RELATIVELY CREASE FREE AND INCLUDE LOTS OF DETAILED ILLUSTRATIONS. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No dw, wear to extremeties, a few minor surface scars to rear panel, dulled spine, v slight foxing to some first few leaves.; 190x125mm; 156 pages.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1932). ND (1932) 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 192mm). Pp146 + 6pp ads. Illustrated with 2 coloured plates of threadline salmon flies, sepia half-tone plates & line drawings in text. Green cloth, spine & upper board titled in black, black rules to upper board. Cloth slightly stained, some foxing throughout but good copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. Erratum slip to page 61. A continuation of the author's two previous books on thread line angling - The Science of Spinning for Salmon and Trout, and, The Modern Practical Angler. An important flyfishing book as it contains possibly the first description of tube flies and their use. Chapters include:- Thread line misconceptions; Fixed drum or revolving drum?; Some thread line reels; Playing a salmon on light tackle; Thread line worm fishing for salmon and sea trout; Fly fishing for salmon with the thread line; Prawn fishing with the thread line. .

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 104 pages. 8.30x5.50x0.40 inches. In Stock.