alexander wanless (100 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1949. 154 pages. Green and black pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and tears.

Zustand: Good. 1935. First Edition. 156 pages. No dust jacket. Green 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 sunning.

Zustand: Good. 1933. First Printing. 134 pages. No dust jacket. Green 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 sunning.

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.

Zustand: Fair. Second Printing. 168 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. More pronounced to endpapers, pastedowns and text block edges. Binding remains firm. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends.

Zustand: Good. First Edition. 100 pages. Dust jacket over blue 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 sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Mild foxing. Moderate rubbing and marking all over. Stamp and pen to panels.

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. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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. .

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.

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

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: Fair. 1953. First Edition. 219 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Zustand: Good. 1948. First Edition. 112 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue 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. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. undated, first printing, dust jacket has age related edge-wear bumping, chipping and minor tears, price unclipped, pen inscription front end-paper, 100pp, pages clean and VG condition.

Zustand: Good. 1952. First Edition. 158 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations 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. Clipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

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.

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. .