Nobbs percy (27 Ergebnisse)

pamphlet. Zustand: very good(+). 13 pages, 8vo, original green printed wrappers. Small blind library stamp on title page. Quebec, April 1948. First Edition. Scarce. Very good (+).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1951). 1951 1st edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp11. Cream wrappers. Very good copy. ~. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1934). 1934 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 225mm). Ppxi,147. B/w illustrations by the author, end-paper maps. Binding A. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Rather used and browned, repair to spine. Good reading copy, lacks dust-wrapper. A classic on Canadian Atlantic salmon fishing. "We do not know of any book on salmon fishing which contains so much acute observation accumulated over many years of fishing. The waters in which Mr. Nobbs has exercised his craft are chiefly Canadian." Chapters include: Fishing; What fly?; What tackle?; Where are they?; When do they take?; Working the lure; The play; Fishing on the move; The big ones; Cooking the salmonidae; Systems of management; A note fro the tourist angler in Canada. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1949). (1948) 1949 2nd edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp11. Green wrappers. Chip to top edge o/w a very good copy. Percy E. Nobbs, born and educated in Scotland, was a renowned architect who spent most of his life in Montreal, where he became known as a leading campaigner for conservation. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1951). 1951 1st edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp27. Blue wrappers. Slightly faded but a good copy. ~. .

8vo., 23cm, 24p., printed wraps, four inch damp stained along upper spine edge, good, (Pol).

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Signed by the author in very good condition. Also included are 2 letters from Susan Wagg. Signed by Author(s).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1934). 1934 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 225mm). Ppxi,147. B/w illustrations by the author, end-paper maps. Binding B. Green cloth, spine titled in black. Hinges tender, quite used. Good only. A classic on Canadian Atlantic salmon fishing. "We do not know of any book on salmon fishing which contains so much acute observation accumulated over many years of fishing. The waters in which Mr. Nobbs has exercised his craft are chiefly Canadian." Chapters include: Fishing; What fly?; What tackle?; Where are they?; When do they take?; Working the lure; The play; Fishing on the move; The big ones; Cooking the salmonidae; Systems of management; A note fro the tourist angler in Canada. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1934). 1934 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 225mm). Ppxi,147. B/w illustrations by the author, end-paper maps. Binding A. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Quite used. Good only. A classic on Canadian Atlantic salmon fishing. "We do not know of any book on salmon fishing which contains so much acute observation accumulated over many years of fishing. The waters in which Mr. Nobbs has exercised his craft are chiefly Canadian." Chapters include: Fishing; What fly?; What tackle?; Where are they?; When do they take?; Working the lure; The play; Fishing on the move; The big ones; Cooking the salmonidae; Systems of management; A note fro the tourist angler in Canada. .…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First US Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1935. First American edition, 1935. Stories of fishing in Canada and the United Kingdom, illustrated with line drawings by the author. Dark brown cloth with salmon colored cloth spine label, no dustjacket. The book is in good to very good condition with some shelf rubbing, wear to the outer edges of the spine label, good hinges, sound text block, lightly age-toned but clean pages, personal bookplate on the half-title, no other names or markings. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1950). 1950 1st edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp77. Red wrappers. A very good copy. A summary of contemporary Canadian legislation. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp30. Blue wrappers. Slight use but a good copy. This was inspired by Sir Charles E. Fryer's 1916 pamphlet, The Management Of Our Salmon Rivers, whose "main theme is the need to treat each river as a single entity and bring about co-operation between various interests." Includes short chapters on salmon angling, and a chapter on management of salmon rivers in Great Britain. Percy E. Nobbs, born and educated in Scotland, was a renowned architect who spent most of his life in Montreal, where he became known as a leading campaigner for conservation. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp16. Illustrated with a sketch-map. Buff wrappers. A very good copy. ~. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp16. Illustrated with 2 plates: a sketch-map & designs of fishways. Blue wrappers. A very good copy. Reprinted from an article in The Salmon and Trout Magazine, May 1944. Percy E. Nobbs, born and educated in Scotland, was a renowned architect who spent most of his life in Montreal, where he became known as a leading campaigner for conservation. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1934). 1934 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 225mm). Ppxi,147. B/w illustrations by the author, end-paper maps. Binding A. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Small chip to front end-paper, edges foxed, annotation. Good copy in frayed, tape-repaired, price-clipped dust-wrapper. Becoming harder to find in a dust-wrapper of any condition. A classic on Canadian Atlantic salmon fishing. "We do not know of any book on salmon fishing which contains so much acute observation accumulated over many years of fishing. The waters in which Mr. Nobbs has exercised his craft are chiefly Canadian." Chapters include: Fishing; What fly?; What tackle?; Where are they?; When do they take?; Working the lure; The play; Fishing on the move; The big ones; Cooking the salmonidae; Systems of management; A note fro the tourist angler in Canada. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1934). 1934 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 225mm). Ppxi,147. B/w illustrations by the author, end-paper maps. Binding B. Green cloth, spine titled in black. D/w price, 10/6 net. Slight use, small portion of top corner torn from fep. Browning to edges but good-plus in slightly spine-tanned and frayed dust-wrapper. A classic on Canadian Atlantic salmon fishing. "We do not know of any book on salmon fishing which contains so much acute observation accumulated over many years of fishing. The waters in which Mr. Nobbs has exercised his craft are chiefly Canadian." Chapters include: Fishing; What fly?; What tackle?; Where are they?; When do they take?; Working the lure; The play; Fishing on the move; The big ones; Cooking the salmonidae; Systems of management; A note fro the tourist angler in Canada. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp24. Illustrated with 2 sketch-maps. Light orange wrappers. A fine copy. A report resulting from an inspection trip made to the Miramichi in September 1949, together with Nobbs's recommendations. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp24. Cream wrappers. A very good copy. An excellent summary of the contemporary state of knowledge about the ecology, reproduction and migrations of Atlantic salmon. Percy E. Nobbs, born and educated in Scotland, was a renowned architect who spent most of his life in Montreal, where he became known as a leading campaigner for conservation. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1934). 1934 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 225mm). Ppxi,147. B/w illustrations by the author, end-paper maps. Binding B. Green cloth, spine titled in black. Slight lean to spine but very good copy in a slightly marked but complete, untorn dust-wrapper. A classic on Canadian Atlantic salmon fishing. "We do not know of any book on salmon fishing which contains so much acute observation accumulated over many years of fishing. The waters in which Mr. Nobbs has exercised his craft are chiefly Canadian." Chapters include: Fishing; What fly?; What tackle?; Where are they?; When do they take?; Working the lure; The play; Fishing on the move; The big ones; Cooking the salmonidae; Systems of management; A note fro the tourist angler in Canada. .…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. First Edition. 147 pp. Very light foxing. 19 illustrations. Purple illustrated endpapers. Green hardcovers. Stains along bottom edge and along spine's edge on rear cover, corners bumped. Beige DJ, not price-clipped. Spine and edges yellowed, light wear along the edges. GOOD+/GOOD+. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG-. First U.K. 147 pages in very good, clean condition; edges a little yellowed. 19 full-page drawings. Illustrated endpapers. Bottom corner of free back endpaper torn off. Previous owner's stamp on a couple of pages. Green cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Very light wear on corners. Green DJ with blue titles and decoration. Spine and edges yellowed, spine stained and a little worn. Light wear on corners and edges. Price clipped. VG/VG-. Nobbs, Percy E. (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG+. First Edition. 147 pages in very good condition; edges a little yellowed. With 19 line drawings by the author. Purple and green illustrated endpapers. Green hardcovers with black titles. One corner lightly bumped, small stain on spine's tail. Green DJ with blue titles. Spine yellowed and lightly worn. Light wear on corners and edges. Not price-clipped. VG+/VG+. Book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 26 pages. Features: Some facts about Atlantic Salmon; The Moose That Was a Grizzly - article with photo of Lloyd Stonehouse; Hunting & Summer Cabins; Chuck Ewart and his 1954 record Steelhead; 1955 Fishing Contest Results; Going, Going.; Nice ad inside back cover announces trophy winners in the Thomas Adams Ontario Deer Hunting Competition, with the names of winners including A.V. Burniston of Chatham, Marvin D. Shaw of IN, Walter Schmidthurst of OH, and eight others. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Nobbs, Percy E. (illustrator).…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages 209-308. Features: Frontispiece photo of George F. McCorquodale; Natural and artificial methods of salmon production - a short review of Canadian results; Salmon Fisheries of Norway; Defective Bones in Hand-reared Trout; The Grayling - part IV - bait fishing; Rod Joints and Whippings - how to recondition them for difficult climates; The Value of Hatchery Trout for Stocking Rivers; De Profundis - a tale of a fisherman's Dilemma; Experiments on the Starvation of Trout Fry; Artificial Propagation of Brown Trout - Hatchery Mortality; Reviews of new books; The Jolly Angler (continued); and more. Average wear. Few institutional library markings. A sound vintage copy.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages 203-243 plus nineteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Toronto's 150 Years; Metal Crafts in Canada - many photos of beautiful creations; Western Mountain Flowers; Britain's Storied Stones and Crosses; Interiors of Pioneer Houses in New Brunswick; and more. Some of the best ads include.Ford Motor company (military theme); Magnificent two-page two-color Victory Bonds ad features soldier on battlefield; CIBC (features photo of heavy navy guns); Gold Flake cigarettes (features photo of male and female military personnel); Canadian Women's Army Corps - nice colour ad on back cover Moderate wear. Bit of sticker remnant and peel mark on front cover. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. …

8vo. pp. ix, 412. few text illus. index. cloth (corners rubbed). dw. (edges worn with few short tears & stain on front cover). First Edition.

8vo. 22cm, the First Edition, 147p., with 19 plates from drawings by the author, two colour illustrated endpapers from drawings also by the author, green cloth, a fine bright copy in fine complete (not price clipped) jacket, slight abrasion on the free endpaper, probably from the removal of a sticker, very rare thus, a signed association presentation copy to colleague Eric Arthur, noted Architectural historian "From Percy Nobbs, to Eric Arthur", on the half title, with small designed bookplate on the free fly printed in blue, AERA _ ex libris@. Very rare thus. (cgc). No standard price references located. The author, 1875 1964, a Montreal Architect wrote books on Architecture and Architecture in Canada which are also scarce, but not as scarce as the present title. "The waters in which Mr. Nobbs has exercised his craft are chiefly Canadian, and therefore this is a book which will appeal particularly to those fishermen who have visited the New World. as well, he is a gifted artist, and the book contains 19 very fine full page drawings from his pen". jacket.…