9780854931422 - Salmon Fisher's Odyssey von Ashley-Cooper, John (11 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 4to (192 x 252mm). Pp352. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations, maps. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, slight use / spotting to edges / gift inscription / book plate else clean internally. Good copy in badly faded, frayed and price-clipped dust-wrapper. "Few people, if any, in the past century can have had as deep a knowledge of the lives of salmon, the rivers which they frequent and the skills of a top class fisherman, but John Ashley-Cooper was the brilliant and modest possessor of all these talents, and his friends and the other readers of 'A Salmon Fisher's Odyssey' can only be immensely grateful to him for this book and the fascinating record it provides" (Sir David Wills 1996). Sir David Wills, CBE, appears on page 5 of this book. John Ashley-Cooper "has fished many rivers, in many countries, during a lifetime of fishing for salmon. In this book he sets down his recollections of these [rivers] most of which he has known over a long period." Chapters include: General reflections; Considerations on salmon fishing; Behaviour of fishermen; Behaviour of salmon; Flies and fly making; The Test; The Avon; The Frome; The Dart; The Tamar; The Wye; The Helmsdale; The Oykel; The Ness; The Findhorn; The Spey; The Deveron; The Dee; The North Esk; The South Esk; The Tay; The Tweed; The Luce; The Stinchar; The Laggan; The Awe; The Lochy; The Gruinard; The Broom; The Grimersta; The Borgie; The Naver; The Thurso; The Blackwater (Co. Cork); Norway; Iceland. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. hardback, small quarto, light age-toning to the closed edges, a very good tightly bound copy with clean and unmarked contents, the price clipped pictorial dust jacket is very faded to the spine and has a residual sticker mark to the foot of same. Illustrated with 65 text photographs and 7 colour plates. 352pp.

Blue/gilt hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. Jacket spine faded. 250mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). 352pp. B/w and colour photographs. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). (1982) 1986 revised reprint. 4to (192 x 252mm). Pp352. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations, maps. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use else very good in faded, slightly frayed, possibly clipped, dust-wrapper. "Few people, if any, in the past century can have had as deep a knowledge of the lives of salmon, the rivers which they frequent and the skills of a top class fisherman, but John Ashley-Cooper was the brilliant and modest possessor of all these talents, and his friends and the other readers of 'A Salmon Fisher's Odyssey' can only be immensely grateful to him for this book and the fascinating record it provides" (Sir David Wills 1996). Sir David Wills, CBE, appears on page 5 of this book. John Ashley-Cooper "has fished many rivers, in many countries, during a lifetime of fishing for salmon. In this book he sets down his recollections of these [rivers] most of which he has known over a long period." Chapters include: General reflections; Considerations on salmon fishing; Behaviour of fishermen; Behaviour of salmon; Flies and fly making; The Test; The Avon; The Frome; The Dart; The Tamar; The Wye; The Helmsdale; The Oykel; The Ness; The Findhorn; The Spey; The Deveron; The Dee; The North Esk; The South Esk; The Tay; The Tweed; The Luce; The Stinchar; The Laggan; The Awe; The Lochy; The Gruinard; The Broom; The Grimersta; The Borgie; The Naver; The Thurso; The Blackwater (Co. Cork); Norway; Iceland. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). (1982) 1986 revised reprint. 4to (192 x 252mm). Pp352. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations, maps. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Spine-faded, else near fine in price-clipped dust-wrapper. "Few people, if any, in the past century can have had as deep a knowledge of the lives of salmon, the rivers which they frequent and the skills of a top class fisherman, but John Ashley-Cooper was the brilliant and modest possessor of all these talents, and his friends and the other readers of 'A Salmon Fisher's Odyssey' can only be immensely grateful to him for this book and the fascinating record it provides" (Sir David Wills 1996). Sir David Wills, CBE, appears on page 5 of this book. John Ashley-Cooper "has fished many rivers, in many countries, during a lifetime of fishing for salmon. In this book he sets down his recollections of these [rivers] most of which he has known over a long period." Chapters include: General reflections; Considerations on salmon fishing; Behaviour of fishermen; Behaviour of salmon; Flies and fly making; The Test; The Avon; The Frome; The Dart; The Tamar; The Wye; The Helmsdale; The Oykel; The Ness; The Findhorn; The Spey; The Deveron; The Dee; The North Esk; The South Esk; The Tay; The Tweed; The Luce; The Stinchar; The Laggan; The Awe; The Lochy; The Gruinard; The Broom; The Grimersta; The Borgie; The Naver; The Thurso; The Blackwater (Co. Cork); Norway; Iceland. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 4to (192 x 252mm). Pp352. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, maps. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Owner's name / gift inscription to front end-paper, edges browned. Good-plus in faded dust-wrapper. "Few people, if any, in the past century can have had as deep a knowledge of the lives of salmon, the rivers which they frequent and the skills of a top class fisherman, but John Ashley-Cooper was the brilliant and modest possessor of all these talents, and his friends and the other readers of 'A Salmon Fisher's Odyssey' can only be immensely grateful to him for this book and the fascinating record it provides" (Sir David Wills 1996). Sir David Wills, CBE, appears on page 5 of this book. John Ashley-Cooper "has fished many rivers, in many countries, during a lifetime of fishing for salmon. In this book he sets down his recollections of these [rivers] most of which he has known over a long period." Chapters include: General reflections; Considerations on salmon fishing; Behaviour of fishermen; Behaviour of salmon; Flies and fly making; The Test; The Avon; The Frome; The Dart; The Tamar; The Wye; The Helmsdale; The Oykel; The Ness; The Findhorn; The Spey; The Deveron; The Dee; The North Esk; The South Esk; The Tay; The Tweed; The Luce; The Stinchar; The Laggan; The Awe; The Lochy; The Gruinard; The Broom; The Grimersta; The Borgie; The Naver; The Thurso; The Blackwater (Co. Cork); Norway; Iceland. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 4to (192 x 252mm). Pp352. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations, maps. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in price-clipped, spine-faded dust-wrapper. "Few people, if any, in the past century can have had as deep a knowledge of the lives of salmon, the rivers which they frequent and the skills of a top class fisherman, but John Ashley-Cooper was the brilliant and modest possessor of all these talents, and his friends and the other readers of 'A Salmon Fisher's Odyssey' can only be immensely grateful to him for this book and the fascinating record it provides" (Sir David Wills 1996). Sir David Wills, CBE, appears on page 5 of this book. John Ashley-Cooper "has fished many rivers, in many countries, during a lifetime of fishing for salmon. In this book he sets down his recollections of these [rivers] most of which he has known over a long period." Chapters include: General reflections; Considerations on salmon fishing; Behaviour of fishermen; Behaviour of salmon; Flies and fly making; The Test; The Avon; The Frome; The Dart; The Tamar; The Wye; The Helmsdale; The Oykel; The Ness; The Findhorn; The Spey; The Deveron; The Dee; The North Esk; The South Esk; The Tay; The Tweed; The Luce; The Stinchar; The Laggan; The Awe; The Lochy; The Gruinard; The Broom; The Grimersta; The Borgie; The Naver; The Thurso; The Blackwater (Co. Cork); Norway; Iceland. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 4to (192 x 252mm). Pp352. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations, maps. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in faded dust-wrapper. "Few people, if any, in the past century can have had as deep a knowledge of the lives of salmon, the rivers which they frequent and the skills of a top class fisherman, but John Ashley-Cooper was the brilliant and modest possessor of all these talents, and his friends and the other readers of 'A Salmon Fisher's Odyssey' can only be immensely grateful to him for this book and the fascinating record it provides" (Sir David Wills 1996). Sir David Wills, CBE, appears on page 5 of this book. John Ashley-Cooper "has fished many rivers, in many countries, during a lifetime of fishing for salmon. In this book he sets down his recollections of these [rivers] most of which he has known over a long period." Chapters include: General reflections; Considerations on salmon fishing; Behaviour of fishermen; Behaviour of salmon; Flies and fly making; The Test; The Avon; The Frome; The Dart; The Tamar; The Wye; The Helmsdale; The Oykel; The Ness; The Findhorn; The Spey; The Deveron; The Dee; The North Esk; The South Esk; The Tay; The Tweed; The Luce; The Stinchar; The Laggan; The Awe; The Lochy; The Gruinard; The Broom; The Grimersta; The Borgie; The Naver; The Thurso; The Blackwater (Co. Cork); Norway; Iceland. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition - de luxe issue. 4to (192 x 252mm). Pp352. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations, maps. Half dark blue leather, cloth boards, spine tilted in gilt, all edges gilt, raised bands, silk marker. Dark blue cloth slipcase. Near fine in slipcase - #9 of only 20 numbered copies, signed by the author. "Few people, if any, in the past century can have had as deep a knowledge of the lives of salmon, the rivers which they frequent and the skills of a top class fisherman, but John Ashley-Cooper was the brilliant and modest possessor of all these talents, and his friends and the other readers of 'A Salmon Fisher's Odyssey' can only be immensely grateful to him for this book and the fascinating record it provides" (Sir David Wills 1996). Sir David Wills, CBE, appears on page 5 of this book. John Ashley-Cooper "has fished many rivers, in many countries, during a lifetime of fishing for salmon. In this book he sets down his recollections of these [rivers] most of which he has known over a long period." Chapters include: General reflections; Considerations on salmon fishing; Behaviour of fishermen; Behaviour of salmon; Flies and fly making; The Test; The Avon; The Frome; The Dart; The Tamar; The Wye; The Helmsdale; The Oykel; The Ness; The Findhorn; The Spey; The Deveron; The Dee; The North Esk; The South Esk; The Tay; The Tweed; The Luce; The Stinchar; The Laggan; The Awe; The Lochy; The Gruinard; The Broom; The Grimersta; The Borgie; The Naver; The Thurso; The Blackwater (Co. Cork); Norway; Iceland. .