Marlborough press (908 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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

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.

hardcover. 1st. Tall 8vo, 248 pp. Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. Profusely illustrated (illustrator).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2002). 2002 1st edition. Large 8vo (171 x 241mm). Pp208. 70 colour plates by the author. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Front of dust-wrapper completely faded but internally very good. Seventy excellent colour plates of natural and artificial flies, mostly of interest to the river fisherman, enhanced by paintings of bankside plants. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2009). 2009 1st edition. 8vo paperback (139 x 216mm). Pp144. Colour photographs, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Slight fading to cover else good clean second-hand paperback. An up to date and rather detailed guide to keeping ducks and geese on a small scale. Chapters include: Making a start; Selecting and purchasing the right breeds; Housing, grass runs and ponds; Feeding; Breeding, hatching and rearing; Health and hygiene; Showing and exhibiting; Ornamental waterfowl. Many good pictures and diagrams. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2008). 2008 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp158. Colour photographs, b/w illustrations by Rebecca Lyne. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Smells musty, spotting to end-paper, damp marks to boards and rear of dust-wrapper but very good. This book "provides you with all the information you are likely to need. Covers the lures themselves, tackle and techniques. Contains chapters on using lures to catch pike, zander, chub, perch and other coarse fish species, as well as salmon, trout and sea trout. Considers boat fishing, advanced big-water trolling, sea fishing and big game fishing. Discusses jerkbait fishing, rubber jigs and lures, lightweight lure fishing the use of hybrid lures". Contributions by James Holgate and Gord Burton on lure-fishing for pike in large waters, Dave Steuart on spinning for salmon, particularly in South Country rivers, Fred J.Taylor on spinning for trout, and David Bird on lure fishing for big-game species. Very strong on pike fishing but with good sections on light-tackle spinning for other species, and with much on Barrie's fishing adventures abroad, especially on Lake Nasser and in Australia and South America. The foreword is by John Wilson. . Lyne, Rebecca (illustrator).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2003). 2003 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp160. Colour and b/w photographs. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight marks to edges but very good in slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. From eel and tench expert to captain of the England flyfishing team, author of ten fishing books including the excellent "Guide to fly patterns" series, carp and barbel specimen hunter, haunter of Irish loughs for salmon, trout and pike, and successful angling businessman. "In his semi-retirement years Bob has taken a look back at his fishing life: a story that will be of interest to any true angler, be they a game or coarse fisherman. Travel with Bob through a lifetime of fishing not only in the UK and Ireland, but in many other countries, too. Bob has travelled around the world in both directions fly fishing for trout: after reading what it was like, you may wish to [follow in] his footsteps." Chapters include: Looking back; Eels and tench; Pike; My fly fishing adventure; Trout; Competition; Salmon and sea trout; World travel; The west of Ireland - the place for me; More river fishing; At last a taste for carp. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 8vo (170 x 243mm). Pp158. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight lean to spine, stains to boards, pages unobtrusively cockled. Good working copy in used dust-wrapper. Stalking trout on small stillwaters, fly patterns etc. Chapters include: Bill Sibbons: portrait of an artist; A day on the water; Know your water; Tackle that works; The eyes have it; Fishing the small fly; The small stillwater year; Fifteen years of successful patterns; Good companions. With a foreword by Barrie Welham. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2003). 2003 1st edition. 8vo (144 x 222mm). Pp96. B/w photographs, illustrations. Laminated boards. Slightly rubbed but very good. This is a "concise, no-nonsense guide to ferrets and ferreting." Contents include: Housing; Adoption; Food and feeding; Breeding; Handling; Introduction to ferreting; Equipment; Obtaining hunting rights; The art of ferreting; Dressing the kill; To the table; Health and welfare. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1995). 1995 1st edition. 4to (195 x 255mm). Pp192. Colour photographs, illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Edges slightly dusty, end-papers marked. Good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. A complete guide to carp fishing explaining all the essentials, from carp behaviour and locating fish, through tackle choice and tactics, to playing and landing. Also covers rigs, baits, particle fishing, long-range carping, weedy waters, floater fishing and winter carp fishing. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2002). 2002 1st edition. Large 8vo (171 x 241mm). Pp208. 70 colour plates by the author. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in spine-faded & slightly used dust-wrapper. Seventy excellent colour plates of natural and artificial flies, mostly of interest to the river fisherman, enhanced by paintings of bankside plants. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2008). 2008 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp158. Colour photographs, b/w illustrations by Rebecca Lyne. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good copy in dust-wrapper. This book "provides you with all the information you are likely to need. Covers the lures themselves, tackle and techniques. Contains chapters on using lures to catch pike, zander, chub, perch and other coarse fish species, as well as salmon, trout and sea trout. Considers boat fishing, advanced big-water trolling, sea fishing and big game fishing. Discusses jerkbait fishing, rubber jigs and lures, lightweight lure fishing the use of hybrid lures". Contributions by James Holgate and Gord Burton on lure-fishing for pike in large waters, Dave Steuart on spinning for salmon, particularly in South Country rivers, Fred J.Taylor on spinning for trout, and David Bird on lure fishing for big-game species. Very strong on pike fishing but with good sections on light-tackle spinning for other species, and with much on Barrie's fishing adventures abroad, especially on Lake Nasser and in Australia and South America. The foreword is by John Wilson. . Lyne, Rebecca (illustrator).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1991). 1991 1st edition. 4to (195 x 254mm). Pp141 + 2pp ads. Colour and b/w photographs. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, smells slightly musty from long storage but good-plus in used dust-wrapper. Continues the quests of Bailey's previous book "In wild waters." Ferox and char, Irish pike and trout, wild carp and mahseer. A companion to the Granada television programme of the same name. "Casting for Gold is the record of two years' fishing in wild, exotic places, for equally wild and often rare fish species. .The book takes us on a great fishing expedition in passionate search of the quarry, starting in the west of Ireland and through the Scottish Highlands fishing for ferox, then, down through Europe and out in to the Balkans for encounters with wild carp and a great catfish. The finale is a hunt for the legendary mahseer of the Ganges." A good, well-written book of angling tales. The dust-wrapper illustration of a fighting mahseer is by Chris Turnbull. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 8vo (170 x 243mm). Pp158. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. Stalking trout on small stillwaters, fly patterns etc. Chapters include: Bill Sibbons: portrait of an artist; A day on the water; Know your water; Tackle that works; The eyes have it; Fishing the small fly; The small stillwater year; Fifteen years of successful patterns; Good companions. With a foreword by Barrie Welham. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 8vo (170 x 243mm). Pp158. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Gift inscription to end-paper. Good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. Stalking trout on small stillwaters, fly patterns etc. Chapters include: Bill Sibbons: portrait of an artist; A day on the water; Know your water; Tackle that works; The eyes have it; Fishing the small fly; The small stillwater year; Fifteen years of successful patterns; Good companions. With a foreword by Barrie Welham. . …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First. 8vo. Slight bump to top of front joint. Slight cocking. Dw has creasing to top of spine. Pc. Book.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2010). 2010 1st edition. Large 8vo (173 x 242mm). Pp111. Colour photographs and b/w illustrations throughout. Laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper. Mint unread copy. This is a good guide to simple hutch and pen building, anybody can do it. A totally practical guide to building arks, pens and aviaries: simple, direct construction methods requiring little skill and no craftsmanly self-respect. The author also makes numerous relevant observations about the practical needs of each sort of livestock, giving examples from his own experience. A very useful book with a great many explanatory photographs. Chapters include: Basic chicken house; Chicken run; Dog kennel; Bantam chicken house; Dovecote; Rabbit hutch; Aviary; Ferret house; Quail housing; Duck house; Goose house; Brooder box for rearing chicks. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 14.99.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2008). 2008 1st edition. 4to. Pp192. Colour photographs & b/w illustrations. Black cloth. Fine in dust-wrapper. "The Guinness Book of World Records cites a huge Nile Perch weighing. 510lb. as being caught by local fishermen on Lake Victoria. Moreover, on Lake Nasser, in Egypt, a number of Nile Perch weighing well in excess of 200lb have been caught [on Lake Nasser]. and the largest perch reliably reported by the Egyptian fisheries department is a massive 378lb". Includes a list of Nasser's top twenty fish, to 230lb. This first book dealing with the subject is a practical and useful guide totackling these immense and forbidding predators. Covers tackle and techniques in detail, something of the story of angling at Lake Nasser, as well as the biology and ecology of the Nile Perch. Many of the lake's other quarry species are also mentioned, including (very large) carp and (huge) vundu catfish, bottle-nosed bream, tilapia and others. "The authors [also] present pointers about travelling to other locations for Nile Perch,such as Murchison Falls in Uganda", as well as John Wilson's account of his enormous captures there. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 19.95.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2003). 2003 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp160. Colour and b/w photographs. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine in dust-wrapper. From eel and tench expert to captain of the England flyfishing team, author of ten fishing books including the excellent "Guide to fly patterns" series, carp and barbel specimen hunter, haunter of Irish loughs for salmon, trout and pike, and successful angling businessman. "In his semi-retirement years Bob has taken a look back at his fishing life: a story that will be of interest to any true angler, be they a game or coarse fisherman. Travel with Bob through a lifetime of fishing not only in the UK and Ireland, but in many other countries, too. Bob has travelled around the world in both directions fly fishing for trout: after reading what it was like, you may wish to [follow in] his footsteps." Chapters include:- Looking back; Eels and tench; Pike; My fly fishing adventure; Trout; Competition; Salmon and sea trout; World travel; The west of Ireland - the place for me; More river fishing; At last a taste for carp. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 19.95. …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 8vo (170 x 243mm). Pp158. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine in dust-wrapper. Stalking trout on small stillwaters, fly patterns etc. Chapters include: Bill Sibbons: portrait of an artist; A day on the water; Know your water; Tackle that works; The eyes have it; Fishing the small fly; The small stillwater year; Fifteen years of successful patterns; Good companions. Foreword by Barrie Welham. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 13.95. …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1995). 1995 1st edition. 4to (195 x 255mm). Pp192. Colour photographs, illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine in dust-wrapper. A fantastic bargain! The complete guide to carp fishing explaining all the essentials, from carp behaviour and locating fish, through tackle choice and tactics, to playing and landing. Also covers rigs, baits, particle fishing, long-range carping, weedy waters, floater fishing and winter carp fishing. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 19.95.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). (1986) later reprint. Large 8vo (168 x 236mm). Ppvi,311,ads. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Pages 47-54 unsewn and laid since new. Clean working copy in slightly used dust-wrapper. "Packed full of practical advice and guidance, it is destined to become essential reading for all who fish for salmon and sea trout with a fly". Arthur Oglesby "offers a clear insight into the lives and habits of the migratory salmon and sea trout, and explains the practical elements of tackle, flies, casting, presentation, reading the water, wading and boating in rivers and lochs and hooking, playing and landing fish". Chapters include: The fish; Catching methods; Facts and fancies; Where to fish; Tackle for salmon; Artificial flies and lures for salmon; Casting and presentation; Fishing with the double-handed fly rod; Fishing with the single-handed fly rod; Wading, boating and gillies; Reading rivers; Hooking, playing and landing salmon; Loch and stillwater fishing; Sea trout; Fly fishing through the season; Great moments with great fish. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988). 1988 1st edition. 8vo (159 x 210mm). Ppviii,160. Colour photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, cloth slightly stained / marks to end-papers else good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. Arthur Oglesby's angling autobiography. Writing, filming and fishing, mostly for salmon, in Britain and Scandinavia, with interludes elsewhere. Chapters include: Delinquent youth; Apprenticeships; Fish-hungry; First salmon on the fly; Norway and Sweden; The special year; Typecast; Grantown days; Grayling; Hebridean recce; Recovery on the spey; Filming with Falkus; America; Upper floors; Wetting a line in Ireland; Alaska; Last visit to the Vosso?; The final fling. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). 1993 1st edition. 8vo (170 x 241mm). Pp216. Colour photographic plates of flies. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Lean to spine, slight stains to boards, tanning /spotting to edges. Good copy in like dust-wrapper. The same format as Church's earlier "Guide to trout flies". Selections by professional fly-tiers, champion fly-fishermen, flies from around the world and current stillwater patterns. Excellent photographs by Peter Gathercole. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1990). 1990 1st edition. Square 8vo stapled paperback (189 x 228mm). Pp24. Illustrated with colour paintings. Slight use, minor faults else solidly intact, second-hand paperback. A basic instruction book for children just starting angling. The easy to read text is accompanied by explanatory colour paintings. Includes dry flies, wet flies and lures. The Crowood Press, Let's Start. series was published in association with the National Federation of Anglers. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). 1993 1st edition. 8vo (170 x 241mm). Pp216. Colour photographic plates of flies. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, thumb prints / tanning to fep and edges, smells slightly musty. Good-plus in like dust-wrapper. The same format as Church's earlier "Guide to trout flies". Selections by professional fly-tiers, champion fly-fishermen, flies from around the world and current stillwater patterns. Excellent photographs by Peter Gathercole. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1992). 1992 1st edition. Large 8vo (172 x 242mm). Pp112. Colour photographs, line illustrations by Keith Linsell, brief bibliography. Laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper. Various minor faults. Very good. Pat O'Reilly and Derek Hoskin smooth the path for those keen on having a go at fly tying for the first time. Chapters include: Tools and other basic essentials; Selecting and storing materials; Basic skills - tails, heads and bodies; Basic techniques - wings and hackles; Natural and artificial flies; Shrimps, nymphs and pupae; Wet flies; Dry flies; Lures. . Linsell, Keith (illustrator). …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1999). (1993) 1999 paperback edition. 8vo paperback (165 x 235mm). Pp216. Colour photographs of flies. Slight use but good-plus paperback. The same format as Church's earlier "Guide to trout flies". Selections by professional fly-tiers, champion fly-fishermen, flies from around the world and current stillwater patterns. Excellent photographs by Peter Gathercole. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988). 1988 1st edition. 8vo (170 x 241mm). Pp112. Colour and b/w photographs. Laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper. Minor faults, slightly faded / used, good-plus. "A readable and comprehensive guide to all aspects of this popular sport. Informative and entertaining accounts of both major and minor competitions provide the perfect backdrop for detailed explanation of the latest tackle, tactics and techniques." Chapters include: A brief history; Competitions today; Sponsored competitions; Loch-style tackle; Competition basics; Tactics; Running a successful team; A day out; The fisheries - Loch Leven, Lake of Menteith, Loch Harray, Kielder Water, Rutland Water, Grafham, Draycote, Bewl Water, Chew Valley Lake, Wimbleball, Trawsfynydd, Llandegfedd, Lough Conn, Lough Sheelin; The flies; The future. .…