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Published by Adam & Charles Black. London. 1977., 1977
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
(Hardcover, 1977). 1977 1st edition. Small 8vo (132 x 211). Pp96. B/w photographs & illustrations, brief bibliography. Laminated boards. Small split to edge of spine. Good copy. In this book "world championship angler Bill Bartles tries to help [anglers] with their choice of equipment, and goes on to show how they can use it to the best of their abilities". Tactics and techniques for the main British coarse species. .
Published by London Adam & Charles Black [1977]., 1977
Seller: Alec R. Allenson, Inc., Westville, FL, U.S.A.
VG orig. blue wrapper. Spine and corner lightly creased. xii, 283 pages. (Black's New Testament commentaries) [First printed in 1960] Reprinted with corrections, 1977. Binding is Paperback.
Published by Adam & Charles Black. London. 1977., 1977
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1977). 1977 1st edition. 4to (190 x 252mm). Ppxiii,146. Colour plates, b/w illustrations. Dark blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight faults, good copy in faded dust-wrapper. "The need has long been felt for a book solely on materials and tools to make the coverage [of the subject in John Veniard's books] complete. This new work brings together all the descriptions of materials from his previous books, with some new sections, many new drawings by Donald Downs and fourteen new colour plates." Chapters include: How it all began; Tools; Vices; Hooks; Silks and similar body materials; Tinsels for bodies; Body materials; Materials for tails; Materials for wings; Hackles for fly tying; Materials for salmon flies; Tubes; Dyeing; Fluorescent materials in fly tying; Varnishes and wax; Storing and preserving materials, and the workbench; Preparing golden pheasant crests for tying in; Doubling hackles; Stiffening dry-fly hackles; Skinning a chicken; Afterthoughts; List of feathers for trout flies; List of feathers for salmon flies; Fly-tying terminology. .
Published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1977, 203pp., 1977
Seller: Antiquariaat Hortus Conclusus, Den Haag, Netherlands
Hardcover book in original red cloth, with dust jacket (small tears on the side), text in English, illustrated in black and white, minor traces of use, else in good condition. Please see description or ask for photos.
Published by Adam & Charles Black. London. 1977., 1977
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
(Hardcover, 1977). (1976) 1977 1st UK edition. 8vo (175 x 252mm). Pp148. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w illustrations. Brown boards, silver-gilt hook motif to upper board, spine titled in silver-gilt. Good-plus in like dust-wrapper. "The story of the hook is traced from the caveman of a million or more years ago to the fisherman of today. .Much hitherto unpublished material [and] a fascinating collection of illustrations". The modern history of the hook is told from the point of view O. Mustad & Son, the Norwegian hook manufacturers. Still widely regarded as the best book on the subject. .
Published by London: Adam and Charles Black, 1977., 1977
First Edition
First edition (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 17cm), vii, 343pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Original red cloth, dustwrapper. The book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good condition (some chafing of the edges). ISBN 0713617497.
Published by London; Adam & Charles Black; 1977., 1977
First Edition; Roy. 8vo; pp. xvi, 264; coloured frontispiece, text illustrated with 80 photographs and 31 maps and diagrams, bibliography, index, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dutsjacket, very good copy.
Published by Adam and Charles Black [1977] Quarto, London:, 1977
Seller: Alec R. Allenson, Inc., Westville, FL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Complete. Combined reissue -- part I (1964, 2nd ed. 1970) xxvi, 248 p. + part II (1974) vi, 96 p. -- complete in 1 vol.; 28 cm. VG orig. maroon cloth in price-clipped green on gray dj.
First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. A few very light pencil margin notes, o/w fine in like dustjacket. Archaeology, from a mainly British perspective. Illustrated with b/w photographs, maps and diagrams.
Published by London, Adam & Charles Black, (1977)., 1977
Reprint; 8vo; pp. 277; list of illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index; original cloth, dustjacket, price clipped; spine of dustjacket faded; otherwise a fine copy.
First Edition; 4to; pp. xiv, 146; frontispiece, numerous sketches throughout, 14 colour plates, index; original cloth, dustjacket, previous owner's handwriting on front free endpaper, dustjacket faded near spine, otherwise a very good copy.
Published by Adam & Charles Black. London. 1977., 1977
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
(Hardcover, 1977). (1976) 1977 1st UK edition. 8vo (175 x 252mm). Pp148. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w illustrations. Brown boards, silver-gilt hook motif to upper board, spine titled in silver-gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "The story of the hook is traced from the caveman of a million or more years ago to the fisherman of today. .Much hitherto unpublished material [and] a fascinating collection of illustrations". The modern history of the hook is told from the point of view O. Mustad & Son, the Norwegian hook manufacturers. Still widely regarded as the best book on the subject. .
Published by Adam & Charles Black. London. 1977., 1977
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1977). 1977 1st edition. 4to (190 x 252mm). Ppxiii,146. Colour plates, b/w illustrations. Dark blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper and in slightly used slipcase. "The need has long been felt for a book solely on materials and tools to make the coverage [of the subject in John Veniard's books] complete. This new work brings together all the descriptions of materials from his previous books, with some new sections, many new drawings by Donald Downs and fourteen new colour plates." Chapters include: How it all began; Tools; Vices; Hooks; Silks and similar body materials; Tinsels for bodies; Body materials; Materials for tails; Materials for wings; Hackles for fly tying; Materials for salmon flies; Tubes; Dyeing; Fluorescent materials in fly tying; Varnishes and wax; Storing and preserving materials, and the workbench; Preparing golden pheasant crests for tying in; Doubling hackles; Stiffening dry-fly hackles; Skinning a chicken; Afterthoughts; List of feathers for trout flies; List of feathers for salmon flies; Fly-tying terminology. .
Published by Adam & Charles Black. London. 1977., 1977
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
(Hardcover, 1977). (1969) 1970s reprint. 8vo (148 x 227mm). Ppxii,273. B/w photographs and illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Red dust-wrapper. Various minor faults. Good copy in used, spine-faded dust-wrapper. This is a good collection of interesting articles from G.T. Garwood's Gough Thomas column in the Shooting Times. Lots of testing of theories, lots of practical experience, and always figures and charts where appropriate. A great read for the thinking sportsman. Sections include; background; choice of guns; choke; old and second-hand guns; some special guns; how many guns do you need?; barrels; gun-fitting; tests and testing; patterns and performance; in the field; range; shot and shot size; recoil; safety and danger; care of guns. .
Published by Adam & Charles Black. London. 1977., 1977
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
(Hardcover, 1977). (1963) 1977 3rd edition reprint. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp254. B/w photographs, line illustrations. Mottled red boards, spine titled in gilt. Some browning and use. Good copy in used price-clipped dust-wrapper. A classic and perennially useful work. Chapters include; historical background; modern guns; choice of gun - type; choice of gun - performance; patterns; choke; cartridges; home-loading and reloading; clay pigeon guns; magnum guns; self-opening guns; special guns; the shotgun barrel; the shotgun action; boxlock or sidelock; weight and recoil; balance; problems of vision; stocks and fitting; pointability; sighting the shotgun; problems of accuracy; shot and shot size; shooting ailments; care and maintenance; muzzle loaders; in the field. .
Published by London, Adam & Charles Black 1977, 2001
ISBN 10: 0713612851ISBN 13: 9780713612851
Seller: Antiquariaat Schot, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
Book
387 p. Paperback. ISBN 9780713612851.
Published by London: Adam and Charles Black, 1977., 1977
Seller: Chapter House Books (Member of the PBFA), Sherborne, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Sixth impression. Very good in printed paper boards as issued.
xx+522pp. 4to. Original cloth in dustwrapper. B&W photographic illustrations. A very good copy.
Published by Adam & Charles Black. London. 1977., 1977
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1977). (1921) 1970s 4th edition reprint. 8vo (139 x 222mm). Ppxviii,272. One b/w & two colour plates. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Red-brown dust-wrapper. Spine slightly shaken, good-plus in price clipped dust-wrapper. This fourth edition contains two new chapters, "The constant nymph" and "C.P.". In other respects the text has remained unchanged to that of the third edition. ".of all his books the great humour of this outwardly stern, forbidding old bachelor comes bursting through in this one." (Vernon-Roberts). .
Published by Adam & Charles Black. London. 1977., 1977
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1977). (1914) 1977 new edition. Small 8vo (135 x 200mm). Ppxix,289. Illustrated as the earlier editions with 8 colour plates of Pryce-Tannatt's flies and line drawings by St. Barbe Goldsmith, plus 5 new colour plates of flies tied by Freddie Riley and photographed Terry Griffiths and Ben Johnson, and new line drawings by Donald Downs. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. 60933609333 Dr T. E. Pryce-Tannatt was an amateur who never had any instruction in fly-dressing. Nevertheless he produced "the most notable book to date on the subject since Kelson. Indispensable to the learner; his flies are distinguished by their beauty and finish and his descriptions are lucid." Robb, Notable Angling Literature [1947]. How to Dress Salmon Flies: A Handbook for Amateurs is a scarce book and an indispensable reference for the fly-dresser. .
Published by London, Adam and Charles Black, (1977)., 1977
First Edition; 8vo; pp. xiv, 146; frontispiece, 21 pages of coloured plates, numerous text drawings, list of feathers for trout flies, list of feathers for salmon flies, fly-tying terminology, index, original cloth, faded dustjacket with small tears, previous owner's handwriting on front free endpaper, a good copy.
Published by London, Adam & Charles Black, 1977., 1977
ISBN 10: 0713618337ISBN 13: 9780713618334
Seller: Mispah books, Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom
Book
hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. book.