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Paperback or Softback. Condición: New. Bacteriosis (Blight) of the English Walnut in California and Its Control; B564. Book.

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Paperback or Softback. Condición: New. Insects. Part C [microform]: Diptera. Book.

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Paperback or Softback. Condición: New. Nova Britannia, or, Our New Canadian Dominion Foreshadowed [microform]: Being a Series of Lectures, Speeches and Addresses by the Hon. Alexander Morri. Book.

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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. .…

Paperback or Softback. Condición: New. The Treaties of Canada With the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories, Including the Negotiations on Which They Were Based, and Other Inf. Book.

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. . …

Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1949). 1949 1st edition. Small 8vo (131 x 196mm). Pp154. B/w line illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults (owner's inscroption/foxing), cloth faded and used but good. Lacks dust-wrapper. "When Light Line Fly Fishing for Salmon, and, Thread Line Fishing for Trout and Sea Trout were written, these methods were in process of development. Various improvements are recorded here, especially a new way of casting which counters weakening of the line, thus making the use of a collar unnecessary and leading to simplification and greater accuracy in casting. The author regards this improvement as being one of the most important since he worked out the modern way of spinning with thin lines, light rods and small hooks in the 'twenties." Wanless presents his thoughts in short articles listed alphabetically. This is Wanless's thirteenth book. . …

Condición: new. 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. Minor faults, good-plus in stained / frayed / rubbed dust-wrapper. Threadline tactics, for all freshwater and estuarine species, throughout the year. "For the first time, Wanless shows how to apply the threadline method to such fish as pike, perch and grayling. In addition he deals in detail with at least one entirely new threadline way of catching trout in lakes, lochs, loughs and reservoirs, when they are not to be taken on the surface or mid-water but must be sought on the bottom where they are feeding. .The book also discusses, though necessarily tentatively, the significance and importance of the arrival of German monofilament lines of greater strength than other makes." Chapters include:- Ringing the changes; Dancing minnow; Spoons and plugs; Winter's darling; Ways with grayling; Enter Mr. Salmon; March trout; Wonderful April; Showing the fly to salmon; Baits, natural, artificial; Fly fishers' month; Merry May; Larvae fishing in lochs; Leafy June on the river; Early daddy; Mysteries of night fishing; Estuary fishing; More about estuaries; And still more; Sea trout by night and day; Welcome, Lammasmen!; King daddy; All round September; New ways in October. .…

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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. .…

Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1949). 1949 1st edition. Small 8vo (131 x 196mm). Pp154. B/w line illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Cloth faded and used but good copy in poor dust-wrapper remnant. 7/6 net. "When Light Line Fly Fishing for Salmon, and, Thread Line Fishing for Trout and Sea Trout were written, these methods were in process of development. Various improvements are recorded here, especially a new way of casting which counters weakening of the line, thus making the use of a collar unnecessary and leading to simplification and greater accuracy in casting. The author regards this improvement as being one of the most important since he worked out the modern way of spinning with thin lines, light rods and small hooks in the 'twenties." Wanless present his thoughts in short articles listed alphabetically. This is Wanless's thirteenth book. . …

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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. .…

Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1949). 1949 1st edition. Small 8vo (131 x 196mm). Pp154. B/w line illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults. Usual browning but good-plus in frayed and rubbed dust-wrapper. "When Light Line Fly Fishing for Salmon, and, Thread Line Fishing for Trout and Sea Trout were written, these methods were in process of development. Various improvements are recorded here, especially a new way of casting which counters weakening of the line, thus making the use of a collar unnecessary and leading to simplification and greater accuracy in casting. The author regards this improvement as being one of the most important since he worked out the modern way of spinning with thin lines, light rods and small hooks in the 'twenties." Wanless present his thoughts in short articles listed alphabetically. This is Wanless's thirteenth book. .…

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 A - Green cloth, upper board and spine titled and ruled in black. Owner's name to front end-paper else very good copy. 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). .…