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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984). (1981) 1984 reprint. Large 8vo (159 x 240mm). Ppxii,339. B/w maps, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Various minor faults. Lacks dust-wrapper. A good reference copy only. "There has been no comprehensive study of the salmon waters of Scotland for sixty-eight years, and in that time much has happened to alter their characteristics both physically and in terms of their ability to support runs of Atlantic salmon .This definitive work, by two experts [Derek Mills and Neil Graesser], covers every salmon water from the border to the Outer Hebrides, describing each river from source to estuary, and including every major salmon-bearing tributary." In addition to a thorough treatment of each river in the text, pull-out maps of the relevant stretches of each give the name and location of each beat and pool. A fascinating and thorough work, still of great relevance as a position statement for the Atlantic salmon which may be compared with studies undertaken since that time. .…

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). 1981 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 242mm). Ppxii,339. B/w maps, bibliography. Red paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight fading to spine, edges slightly tanned. Good in chipped and tanned dust-wrapper. "There has been no comprehensive study of the salmon waters of Scotland for sixty-eight years, and in that time much has happened to alter their characteristics both physically and in terms of their ability to support runs of Atlantic salmon .This definitive work, by two experts [Derek Mills and Neil Graesser], covers every salmon water from the border to the Outer Hebrides, describing each river from source to estuary, and including every major salmon-bearing tributary". In addition to a thorough treatment of each river in the text, pull-out maps of the relevant stretches of each give the name and location of each beat and pool. A fascinating and thorough work, still of great relevance as a position statement for the Atlantic salmon which may be compared with studies undertaken since that time. .…

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984). (1981) 1984 reprint. Large 8vo (159 x 240mm). Ppxii,339. B/w maps, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, slight use / inscription. Good-plus slightly used dust-wrapper. "There has been no comprehensive study of the salmon waters of Scotland for sixty-eight years, and in that time much has happened to alter their characteristics both physically and in terms of their ability to support runs of Atlantic salmon .This definitive work, by two experts [Derek Mills and Neil Graesser], covers every salmon water from the border to the Outer Hebrides, describing each river from source to estuary, and including every major salmon-bearing tributary". In addition to a thorough treatment of each river in the text, pull-out maps of the relevant stretches of each give the name and location of each beat and pool. A fascinating and thorough work, still of great relevance as a position statement for the Atlantic salmon which may be compared with studies undertaken since that time. . …

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). 1981 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 242mm). Ppxii,339. B/w maps, bibliography. Red paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults but very good in frayed dust-wrapper. "There has been no comprehensive study of the salmon waters of Scotland for sixty-eight years, and in that time much has happened to alter their characteristics both physically and in terms of their ability to support runs of Atlantic salmon .This definitive work, by two experts [Derek Mills and Neil Graesser], covers every salmon water from the border to the Outer Hebrides, describing each river from source to estuary, and including every major salmon-bearing tributary". In addition to a thorough treatment of each river in the text, pull-out maps of the relevant stretches of each give the name and location of each beat and pool. A fascinating and thorough work, still of great relevance as a position statement for the Atlantic salmon which may be compared with studies undertaken since that time. .…

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). 1981 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 242mm). Ppxii,339. B/w maps, bibliography. Red paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt. Stains to boards, book-plate and browning to end-papers and edges. Good copy in frayed dust-wrapper. Signed by Neil Graesser. "There has been no comprehensive study of the salmon waters of Scotland for sixty-eight years, and in that time much has happened to alter their characteristics both physically and in terms of their ability to support runs of Atlantic salmon .This definitive work, by two experts [Derek Mills and Neil Graesser], covers every salmon water from the border to the Outer Hebrides, describing each river from source to estuary, and including every major salmon-bearing tributary". In addition to a thorough treatment of each river in the text, pull-out maps of the relevant stretches of each give the name and location of each beat and pool. A fascinating and thorough work, still of great relevance as a position statement for the Atlantic salmon which may be compared with studies undertaken since that time. .…

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). (1981) 1984 reprint. 8vo (159 x 240mm). Ppxii,339. B/w maps, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine in dust-wrapper. "There has been no comprehensive study of the salmon waters of Scotland for sixty-eight years, and in that time much has happened to alter their characteristics both physically and in terms of their ability to support runs of Atlantic salmon .This definitive work, by two experts [Derek Mills and Neil Graesser], covers every salmon water from the border to the Outer Hebrides, describing each river from source to estuary, and including every major salmon-bearing tributary". In addition to a thorough treatment of each river in the text, pull-out maps of the relevant stretches of each give the name and location of each beat and pool. A fascinating and thorough work, still of great relevance as a position statement for the Atlantic salmon which may be compared with studies undertaken since that time. .…

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Editorial: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Angling Monographs Series. Machynlleth, Powys. 2016, 2016
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2016). 2016 1st edition. 8vo (165 x 242mm). Pp87. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations and maps. Pictorial card covers with flaps. Out-of-series copy from an edition limited to only 250 copies. A bumped unsigned out-of-series copy. A good reference copy. This book gives "an historical review of our knowledge of salmon. It briefly looks back to the times of Izaak Walton and Sir Walter Scott when various theories concerning the parr and smolt were raised as to whether or not they were the young of salmon. It follows on to record the experiments of Brown who reared and released parr and smolts on the Tay and confirmed them to be the young of salmon. The work of the early salmon biologists such as Calderwood, Menzies and Malloch is documented and leads us on to more recent investigations that require teamwork due to the effects on the freshwater environment of agriculture and industry. In this way more knowledge is accumulated and benefits further research and conservation, the results of which are discussed. The outcome of symposia and conferences are described and it is evident over time that the research was increasingly being centred towards the marine environment, particularly in Norwegian, Faroese and Greenland waters. The decline in salmon stocks leads to international concern through conservation organisations such as NASCO and the Atlantic Salmon Trust and it becomes obvious that conservation limits and stricter controls on exploitation are required." .…

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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. In Depth book on Scotland Rivers by Derek Mills and Neil Graesser. 1984 edition of the seriously detailed and mapped rivers of Scotland. Very comprehensive study that was funded with grants. Loaded with maps including some pull outs. 6½" - 9½". book. …

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Editorial: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Angling Monographs Series. Machynlleth, Powys. 2016, 2016
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Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2016). 2016 1st edition. 8vo (165 x 242mm). Pp87. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations and maps. Pictorial card covers with flaps. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies, each signed by the author. Fine new copy. Signed by the author. This book gives "an historical review of our knowledge of salmon. It briefly looks back to the times of Izaak Walton and Sir Walter Scott when various theories concerning the parr and smolt were raised as to whether or not they were the young of salmon. It follows on to record the experiments of Brown who reared and released parr and smolts on the Tay and confirmed them to be the young of salmon. The work of the early salmon biologists such as Calderwood, Menzies and Malloch is documented and leads us on to more recent investigations that require teamwork due to the effects on the freshwater environment of agriculture and industry. In this way more knowledge is accumulated and benefits further research and conservation, the results of which are discussed. The outcome of symposia and conferences are described and it is evident over time that the research was increasingly being centred towards the marine environment, particularly in Norwegian, Faroese and Greenland waters. The decline in salmon stocks leads to international concern through conservation organisations such as NASCO and the Atlantic Salmon Trust and it becomes obvious that conservation limits and stricter controls on exploitation are required." PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 20.00.…

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). 1981 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 242mm). Ppxii,339. B/w maps, bibliography. Red-brown paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use but very good in dust-wrapper. "There has been no comprehensive study of the salmon waters of Scotland for sixty-eight years, and in that time much has happened to alter their characteristics both physically and in terms of their ability to support runs of Atlantic salmon .This definitive work, by two experts [Derek Mills and Neil Graesser], covers every salmon water from the border to the Outer Hebrides, describing each river from source to estuary, and including every major salmon-bearing tributary". In addition to a thorough treatment of each river in the text, pull-out maps of the relevant stretches of each give the name and location of each beat and pool. A fascinating and thorough work, still of great relevance as a position statement for the Atlantic salmon which may be compared with studies undertaken since that time. .…

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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 153 pages; Physical desc.: 153p. : illus. (some col.) ; 23cm. Subject: Fishing - History. Angling - to 1980. Angling - Postcard. 1 Kg. …

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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 153 pages; Physical desc.: 153p. : illus. (some col.) ; 23cm. Subject: Fishing - History. Angling - to 1980. Angling - Postcard. 1 Kg. …

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1992). (1981) 1992 2nd edition. 8vo (156 x 240mm). Ppxii,339. Maps, illustrations, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. "There has been no comprehensive study of the salmon waters of Scotland for sixty-eight years, and in that time much has happened to alter their characteristics both physically and in terms of their ability to support runs of Atlantic salmon .This definitive work, by two experts [Derek Mills and Neil Graesser], covers every salmon water from the border to the Outer Hebrides, describing each river from source to estuary, and including every major salmon-bearing tributary". In addition to a thorough treatment of each river in the text, pull-out maps of the relevant stretches of each give the name and location of each beat and pool. A fascinating and thorough work, still of great relevance as a position statement for the Atlantic salmon which may be compared with studies undertaken since that time. .…

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1992). (1981) 1992 2nd edition. 8vo (156 x 240mm). Ppxii,339. Maps, illustrations, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Some use but good-plus in dust-wrapper. "There has been no comprehensive study of the salmon waters of Scotland for sixty-eight years, and in that time much has happened to alter their characteristics both physically and in terms of their ability to support runs of Atlantic salmon .This definitive work, by two experts [Derek Mills and Neil Graesser], covers every salmon water from the border to the Outer Hebrides, describing each river from source to estuary, and including every major salmon-bearing tributary." In addition to a thorough treatment of each river in the text, pull-out maps of the relevant stretches of each give the name and location of each beat and pool. A fascinating and thorough work, still of great relevance as a position statement for the Atlantic salmon which may be compared with studies undertaken since that time. .…

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Condición: Good. No jacket, clippings stapled to ffep. Light wear & marks to hardcover. Faint marks to textblock edge. Content is in very good, clean condition.

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Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1992). (1981) 1992 2nd edition. 8vo (156 x 240mm). Ppxii,339. Maps, illustrations, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Edges dusty o/w a fine new copy in dust-wrapper. "There has been no comprehensive study of the salmon waters of Scotland for sixty-eight years, and in that time much has happened to alter their characteristics both physically and in terms of their ability to support runs of Atlantic salmon .This definitive work, by two experts [Derek Mills and Neil Graesser], covers every salmon water from the border to the Outer Hebrides, describing each river from source to estuary, and including every major salmon-bearing tributary". In addition to a thorough treatment of each river in the text, pull-out maps of the relevant stretches of each give the name and location of each beat and pool. A fascinating and thorough work, still of great relevance as a position statement for the Atlantic salmon which may be compared with studies undertaken since that time. .…

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Editorial: Merlin Unwin Books. Ludlow, Shropshire. 2016, 2016
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Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2016). (2016) 2022 reprint. 8vo (146 x 225mm). Pp114 + 1pp ads. Colour and b/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. "Megan Boyd is considered to be one of the world's finest salmon fly tyers. Born in 1915, she was brought up in the Highlands of Scotland where her father was a bailiff on the River Brora. She began taking flytying lessons at the age of twelve and soon gained a reputation for tying beautiful feather-wing flies which were extraordinarily durable and lasted many seasons. In 1935, at the age of twenty, Megan left home and moved into a small cottage near Brora where she lived without electricity or running water until the 1980s. Visiting anglers from all over the world, from royalty and captains of industry to locals, and those who came to fish the Highland rivers for salmon, would stop by her cottage to watch her tie flies and place orders. This book is based on Megan's papers which she left just before her death in 2001 to neighbouring flytyer and friend Jimmy Younger, and the archive has been edited by fisheries academic Derek Mills. It also features fascinating first-hand accounts of those who knew and loved Megan by David Profumo, Orri Vigfusson, Gloria Younger and Glyn Satterley." Contents include:- Background to this book; Megan's Legacy; Herself; Her river; The commercial side; The flies she tied; Fellow flytyers; Friends and customers; An honour bestowed; Those who knew her; The end of a legend. .…

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Editorial: Merlin Unwin Books. Ludlow, Shropshire. 2016, 2016
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2016). 2016 1st edition. 8vo (146 x 225mm). Pp114 + 1pp ads. Colour and b/w photographs. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Slightly used but a good-plus copy of the first edition in dust-wrapper. "Megan Boyd is considered to be one of the world's finest salmon fly tyers. Born in 1915, she was brought up in the Highlands of Scotland where her father was a bailiff on the River Brora. She began taking flytying lessons at the age of twelve and soon gained a reputation for tying beautiful feather-wing flies which were extraordinarily durable and lasted many seasons. In 1935, at the age of twenty, Megan left home and moved into a small cottage near Brora where she lived without electricity or running water until the 1980s. Visiting anglers from all over the world, from royalty and captains of industry to locals, and those who came to fish the Highland rivers for salmon, would stop by her cottage to watch her tie flies and place orders. This book is based on Megan's papers which she left just before her death in 2001 to neighbouring flytyer and friend Jimmy Younger, and the archive has been edited by fisheries academic Derek Mills. It also features fascinating first-hand accounts of those who knew and loved Megan by David Profumo, Orri Vigfusson, Gloria Younger and Glyn Satterley." Contents include:- Background to this book; Megan's Legacy; Herself; Her river; The commercial side; The flies she tied; Fellow flytyers; Friends and customers; An honour bestowed; Those who knew her; The end of a legend. .…

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Editorial: Merlin Unwin Books. Ludlow, Shropshire. 2016, 2016
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2016). 2016 1st edition. 8vo (146 x 225mm). Pp114 + 1pp ads. Colour and b/w photographs. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Slightly used and tanned but still a very good copy of the first edition in dust-wrapper. "Megan Boyd is considered to be one of the world's finest salmon fly tyers. Born in 1915, she was brought up in the Highlands of Scotland where her father was a bailiff on the River Brora. She began taking flytying lessons at the age of twelve and soon gained a reputation for tying beautiful feather-wing flies which were extraordinarily durable and lasted many seasons. In 1935, at the age of twenty, Megan left home and moved into a small cottage near Brora where she lived without electricity or running water until the 1980s. Visiting anglers from all over the world, from royalty and captains of industry to locals, and those who came to fish the Highland rivers for salmon, would stop by her cottage to watch her tie flies and place orders. This book is based on Megan's papers which she left just before her death in 2001 to neighbouring flytyer and friend Jimmy Younger, and the archive has been edited by fisheries academic Derek Mills. It also features fascinating first-hand accounts of those who knew and loved Megan by David Profumo, Orri Vigfusson, Gloria Younger and Glyn Satterley." Contents include:- Background to this book; Megan's Legacy; Herself; Her river; The commercial side; The flies she tied; Fellow flytyers; Friends and customers; An honour bestowed; Those who knew her; The end of a legend. .…

Editorial: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Angling Monographs Series. Machynlleth, Powys. 2016, 2016
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Añadir al carritoCondición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2016). 2016 1st edition. 8vo (165 x 242mm). Pp87. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations and maps. Dark green leather over oatmeal cloth, spine titled in gilt, green angler on cloth. Edition limited to 26 lettered copies. Fine new copy. Signed by the author. This book gives "an historical review of our knowledge of salmon. It briefly looks back to the times of Izaak Walton and Sir Walter Scott when various theories concerning the parr and smolt were raised as to whether or not they were the young of salmon. It follows on to record the experiments of Brown who reared and released parr and smolts on the Tay and confirmed them to be the young of salmon. The work of the early salmon biologists such as Calderwood, Menzies and Malloch is documented and leads us on to more recent investigations that require teamwork due to the effects on the freshwater environment of agriculture and industry. In this way more knowledge is accumulated and benefits further research and conservation, the results of which are discussed. The outcome of symposia and conferences are described and it is evident over time that the research was increasingly being centred towards the marine environment, particularly in Norwegian, Faroese and Greenland waters. The decline in salmon stocks leads to international concern through conservation organisations such as NASCO and the Atlantic Salmon Trust and it becomes obvious that conservation limits and stricter controls on exploitation are required." This is the de luxe hardbound edition that is limited to only 26 lettered copies. There is also a standard edition of 250 copies. . …