Wanless alexander (192 resultados)

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: New.

Paperback. Condición: New. Illustrated.

Paperback or Softback. Condición: New. Light-Line Fly Fishing for Salmon. Book.

Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition copy complete with age toned jacket that has small tears and minor loss to edges with creasing. Boards slightly knocked at corners with rubbing to cloth edges. Contents have age toned marks and thumbing to textblock edge but overall a good clear book.…

hardcover. Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. First Edition, 1937. No dust jacket. Spine sunned. Foxing to the page edges, and a previous owner's name on the flyleaf. Contents clear and firmly bound within. A good condition book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and tears.

Condición: Good. 1949. 154 pages. Green and black pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Condición: Good. 1935. First Edition. 156 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

hardback. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. hardback, slim octavo, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, the dust wrapper with some edge wear, unclipped. Illustrated, 100pp.

Condición: Good. 1933. First Printing. 134 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Condición: Good. First Edition. 100 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Mild foxing. Moderate rubbing and marking all over. Stamp and pen to panels.…

Condición: Fair. Second Printing. 168 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. More pronounced to endpapers, pastedowns and text block edges. Binding remains firm. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends.…

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. Condición: New.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. 100 pp. Book: Previous owner's bookplate on front FEP Dustjacket: Price clipped with minor nicks rips and chips on all corners and minor loss at head and heel of spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. Collectible. To view other titles by this author enter the key words; Wanless or Fishing. In good condition with minor wear o/w tight clean and square. The D/J has faded and has serveral tiny tears coveres in a mylar jacket.

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. .…

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. . …

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No dw, wear to extremeties, a few minor surface scars to rear panel, dulled spine, v slight foxing to some first few leaves.; 190x125mm; 156 pages.

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. .…

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: Good. DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Condición: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. DJ with some edge wear, sun fading to spine and creasing.

Condición: Good. Boards have some toning to edges. Pages are toned. DJ has some edge wear, toning and some marks.

Condición: Good. 1st printing. Boards have some wear, soiling marks. Content has light toning. Some spotting to page ends. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright with no inscriptions, 168pp with 4 colour plates and B&W drawings. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing.