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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Octavo, 595pp., Studies in Church History Subsidia series #12. Illustrated. Fine in Fine dust jacket Published for The Ecclesiastical History Society.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good+. Reprint. 31pp, illustrations. Bygones series Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 8vo (165 x 242mm). Ppxvi,318. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Preface by Martin Gay. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Ex-library copy, usual faults. Good working copy in dust-wrapper. "Barrie Rickards' name is a byword among anglers, and this book is his personal manifesto - the sum of almost forty years' experience." Contents include:- A history of angling in the UK; Hooks; Fishing lines; Rods; Reels; Ledger and float fishing; Casting; Playing and landing fish; Recording and records; Coarse fishing; Game fishing; Sea fishing; Baits; Hunting and food; Cooking; Conservation and ecology; Sport and cruelty; Pollution and common law; Drainage and abstraction; Liaison committees and water sharing; Clubs and societies; National bodies; Licences; Species and stocking; Management; Waters; Fairy stories; Miscellany - Cliches and charlatans, Magazines and books, Angling 'careers', Future angling, Blueprint for clean rivers. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 8vo (165 x 242mm). Ppxvi,318. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Preface by Martin Gay. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Slightly cocked, stained and used. Good in torn dust-wrapper. "Barrie Rickards' name is a byword among anglers, and this book is his personal manifesto - the sum of almost forty years' experience." Contents include:- A history of angling in the UK; Hooks; Fishing lines; Rods; Reels; Ledger and float fishing; Casting; Playing and landing fish; Recording and records; Coarse fishing; Game fishing; Sea fishing; Baits; Hunting and food; Cooking; Conservation and ecology; Sport and cruelty; Pollution and common law; Drainage and abstraction; Liaison committees and water sharing; Clubs and societies; National bodies; Licences; Species and stocking; Management; Waters; Fairy stories; Miscellany - Cliches and charlatans, Magazines and books, Angling 'careers', Future angling, Blueprint for clean rivers. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 8vo (165 x 242mm). Ppxvi,318. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Preface by Martin Gay. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. "Barrie Rickards' name is a byword among anglers, and this book is his personal manifesto - the sum of almost forty years' experience." Contents include: A history of angling in the UK; Hooks; Fishing lines; Rods; Reels; Ledger and float fishing; Casting; Playing and landing fish; Recording and records; Coarse fishing; Game fishing; Sea fishing; Baits; Hunting and food; Cooking; Conservation and ecology; Sport and cruelty; Pollution and common law; Drainage and abstraction; Liaison committees and water sharing; Clubs and societies; National bodies; Licences; Species and stocking; Management; Waters; Fairy stories; Miscellany - Cliches and charlatans, Magazines and books, Angling 'careers', Future angling, Blueprint for clean rivers. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1990). 1990 1st edition. Paperback issue. 8vo paperback (152 x 234mm). Ppxii,106,ill. Colour plate of flies, b/w photographs, illustrations. Slight use but a very good second-hand paperback. This is a useful book which covers all kinds of British stillwater trout fishing, but with an emphasis on fishing English stillwaters. Chapters include: Presentation - the basics; The tackle question; Bank fishing - the small lake; Bank fishing - the big lakes; Boat fishing the big lakes - anchored nymph presentation; Boat fishing the big lakes - drifting nymph presentation; Boat fishing the big lakes - the Northampton style; Flies to assist presentation and catch fish; Salmon fever; First day fun; Trout fishing etiquette. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1987). 1987 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 223mm). Pp130. B/w photographs, maps. Orange-brown boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Ex library, usual faults. Working copy in dust-wrapper. Co-founder of Angling Times, Director of the A.C.A., looks back at his fishing travels in Ireland, Scandinavia, Canada and Russia. Mostly coarse and sea angling. .…

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good in Very Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Tight copy with erasure to top right front fly leaf, light smudging to top edge, and minimal shelf wear; unclipped jacket with light shelf wear and rubbing to back. Protected in mylar cover.…

Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 158 pages. Dust jacket price clipped, else a very neat, tight copy. Record # 607957.

Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1984). 1984 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 242mm). Ppviii,216. Colour plates by John Gould (3), Maurice Pledger (4) and Trevor Boyer (1), b/w photographs & illustrations. Olive cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. A comprehensive work on the natural history of all British game birds and waterfowl, as well as snipe, woodcock, golden plover, wood pigeon, rabbits and hares. Historical background, physical description, accounts of range, breeding habits and life-cycle. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 14.95.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. Hardback issue. 8vo (160 x 243mm). Ppviii,106. Colour plate of flies, b/w photographs, illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in silver. Slight browning but a good copy in slightly used dust-wrapper. This is a useful book which covers all kinds of British stillwater trout fishing, but with an emphasis on fishing English stillwaters. Chapters include: Presentation - the basics; The tackle question; Bank fishing - the small lake; Bank fishing - the big lakes; Boat fishing the big lakes - anchored nymph presentation; Boat fishing the big lakes - drifting nymph presentation; Boat fishing the big lakes - the Northampton style; Flies to assist presentation and catch fish; Salmon fever; First day fun; Trout fishing etiquette. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). (1987) 1989 reprint. 8vo (175 x 249mm). Ppvi,282. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Owner's inscription, slightly bumped, but good copy in like dust-wrapper. This is a thorough discussion of spinning and plug fishing "applied to the different species likely to be regularly caught on lures. Individual chapters deal with lure fishing in fresh water for pike, perch, zander, chub, sea trout and salmon, and an additional chapter .deals with aspects of the use of lures in sea angling". Chapters include: Introducing plugs; Classification of plugs; Spinners and lure action, definitions and variety; Good spinners and spoons in the basic patterns; Good plugs; Top ten; Roll your own, making and maintaining plugs; Spinner making; Casting; Landing and handling fish; Techniques of spinning; Ultra-light spinning; Boat fishing; Spun and wobbled natural baits; Rods; Reels; Lines; Terminal tackle; Miscellaneous tackle; Clothing; Plugs and pike; Spinners and pike; Plugs and perch; Spinners and perch; Plugs and chub; Spinners and chub; Spinning for zander; Spinning for other fish, including coarse fish; Spinning for salmon; Spinning for trout; All at sea. .…

Hardbound. Condición: Very Good. Later Printing. Description: Dust jacket art by Martin Knowelden. Several black and white photo illustrations. Following is taken from the jacket blurb: ''To begin with, the author disperses the myths which surround this type's origins, then moves on to give comprehensive advice on the choice of a terrier, its rearing and entering as a working dog. Aspects of breeding are then covered, together with show entering and the treatment of common ailments. Side by side with the practical advice, he includes a wealth of readable and entertaining anecdotes.'' The author hopes his book will ''give at least an insight into the history, psychology and working abilities of a dog who should never become a show-bred piece of uselessness, but should remain the useful little hunter and all-round worker it is today.'' This was originally published in 1980. BINDNG/CONDITION: red binding with gilt spine text; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket. 8vo (about 9.5 inches tall). 158 pages.…

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Most of our very good books have only minor imperfections such as shelf wear consistent with a new book that's sat on a bookshop shelf for a year or two. Occasionally we may miss other minor imperfections as we have to grade books at speed. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1987). 1987 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppvi,177. B/w photographs. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Ex-library, usual faults. Working copy in plastic-protected dust-wrapper. Neil Graesser applies himself to some controversial questions. Chapters include: An angler's chance of success; Beginner's luck; Fly patterns - do they matter; Droppers and dibbling; Bait fishing; The Tweed, late February 1940; The Cassley and the Oykel, 1957; The Inver; Two days on the Shin; The Conon; Coracles; Vibration; Loch Stack; Dapping; Eel fishing; The decline of salmon stocks in Scotland. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1991). (1987) 1991 reprint. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Ppvi,177. B/w photographs. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Tanning to edges but smells strongly of tobacco so good copy in tanned and clipped dust-wrapper. Neil Graesser applies himself to some controversial questions. Chapters include: An angler's chance of success; Beginner's luck; Fly patterns - do they matter; Droppers and dibbling; Bait fishing; The Tweed, late February 1940; The Cassley and the Oykel, 1957; The Inver; Two days on the Shin; The Conon; Coracles; Vibration; Loch Stack; Dapping; Eel fishing; The decline of salmon stocks in Scotland. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988). (1987) 1989 reprint. 8vo (175 x 249mm). Ppvi,282. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Very good in used dust-wrapper. This is a thorough discussion of spinning and plug fishing "applied to the different species likely to be regularly caught on lures. Individual chapters deal with lure fishing in fresh water for pike, perch, zander, chub, sea trout and salmon, and an additional chapter .deals with aspects of the use of lures in sea angling". Chapters include: Introducing plugs; Classification of plugs; Spinners and lure action, definitions and variety; Good spinners and spoons in the basic patterns; Good plugs; Top ten; Roll your own, making and maintaining plugs; Spinner making; Casting; Landing and handling fish; Techniques of spinning; Ultra-light spinning; Boat fishing; Spun and wobbled natural baits; Rods; Reels; Lines; Terminal tackle; Miscellaneous tackle; Clothing; Plugs and pike; Spinners and pike; Plugs and perch; Spinners and perch; Plugs and chub; Spinners and chub; Spinning for zander; Spinning for other fish, including coarse fish; Spinning for salmon; Spinning for trout; All at sea. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1987). (1987) 1990 paperback reprint. Large 8vo paperback (167 x 232mm). Pp282. B/w photographs, illustrations. No index. Very good second-hand paperback. Title-page signed by the author. This is a thorough discussion of spinning and plug fishing "applied to the different species likely to be regularly caught on lures. Individual chapters deal with lure fishing in fresh water for pike, perch, zander, chub, sea trout and salmon, and an additional chapter .deals with aspects of the use of lures in sea angling". Chapters include: Introducing plugs; Classification of plugs; Spinners and lure action, definitions and variety; Good spinners and spoons in the basic patterns; Good plugs; Top ten; Roll your own, making and maintaining plugs; Spinner making; Casting; Landing and handling fish; Techniques of spinning; Ultra-light spinning; Boat fishing; Spun and wobbled natural baits; Rods; Reels; Lines; Terminal tackle; Miscellaneous tackle; Clothing; Plugs and pike; Spinners and pike; Plugs and perch; Spinners and perch; Plugs and chub; Spinners and chub; Spinning for zander; Spinning for other fish, including coarse fish; Spinning for salmon; Spinning for trout; All at sea. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1987). 1987 1st edition. 8vo (175 x 250mm). Ppvi,282. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Rear board slightly bumped, good-plus in dust-wrapper. This is a thorough discussion of spinning and plug fishing "applied to the different species likely to be regularly caught on lures. Individual chapters deal with lure fishing in fresh water for pike, perch, zander, chub, sea trout and salmon, and an additional chapter .deals with aspects of the use of lures in sea angling". Chapters include: Introducing plugs; Classification of plugs; Spinners and lure action, definitions and variety; Good spinners and spoons in the basic patterns; Good plugs; Top ten; Roll your own, making and maintaining plugs; Spinner making; Casting; Landing and handling fish; Techniques of spinning; Ultra-light spinning; Boat fishing; Spun and wobbled natural baits; Rods; Reels; Lines; Terminal tackle; Miscellaneous tackle; Clothing; Plugs and pike; Spinners and pike; Plugs and perch; Spinners and perch; Plugs and chub; Spinners and chub; Spinning for zander; Spinning for other fish, including coarse fish; Spinning for salmon; Spinning for trout; All at sea. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1987). 1987 1st edition. 8vo (175 x 250mm). Ppvi,282. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Good-plus in chipped dust-wrapper. This is a thorough discussion of spinning and plug fishing "applied to the different species likely to be regularly caught on lures. Individual chapters deal with lure fishing in fresh water for pike, perch, zander, chub, sea trout and salmon, and an additional chapter .deals with aspects of the use of lures in sea angling". Chapters include: Introducing plugs; Classification of plugs; Spinners and lure action, definitions and variety; Good spinners and spoons in the basic patterns; Good plugs; Top ten; Roll your own, making and maintaining plugs; Spinner making; Casting; Landing and handling fish; Techniques of spinning; Ultra-light spinning; Boat fishing; Spun and wobbled natural baits; Rods; Reels; Lines; Terminal tackle; Miscellaneous tackle; Clothing; Plugs and pike; Spinners and pike; Plugs and perch; Spinners and perch; Plugs and chub; Spinners and chub; Spinning for zander; Spinning for other fish, including coarse fish; Spinning for salmon; Spinning for trout; All at sea. .…

First edition. 8vo. Grey boards stamped in gilt on spine. x, 310 pages plus 32 pages of B&W photo plates printed on slick paper at back. Clean. Tightly bound. 2 price clipped dust jackets. Fine/ near Fine.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. Hardback issue. 8vo (160 x 243mm). Ppviii,106. Colour plate of flies, b/w photographs, illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in silver. Near fine in dust-wrapper. This is a useful book which covers all kinds of British stillwater trout fishing, but with an emphasis on fishing English stillwaters. Chapters include: Presentation - the basics; The tackle question; Bank fishing - the small lake; Bank fishing - the big lakes; Boat fishing the big lakes - anchored nymph presentation; Boat fishing the big lakes - drifting nymph presentation; Boat fishing the big lakes - the Northampton style; Flies to assist presentation and catch fish; Salmon fever; First day fun; Trout fishing etiquette. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 14.95.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). (1976) 1989 revised Boydell Press edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppviii,232. B/w photographs and illustrations. Binding A - Light brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in slightly torn dust-wrapper. Guy Smith was an amateur gamekeeper who eventually went to live on his shoot, to devote himself more fully to it. Chapters include: Buying and using guns; Working dogs; Cartridges; Rough shooting; The role of the gamekeeper; Organising a shoot; Rabbits and hares; Pigeons; Stoats and weasels; The crow family; Hawks; Fox control; The starling menace; Badgers; Stocking with pheasants; Stocking with partridge; Woodcock and snipe; Wildfowling; Grouse and blackgame; Poachers; Experiments in conservation. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). (1988) 1989 reprint. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppx,120. B/w photographs, illustrations by David Lumb. Light blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Quite browned but good copy in used, price-clipped dust-wrapper. Articles from the first two years of the journal of the Pike Angler's Club of Great Britain 1977-79. There are contributions from many household names such as Neville Fickling, Vic Bellars, Bill Chillingworth, Fred Buller and more, along with many articles written by other members of the PACGB. The book is divided into three sections covering tackle and techniques of fishing for pike, conservation and science and finally stories of great (and sometimes not so great) days on the water. Chapters include: Part One, Fishing for Pike: Home brew, N.J. Fickling; Frozen deadbait, Alec Johnson; Towards the ultimate plug or elf, Steve Tolan; Plugs again, Shin Baxter; Barbless singles and all that, Andy Barker; Tackle rigs, Barrie Rickards; Pike floats for small to medium sized baits, Steve Tolan; Barker up the wrong tree, Alec Johnson; Rigs for suspended deadbaits, Vic Bellars; Small boats for pike fishing, Geoff Knott. Part Two, Conservation and Science: Just a little about conservation, N.J. Fickling; Winterhill, Barrie Rickards, Conservation, Alec Johnson, conservation, why use trebels? Vic Bellars; Disgorgers, Barrie Rickards; Bill Chillingworth on striking; Piking in North America; The record of the age of your pike, Ed Crossman; In response to Esox at sea, Ed Corssman. Part Three, Story Time: Notes on the Revd. E.D. Alston, Fred Buller; 'A lovely pair.', Paul Green; 'Enter vandals with dredger', Don Wheeler; Sutton Trophy - Part One, Ray McClaren; Foggy foggy dew, David Shepherd; Fishy family, Jenni Homden; Local lakes, Jenni Homden; Underwater pike angling, Nigel Hidson; Sutton Trophy - Part Two, Ray McClaren; The pike of the Tyne, P.J. Armstrong; Pike eye view, J. Congreve; Ticket 281, Andrew Falkner; Piking fireworks, Stanley Gill; Last of the winter paraffin, Bob McCombie; Sixteen foot pike, David shepherd; A trip to Ireland's Loch Allen, Tim Cole and John Shipp; Irish pike trip, Mick McEwen. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppvi,166. B/w photographs & illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in used dust-wrapper. "A useful work for those sportsmen who are unable to find anywhere to shoot". How to seek out shooting and what to do when you find it. Chapters include: Necessary preparations; The search for shooting; Forestry Commission shoots; The small rough shoot; Syndicate shooting; Shooting by permission only; Coastal wildfowling; Inland duck shooting; The smallholding shoot; Guineafowl shooting; Poachers!; Foxes; Mixed shooting; Overall conservation. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1987). 1987 1st edition. 8vo (175 x 250mm). Ppvi,282. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Very good in spine-faded dust-wrapper. This is a thorough discussion of spinning and plug fishing "applied to the different species likely to be regularly caught on lures. Individual chapters deal with lure fishing in fresh water for pike, perch, zander, chub, sea trout and salmon, and an additional chapter .deals with aspects of the use of lures in sea angling". Chapters include: Introducing plugs; Classification of plugs; Spinners and lure action, definitions and variety; Good spinners and spoons in the basic patterns; Good plugs; Top ten; Roll your own, making and maintaining plugs; Spinner making; Casting; Landing and handling fish; Techniques of spinning; Ultra-light spinning; Boat fishing; Spun and wobbled natural baits; Rods; Reels; Lines; Terminal tackle; Miscellaneous tackle; Clothing; Plugs and pike; Spinners and pike; Plugs and perch; Spinners and perch; Plugs and chub; Spinners and chub; Spinning for zander; Spinning for other fish, including coarse fish; Spinning for salmon; Spinning for trout; All at sea. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1987). 1987 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 223mm). Pp130. B/w photographs, maps. Orange-brown boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. End-paper slightly stained but very good in dust-wrapper. Co-founder of Angling Times, Director of the A.C.A., Ken Sutton, looks back at his fishing travels in Ireland, Scandinavia, Canada and Russia. Mostly coarse and sea angling. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1987). 1987 1st edition. 8vo (175 x 250mm). Ppvi,282. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. This is a thorough discussion of spinning and plug fishing "applied to the different species likely to be regularly caught on lures. Individual chapters deal with lure fishing in fresh water for pike, perch, zander, chub, sea trout and salmon, and an additional chapter .deals with aspects of the use of lures in sea angling". Chapters include: Introducing plugs; Classification of plugs; Spinners and lure action, definitions and variety; Good spinners and spoons in the basic patterns; Good plugs; Top ten; Roll your own, making and maintaining plugs; Spinner making; Casting; Landing and handling fish; Techniques of spinning; Ultra-light spinning; Boat fishing; Spun and wobbled natural baits; Rods; Reels; Lines; Terminal tackle; Miscellaneous tackle; Clothing; Plugs and pike; Spinners and pike; Plugs and perch; Spinners and perch; Plugs and chub; Spinners and chub; Spinning for zander; Spinning for other fish, including coarse fish; Spinning for salmon; Spinning for trout; All at sea. .…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. THE HAPPY-GO-LUCKY MORGANS, Edward Thomas, with an introduction by Glen Cavaliero, softcover, 1983. BOOK CONDITION: very good. The text block is in fine condition, with no tears, dogears, or marks. The upper righthand corner of the pages is slightly crinkled. Not a remainder nor library book. No bookplate nor signature of prior owner. The wraps are in very good condition (small crease in upper righthand corner of front; a bit of edge wear). 7 ¾ x 4 ¾, 167 pages, 6 ounces XX [from the back cover] Edward Thomas's only novel has a large element of autobiography in it. Far from being a novel in the orthodox sense, with a plot which unfolds in an orderly fashion, it is an evocation of a time and a place and a group of characters, one of those summings-up of a particular atmosphere at which Thomas excelled. The Morgans live untidily in a large house in a neat road in Balham, on the edge of London; as well as the family, there is the faithful servant Ann and a galaxy of hangers-on. Wales forms a constant spiritual background to the Morgans' existence, and many of the conversations and stories are about their distant homeland, stories told with all the poet's skill. There is a constant tension between impractical reality — Mr Morgan never works and seems always to be on the verge of bankruptcy, yet the impending disaster never comes — and the practical but far less real world outside. Eventually, after a magical spring, Philip Morgan, the narrator's companion, dies, and the family return to Wales, leaving only dim hazed spirits of men and children, dogs and pigeons, ruled by 'a haze of ghostly, shimmering silver. XX [From Wikipedia] Philip Edward Thomas (3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917) was a British writer of poetry and prose. He is sometimes considered a war poet, although few of his poems deal directly with his war experiences. He only started writing poetry at the age of 36, but by that time he had already been a prolific critic, biographer, nature writer and travel writer for two decades. In 1915, he enlisted in the British Army to fight in the First World War and was killed in action during the Battle of Arras in 1917, soon after he arrived in France. Although Edward Thomas's father, Philip Henry Thomas, had left Tredegar for Swindon (and then London) in his early teens, the Welsh connection was … enduring. He continued throughout his life to visit his relatives in south Wales. His feelings for Wales were also manifest in other ways. Between 1898 and 1900, Thomas was a history scholar at Lincoln College, Oxford. In June 1899, he married Helen Berenice Noble (1877-1967) in Fulham, while still an undergraduate, and determined to live his life by the pen. He then worked as a book reviewer, reviewing up to 15 books every week. He was already a seasoned writer by the outbreak of war, having published widely as a literary critic and biographer as well as writing about the countryside. He also wrote a novel, The Happy-Go-Lucky Morgans (1913), a book of delightful disorder.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good Plus. First Edition. Owner's name stamped inside, small closed tear on back end sheet, otherwise Very Good condition. Content is very clean, binding is strong and tight. Dust jacket is Good Plus with light edge wear, light rubbing and pencil impressions on front. Dust jacket encased in new Brodart protector. 188 pages with index and quality color and black & white photos. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…