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19398vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and monochrome plates, title mildly browned at edges; brown cloth, gilt back, green top, a very good, bright, clean copy. Nice copy of an angling classic and the last of the author's works published in his lifetime. Hampton p.256.
Monteleone di Calabria, Giuseppe Raho fu Francesco, 1924. In 8°, PP 98n. Brossura originale. Intonso. Numerose illustrazioni in nero fuori testo. Bell’esemplare.
18928vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present), a plate (original tissue guard present) and numerous illustrations (many full-page) in the text, free endpapers lightly browned; original green cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, upper hinge cracked (but binding entirely sound) else a very good, bright, clean copy. With 10pp of trade advertisements (many illustrated) at end. The frontispiece and plate are by A W Cooper. Very scarce. Hampton, p.211.
19458vo., with coloured frontispiece of flies (original captioned tissue guard present), coloured plate of flies (original captioned tissue guard present), numerous plates in monochrome, over 200 illustrations in the text and endpaper maps in blue; original series binding of terracotta cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, brown buckram back lettered in gilt, brown top, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with mounted illustrations (repeated from text) on upper panel and backstrip. First published in 1931. 'An extremely well-produced and illustrated book' (Hampton). VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Hampton p.271.
1914Firenze, Tipografia A. Vallecchi, 1914, in-4, br. edit. (copertine illustrate a colori), pp. 35. Con numerose ill. n.t. Perfetto stato di conservazione.
1924rif. 20822Lyon, Masson 1924 In-8, pleine basane brune, dos à nerfs, filets bruns, roulettes dorées et fers spéciaux, roulette d’encadrement des plats, petites triutes dorées aux quatre coins et en cercle au centre, couvertures conservés restaurations, tête dorée, 398 pp. Coiffes, coupes et coins un peu frottés. Bon exemplaire.
1851rif. 6598London: J. and D. A. Darling 1851. First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Very Good/None Clear archival polyester sleeve added. Small 8vo 7 1/2" x 4 1/2" original publisher's green decorative gilt-and-blind-stamped cloth with cover displaying the title & subtitle with a bright gilt-title and -engraving of a friar catching a cat ! not a catfish ".by hook and by crook" illustrated with frontispiece repeating humorous gilded cover art of friar fishing opposite extra-illustrated title page with eight engraved oval vignettes bordering that has been printed on heavy stock plus an undecorated title page further illustrated with seven 7 full-page engraved plates unsigned with style resembling Doyle rather than Cruikshank 166 pages. Engaging brief presentation on front free endpaper "To a learned angler" by another who to his friend quotes supposedly "'These are not Anglers but Angels' Pope Gregory." VERY SCARCE Illustrated and amusing poetic send-up of fishers of fish men & accidentally cats. The gilt impress on the front cover of the fishing friar is wonderfully bright; likewise the frontispiece and facing decorative engraved title page on heavier stock. Light and uniform age-toning to pages and plates slightly more apparent around their margins but without or very little foxing or noticeably affecting the full-page still crisp engravings. Wear to spine cloth with upper cap gone and fraying to the foot of the spine. Covers are quite clean and bright with slight fading and some wear showing at edges and corners. References: Westwood & Satchell The Chronicle of the "Compleat Angler".1883: with anonymous author not identified page 15. Heckscher Sale Catalogues 83. J. and D. A. Darling hardcover
1951rif. 2092902137703547Japanese Society of Law and Society 1951. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Japanese Society of Law and Society paperback
1969rif. 372DBMeilen, Magica-Verlag, 1969. 8°. XX, 146 S. Orig.-Broschur.
rif. 25240Commercy, H. Thomas, 1741. 260 X 440 mm. Tome premier, relié pleine basane marron, dos à nerfs avec pièce de titre et de tomaison, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Quatrième édition revue, corrigée et considérablement augmentée. (12)-424 pp. Illustré de bandeaux, lettrines, culs-de-lampe, de nombreuses figures dans le texte et d'une planche hors texte. Reliure légèrement frottée avec quelques épidermures et galeries de vers, minime jaunissure sur quelques feuillets, coins émoussés.
1992rif. 30991ABHamburg, Parey, 1992. 215 Seiten. Mit vielen Illustrationen von Had Verheijen. Geprägter Volllederband.
196240 pages. Features: Exercise in Space - interesting article with photos explains how the company seeks to minimize the space of the shipping boxes it uses to transport its vehicles by ship; Vintage Ride - a wonderful 2856-mile trip that was made in a Vauxhaull 30/98 at Luton over 40 years ago; Garden Guests; Dressed in White - photos of a trip to St. Moritz by Douglas Dickins in his Vauxhall; Major Roads Ahead - some of the many road building projects presently under construction; "Motor" road-tests the Victor Super - detailed review article; Alan Brinton's View; Fishiology - An Gilmour's fishing trip in her Dormobile caravan; Art in Iron - photos of signs; 65 m.p.h. in a speed-limit area - not 'dangerous'; Readers letters; Many pages of great ads; Nice colour photo ad on back cover for the VX4/90. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1928Pages 401-440. Features: The Truth About Those "Undress" Shows - where is the modern stage fashion leading us? - argues for stricter censorship over stage 'fashions' - with reproductions of scandalous photos; The Man Who Hadn't a Chance (story); What Did Christ Mean? - who are the meek and how can they inherit the earth?; Mother Love - an appealing little story; How the Cup is Won - secrets of the great vitory final by the Captain of Cardiff's winning team last season - article with photo; A Stranger in the Wild - a January nature story; Making the "Stars" Twinkle - some facts about filmland's unseen army, the people who do the behind-the-scenes work - article with photos, including "Our Gang" kids and an aerial photo of the MGM lot; Photo of 'land yacht' (early RV); Photo of world champion unicyclist Walter Nilsson riding on top of the Cheops pyramid; Adventure - a short story; Wit of the Week; Fishing With a Kite! - Photo-illustrated article about queer ways of catching the ocean's finny monsters, including photo of Rex Ingram with a huge fish he caught off Florida; Angel Esquire (continued); The World's Largest Building Society - The Halifax Building Society - started in a coffee house and now has capital of 40 million pounds. Openings along coverfold. Clean six-inch opening to central portion of front cover and following several pages, apparently by an errant knife cut. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
2001306 pages. Index. Footnotes. Extensive bibliography. "Through detailed case studies of the conflicts over fish weirs on the Cowichan and Babine rivers, this work describes the evolving legal apparatus that dispossessed Aboriginal peoples of their fisheries... A timely legal and historical study of law as contested terrain in the legal capture of Aboriginal salmon fisheries in British Columbia." - from half-title page. Average wear. Frequent markings to contents, most in light pencil. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
196134 pages. Features: 1961-1962 Simplified Hunting Regulations and Game Management Maps; Dr. James Hunter explains changes to Game Regulations and predicts hunter success for the fall; Carcass Care - illustrated guide to processing a deer carcass; Clay Chips - article with photos of shooters Doug. Reynolds, Laurie Parkes, Alex Shymkowich, Dick Hornby, and Jim "Reliable" Mathieson; Many nostalgic ads; Two at the Same Time - article on Tyee fishing, with photo of Eric Sismey with Mrs. Elsie Ahlquist and two large Tyee; One-page ad by the Department of Recreation and Conservation entitled "Ready for the Field?" provides six tips - suitable for framing; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
195626 pages. Features: Some facts about Atlantic Salmon; The Moose That Was a Grizzly - article with photo of Lloyd Stonehouse; Hunting & Summer Cabins; Chuck Ewart and his 1954 record Steelhead; 1955 Fishing Contest Results; Going, Going....; Nice ad inside back cover announces trophy winners in the Thomas Adams Ontario Deer Hunting Competition, with the names of winners including A.V. Burniston of Chatham, Marvin D. Shaw of IN, Walter Schmidthurst of OH, and eight others. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1951108 pages. Features: How good can we make grain crops?; Ton of beef from an acre of corn; Silage 'funnel' wagons; Everybody's state fair; Henhouse timesavers; You can find 'meat type' hogs right in your herd; Here come the tanks! - shipping milk from the farm by truck tanker; Farm buildings that do more work; Bullheads and carp; Scipio swaps for clues (fiction). Ads: Prince Albert tobacco ad with William A. Poucher and Harry W. Jones; B.F. Goodrich ad with photo of Raymond Gould of the Wilbur Wilson farm in Lewis, Kansas; Lee work clothes; Champion spark plug ad features photos of nineteen Indy 500 winners; Oldsmobile super '88' car; 7up one-page photo ad with family fishing scene; Auto-Lite ad features Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd); De Laval milkers; Firestone ad with photos of Everett Lewison of Vermillion, SD and Leaf Larson of the same town; Ford trucks - nice color photo ad with beekeeper Herbert Light of Colusa, CA; International Harvester McCormick Farmall Super C; MoorMan's ad with photo of Amos Stout of Washington County, IA; Dreft ad features Robert Snodgrass and Mrs. Lloyd Dowd; Plymouth cars; Buick car; Chevrolet truck; International truck; USS Steel ad with photo of Marvin Price of Mullinsville, KS; Full-page color ad for the U.S. army shows paratroops in action; Blue Bell work clothes; Pontiac cars; Harley-Davidson Hydra-Glide ad with illustration of biker at farm; Dodge car; Tide detergent; Mrs. Laura Holman of Benton, Il; Toni ad features Eva Gernay, Marilyn West and Barbara and Beverly Dahm; Kitchen Aid mixer; Studebaker trucks (color inside back cover); Stark Bros. Nurseries (back cover). Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1947118 pages. Features: The Great Bear Hunt; Bighorn Mountain Trout; Hawk Call - Reconverted; Moose on the Loose; The Dove; Midwinter Rainbows; Darby Creek Honkers; Confessions of a Goat Hunter; The Springer's Surprise; Duck Shooting; Big Bomber; Repairing Bamboo Rods; Deer Hunter's Cabin; The Passing of "Take 'Em" Sue; Christmas at North Crossing; Man-Eaters of Kumaon - part 3 - the Chowgarh man-eating tiger killed 64 humans before Jim Corbett caught up with her;; Magnum Loadings. Nice one-page hunting cabin photo ad for Zenith Radios; Photo of Frank M. Gale holding his winning largemouth; Photo of Mrs. Julian T. Crandall with her 121 pound tarpon; funky 2/3 page red and black ad for Prince Albert pipe tobacco explains that the man in the ad gets ladies because of his P.A. (Pipe Appeal!); Cute color ad for Calvert Whisky inside front cover features bear cub on ski hill; Nice color one-page illustration of Duck Shooting by Lassell; Nice red and black 2/3-page ad for the new Higgins Camp Trailer; Nice photo ad for Feather Foam coats by the Arctic Feather & Down Co. of Seattle; Trav-Ler Radio ad; Selecting and Using an Outdoorman's Ax; Nice photo ad for Gephart salt water fishing rods; Nice one-page red and black hunting-theme photo-ad for Gaines dog food; Front cover beginning to separate. Back cover missing. Most of pages 67/68, and 85/86 missing. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
196118 pages. Features: Trout Terrible of the Pacific - article on the Steelhead, with photos of Larry Chapman, Russ Swansen, and Bill Rose; Illustrations of Sinker Hook-Ups for Steelheading; Revised map of Vedder - Chilliwack River Guide for Steelhead Fishing; Don't Poo Poo the Poodle; Map of the Roberts Bank Game Management Reserve; Conditions at Ross Lake, 40 miles from Hope, B.C.; Clay Chips, by Jim Railton; Boats; Care of the Feet; Great one-page ad for the B.C. Department of Recreation and Conservation inside back cover entitled "Watch That Muzzle!, The 10 Commandments of Safety; Many nostalgic ads, including back cover ad for Lucky Lager featuring illustration of sea captain(?) with binoculars; and more. Unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
196126 pages. Features: Brown Trout - illustrations with brief history of it's history in B.C.; Net Finesse Nets Results; The Honkers of Hungry Valley - hunting Canada Geese; One-page ad for Imperial Shotshells - the best you can buy; Pioneer Brand outerwear ad; B.S.A. gun ad; Ask (for permission to hunt) - It's Only Good Manners; Husqvarna Rifle ad; Hunters Welcome?; Hunters - Don't Kill Your Heart - heart attack precautions; Fantastic one-page photo-illustrated ad for the Ridge Runner (mini-bike) made by Cascadian Mfg. Co. of Vancouver; Guns and Shooting; Vancouver Angling & Game Assoc. News, with photo of George Walker; Winter storage of your outboard; Illustrated info. about the Ruffed Grouse and Blue Grouse; Many more nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
1940Stories: Sturgeon Fishing in Canada; Dynamite Joe; Round the World on Four Shillings; A Cowboy in Trouble; Zaman's Paradise; How We Saved the Indian Empire; The Sign; The flag-pole; Blind Peter; The Lamb-Eater Bore; The Viaduct; Muldoon's Gold Mine. Above-average but not excessive wear. Covers present but detached from textblock. Book
196118 pages. Features: Harvest Trout - the Jack Salmon; Chukars and Me, by Ed Meade; Paraplegic Derby - with seven photos of this event sponsored by the Marpole Richmond Sportsmen's Association; Pheasant Hungry? Try Hard Work...; One-page ad for Harkley & Haywood Sporting Goods Ltd.; Guns & Shooting; A Killer Named "Carbon Tet"; Ad for B.S.A. guns in this their hundredth year; Many more nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
1928Pages 81-120. Features: How Britain Prepares For Her Royal Guests - article with photos (King Amanullah of Afghanistan will soon visit Buckingham Palace) - includes photo of King Fuad of Egypt inspecting troops, and King Alfonso at Oxford; Destiny - a complete story; Photo of African woman with huge plates in her lips; Article on Dreams - what do they mean?; Two photos of the Rove Tunnel; Pity the Poor M.P.; Chang! - a film masterpiece and how two men made it - article with photos; Wit of the Week; Circunstantial Evidence - Science and Detective X. Crook Solve Another Mystery; One-page ad for Germolene to treat septic ankle; John Bull's Breakfast - photo-illustrated article on everyday heroes of the fishing fleet; Angel Esquire (continued); The History of The Civil Services Supply Association (C.S.S.A.) - article with photos; and more. Staples disintegrated. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
196118 pages. Features: Ice Fishing; Fish killed by industrial waste; U.S. Economic Survey on Hunting & Fishing; Lease of land for the West Kootenay Rod and Gun clubs; The Christmas Dream - "The Night Before Christmas" is transformed into a B.C. political statement, with image of W.A.C. Bennett in Santa suit; Photoso fo John Truttman of Richmond and his pet geese; Photos of Bill Otway of the Port Coquitlam Hunting & Fishing Club presenting shooting awards to Doug Michie and Ian Jack; Salmon Report - estimated catches of Spring, Jack, Coho, Pink, and Grise; Photo of Omar Alendal; Photos of Frank Heff, Mickey Galawan, Bill Bowman, Bob Frearson, Gordie Ezart, Gordon Palmer and Jim Kingsley, most of whom are executives of local Sportsmen's Clubs; Boats; Many nice vintage ads; and more. Unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
196322 pages. Features: The Secret to Kootenay Hunting; Alberta Offers The Best Upland Bird Shooting; Alberta Upland Game Birds and Waterfowl Season for 1963; Prince George Hosts North Central Shoot - article with six photos and list of winners; Clay Chips - a letter to Yvonne Johnston; "Be Seen - Be Safe"; Alberta - Montana Red Hot Trap Shoot; Photo of decoy maker Vic Faulkes and son Lee of Vancouver; Many nice vintage ads; and more. Unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Book