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FRANK SAWYER: MAN OF THE RIVERSIDE. By Frank Sawyer and Sidney Vines. Illustrations by George Woodford.
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George Allen & Unwin. London. 1984, 1984
ISBN 10: 0047990236
ISBN 13: 9780047990236
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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1984). 1984 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp204. B/w illustrations by George Woodford. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Ex-library copy with usual stamps and faults, some browning but a good copy in dust-wrapper. "Frank Sawyer was a man of Wiltshire - fisherman, river-keeper, inventor, naturalist, writer, broadcaster and countryman. He seldom strayed far in his 73 years from the villages of the valley of the upper Avon where he was born and died. But his fame spread across the world. He will be remembered for the way in which, with his tiny nymphs, he advanced the delicate art of fly fishing; but he was much more than a fisherman. He was a true countryman, full of wisdom and country lore, and loved the river Avon and the wild creatures who lived by and in it." Chapters include: Part One - Boyhood: Early days at the Mill Cottage; Snaring big pike with father; Tickling trout; Fly fishing and the pike that bit; An idyll at Latton; The untearable suit; Disaster with a wasps' nest; sunstroke, moorhens, and jackboots; 'Alfy's in the water, Alfy's gone'; The great eel; The end of boyhood. Part Two - Manhood: Sawyer in his teens; The Twenties and Thirties; Sir Grimwood Mears; Fishing for television; Keeper of the stream; How to tie the Sawyer nymphs - Pheasant Tail Nymph, Grey Goose, Grayling or Killer Bug; fishing the Sawyer way; Relationships - Charles Ritz, Alex Behrendt, Oliver Kite, Howard Marshall, Wally Read; The river keeper - how the Avon was revived; The buried treasure; The humane trap; The Sawyer that I knew. . Seller Inventory # 63613
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FRANK SAWYER: MAN OF THE RIVERSIDE. By Frank Sawyer and Sidney Vines. Illustrations by George Woodford.
Published by
George Allen & Unwin. London. 1984, 1984
ISBN 10: 0047990236
ISBN 13: 9780047990236
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984). 1984 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp204. B/w illustrations by George Woodford. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Slightly bumped, slight browning and name to end-paper. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. "Frank Sawyer was a man of Wiltshire - fisherman, river-keeper, inventor, naturalist, writer, broadcaster and countryman. He seldom strayed far in his 73 years from the villages of the valley of the upper Avon where he was born and died. But his fame spread across the world. He will be remembered for the way in which, with his tiny nymphs, he advanced the delicate art of fly fishing; but he was much more than a fisherman. He was a true countryman, full of wisdom and country lore, and loved the river Avon and the wild creatures who lived by and in it." Chapters include: Part One - Boyhood: Early days at the Mill Cottage; Snaring big pike with father; Tickling trout; Fly fishing and the pike that bit; An idyll at Latton; The untearable suit; Disaster with a wasps' nest; sunstroke, moorhens, and jackboots; 'Alfy's in the water, Alfy's gone'; The great eel; The end of boyhood. Part Two - Manhood: Sawyer in his teens; The Twenties and Thirties; Sir Grimwood Mears; Fishing for television; Keeper of the stream; How to tie the Sawyer nymphs - Pheasant Tail Nymph, Grey Goose, Grayling or Killer Bug; fishing the Sawyer way; Relationships - Charles Ritz, Alex Behrendt, Oliver Kite, Howard Marshall, Wally Read; The river keeper - how the Avon was revived; The buried treasure; The humane trap; The Sawyer that I knew. . Seller Inventory # 30765
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FRANK SAWYER: MAN OF THE RIVERSIDE. By Frank Sawyer and Sidney Vines.
Published by
George Allen & Unwin. London. 1984, 1984
ISBN 10: 0047990236
ISBN 13: 9780047990236
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984). 1984 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp204. B/w illustrations by George Woodford. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Top edge slightly dusty else very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "Frank Sawyer was a man of Wiltshire - fisherman, river-keeper, inventor, naturalist, writer, broadcaster and countryman. He seldom strayed far in his 73 years from the villages of the valley of the upper Avon where he was born and died. But his fame spread across the world. He will be remembered for the way in which, with his tiny nymphs, he advanced the delicate art of fly fishing; but he was much more than a fisherman. He was a true countryman, full of wisdom and country lore, and loved the river Avon and the wild creatures who lived by and in it." Chapters include: Part One - Boyhood: Early days at the Mill Cottage; Snaring big pike with father; Tickling trout; Fly fishing and the pike that bit; An idyll at Latton; The untearable suit; Disaster with a wasps' nest; sunstroke, moorhens, and jackboots; 'Alfy's in the water, Alfy's gone'; The great eel; The end of boyhood. Part Two - Manhood: Sawyer in his teens; The Twenties and Thirties; Sir Grimwood Mears; Fishing for television; Keeper of the stream; How to tie the Sawyer nymphs - Pheasant Tail Nymph, Grey Goose, Grayling or Killer Bug; fishing the Sawyer way; Relationships - Charles Ritz, Alex Behrendt, Oliver Kite, Howard Marshall, Wally Read; The river keeper - how the Avon was revived; The buried treasure; The humane trap; The Sawyer that I knew. . Seller Inventory # 2634
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Frank Sawyer: Man of the Riverside
Published by
George Allen & Unwin, 1984
ISBN 10: 0047990236
ISBN 13: 9780047990236
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Seller: H.S. Bailey, Fort Myers, FL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Woodford, George (illustrator). 1st Edition. "First published in 1984" stated with no other printing indication - 1st, soiling/foxing to edges of text block with a small drip spot to lower fore-edge and a 13/4" wide stain to bottom edge - bottom corners of boards bumped - 11/2" wide x 3/4" tall former owners name/address sticker to upper center of front free end paper - crease to top corner of 20 pages - a very short tear with 3/8" crease to top left edge of page 109, dj now enclosed in mylar wrap shows edge wear with light soiling - 1/4" tear to bottom center with creasing to bottom right edge of rear panel - 3/8" tear to bottom of fold rear panel to spine - 1/8" tear to top with a very small chip worn to bottom of fold rear panel to flap - 33/4" crease to bottom corner of rear flap - small chip worn to top of fold front panel to flap - price sticker in "L" to lower right of front flap. Seller Inventory # BX-190-B
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Frank Sawyer, Man of the Riverside
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition, British issue. Hardcover in dust jacket. Pages free of marking. Nice condition overall. Seller Inventory # 131133498
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Frank Sawyer: Man Of The Riverside
Published by
George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1984
ISBN 10: 0047990236
ISBN 13: 9780047990236
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Seller: Hall of Books, Oswestry, SHROP, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. George Woodford (illustrator). 1st. First edition hardback, 1984, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - dj rubbed to edges with a couple of small chips. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available. Seller Inventory # 131616
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