Bates Vincent (62 results)

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Condition: Good. VG text, some light cover/edge wear. US orders shipped via US Mail. International orders shipped via DHL. Additional postage may be required on oversize books and sets. NO prison orders.

Near fine.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

DVD. Condition: Used - Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 12 short stories by various authors. Featured are The Gerrard Street Mystery by John Dent, A Slippery Customer by Robert Barr, Sherlock Holmes Great Canadian Adventure by Jack Batten & Michael Bliss, The Tattooed Man by Vincent Starrett, Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth by Maureen Jennings, The Cure by Eric Wright, The Greenhouse Dogs by James Powell, Shaving with Occam's Razor by Rosemary Aubert, Bombed by Peter A. Sellers, This Town Ain't Big Enough by Tanya Huff, Lost in the Mail by Robert J. Sawyer, The Map by Andrew Weiner. SIGNED by Maureen Jennings on the title page. In fine unread condition. Signed by Author.…

hardcover. Condition: very good. no jacket. fourth printing. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 " 270 pages. a few light smudges to covers. Pearce Bates (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st thus. Green boards, ivory cloth spine. Just a hint of edge rubbing, in like DJ. Looks new. Now protected in a mylar jacket.; Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 298 pages. Illustrated by Bates, Pearce (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fifth Printing. Book has a slight lean and some scratches on front and rear boards, a bit of fraying at top of baords. Still very clean and presetnatble. Previous owner's bookstamp on FFE; otherwise no interior marking. Illustrated with drawings and black and white photographs; also one photographic page in color. Endpaper illustrated. DJ is somewhat soiled and worn, with a chip from the top of the spine. Some sun-fading on spine. It is now under a protective covering. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bates, Pearce (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Worn with tears and creases. The dust jacket of this hardcover edition shows signs of wear, including noticeable tears and creases. The binding remains intact, and the pages are clean without inscriptions or library markings. Overall, the book is in good condition, suitable for collectors and fishing enthusiasts. Pearce Bates (illustrator). …

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First published in 1950, this book is the sixth printing from May 1972, 269 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. "The classic and revolutionary book on dry-fly fishing and aquatic and terrestrial artificials. This book has been described as "the best angling work of the last half century" and "the first original American contribution to fly-fishing"." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pearce Bates (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Collector's Edition. 184 pages. Illustrated by Pearce Bayes. Full leather binding with gilded edges. Fine, seemingly unread condition. (S2). Pearce Bates (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. New York: The Clayton Magazines Inc / W. M. Clayton. 1932. First edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.75"], last numbered page is 432 [first numbered page is 293], illustrated. Cover design by H. W. Wesso Fair copy with spine cocked and toned with tearing to the bottom of the rear edge, usual creasing and short edge tears and very light chipping to the cover, shallow chipping to the bottom edge of the front cover, light colored staining to the last two pages and rear cover at spine, last page detached at top edge only, text paper tanned. See photos clphE. H. W. Wesso (cover) (illustrator).…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st printing (later printings were stated) of the 1970 edition now illustrated with black & white and color photographs, 1st was 1950 - enclosed is a Signed/Dated letter from the Author to the original owner, only a few tiny specks of soiling to top/fore edges of text block - top corners of boards lightly bumped - original owners inked signature and date to upper left of front paste-down, hidden by front flap of jacket, dj now enclosed in mylar wrap shows light edge wear with - 1/4" and a tiny tears with associated 1" crease to top right edge of spine/top left edge of front panel - 13/4" and 31/4" creases to front flap - original price intact. Bates, Pearce (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, light green cloth boards with gilt text on spine. Signed by the photographer and collaborator M. U. Bates on both the title page and front end page, which also carries a gift inscription to H. E. McFaddin. Also included is a letter from 1933 from Mr. Bates to Mr. McFadden. External cover the book shows bumping and some soiling along with a couple light wrinkles to the cloth. Internal binding is good at both boards but there is some thin cracks starting in a couple areas of the book. All photographs have been verified as being present though the one at page 186 extends outside the page block slightly which is caused wear to the edges over the decades. Paper is toned due to age and there is some spotting and foxing present. M. U. Bates (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1st printing of this 1997 with illustrations by Pearce Bates and a new foreword by Datus C. Proper, with complete number line (first edition THUS). Near fine hardcover with very good dust jacket. Interior appears free of markings. Corners sharp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Unclipped dust jacket has faint rubbing. NOT ex-library. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bates, Pearce (illustrator).…

Quarto hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Large quarto, green cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 184pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine, some browning to upper page edges, owner's name & address in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (moderate tearing and chipping to spine extrems and cover extrems, light rubbing and sl soiling).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 128 pages. 9.25x6.50x0.31 inches. In Stock.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1997). (1950) 1997 new edition. Ppxxiv,270. Colour plates, b/w photographs, illustrations. New foreword by Datus Proper. Foxing to edges o/w very good in dust-wrapper. One of the most important angling books and one which revolutionised American trout fishing. Chapters include: A backward look; What price imitation?; Fishing the dry fly on quiet waters - a character study; Fly-dressing theory, or the shape of things to come; Hendrickson - dun and spinner; Blue- and Pale-Winged Sulphurs - dun and spinner; Green Drake - dun and spinner; Japanese Beetle; Grasshopper; Minutae; Fly-dressing practice, or imitation gained. . Bates, Pearce (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 144 pages. 5.43x0.33x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. no edition or printing stated only copyright 1976 - 1st trade edition/1st printing with a limited edition also (Crown stated later printings at this time), Inscribed to a former owner and Signed on half title page, light rubbing/fading along bottom edges of boards, mylar enclosed dj shows light soiling and edge wear, a 11/4" and 3/4" tears to top left of front panel, a 3/4" tear top left at fold and a 13/8" x 1/2" piece missing with a continuing 13/8" tear top right of rear panel, chipping top of spine, small chip top corner at fold to front flap, 2 short creases each to front/rear flaps, original price intact, in addition to the drawings are black & white photographs with some color. Bates, Pearce (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition, Third Printing. frontis [1], 184 pp. [1976] Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Bates, Pearce (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 4to, 184 pp. Green cloth, silver title on spine. Impressed illustration of casting a fly on front cover. Book and its contents are fine, and free of names, and personal marks or notations. Assumed First Edition : no additional publishing history. Dust Jacket is lightly rolled along bottom edges, and top front. No tears, no chips, no bends. Not Price clipped ($12.95). A collectible copy. Pearce Bates (illustrator) of Fine Line Drawings. And, 16 pp in full color, plus black and white. (illustrator).…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. Bates, Pearce (illustrator).

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Contains an editorial by Bates, Salvage in Space by Williamson, Lords of the Stratosphere by Burks, The End of Time by West,'The Death-Traps of FX-31 by Wright, Wanderer of Infinity by Vincent and Invasion by Leinster. Cover by H.W. Wesso and interior art by Wesso and M.Marchioni. The front and rear covers are a little ragged at the edges with tape around the spine which is chipped at the top and bottom. The pages are browned and have a few small edge tears and brown spotting in a few places. Wesso, H.W.; Marchioni, M. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. no edition or printing stated only copyright date 1950 - assume 1st, toning, soiling with light foxing to edges of text block - top corners and bottom corner of front board lightly bumped - rubbing to top/bottom edges of spine and corners of boards and along bottom edges of boards - light foxing to front/rear end papers, dj now enclosed in mylar wrap shows edge wear, toning, soiling with scuffing to front panel and spine - two 1/4", a 3/8" and a 1/2" tears with creasing across top edge with a 5/8" tear to bottom left edge at fold to spine on front panel - 3/16" tear and 3/8" chip to top edge of rear panel - chipping/creasing to top/bottom edges of spine - chips worn to top/bottom edges of folds to front/rear flaps - 3/8" tear to top edge of front flap - original price intact. Bates, Pearce (illustrator).…