Chalmers Captain Ian (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Brown cloth; 133pp + index and one page of ads; frontis photo of a man fishing in a stream. Chapters on the charm of little rivers, how to use the tackle, a study of fish and fishing conditions in little rivers, care of your little river, sea trout in the smaller Scottish rivers, and hints to make your fishing easier and more successful than other people's! Presentation inscription on front flyleaf reads, "To a good old Soldier buddy / Sgt. Wesley Drain / from / Cpl. George E. Murray, Jr." Near Fine condition; clean and tight. [B09-74].…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Octavo. 133pp. Brown cloth in dus tjacket. Front cover corners are bumped. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Rear gutter starting. Several closed tears to the jacket and some chipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, first edition, pp,vii,133, frontispiece, gilt titled brown cloth which has wear with a little soiling,publisher's advertisement leaf to rear, light age-toning.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Frontispiece. Brown cloth in transparent loose protective jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A fascinating early twentieth century work on salmon fishing in smaller rivers, enclosed in the scarce original dust wrapper. An interesting work on fishing for salmon in smaller rivers. This book differs from other works in the field because it focuses on smaller rivers, as opposed to other works which focus on large rivers, such as the Aberdeenshire Dee, the Tay or the Wye.Containing a frontispiece illustrated from a photograph.Written by Captain Ian Chalmers.Enclosed in the scarce original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with just a touch of shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound, with some light edge wear and chipping to the head and tail of the back strip. Some light marks to the exterior of the wrap, and a few spots to the interior of the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. A few spots to the first and last few pages, as well as to the fore-edge, affecting the odd page, but otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…