Craig Thurlow (83 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A Countryman's Year This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Green Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Minimal wear, clean and unmarked. Price clipped jacket shows soiling to back. The diary of a year on a south Wales farm. Biro (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Very Good Jacket. . Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Condition: Fair. 1951. First Edition. 202 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking. Lettering is darkened. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. …

Condition: Fair. 1951. First Edition. 202 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Pages and binding are presentable with minor defects. Some issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate, tanning and thumb marking. Heavily foxed. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Mild crushing to spine ends, with fraying cloth and small splits.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1951). 1951 1st edition. Small 8vo (123 x 189mm). Pp202. B/w photographs, illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in black. Cloth stained & worn. A good reading copy only. Without dust-wrapper. Thurlow Craig describes his adventures spinning for pike on the River Vyrnwy and the Montgomeryshire Canal with his home-made rods and lures. With an introduction by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. .…

Condition: Good. 1966. First Edition. 144 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1951). 1951 1st edition. Small 8vo (123 x 189mm). Pp202. B/w photographs, illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in black. Quite used / foxed, cloth slightly stained. Good only. Lacks dustwrapper. Thurlow Craig describes his adventures spinning for pike on the River Vyrnwy and the Montgomeryshire Canal with his home-made rods and lures. With an introduction by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hbk, 160 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. One ex-bib stamp unmarked copy in very good condition. The dust wrapper is worn and torn around edges. h2259.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. First Edition in well-kept dust jacket. Flyleaf removed. Otherwise a clear, bright copy within.…

Condition: Good. Boards have little wear. Pages tanned with spotting. DJhas some edge wear and toning.

Hard cover. Condition: Book good. Jaclet. 184 pp. Illustrated by Bill Martin (b/w drawings). Ill.: Bill Martin. (illustrator).

Condition: Good. 1964. First Edition. 208 pages. Illustrated jacket over cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1954). (1951) 1954reprint. Small 8vo (123 x 189mm). Pp202. B/w photographs, illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Some spotting and browning. A good copy, in rather used and abraded dust-wrapper. Thurlow Craig describes his adventures spinning for pike on the River Vyrnwy and the Montgomeryshire Canal with his home-made rods and lures. With an introduction by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. . …

Condition: Good. 1964. First Edition. 208 pages. Dust jacket over black cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Heavy foxing. Heavy tanning to spine. Mild rubbing and marking all over.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1953). 1953 1st edition. Small 8vo (119 x 180mm). Pp160. B/w photographs & illustrations. Dark maroon cloth, spine titled in gilt. Ex-library copy. Attempted excision of plate to rear end-papers. With a Preface by Maurice Wiggin and an Introduction by H.R. Whates. This is a detailed look at the author's experiments with spinners, plugs and other lures, particularly his "spandle" lures made from spoons and toothbrush handles. Much of this material first appeared in the Birmingham Mail, The Angler, the Montgomeryshire Express and the Shropshire Magazine. Thurlow Craig also wrote novels and non-fiction based on his experiences as a cowboy in South America between the wars, and later, for many years, he wrote a countryside column in the Sunday Express newspaper. He wrote two other books in series with this one, Spinner's Delight and Shooter's Delight. He was one of Rickards and Bannister's Ten Greatest Pike Anglers, described by them as "almost certainly the father of modern lure fishing." Chapters include: The Anglers' Co-operative Association; The cost, the wherefore and the why; Spoons, etc; Spandles; Bait-assembly kit; Wooden spinning lures; Wooden plugs; Small lures; The last five. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. jacket edge worn, scattered mild insect damage to boards, edges foxed, otherwise clean and sound.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1953). 1953 1st edition. Small 8vo (121 x 190mm). Pp160. B/w photographs & illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slightly cocked and used, signature/ spine fading, good. Lacks dust-wrapper. With a Preface by Maurice Wiggin and an Introduction by H.R. Whates. This is a detailed look at the author's experiments with spinners, plugs and other lures, particularly his "spandle" lures made from spoons and toothbrush handles. Much of this material first appeared in the Birmingham Mail, The Angler, the Montgomeryshire Express and the Shropshire Magazine. Thurlow Craig also wrote novels and non-fiction based on his experiences as a cowboy in South America between the wars, and later, for many years, he wrote a countryside column in the Sunday Express newspaper. He wrote two other books in series with this one, Spinner's Delight and Shooter's Delight. He was one of Rickards and Bannister's Ten Greatest Pike Anglers, described by them as "almost certainly the father of modern lure fishing." Chapters include: The Anglers' Co-operative Association; The cost, the wherefore and the why; Spoons, etc; Spandles; Bait-assembly kit; Wooden spinning lures; Wooden plugs; Small lures; The last five. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Hbk, 255 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. A couple of ex-lib stamps o/w a clean unmarked copy in good condition. Dust-wrapper worn and torn. [Shooting] r1192.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. VG/VG 1st illustrated Biro. Book.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1951). 1951 1st edition. Small 8vo (123 x 189mm). Pp202. B/w photographs, illustrations. Blue cloth. Some spotting and browning. Good-plus in poor dust-wrapper held down with tape. Thurlow Craig describes his adventures spinning for pike on the River Vyrnwy and the Montgomeryshire Canal with his home-made rods and lures. With an introduction by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1953). 1953 1st edition. Small 8vo (121 x 190mm). Pp160. B/w photographs & illustrations. Green cloth. Minor snag to spine, owner's label to front end-paper. Lacks dust-wrapper. With a Preface by Maurice Wiggin and an Introduction by H.R. Whates. This is a detailed look at the author's experiments with spinners, plugs and other lures, particularly his "spandle" lures made from spoons and toothbrush handles. Much of this material first appeared in the Birmingham Mail, The Angler, the Montgomeryshire Express and the Shropshire Magazine. Thurlow Craig also wrote novels and non-fiction based on his experiences as a cowboy in South America between the wars, and later, for many years, he wrote a countryside column in the Sunday Express newspaper. He wrote two other books in series with this one, Spinner's Delight and Shooter's Delight. He was one of Rickards and Bannister's Ten Greatest Pike Anglers, described by them as "almost certainly the father of modern lure fishing." Chapters include: The Anglers' Co-operative Association; The cost, the wherefore and the why; Spoons, etc; Spandles; Bait-assembly kit; Wooden spinning lures; Wooden plugs; Small lures; The last five. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Firmly bound, green cloth boards. Dust spotting on the end papers. Tears, scuffing, chipping and dust spotting on jacket, also some paper loss along the top back edge. Illustrated by Biro (illustrator).

Condition: Good. 1966. First Edition. 144 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Blacked out inscription to front pastedown. Notable droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable mottling to boards. Notable tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are notably warped.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1951). 1951 1st edition. Small 8vo (123 x 189mm). Pp202. B/w photographs, illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in black. Good copy in poor dust-wrapper. Thurlow Craig describes his adventures spinning for pike on the River Vyrnwy and the Montgomeryshire Canal with his home-made rods and lures. With an introduction by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. .…

Hardcover. 19cm, 202p., illustrations, original blue cloth with black spine titles, a very good copy (S3.9).

Condition: Good. 1961. 124 pages. Grey pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

paperback. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…