Davy Alfred G (18 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Cloth - Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 184 pages. Volume shows general light wear, as well as some dark stains on the fore edge. Jacket is now in a clear Brodart protective sleeve.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Paperback Edition. Canadian, best-selling Book on Fly Fishing in British Columbia. Paperback edition, 6th printing.184pp, illustrated in both color and in b&w, illustrated endpapers. Very small., light stain affecting gthe tip of the lower forecorners up to about page 30. Otherwise bright and clean. Externally the book appears 'as new. We ship Worldwide. May ship via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within Canada, a little more to the USA, From US$6.50 to US$9.50 depending on exact end-weight etc. Those requiring Tracking in Canada will find postage considerably more. Tracking with all shipments to the USA. Image available if required. Overseas orders, Postage, at cost, determined by final weight and destination.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Paperback Edition. Canadian, best-selling Book on Fly Fishing in British Columbia. Paperback edition, 6th printing.184pp, illustrated in both color and in b&w, illustrated endpapers. Bright, clean, unmarked copy showing very light wear. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. This item weighs 321g unpacked and qualifies for inexpensive Lettermail postage within Canada. Other Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates based on specific destination and weight.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1987). (1985) 1987 reprint. Paperback. Ppviii,184. Colour plates of flies, b/w photographs, line drawings by Steve Carter. Slight use but good-plus. "Some of the best flyfishers of British Columbia waters combine their talents". Detailed advice on tackle and techniques, with much on flies and entomology in British Columbia. More than 40,000 copies sold in Canada. .…

Large Softcover. Condition: Fair. INCOMPLETE. Pages 21-26 removed, with razor cuts on binding edge of next few pages, illustration entitled Salvage Chief on the reef at Merry Island, B.C.' clipped from p. 31, causing loss of portion of Safe Harbor article from p. 32. Otherwise good: 1 inch tear to fore edge of rear wrapper and last dozen pages (affects margin only), wrappers a bit rubbed with minimal loss from corners, crease on front corner. 1930 Large Softcover. 147, [1] pp. An early periodical to do with sail- and power-boating. black-and-white photographs throughout. Numerous ads for marine equipment, yachts, motors/engines, copper paint, etc. Contents include: The Coming Season; Corsair; The Cup Defenders; Historic Cup Defenders; Viator; New Power Boats; Nakhoda; Some Sailing Boats; Safe Harbor; The Voyage of the Svaap; Sussex Harbors; Forty Years of Yachting History; How to See the Cup Races; The Tabloid Schooner; Long Island Sound Harbors; A West India Voyage; An Express Cruiser; A Cruiser by Atkin; Rhodes Presents a Smart One; Twin Screw Day Cruiser; A 55 Foot Diesel Cruiser; A 50-Footer for the Caribbean; Diesel Ocean Cruiser; A Fast Day Cruiser; The Watch Below; Letters from Rudder Readers; Editorials.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. First edition, 1985. Condition: Very Good + Dust jacket: Very Good plus. A practical book for self improvement of fly fishers of B.C. Contains local B.C. fly patterns and describes their use. Contains contents, forward, numerous line drawings, full page colour plates on chironomidae, dry flies, shrimps, nymphs, leeches, steelhead flies and salmon flies. Wrapped in mylar. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Near fine. First Edition. Spine is slightly cocked.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Reprint. 184 pages including line drawings and colour plates. "Compiled with the idea of helping beginning flyfishers get off to a great start. A treasure of experiences and practical advice from twelve fishermen who have spent a great deal of time studying and becoming proficient in very selective yet different aspects of fly fishing." Somewhat above-average wear. A sound reading copy.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. Doug Porter, Brian Chan, Tom Murray and Denise Maxwell are but four of the contributors to this 184 page volume. Read more about : Callibaetis, tippet, monofilament, ten pound test leader, drift stage, Miramichi Bomber, Black Practitioner, and Water Boatman. Steve Carter contributed the b/w drawings - some as detailed as the one called Red Shoulder. The front cover photo is of the author fishing on Hatheume Lake at sunrise. Volume tight and bright and square. Minimal wear amd soiling. No marks in textblock. Quote (p. 49) : " After more than twenty-five years of stillwater fly fishing, I can safely say bigger fish prefer to feed in bottom regions. There are exceptions, of course, as when big traveller sedges flutter across the surface, or when adult mayflies sit quietly like tiny sailboats. But generally ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. B/W Drawings (illustrator).…

Large Softcover. Condition: Good. 2 inch chip from back corner, wrappers a bit rubbed with two tiny chips from front fore edge. 1930 Large Softcover. 143, [1] pp. An early periodical to do with sail- and power-boating. black-and-white photographs throughout. Numerous ads for marine equipment, yachts, motors/engines, copper paint, etc. Contents include: The Story of the Cruiser; Pacific Coast Scenes; Sailing Craft; New Power Boats; Scenes at Poughkeepsie; At the New London Races; Sunshine III; Paragon and Other Yachts; Riverside Yacht Club; The Bermuda Race; Houseboating Instead of Housekeeping; The Voyage of the Svaap; Forty Years of Yachting History; Dolphin, a Fast Day Cruiser; A West India Voyage; Long Island Sound Harbors; The Motor Yacht Virginia; A Rhodes Diesel Tug; A 90 Foot Diesel Yacht; Luders' 112-Footer; Black Douglas; A Wells Designed Diesel Yacht; This 116-Footer Shows Style; The Watch Below; Letters from Rudder Readers; Editorials. …

Condition: Good.

First Edition. Kelowna, British Columbia. Privately published by Alf Davy. 1985. First Edition. Octavo (8 x 6). 184 pp. Color plates showing the most effective fly patterns for the Province together with instructions on how to dress the patterns pictured. Text illustrations. The book is bound in green cloth with brown titles on the spine and front cover decoration. Pictorial dust jacket. A handsome book. Fine in a fine dust jacket.…

First Edition. Kelowna, British Columbia. Privately published by Alf Davy. 1985. First Edition. Octavo (8 x 6). 184 pp. Color plates showing the most effective fly patterns for the Province together with their precise dressings. Text illustrations. The book is bound in green cloth with brown titles on the spine and front cover decoration. Pictorial dust jacket. A handsome book. Fine in a fine dust jacket.…

PARIS, Les Bons Romans / Au siège de l'Administration, chez Michel Lévy Frères, Éditeurs [3, rue Auber, Place de l'Opéra / Librairie Nouvelle, 15, Boulevard des Italiens /// Imp. F. Debons et Ce, 16, rue du Croissant] - 1875-1876 - R.32x22,5x4 cm - L'ENSEMBLE DES 104 LIVRAISONS de l'année sous reliure, demi-basane bordeaux, dos lisse titré et daté or; (4), 416, (8), 416 et (4) pages [livraisons de 8 pages]; bandeau/titre illustré et 2 illustrations en noir à chaque numéro; texte sur 3 colonnes. (Collection Les Bons Romans, Journal illustré - 14e Année - 31e volume, du 1561 à 1612 / 32e volume, du N° 1613 à 1664 - 5 Centimes le numéro - Le Directeur-Gérant: Émile Aucante). Coins émoussés. Rousseurs. Bon état. L'ENSEMBLE DES 104 LIVRAISONS de la 15e Année, les 2 semestres en 1 volume. LES DEUX DIANE [A. Dumas - N° 1561 à 1566 - Suite et fin]. *****___***** JEANNE [G. Sand - N° 1561 à 1583 - Suite et fin]. *****___***** LES SECRETS D'UNE SORCIÈRE [Csse Dash - N° 1561 à 1592 - Suite et fin]. *****___***** AMAURY [A. Dumas - N° 1567 à 1585 - Histoire complète]. *****___***** LES DRAMES DE LONDRES - 3e partie - Les Pirates de la Tamise [B. Derosne - N° 1584 à 1645 - Histoire complète]. *****___***** Une conjuration sous Louis XIII - CINQ-MARS [A. de Vigny - N° 1586 à 1611 - Histoire complète]. *****___***** LE NEUF DE PIQUE [Csse Dash - N° 1593 à 1624 - Histoire complète]. *****___***** AVENTURES DE LYDERIC [A. Dumas - N° 1612 à 1617 - Histoire complète]. *****___***** LE SIRE DE GIAC [A. Dumas - N° 1617 et 1618 - Histoire complète]. *****___***** ISABEL DE BAVIÈRE [A. Dumas - N° 1619 à 1646 - Histoire complète]. *****___***** LE MAT DE COCAGNE [E. Souvestre - N° 1625 à 1664 - Début, à suivre]. *****___***** LE GENTILHOMME DE LA MONTAGNE [A. Dumas - N° 1647 à 1663 - Histoire complète]. *****___***** LES DRAMES DE LONDRES - 4e partie - Les mystères du Manoir de Ravensworth [B. Derosne - N° 1646 à 1664 - Début, à suivre]. *****___***** LES DAMNÉS DE L'INDE [Méry - N° 1664 - Début, à suivre complète]. Français Journal.…

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1864-1884. 20 tomes in-4 reliés en 17 volumes, 39 planches dépliantes hors-texte (certaines en couleurs), quelques figures dans le texte, reliure de l'époque demi-basane, dos ornés (dos frottés, manques à quelques coiffes, rousseurs). Exemplaire du mathématicien Victor Puiseux (1820-1883), un des membres du comité de rédaction de la revue (notes de relieur). Rare ensemble des 20 premières années (de 1864 à 1884 ; interruption de la revue en 1871) des Annales scientifiques de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, revue fondée par Louis Pasteur, qui préside le comité de rédaction pendant toute la première série. * Trois articles de Pasteur : Mémoire sur la fermentation acétique (série I, tome 1), Note historique sur les recherches de MM. Gernez et Viollette relatives à la cristallisation des dissolutions sursaturées (I, 3), Note sur l'application de la méthode de M. Pasteur pour vaincre la pébrine (co-signé par Raulin, II, 1). Un article de Sadi Carnot : Réflexion sur la puissance motrice du feu et sur les machines propres à développer cette puissance (II, 1). Un article d'Edouard Branly : Etude des phénomènes électrostatiques dans les piles (II, 2). * Mathématiques, Physique, Biologie, Géologie, Météorologie, Astronomie. Eclipses. * Voir photographies / See pictures. * Membre du SLAM et de la LILA / ILAB Member. La librairie est ouverte du lundi au vendredi de 14h à 19h. Merci de nous prévenir avant de passer,certains de nos livres étant entreposés dans une réserve.…

Kelowna, British Columbia. Privately published by Alf Davy. 1985. Octavo (8 x 6). 184 pp. Limited Edition. Book number 74 of 200 copies published. Signed by the twelve contributors to the book: Alf Davy, Doug Porter, Jim Crawford, Denise Maxwell, Tim Tullis, Brian Chan, Ralph Shaw, Ehor Boyanowsky, Mike Maxwell, Barry Thornton, Tom Murray, and Peter Caverhill. Color plates showing the most effective fly patterns for the Province together with their precise dressings. Text illustrations. The book is bound in black leatherette spine with gilt titles and green cloth with gilt decorations. Illustrated end papers. Green cloth slip case (the slip case with this copy has the original trade dust jacket loosely placed around it. The book and slip case in fine condition. Signed by Author(s). …

Kelowna, British Columbia. Privately published by Alf Davy. 1985. Octavo (8 x 6). 184 pp. Edited by Alf Davy. Gilly Limited Edition. This book is one of 12 writer copies. The writer in this instance was the late Tom Murray. Signed by the twelve contributors to the book: Alf Davy, Doug Porter, Jim Crawford, Denise Maxwell, Tim Tullis, Brian Chan, Ralph Shaw, Ehor Boyanowsky, Mike Maxwell, Barry Thornton, Tom Murray, and Peter Caverhill. Color plates showing the most effective fly patterns for the Province together with their precise dressings. Text illustrations. The book is bound in black leatherette spine with gilt titles and green cloth with gilt decorations. Illustrated end papers. Green cloth slip case. The book and slip case in fine condition.…