Ed Alan Wrangles (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Acceptable. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. The book is perfectly readable and fit for use, although it shows signs of previous ownership. The spine is likely creased and the cover scuffed or slightly torn. Textbooks will typically have an amount of underlining and/or highlighting, as well as notes. If this book is over 5 years old, then please expect the pages to be yellowing or to have age spots. Damaged cover. The cover of is slightly damaged for instance a torn or bent corner.

Condition: Very Good. 1753695970. 7/28/2025 9:46:10 AM.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. David Carl Forbes (illustrator). Fouth Impression. Dust jacket complete. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. 198 pages clean and tight. . Forty-one species of fish and their habits are described and there are 65 photographs and 175 brilliant drawings by David Carl Forbes. Sea angling is the world's fastest growing sport, and advances in tackle design, knowledge of marine life and the techniques of fishing have also increased enormously in recent years. The days of `chuck it and chance it' in sea angling are over: science has now come to the aid of the angler. This latest, revised edition of one of the most popular and comprehensive guides to sea angling yet published incorporates the most recent discoveries of the scientists and describes how they are being successfully applied in practice by some of the greatest masters of the angling art. Every facet of the sport is covered, ranging from the choice of suitable tackle, identification of species and where to fish, to the intriguing study of life on the foreshore and fish movements and migration. The techniques of beach casting, fishing from rocks, piers and harbour walls, the art of boat handling and the fascinating pastime of fly-fishing for sea fish are all fully described by specialist anglers of great experience. There are also sections on tournament sea casting, dinghy fishing and anglers' knots and a complete list of British Record (Rod-caught) sea fis. Forty-one species of fish and their habits are described and there are 65 photographs and 175 brilliant drawings by David Carl Forbes h to complete an outstanding book of reference which should prove of the utmost value to old hand and novice alike. Size: Sm 4to.

Hbk in dw. Lge 8vo, Vg/Vg-, green spine cream writing, d/w edges curling.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition with clipped dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Condition: Good. 1965. First Edition. 198 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. 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.

Condition: Good. 1967. Reprinted. 198 pages. Laminated illustrated jacket over blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Includes photographic plates. Illustrated in B&W by David Carl Forbes. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Slight gutter cracking. Binding is firm. Brown horizontal mark to front endpaper. Endpapers have strips of tanning caused by jacket. Text block edges are a little tanned and foxed with minor scratches and dust. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Gilt is bright. Unclipped jacket has some edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Notable surface tearing to front panel. Jacket is rather rubbed and marked overall. Some peeling and bubbling to lamination. Spine is sunned. Some dust marks too. Slight water staining to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. ROBERTSHAW, Brian (illustrator). 1st Edition. Bottle Green boards with gilt titles to spine, 220x145mm approx. 179pp. The melding of hard scientific fact and opinion formed over many years of practical angling experience which forms a volume linking the past with the present and a lead into the future. Edited by Alan Wrangles, established angling writer and experienced international angler. Contributors John Chandler; Fellow of the Zoological Society; Gilbert Hartley, former Inspector of Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries and Conrad Voss Bark well known journalist and broadcaster with over 40 years fly fishing experience. The copy offered by us for sale is Signed , in name only , by Wrangles , Chandler & what appears to be "WGH October 1979 ", all to the front free end paper. Near Fine/Near Fine (Book- Touch of shelf rubbing to extremities, Dust Jacket- Light rubbing - no nicks or tears and non price clipped. Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Publisher - Newnes, London, 1965. 1st ed. Illustrated by David Carl Forbes. Very good plus condition, blue boards with faded spine with silver gilt lettering. Top edge blue. Very mild shelf wear, tight binding, no marks to text.

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Very Good. 1968 revised and reprinted edition.(please ignore website picture)very good overall condition.has light wear and tear to dust cover. we post same or next working day from the u/k 0.0.