George Purvis (65 results)

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hardcover. Condition: Good. Acceptable Jacket. The jacket is quite worn with tape repairs on the outside Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

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.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. It may have all started with Syd Barrett, but the persistence and creativity of Roger Waters, Rick Wright, Nick Mason, and David Gilmour meant that Pink Floyd went from one of England's top underground psychedelic bands to one of the biggest rock bands on the planet - all thanks to an album wondering if there really was a dark side of the moon. Pink Floyd in the 1970s: Decades focuses on the band throughout the 1970s from the weird brilliance of Atom Heart Mother to the epic, autobiographical storytelling of The Wall. In between, the band achieved tremendous success with Meddle and Dark Side of the Moon, yet struggled to come to terms with their place in the pantheon of rock music on Wish You Were Here and Animals. The decade of Pink Floyd's greatest successes was mired in shifting musical trends, a balance in power from a democratic equality to one man calling most of the shots, and the large, looming spectre of their erstwhile founder guiding some of the greatest songs and albums of all time. The book explores the music, the defining moments, and the personality clashes that very nearly destroyed the band. AUTHOR: Georg Purvis is the author of Queen: The Complete Works, currently in its third edition. While Queen was his gateway band, he has come to appreciate all kinds of music over the years, and considers himself lucky that his first-ever concert, at the age of 10, was on Pink Floyd's The Division Bell tour at Veteran's Stadium on June 2, 1994. He has since turned his love of writing about music into a hobby, with several unfinished manuscripts collecting dust on an external hard drive. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Meredith, and their two cats, Spencer and William It may have all started with Syd Barrett, but the persistence and creativity of Roger Waters, Rick Wright, Nick Mason, and David Gilmour meant that Pink Floyd went from one of England's top underground psychedelic bands to one of the biggest rock bands on the planet - all thanks to an album wondering if there really was a dark side of the moon. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1960). (1958) later reprint. 8vo (144 x 225mm). Ppxxii,210. B/w photographs, illustrations. Dark green cloth. Boards damaged, pages stained but text not affected. A reading copy only. Lacks dust-wrapper. Good sections on greased line, sunk line, spinning and prawn-fishing for salmon. . …

Condition: Good. 1963. 139 pages. Grey pictorial dust jacket over green 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 tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Protected by plastic wrapper.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1958). 1958 1st edition. 8vo (147 x 223mm). Ppxxii,210. B/w photographs, illustrations. Dark green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Marks to cloth, some foxing, smells slightly musty. Good only, lacks dust-wrapper. Good sections on greased line, sunk line, spinning and prawn-fishing for salmon. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1958). (1958) 1959 reprint. 8vo (144 x 225mm). Ppxxii,210. B/w photographs, illustrations. Dark green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Good copy without dust-wrapper. Part of dust-wrapper pasted to front end-paper, angling bookplate of Colin Pitt. Good sections on greased line, sunk line, spinning and prawn-fishing for salmon. .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1963). 1963 1st edition. 8vo (146 x 224mm). Ppx,139. B/w photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Dedication to front end-paper. Upper board slightly scuffed. Slight foxing. Good-plus in poor dust-wrapper. Mainly Scottish salmon fishing, but includes several chapters on loch and river trouting in Scotland. The author writes in his foreword, "I have made no attempt at continuity in this book, which is a fisherman's pie, deriving from articles that I have written for various papers since the publication of my last books, Catching Salmon and Sea Trout and A Boy Goes Trouting. I have tried not to repeat information already given in these books, and each chapter is self-contained and deals only with its own subject." Contents include: The scarcity of river flies handicaps Tweed fishers; Do drought and fertilisers spoil the Autumn fly-hatch; Fishing a loch with a new idea; How to fish with nymphs; More about nymphs; An artificial minnow for fourpence; Dry-fly on a trout loch; Dry-fly suggestion; Casting a fly; Clear-water worming; How choosy can a salmon be? Mackenzie catches something; Mackenzie on the Shiel River; Are they sportsmen, heroes, or just lunatics?; Mackenzie fishes the Till; Adventures on the Spey; Mackenzie fishes a reservoir; Tactics for early spring on the Tweed; Some hints when fishing for summer salmon; Orders to a salmon; When a salmon-fly is snagged; The speed of a salmon-fly; When salmon change their lies; Not so clever; Twenty questions; Weed in salmon rivers; New designs for a salmon-fly; New ways of presenting a salmon-fly and a bait; A wild salmon; Making the rod do more work; The earthy taste in trout; Fishing-waders; Salmon hang- or drift-nets in the sea; The snags in sharing a salmon-fishing; Changes in sixty years' fishing; Must our river fish suffer from grease spread by detergents?; About a fishing-rod; More about ions and salmon; Yes and no to Mr Richard Waddington; Salmon in the Tweed; Some riverside repairs; Gill-maggots, sea-lice and freshwater-lice. .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1963). 1963 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 229mm). Ppx,139. B/w photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Various minor faults, but a very good copy with slight wear to slightly shaken spine, lacks dust-wrapper. Mainly Scottish salmon fishing, but includes several chapters on loch and river trouting in Scotland. The author writes in his foreword "I have made no attempt at continuity in this book, which is a fisherman's pie, deriving from articles that I have written for various papers since the publication of my last books, Catching Salmon and Sea Trout and A Boy Goes Trouting. I have tried not to repeat information already given in these books, and each chapter is self-contained and deals only with its own subject." Contents include:- The scarcity of river flies handicaps Tweed fishers; Do drought and fertilisers spoil the Autumn fly-hatch; Fishing a loch with a new idea; How to fish with nymphs; More about nymphs; An artificial minnow for fourpence; Dry-fly on a trout loch; Dry-fly suggestion; Casting a fly; Clear-water worming; How choosy can a salmon be? Mackenzie catches something; Mackenzie on the Shiel River; Are they sportsmen, heroes, or just lunatics?; Mackenzie fishes the Till; Adventures on the Spey; Mackenzie fishes a reservoir; Tactics for early spring on the Tweed; Some hints when fishing for summer salmon; Orders to a salmon; When a salmon-fly is snagged; The speed of a salmon-fly; When salmon change their lies; Not so clever; Twenty questions; Weed in salmon rivers; New designs for a salmon-fly; New ways of presenting a salmon-fly and a bait; A wild salmon; Making the rod do more work; The earthy taste in trout; Fishing-waders; Salmon hang- or drift-nets in the sea; The snags in sharing a salmon-fishing; Changes in sixty years' fishing; Must our river fish suffer from grease spread by detergents?; About a fishing-rod; More about ions and salmon; Yes and no to Mr Richard Waddington; Salmon in the Tweed; Some riverside repairs; Gill-maggots, sea-lice and freshwater-lice. .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1963). 1963 1st edition. Ppx,139. B/w photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Date stamp and inscription to front end-paper, stains to rear board, very slight bumping to spine ends, else very good. Lacks dust-wrapper. Mainly Scottish salmon fishing, but includes several chapters on loch and river trouting in Scotland. The author writes in his foreword "I have made no attempt at continuity in this book, which is a fisherman's pie, deriving from articles that I have written for various papers since the publication of my last books, Catching Salmon and Sea Trout and A Boy Goes Trouting. I have tried not to repeat information already given in these books, and each chapter is self-contained and deals only with its own subject." Contents include:- The scarcity of river flies handicaps Tweed fishers; Do drought and fertilisers spoil the Autumn fly-hatch; Fishing a loch with a new idea; How to fish with nymphs; More about nymphs; An artificial minnow for fourpence; Dry-fly on a trout loch; Dry-fly suggestion; Casting a fly; Clear-water worming; How choosy can a salmon be? Mackenzie catches something; Mackenzie on the Shiel River; Are they sportsmen, heroes, or just lunatics?; Mackenzie fishes the Till; Adventures on the Spey; Mackenzie fishes a reservoir; Tactics for early spring on the Tweed; Some hints when fishing for summer salmon; Orders to a salmon; When a salmon-fly is snagged; The speed of a salmon-fly; When salmon change their lies; Not so clever; Twenty questions; Weed in salmon rivers; New designs for a salmon-fly; New ways of presenting a salmon-fly and a bait; A wild salmon; Making the rod do more work; The earthy taste in trout; Fishing-waders; Salmon hang- or drift-nets in the sea; The snags in sharing a salmon-fishing; Changes in sixty years' fishing; Must our river fish suffer from grease spread by detergents?; About a fishing-rod; More about ions and salmon; Yes and no to Mr Richard Waddington; Salmon in the Tweed; Some riverside repairs; Gill-maggots, sea-lice and freshwater-lice. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1958). (1958) later reprint. 8vo (144 x 225mm). Ppxxii,210. B/w photographs, illustrations. Dark green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Owner's name to end-paper, slightly foxed. Good-plus in remnant dust-wrapper. Good sections on greased line, sunk line, spinning and prawn-fishing for salmon. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1958). 1958 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 223mm). Ppxxii,210. B/w photographs, illustrations. Dark green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, slight foxing, good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. Good sections on greased line, sunk line, spinning and prawn-fishing for salmon. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1960). (1958) later reprint. 8vo (144 x 225mm). Ppxxii,210. B/w photographs, illustrations. Dark green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, rather used but good copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. Good sections on greased line, sunk line, spinning and prawn-fishing for salmon. .…

Condition: New.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1963). 1963 1st edition. 8vo (148 x 225mm). Ppx,139. B/w photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Boards slightly marked and bumped but good-plus in dust-wrapper with loss. Mainly Scottish salmon fishing, but includes several chapters on loch and river trouting in Scotland. The author writes in his foreword "I have made no attempt at continuity in this book, which is a fisherman's pie, deriving from articles that I have written for various papers since the publication of my last books, Catching Salmon and Sea Trout and A Boy Goes Trouting. I have tried not to repeat information already given in these books, and each chapter is self-contained and deals only with its own subject." Contents include:- The scarcity of river flies handicaps Tweed fishers; Do drought and fertilisers spoil the Autumn fly-hatch; Fishing a loch with a new idea; How to fish with nymphs; More about nymphs; An artificial minnow for fourpence; Dry-fly on a trout loch; Dry-fly suggestion; Casting a fly; Clear-water worming; How choosy can a salmon be? Mackenzie catches something; Mackenzie on the Shiel River; Are they sportsmen, heroes, or just lunatics?; Mackenzie fishes the Till; Adventures on the Spey; Mackenzie fishes a reservoir; Tactics for early spring on the Tweed; Some hints when fishing for summer salmon; Orders to a salmon; When a salmon-fly is snagged; The speed of a salmon-fly; When salmon change their lies; Not so clever; Twenty questions; Weed in salmon rivers; New designs for a salmon-fly; New ways of presenting a salmon-fly and a bait; A wild salmon; Making the rod do more work; The earthy taste in trout; Fishing-waders; Salmon hang- or drift-nets in the sea; The snags in sharing a salmon-fishing; Changes in sixty years' fishing; Must our river fish suffer from grease spread by detergents?; About a fishing-rod; More about ions and salmon; Yes and no to Mr Richard Waddington; Salmon in the Tweed; Some riverside repairs; Gill-maggots, sea-lice and freshwater-lice. .…

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.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1958). 1958 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 223mm). Ppxxii,210. B/w photographs, illustrations. Dark green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Cloth stained so good-only in used dust-wrapper. Good sections on greased line, sunk line, spinning and prawn-fishing for salmon. . …

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1963). 1963 1st edition. 8vo (148 x 225mm). Ppx,139. B/w photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Various minor faults. Good-plus in used and chipped dust-wrapper. Mainly Scottish salmon fishing, but includes several chapters on loch and river trouting in Scotland. The author writes in his foreword "I have made no attempt at continuity in this book, which is a fisherman's pie, deriving from articles that I have written for various papers since the publication of my last books, Catching Salmon and Sea Trout and A Boy Goes Trouting. I have tried not to repeat information already given in these books, and each chapter is self-contained and deals only with its own subject." Contents include:- The scarcity of river flies handicaps Tweed fishers; Do drought and fertilisers spoil the Autumn fly-hatch; Fishing a loch with a new idea; How to fish with nymphs; More about nymphs; An artificial minnow for fourpence; Dry-fly on a trout loch; Dry-fly suggestion; Casting a fly; Clear-water worming; How choosy can a salmon be? Mackenzie catches something; Mackenzie on the Shiel River; Are they sportsmen, heroes, or just lunatics?; Mackenzie fishes the Till; Adventures on the Spey; Mackenzie fishes a reservoir; Tactics for early spring on the Tweed; Some hints when fishing for summer salmon; Orders to a salmon; When a salmon-fly is snagged; The speed of a salmon-fly; When salmon change their lies; Not so clever; Twenty questions; Weed in salmon rivers; New designs for a salmon-fly; New ways of presenting a salmon-fly and a bait; A wild salmon; Making the rod do more work; The earthy taste in trout; Fishing-waders; Salmon hang- or drift-nets in the sea; The snags in sharing a salmon-fishing; Changes in sixty years' fishing; Must our river fish suffer from grease spread by detergents?; About a fishing-rod; More about ions and salmon; Yes and no to Mr Richard Waddington; Salmon in the Tweed; Some riverside repairs; Gill-maggots, sea-lice and freshwater-lice. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). (1959) 1961 reprint. Small 8vo (127 x 187mm). Ppxiv,226. B/w photographs and illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. End-paper name but a clean copy without dust-wrapper. "Instruction in elementary and advanced trout fishing for boys of 9 - 90." G.P.R. Balfour-Kinnear treats his subject in five parts, worming, wet-fly fishing, dry-fly fishing, minnow fishing. Part five, 'miscellaneous', givesseventy pages of discussion on a wide range of subjects such as tackle and waders, is this loch worth fishing, dapping, the effect of weather, sea gulls as guides and cooking. .…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 378 pages. 8.11x5.83x0.87 inches. In Stock.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1937). 1937 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 225mm). Ppix,130. B/w photographs, illustrations. Light orange cloth, spine titled in silver. Staining to boards, edges browned, spine shaken, tape repair to inner hinge, rear end-paper removed. Good only, lacks dust-wrapper. Unfortunately the paper used for the dust-wrapper of this first edition had such adhesive qualities that invariably the dust-wrapper flaps have become stuck to the endpapers. Chapters include: Tackle; Casting; Flies; Hooks; Gut; Waders; Knots; Salmon Lies; Greased Line; Greased Line Fished (The First Pool); Greased Line Fished (The Second Pool); Flies without Hooks; Flies without Hooks Fished (The Third Pool); Sunk Fly; Greased Line Methods applied to Sunk Fly; Making your own Breeze; Questions and Answers; Sunk Fly in Autumn; Casting; When is the Salmon most worth Catching?; In Conclusion. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1958). 1958 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 223mm). Ppxxii,210. B/w photographs, illustrations. Dark green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Inscription to front end-paper, edges slightly foxed else good-plus in slightly frayed, price-clipped dust-wrapper. Good sections on greased line, sunk line, spinning and prawn-fishing for salmon. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1937). 1937 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 225mm). Ppix,130. B/w photographs, illustrations. Light orange cloth, spine titled in silver. Bookplate (untidily half removed) to front paste-down else good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. Chapters include: Tackle; Casting; Flies; Hooks; Gut; Waders; Knots; Salmon Lies; Greased Line; Greased Line Fished (The First Pool); Greased Line Fished (The Second Pool); Flies without Hooks; Flies without Hooks Fished (The Third Pool); Sunk Fly; Greased Line Methods applied to Sunk Fly; Making your own Breeze; Questions and Answers; Sunk Fly in Autumn; Casting; When is the Salmon most worth Catching?; In Conclusion. .…

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxii, 210 p., frontis.port, 33 plates : ill., plates, figrs. Subject: Fishing. 1 Kg. …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1937). 1937 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 225mm). Ppix,130. B/w photographs, illustrations. Light orange cloth, spine titled in silver. From the library of angler Arthur Oglesby, with his name to end-paper and embossed stamp to title page, also signs of other previous ownership to end-papers and half-title. Cloth and end-papers slightly marked else good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. Chapters include: Tackle; Casting; Flies; Hooks; Gut; Waders; Knots; Salmon Lies; Greased Line; Greased Line Fished (The First Pool); Greased Line Fished (The Second Pool); Flies without Hooks; Flies without Hooks Fished (The Third Pool); Sunk Fly; Greased Line Methods applied to Sunk Fly; Making your own Breeze; Questions and Answers; Sunk Fly in Autumn; Casting; When is the Salmon most worth Catching?; In Conclusion. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). (1959) 1961 reprint. Small 8vo (127 x 187mm). Ppxiv,226. B/w photographs and illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good copy in chipped and frayed dust-wrapper. "Instruction in elementary and advanced trout fishing for boys of 9 - 90." G.P.R. Balfour-Kinnear treats his subject in five parts, worming, wet-fly fishing, dry-fly fishing, minnow fishing. Part five, 'miscellaneous', gives seventy pages of discussion on a wide range of subjects such as tackle and waders, is this loch worth fishing, dapping, the effect of weather, sea gulls as guides and cooking. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1958). (1958) later reprint. 8vo (144 x 225mm). Ppxxii,210. B/w photographs, illustrations. Dark green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Owner's name/book-plate to end-paper, slightly foxed. Good-plus in poor dust-wrapper. Good sections on greased line, sunk line, spinning and prawn-fishing for salmon. .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1947). (1937) 1947 revised edition. 8vo (145 x 225mm). Ppxi,196. B/w photographs, illustrations. Dark blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Foxing to edges and end-papers, small hole to cloth on spine. Good-plus, lacks dust-wrapper. In this revised second edition ".nine new chapters - a fascinating bookful of information in themselves - have been added to the original edition. Greased line fishing is dealt with in a masterly way. Fly control methods of the greased line are cleverly adapted to sunk fly fishing by novel means." The new chapters include: Why does a Salmon take the Fly?; What Size of Fly?; Glitter and Sparkle; Fishing the Small Rivers; Some Greased-Line Experiences; Greased Line in Autumn; Handlining; Fishing Alone in a Boat; Fishing a Loch; and Dapping for Sea Trout. The chapters on Flies without Hooks have been omitted from this edition. "As the printer's stocks were destroyed in London bombing, and rendered reprinting necessary, I have taken this opportunity to make some additions." (Angling, July-Aug 1948). .…

Second Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Some light foxing to prelims. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xxii, 210 p., frontis. port., 33 plates : ill., plates, figs. Subjects; Salmon fishing. Trout fishing. Fishing. G. P. R. Balfour-Kinnear (1888-). 1 Kg. …