Gillett Alex (79 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 36 pages. Notes on poverty - Bill Jamieson "1: The Castaways" / Alistair Rattray and Alex Simpson "2: Child poverty, with a look at a Lancashire town" / James W Cain "3: Kropotkin House, Duluth" / Charlie Gillett "A change is gonna come" / Reg O'Lucian "Fake revolt and mystic double-think" (U.P.).…

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). 1981 1st edition. 4to (190 x 255mm). Pp159. Colour illustrations throughout by Jane Perry, maps. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults. Good-plus in faded dust-wrapper. A handsome and attractively illustrated journal of Taupo trout fishing. "The majority of New Zealand's somewhat sparse trout-fishing literature to date has been of the 'how-to-do-it' variety, but Alex Gillett provides here a poetic record of the day-to-day observations of an angler, together with practical advice, recipes, fishing secrets, and comments on Taupo's history, folk-lore, old identities and natural life. Jane Perry's sensitive paintings and drawings reveal an intimacy with the many moods of the lake and capture the essence of its abundant wild-life and natural beauty. Fishing for Taupo's magnificent rainbow trout is the common thread linking day-to-day living with the total ambience of this lovely part of New Zealand. And if as a non-fisher, you have ever wondered why fishermen fish, this book will provide a memorable answer." The foreword is by Sir John Marshall. .…

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). 1981 1st edition. 4to (190 x 255mm). Pp159. Colour illustrations throughout by Jane Perry, maps. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Corners bumped and lacks title-page else good copy in faded dust-wrapper. A handsome and attractively illustrated journal of Taupo trout fishing. "The majority of New Zealand's somewhat sparse trout-fishing literature to date has been of the 'how-to-do-it' variety, but Alex Gillett provides here a poetic record of the day-to-day observations of an angler, together with practical advice, recipes, fishing secrets, and comments on Taupo's history, folk-lore, old identities and natural life. Jane Perry's sensitive paintings and drawings reveal an intimacy with the many moods of the lake and capture the essence of its abundant wild-life and natural beauty. Fishing for Taupo's magnificent rainbow trout is the common thread linking day-to-day living with the total ambience of this lovely part of New Zealand. And if as a non-fisher, you have ever wondered why fishermen fish, this book will provide a memorable answer." The foreword is by Sir John Marshall. .…

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). 1981 1st edition. 4to (190 x 255mm). Pp159. Colour illustrations throughout by Jane Perry, maps. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly faded dust-wrapper. A handsome and attractively illustrated journal of Taupo trout fishing. "The majority of New Zealand's somewhat sparse trout-fishing literature to date has been of the 'how-to-do-it' variety, but Alex Gillett provides here a poetic record of the day-to-day observations of an angler, together with practical advice, recipes, fishing secrets, and comments on Taupo's history, folk-lore, old identities and natural life. Jane Perry's sensitive paintings and drawings reveal an intimacy with the many moods of the lake and capture the essence of its abundant wild-life and natural beauty. Fishing for Taupo's magnificent rainbow trout is the common thread linking day-to-day living with the total ambience of this lovely part of New Zealand. And if as a non-fisher, you have ever wondered why fishermen fish, this book will provide a memorable answer." The foreword is by Sir John Marshall. .…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pictorial card covers, illstd with b&w drawings. Very tidy, minor library markings and wear.

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1986). 1986 1st edition. Large 8vo paperback (165 x 241mm). Ppxii,108. B/w illustrations by Bill Jenks. Slight shelf-wear and browning to end-papers but a fine unread copy. A good collection of pieces on fly fishing by one of New Zealand's best angling authors. This was Alex Gillett's second book, after his well-known A Taupo Fishing Diary. .…

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1992). 1992 1st edition. 8vo paperback (163 x 240mm). Pp158. B/w illustrations. A very good copy. Fishing reminiscences from the author's English childhood through many years of New Zealand trout fishing. Chapters include: Long ago and far away - Rising above it all; Naive novitiate; Keeping afloat; Once on a summer's day; Poached salmon on the menu; Talking tench; Bloody Nannygai; Snapper from the sounds; Going back; Manners and morons; Water under the bridge; Net results; Stick-in-the-mud; Home (or) on the range; Mick; Pulling together; Once upon a time in the West; A mixed bag - Rolling your own; Gone with the wind; Dog leg in the road; Kahawai in the surf; Early bird; The road to Taupo; Adapting to the dap; Strange customs; A waiting game; My 10 best fishing spots; Spreading the messages of maturity; The best laid plans; Alone; Four stories - Red setter; Hiriwa; The deceivers; Fogarty; Fit only for anglers or very honest men - Cooking 'em; Dying for a smoke. The foreword is by John Parsons. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The jacket has some light dulling down and the book has very light foxing.

Condition: good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 158pp, col ills, map. Or black cloth in jacket. Some fading to jacket particularly at spine. A record of day-to-day observations of an angler together with practical advice, recipes, fishing secrets and comments on Taupo's history. Size: 4to.…

paperback(VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Super 8vo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Imperial octavo, hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at east reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 108 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 157 pages. tidy clean copy . A year in the life of a[n] . angler and his wife: of their domestic pets and other friends, their garden, local flora and fauna, local characters, legen ds of the lake and hunting in its mountain surroundings--Back cover. jane perry (illustrator).…

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG, moderate sunning); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs. Photos available on request.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A Cast in Time. by Gillett-alex. Softcover, very good condition, minor tanning/shelf/edge wear. ISBN 9780908685028 / 0908685025. Publisher: Halcyon Press , 1992 Good. 158 pages. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent free by courier postage within New Zealand.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 160 pages. Name on ffep . A year in the life of a[n] . angler and his wife: of their domestic pe ts and other friends, their garden, local flora and fauna, local characters, leg ends of the lake and hunting in its mountain surroundings--Back cover.

Spiral Bound. Condition: Good. Signed.

Softcover. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. No signatures.; 158, [2 (blank)] pages. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 241 x 164mm. "Discerning anglers, and many others, will be delighted with this new collection of articles, essays and short stories. As one of New Zealand's most literate and humorous writers on fishing, Gillett has the rare facility for entertaining and amusing even those not infected by 'The Divine Fever'." - from blurb on rear cover. Very Good+ No dust jacket as issued.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 108 pages. slight cover wear-inscription front fly.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. ix, [1], 499-661, [3] ; color pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Elegy (Poetry - page 499) Derek Sheffield -- Finishing Listening to "Finishing Jubilee Street" (Poetry - page 500)Dan Albergotti -- Remnants (Fiction - page 504)Bryn Chancellor -- North Alabama Poem (Poetry - page 516)Rodney Jones -- The Museum of Inessential Maintenance (Poetry - page 518)Robert Wood Lynn -- A Neutral Affair (Fiction - page 519)Jack Hargreaves , Shen Dacheng -- Any Small Sadness (Poetry - page 526)Mary Jo Firth Gillett -- School Buses; For Eli on His Twenty-Fifth Birthday (Poetry - page 528)Philip Schultz -- Prophesy (Poetry - page 531)Jennie Malboeuf -- This Pattern (Poetry - page 532)Albert Goldbarth -- Crossword: Low Spots; Hink Pinks (Puzzles - page 534)Michael Griffith -- The Delta; Lesson (Poetry - page 538)Taije Silverman -- A Centennial History of Cascade Depths National Park (Fiction - page 541)Corbin Muck -- Recovering (Poetry - page 561)Julie Funderburk -- Bedtime Story (8) (Poetry - page 562)Yasmine Ameli -- The Lint Roller (Poetry - page 563)Patricia Hooper -- Weighing In (Poetry - page 564)Alice Friman -- The Naming of the Partners (Fiction - page 566)Giuseppe Pontiggia , Linda Worrell -- To the Boys in My Niece's Ninth Grade Class Who Question the Need for a Module on Poetry; Harnessed (Poetry - page 569)K.T. Landon -- Retold; Dilettante (Poetry - page 572)Leona Sevick -- Peaches (Poetry - page 585)Alison Louise Harney -- God Made Dirt, & Dirt Ain't Popeyes (Poetry - page 586)Bernardo Wade -- The Church of Divine Electricity (Fiction - page 588)Emily Mitchell -- One Stoplight on a Late-Night Drive; What My Grandmother Taught Me (Poetry - page 605)Michael Meyerhofer -- Missing: A Psalm (Poetry - page 608)Gary Fincke -- Finding Him (Poetry - page 610)Olivia Clare Friedman -- Surrogates (Fiction - page 612)Pritha Bhattacharyya -- Confession (Poetry - page 629)John Biguenet -- Anatomy Exam (Poetry - page 630)Alyse Knorr -- My Take on Pantheism; Twenty-One Grams; The Neighborhood Zoo (Nonfiction - page 632)Wong Koi Tet , Shanna Tan -- Bread and Wine (Poetry - page 637)David Lehman , Friedrich Hölderlin -- Manhattan, May 2020 (Poetry - page 643)Miriam Grossman -- Vespers in the Middle of Nowhere (Poetry - page 644)Alex Mouw -- Path through the Wheat Fields (Fiction - page 646)Michael Knight -- The Oldest Dream (Poetry - page 658)Catherine Staples -- Fallen World; JFK, Assassinated; The Open Door (Poetry - page 659)Terence Winch ; FINE. Audio Book.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. 1st edition NO-PA16APR2015-KAP.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.