Heddon Jack (10 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). 1975 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Ppvi,30 + 6 coloured plates of flies. Tipped-in trout fly as a frontispiece. Dark green quarter leather, marbled boards, spine titled in gilt, marbled edges. Marbled paper-covered presentation box. Fine in publisher's box. Numbered copy #44 from an edition limited to 150 copies for sale. One of 150 copies for sale (there were also 15 out-of-series copies), signed by the author and artist. All copies are signed by Jack Heddon and Tony Sismore, so presumably Sismore did the colouring. "As a Frontispiece each copy contains a countersunk artificial Black Gnat tied to Pattern by Jack Heddon." .

Six hand-colored plates by John Simpson (illustrator). Limited edition. A study of one of the rarest books in angling literature. There are six hand-colored plates by John Simpson depicting 30 flies. The frontispiece is an actual countersunk Black Gnat fly tied by Heddon to Scotcher's pattern. This is copy #25 in a limited edition of 165 copies, signed by Heddon, the artist of the plates, John Simpson, and at the rear by A. F. Sismore, the binder. Housed in original box. Fine in a fine box. Normal shallow fraying to end of the box's ribbon pull. Hardcover. Octavo. [vi],32, 6 plates.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 4to (216 x 298mm). Tipped-in frontispiece portrait and three b/w plates, b/w illustrations, 40 mounted specimen hackles on on five pages of black art paper, tipped in description pages. Quarter-bound in black morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt. Slipcase, black cloth top & bottom, light tan paper covered sides. Fine in slipcase (showing the slightest of use). Signed by the editor, Jack Heddon. Number 73 of the Standard Limited edition of 120 numbered copies. (States 120 copies but only 66 were produced). Rather creased copy of 2004 letter from Tony Sismore offering this copy to John Head. Head subsequently listed this at L1250. A record of the author's experiences breeding Old English Game for their hackles. Based on a manuscript presented to the Flyfishers' Club in 1962. The book was intended to be published in an edition of 180 copies, the limitation page carries the following statement: "One hundred & eighty copies of this work have been printed on Glastonbury Antique laid paper, and are signed by the editor. Only one hundred & sixty numbered copies are for sale. Twenty Standard Limited Edition copies are 'out of series'. Edition-de-Luxe copies numbered I - XL, contain one hundred and twenty mounted specimen hackles, & are specially bound in half green morocco, emblematically gilt tooled, by Aquarius. Standard Limited Edition copies numbered from 41 - 160 contain forty mounted specimen hackles, & are case-bound by Tony Sismore in quarter black morocco grained leather, with gilt lettering." However only four copies of the Edition-de-Luxe were bound by Aquarius, and even these were never completed, not having the hackles or legend mounted and tipped-in at the rear. These four incomplete books were later sold at auction as a lot. Of the standard edition, supposedly limited to 120 numbered and 20 out of series copies, only around 66 copies were actually bound. The title-page carries a date of 1980 however no copies were issued until 1982. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 4to (216 x 298mm). Tipped-in frontispiece portrait and three b/w plates, b/w illustrations, 40 mounted specimen hackles on on five pages of black art paper, tipped in description pages. Quarter-bound in black morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt. Slipcase, black cloth top & bottom, light tan paper covered sides. Fine in slipcase. Signed by the editor, Jack Heddon. Numbered copy of the Standard Limited edition of 120 copies. (States 120 copies but only 66 were produced). A record of the author's experiences breeding Old English Game for their hackles. Based on a manuscript presented to the Flyfishers' Club in 1962. The book was intended to be published in an edition of 180 copies, the limitation page carries the following statement: "One hundred & eighty copies of this work have been printed on Glastonbury Antique laid paper, and are signed by the editor. Only one hundred & sixty numbered copies are for sale. Twenty Standard Limited Edition copies are 'out of series'. Edition-de-Luxe copies numbered I - XL, contain one hundred and twenty mounted specimen hackles, & are specially bound in half green morocco, emblematically gilt tooled, by Aquarius. Standard Limited Edition copies numbered from 41 - 160 contain forty mounted specimen hackles, & are case-bound by Tony Sismore in quarter black morocco grained leather, with gilt lettering." However only four copies of the Edition-de-Luxe were bound by Aquarius, and even these were never completed, not having the hackles or legend mounted and tipped-in at the rear. These four incomplete books were later sold at auction as a lot. Of the standard edition, supposedly limited to 120 numbered and 20 out of series copies, only around 66 copies were actually bound. The title-page carries a date of 1980 however no copies were issued until 1982. "Only 66 were bound and finished for sale." (Tony Sismore). .

101/150 COPIES (from an edition of 165 copies) signed by author and illustrator, frontispiece of 'Scotcher's Black Gnat', an original fly tied by the author, 6 hand-coloured plates depicting 30 fly-specimens by John Simpson, pp. [vi], 30 + Plates, crown 8vo, original quarter dark green morocco with marbled boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, speckled edges, in marbled box with printed label to top, fine.

First separate edition, no. 90 of 165 copies, signed by Heddon & Simpson. With hand-tied fly "Scotcher's Black Gnat" as frontispiece, six plates hand-colored by John Simpson at back. [8], 29 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fly-tier Jack Heddon compiled these notes for the deluxe edition of the Honey Dun edition of Scotcher's Fly Fisher's Legacy (published the preceding year). An outstanding production (as ever with the output of this press), with distinguished provenance. Quarter green morocco and marbled boards by A. F. Sismore. Bookplate of Edward Sands Litchfield. Fine in original publisher's marbled box With hand-tied fly "Scotcher's Black Gnat" as frontispiece, six plates hand-colored by John Simpson at back. [8], 29 pp. 1 vols. 8vo First separate edition, no. 90 of 165 copies, signed by Heddon & Simpson.

First separate edition, number 77 of 165 copies, signed by Heddon & Simpson. With hand-tied fly "Scotcher's Black Gnat" as frontispiece, six plates hand-colored by John Simpson at back. [8], 29 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fly-tier Jack Heddon compiled these notes for the deluxe edition of the Honey Dun edition of Scotcher's Fly Fisher's Legacy (published the preceding year). Quarter green morocco and marbled boards by A. F. Sismore. Fine in original publisher's marbled box With hand-tied fly "Scotcher's Black Gnat" as frontispiece, six plates hand-colored by John Simpson at back. [8], 29 pp. 1 vols. 8vo First separate edition, number 77 of 165 copies, signed by Heddon & Simpson.

Hardcover. Condition: Very fine in fine slipcase. Edited, introduced and the appendices by Jack Heddon. Honey Dun Press, Twickenham, 1980, copy #80 of a proposed edition of 180 copies, signed by Jack Heddon. Illustrated with a tipped-in b&w frontispiece; a pasted-in facsimile letter from Henderson to Dr. Cadwalader; a tipped-in b&w illustration of "Method to store the hackle collection"; and a tipped-in b&w plate: "From the Hackle Book. Blue Red Cock, hatched April 1932, died July 1933". 8.5" x 11.75". Quarter-bound in black morocco ("case bound by Tony Sismore"), marbled paper covered boards, printed on Glastonbury Antique laid paper. Following the text are five stiff black leaves displaying 40 specimen hackles. Each plate is accompanied by a page of text describing the hackle samples. 60 pp + the five leaves of hackles. ".the story of one man's struggle to breed Old English Game-fowls for their hackles.made harder in this instance by the self-imposed objective of producing 'a medium blue cock hackle which tarnishes to a light rusty blue.". The manuscript of this book was presented to the Library of the Flyfishers' Club, and it was transcribed by John Simpson. In addition to Henderson's text, there is a good biography of Henderson by Jack Heddon; a reprint of Tom Hughes article on breeding game fowls for hackle in 'Salmon and Trout Magazine', 1928; two of Henderson's article's from the 'Journal of the Flyfishers' Club', and Heddon's appendices. Fewer than 180 copies were actually issued, and the proposed deluxe edition was never completed. An impressive book, with sample hackles. Very fine in very fine slipcase.

No. 56 of 120 copies, signed by the editor. Tipped-in portrait and 3 plates, 40 mounted specimen hackles. 4to. Publisher's morocco-backed marbled boards, slipcase, With the bookplate of David Pilleau. Of the standard edition, supposdly limited to 120 numbered and 20 out of series copies, only around 66 copies were actually bound, A finely produced book.

This work was based on a manuscript given to the Flyfisher's club by Henderson to be issued as an edition deluxe of 40 copies and 120 standard Limited Edition copies. However, the deluxe version never came out and only just over half of the intended number of standard copies were issued. Tall 4to. xii + 60pp. + [4]. Tipped-in portrait frontis. of John Henderson (1946) + 3 plates. 40 mounted real specimen hackles at the back of the book laid down to black art paper. Publisher's morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt title to spine. Presented in a buff card slip-case. A fine copy. No.91 of the Standard Limited Edition of 180 copies printed on antique laid paper, signed by the editor.