James E Leisenring (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good, clean, tight condition - blue cloth with fading/spotting. Good jacket with rubbing in mylar cover. Previous owners stamp inside. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.…

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. Dust jacket has some shelf wear. Blue cloth cover is clean and square. Pages are wavy from water damage, clean, no marks, solid binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. Dust jacket has a sunned spine with top corner torn off, some wear. Pages are bright and unmarked, solid binding. Foxed text box edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 3rd Printing. Hardcover in navy blue cloth; 160 pages. Clean, tight, unmarked, corners sharp. DJ shows some rubbing, 1/2" tear at foot of spine; DJ in protective mylar wrap. Condition: NF/VG.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1971). 1971 1st edition thus. Small 8vo (130 x 193mm). Pp159. B/w photographs and illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in silver. Very good copy in complete dust-wrapper. First published in 1941 as "The art of tying the wet fly." Jim Leisenring, who died in 1951, was the towering figure in American wet -fly fishing - the "Skues of America." Vernon S. (Pete) Hidy was his friend and pupil who later perfected many of his techniques. Chapters include: The art of tying the wet fly: The art of fly tying; Tying silk; Wax; The hook; Hackle; Body materials; Spinning a body; Wing material; My method of tying a fly; Nymphs; Fly patterns and dressings; Fishing a wet fly. The art of fishing the flymph: The flymph phenomenon; The dry fly and the flymph - a parallel; Fishing the flymph. .…

hardcover. Condition: new.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illus., 7.5 x 5", cream colored cloth, 81pp. Covers heavily soiled/stained, spine cocked, contents very good condition. "As told to V.S. Hidy".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. DJ yellowed tiny tears; 7.50 X 5.90 X 2.60 inches; 160 pages.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 132. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1941 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 132.…

first edition, duodecimo, light brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine and blind-stamped device to front board, frontispiece, xvii + 81pp, illus, VG (light wear to extremities and soiling to boards, ink owner's name to fep, light soiling to prelims) in VG d/w (soiled, tanning to interior, chips to front corners, small hole to spine) in plastic wrapper. …