Major R C Simpson (28 results)

hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, green cloth lettered gilt to spine, no dust wrapper, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, illustrated in b&w by G D Armour, 220pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Nice clean tight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. blue boards with titles spine, minor bumping to spine ends, pen inscription front end-paper, 98pp, overall VG condition.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None Present. Crayoning to ffep, spine faded otherwise very good with text block firm and unmarked.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a pictorial dust wrapper that has losses and is now protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve, 98pp.

Condition: Good. 1937. 220 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. With illustrations by G.D.Armour, with worn dustjacket, pp. 220.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 98 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy sunning to board edges. Moderate water stains to surfaces. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Notable foxing. Mild tanning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. A good copy of the bobbled cloth variant of this classic title. Uninscribed and not bumped or marked.

Condition: Good. 1937. No Edition Remarks. 220 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with tears and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine.

Condition: Good. General wear to boards with marks. Content has light toning and spotting, No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Illustrated by G.D. Armour (illustrator). First Edition. 220 pages. No dustjacket. Green hardback binding -spine lightly browned and back outer spine hinges cracked but hinges are very sound. Moderate wear to spine-ends and spine-ends. Page-edges browned, red ink one inch line to flyleaf o/w pages clean and tidy/.

Condition: Good. Book has a slight lean with little wear to boards. Light toning to pages. DJ is toned with tears and some loss.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. G. D. Armour (illustrator). First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Fish - and Find Out. Message to previous owner to inside cover. Previous owners name in crayon to inside cover. Slight marks to cloth. Slight wear to corners of cloth. Green cloth with blue lettering. Contents: Salmon Fishing - Preliminary Consideration. Thoughts For Early Days. The Playing of Fish With a Rod. Those Little Matters Which Count. Fish Sense. Gillies, Gaffs and Gadgets. Lifelong Leaning. Wet-Fly Trouting in Springtime. Nymphing and Notes on Wading. A System for Wet Trout-Fly Choice. The Elements and the 'Short Rise'. Mayfly and Mother Nature. Sea-Trout, 'Slobbing', and Loch Fishing. Dry-Fly in June - Some Faults and Hints. Bulls and Fishermen - Advice Gratis. Natural Fly Recognition and its Importance. How and How Not to Gain Knowledge in Sport. High Lights of Dry-Fly Fishing. The Art of Upstream Worming: The Curtain Lowers. Illustrations. 220 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 510pp. B/w illustrations and maps. Not library copy, no inscriptions, no creasing to spine. (13/6).

Condition: Fair. 1929. No Edition Remarks. 85 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Heavier tanning toendpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Water staining to front board.

Cloth. Condition: VG. R. C. Simpson (illustrator). First Edition. Grey covers with black lettering on spine and upper cover, 85pp, plus 1pp advert, with 12 b/w illustrations by the author. Covers have very little wear, light bumping to head and foot of spine with miniscule spot of damage to lower joint. Light foxing to page edges and prelims, pencilled names on ffep, otherwise internally very clean and tight. A VG copy. No DJ. Ref:104556.

hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. **HARDBACK** No stamps or inscriptions; clean condition; light foxing throughout on paperedges. **1st Edition**.

Condition: New. In.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. First Edition. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (a little rubbed & sunned, slightly marked); pp. 98. A very good copy.

A. & C. Black. 1929. Small 8vo. Original green cloth lettered in black; pp. x + 85 + [1, ads], text illustrations; very good. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. blue cloth, gilt spine, 98 pages,NOT price-clipped, closed edge tears to d.j. d.j. chipped at spine ends, moderate soil to back panel of d.j. in mylar protective jacket. An early book on the subject of greased line fishing for salmon. Size: 8 Vo.,

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. ix, 85 pp. [ads] Dustjacket: corner chipping and small loss at head and heel of spine Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Excellent history, this being an original copy published in 1931. 511pp., 44 maps& plans, Roll of honour, awards. Black cloth with some uneven fading, still very good copy. Tipped-in letter (probably roneod) to all subscribers and signed by author (facsimile.) 0.0. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Beautiful 1931 edition, superbly rebound in three-quarter dark green calf, with 'Egypt Lincolnshire' inset to front cover in bright gold. Fine condition. Folding maps and illustrations. New ednpapers.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Elcock, Howard; De Walton, John; Abbey, S.; Small, A.G.;Bates, Leao; Wood, Stanley L.; Oakdale, E.G.; Wigfull, W.E.; Pitcher, S.;Holmes, F.; Brightwell, L.R. (illustrator). First Edition. Features: Was it Coincidence? - a Zulu witch doctor and his magic; The Man Who Hesitated - a dramatic story from West Africa; Comacchio on the Adriatic - the Venice of the Eels - article with photos; The Brophy Will Case - an unusual American detective case; The Wily Coyote - interesting stories of these hated coyotes and their ways in the Western States; McNeill's Lapse - a good man falls victim to temptation; Climbing the White Elephant near the Tom Reed Mine at Oatman, Arizona - article with nice photos; The Adventures of a Rolling Stone (part II) - tales from two young naval officers who set off to see the world with five dollars between them; Lion Hunting in Somaliland - article with many photos; The Cruise of the Dream Ship - part IV of Ralph Stock's sailing through the enchanted South Sea Islands - article with nice photos; Trapped by a Flash-flood in a canyon; Down the River - two youngsters seek fortune and adventure running a little launch on a New Zealand river; Robert Tipp's terrible ordeal at the top of a lofty flagstaff; My Visit to Mexico - why the author didn't want to go and now likes Mexico less than ever; Our Adventures Among the Berbers - the author's experiences with the Shawia Berbers of Algeria - article with great photos; That Donkey! - the pathetic story of a journalist and the donkey he bought; nice vintage ads. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine For Everybody, April 1921 Zulu witch doctor and his magic; The Man Who Hesitated - a dramatic story from West Africa; Comacchio on the Adriatic - the Venice of the Eels - article with photos; The Brophy Will Case - a.