Mcinnes John B 1938 (4 results)

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1983). 1983 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 222mm). Pp128. Colour photographs by the author, b/w illustrations by Bill Jenks, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Spine slightly faded, some marks to cloth, slight browning to edges and some spotting to end-paper with previous owner's name. Good-plus without dust-wrapper. Nice New Zealand trouting stories. ".John McInnes is a fisherman in the classic tradition of moving quietly and thinking carefully. Tread Quietly is not about the 'name' fisheries; it is about the river alongside the road, or the stream just outside town - although there are tales of excursions into the backblocks, and many of New Zealand's more enticing rivers and lakes in the stories. There is insight too - into fishing the nymph during hot clear summers, using the sedge in the wee small hours of the morning, or stalking feeding cruisers along the edge of a lake. But there is little instruction. The insight comes as the stories and discussions unfold." . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1992). 1992 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 235mm). Pp143. B/w illustrations by Bill Jenks. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. From the library of angling collector, Colin Pitt, with his angling book-plate to paste-down. Slightly foxed but good-plus in slightly used and spine-faded dust-wrapper. Nice NZ trouting stories - including the author's search for, and eventual use on his home rivers, of a traditional Irish dapping rod. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1992). 1992 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 235mm). Pp143. B/w illustrations by Bill Jenks. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Gift inscription to front end-paper else very good in dust-wrapper. Nice NZ trouting stories - including the author's search for, and eventual use on his home rivers, of a traditional Irish dapping rod. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1992). 1992 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 235mm). Pp143. B/w illustrations by Bill Jenks. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. Nice NZ trouting stories - including the author's search for, and eventual use on his home rivers, of a traditional Irish dapping rod. . …