Nickson Geoffrey (17 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 112 pp.This being number 902 of 1500 copies. TEG Oblong. Book; Previous owner's gift inscription on FFEP. In edgeworn slipcase. Well selected short stories about salmon fishing within. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Havers, Tim (illustrator). Limited Edition. …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. Oblong folio (310 x 260mm). Pp112. 37 full-page colour plates by Tim Havers. White Morocco-backed gilt-decorated green cloth. Fine in well-used slipcase. Unnumbered, out of series copy.* As a result of prices being driven down by the internet, this is now ridiculously cheap! A very attractive collection of the very best writings on salmon fishing. There are a number of pieces by the publisher and the editor, but the majority are drawn from older angling literature; Grey of Fallodon, Scrope, Chalmers, Chaytor, Buchan, Sheringham and others. "Tim Havers's contribution consists of paintings that are in the main of well-known pools on some English, Scottish and Welsh rivers, and although they mostly contain a distant figure either fishing for or battling with a salmon, they are essentially of the river and the surrounding landscape. They will bring back pleasant memories of the pools themselves and of others like them." (David Hopley in Flyfishers' Journal, Winter 1976). * This edition is limited to 1500 numbered copies. This particular copy is an unnumbered, out of series copy. . Tim Havers (illustrator).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. Oblong folio (310 x 260mm). Pp112. 37 full-page colour plates by Tim Havers. White Morocco-backed gilt-decorated green cloth. Slight marks to end-papers but very good in rather rubbed and chipped slipcase. One of 1500 numbered copies. As a result of prices being driven down by the internet, this is now ridiculously cheap! A very attractive collection of the very best writings on salmon fishing. There are a number of pieces by the publisher and the editor, but the majority are drawn from older angling literature; Grey of Fallodon, Scrope, Chalmers, Chaytor, Buchan, Sheringham and others. "Tim Havers's contribution consists of paintings that are in the main of well-known pools on some English, Scottish and Welsh rivers, and although they mostly contain a distant figure either fishing for or battling with a salmon, they are essentially of the river and the surrounding landscape. They will bring back pleasant memories of the pools themselves and of others like them." (David Hopley in Flyfishers' Journal, Winter 1976). . Tim Havers (illustrator).…

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Fine beige cloth hardcover, no inscriptions or marks with a fine dust jacket. ; Black & white and colour photographs and drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 148 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1976 limited edition of 1500 copies, this no. 932, Antony Atha, oblong 4to., 112pp., 37 coloured plates, very good, quarter white morocco, green cloth gilt boards, pictorial card slipcase rubbed on edges and unevenly faded. Tim Havers (illustrator).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. Oblong folio (310 x 260mm). Pp112. 37 full-page colour plates by Tim Havers. White Morocco-backed gilt-decorated green cloth. Fine in faded and used slipcase. One of 1500 numbered copies. As a result of prices being driven down by the internet, this is now ridiculously cheap! A very attractive collection of the very best writings on salmon fishing. There are a number of pieces by the publisher and the editor, but the majority are drawn from older angling literature; Grey of Fallodon, Scrope, Chalmers, Chaytor, Buchan, Sheringham and others. "Tim Havers's contribution consists of paintings that are in the main of well-known pools on some English, Scottish and Welsh rivers, and although they mostly contain a distant figure either fishing for or battling with a salmon, they are essentially of the river and the surrounding landscape. They will bring back pleasant memories of the pools themselves and of others like them." (David Hopley in Flyfishers' Journal, Winter 1976). . Tim Havers (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Numbered. 37 colour plates by Tim Havers; N0. 672 of a limited edition of 1500 copies; Foreword by Lord Tweedsmuir; Hardback: quarter cream leather on green ribbed cloth, decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, green end-papers, landscape format; Boards bowed out at end, else near fine in used slipcase. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tim Havers (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. 1st. Heavilly illustrated history of this French narrow gauge line, still operating, 140pp, French text. VG copy in dust wrapper, top edges a little worn.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. Oblong folio (310 x 260mm). Pp112. 37 full-page colour plates by Tim Havers. Full maroon Morocco, all edges gilt. One of the de luxe issues in full maroon leather. Fine in faded and used slipcase. #92 of 1500 numbered copies. A very attractive collection of the very best writings on salmon fishing. There are a number of pieces by the publisher and the editor, but the majority are drawn from older angling literature; Grey of Fallodon, Scrope, Chalmers, Chaytor, Buchan, Sheringham and others. "Tim Havers's contribution consists of paintings that are in the main of well-known pools on some English, Scottish and Welsh rivers, and although they mostly contain a distant figure either fishing for or battling with a salmon, they are essentially of the river and the surrounding landscape. They will bring back pleasant memories of the pools themselves and of others like them." (David Hopley in Flyfishers' Journal, Winter 1976). A relatively small number of copies (but possibly as many as 200) were produced in a de luxe full leather binding, and were signed by both Nickson and Havers. . Tim Havers (illustrator).…

Cartonné avec jaquette. In-4 cartonné sous jaquette (32 x 24 cm.), 136 pages illustrées de photos et cartes postales en noir et blanc (très abondante iconographie) ; très bel état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Slip Case. Condition Notes: Slip case unevenly, in parts heavily, age-toned and rubbed at the edges. Just a hint of fading to the spine. The contents complete, clean and tight; First edition (first printing). Hardback in Slip Case. Quarter-Bound White on Green boards with gilt titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 10¼" x 12¼" (1.8 kg); pp 112; Number 624 of a limited printing run of 1500 copies. Includes: Colour plates; Colour frontispiece; Top edge gilt; 2-column text; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #204214 || Hardback in Slip Case (No Dust Wrapper.). Tim Havers (illustrator).…

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Très bon. Poids: 1070gr. Une nostalgie nous hante : celle de l'âge d'or de la voie métrique française. Nés bien trop tard pour connaître l'apogée des réseaux secondaires établis à cet écartement - la période précédant immédiatement la Grande Guerre - l'éveil de notre goût commun pour les chemins de fer coïncida pratiquement avec la fermeture des dernières lignes à voie métrique ayant réussi à survivre jusqu'au milieu des années soixante : du Réseau Breton, fermé en 1967, du réseau du Vivarais et de la ligne de la Lozère, condamnés au cours des deux années suivantes, nous ne connûmes que des vestiges: gares abandonnées, plateformes dépouillées de leurs rails, matériel roulant au rebut, voué au chalumeau du ferrailleur. La vie avait déserté ces chemins de fer autrefois si animés, nous laissant l'impression plutôt lugubre d'apenter des nécropoles.…

Quarter Leather. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Type: Z 112pp. A super copy of this limited edition publication. This copy is number 256 of 1500. Bound in quarter white leather with green cloth boards. Gilt embossed lettering and vignette of a salmon to the front board and gilt embossed lettering to the spine. Upper edges gilt. Full page colour illustrations to most pages with supportive and referencing text on the opposing pages. There is a small soil makr to the head of the spine and slight mark to the tail of the spine - not particulalry noticeable. The book is fresh, clean and tight. Comes in a good plus slipcase with a colour illustration to one side. There is fading to the lower edge of the slipcase and rubbing to all edges and ends. The slipcase remains firm and tight. A near fine copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. limited edition. The total edition was limited to 1500, but this is one of the first 200 copies which are signed by both author and artist and bound in full leather. This no 157. Full red moroccan goatskin binding , contained in a card slipcase. Gilt lettering to spine and front board. Gilt image of salmon to front board. Aeg. Gilt decoration to inner dentelles. Oblong format, 10.25ins x 12.25ins, 112pp. Thirty seven colour plates within the text. Amongst the writers featured are Arthur Ransome, Lord Grey of Fallodon, Henry Williamson, T.H. White, John Buchan and Geoffrey Nickson. Prospectus for the book loosely inserted. When published this copy was priced at £150 compared to £40 for the ordinary edition.The slipcase is rather rubbed and worn but the book itself is in Fine condition. Signed by Author(s).…

1st Edn.. 112 pages, illus, painting by Tim Havers, oblong 4to, limited to 1500, this being no. 4, the first 200 were signed by both the author and artist, and bound in full burgundy morroco, gilt leaping salmon vignette to upper board, contained in slip case, some light rubbing to edge. An anthology of salmon fishing recording their views and experiences accompanied with paintings of well known rivers in England, Scotland and Wales.…

Rugby, Warwickshire. Antony Atha Publishers, Ltd. 1976. Printed by Jolly & Barber, Ltd., Rugby. Oblong Quarto (9 x 11). 112 pp. including acknowledgments. Deluxe Edition. Book number 27 of 200 copies published in this format. Signed by Geoffrey Nickson and the artist, Tim Havers, on the limitation page. Foreword by Lord Tweedsmuir. With 37 attractive color plates after paintings by Tim Havers showing a variety of river angling scenes in England, Scotland and Wales. Accompanying the color portraits are pithy and lyrical quotes from the best writers on salmon fishing, including Lord Grey,William Scrope, A. H. Chaytor, A. H. E. Wood, Arthur Ransome, Izaak Walton, J. W. Hills, Henry Williamson, and others. Interspersed in the text are essays on salmon flies, fishing tactics, and the salmon by Geoffrey Nickson. The book is elegantly bound in full burgundy morocco with gilt titles on the spine and front cover along with a gold salmon. Inner gilt dentelles (lace). All edges gilt. Pictorial cloth slip case. The book is fine in a very good slip case with light edge wear.…

Rugby, Warwickshire. Antony Atha Publishers, Ltd. 1976. Printed by Jolly & Barber, Ltd., Rugby. Oblong Quarto (9 x 11). 112 pp. including acknowledgements. Deluxe Edition. Book number 90 of 200 copies published in this format. Signed by Geoffrey Nickson and the artist, Tim Havers, on the limitation page. Foreword by Lord Tweedsmuir. With 37 attractive color plates after paintings by Tim Havers showing a variety of river angling scenes in England, Scotland and Wales. Accompanying the color portraits are pithy and lyrical quotes from the best writers on salmon fishing, including Lord Grey,William Scrope, A. H. Chaytor, A. H. E. Wood, Arthur Ransome, Izaak Walton, J. W. Hills, Henry Williamson, and others. Interspersed in the text are essays on salmon flies, fishing tactics, and the salmon by Geoffrey Nickson. The book is elegantly bound in full burgundy morocco with gilt titles on the spine and front cover along with a gold salmon. Inner gilt dentelles (lace). All edges gilt. Pictorial slip case. In the original padded shipping box. An excruciating fine example of this scarce book. The book and slip case in stunning, fine condition. The shipping box with original shipping labels. You won't see a better example of this book and slip case. Signed by Author(s).…