Nobbs Percy (38 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very nice copy with slight edgewear. Dual English and French language versions. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Paper along hinges is cracked but still holding firm. This is NOT a signed copy.

pamphlet. Condition: very good(+). 13 pages, 8vo, original green printed wrappers. Small blind library stamp on title page. Quebec, April 1948. First Edition. Scarce. Very good (+).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1951). 1951 1st edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp11. Cream wrappers. Very good copy. ~. .

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Wide trade paperback. Minimal signs of prior handling. Edited and Annotated by Karen Molson. 136pp. Large glossy section of black and white images. 8vo.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1949). (1948) 1949 2nd edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp11. Green wrappers. Chip to top edge o/w a very good copy. Percy E. Nobbs, born and educated in Scotland, was a renowned architect who spent most of his life in Montreal, where he became known as a leading campaigner for conservation. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1951). 1951 1st edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp27. Blue wrappers. Slightly faded but a good copy. ~. .

8vo., 23cm, 24p., printed wraps, four inch damp stained along upper spine edge, good, (Pol).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by the author in very good condition. Also included are 2 letters from Susan Wagg. Signed by Author(s).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1934). 1934 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 225mm). Ppxi,147. B/w illustrations by the author, end-paper maps. Binding B. Green cloth, spine titled in black. Hinges tender, quite used. Good only. A classic on Canadian Atlantic salmon fishing. "We do not know of any book on salmon fishing which contains so much acute observation accumulated over many years of fishing. The waters in which Mr. Nobbs has exercised his craft are chiefly Canadian." Chapters include: Fishing; What fly?; What tackle?; Where are they?; When do they take?; Working the lure; The play; Fishing on the move; The big ones; Cooking the salmonidae; Systems of management; A note fro the tourist angler in Canada. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1934). 1934 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 225mm). Ppxi,147. B/w illustrations by the author, end-paper maps. Binding A. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Quite used. Good only. A classic on Canadian Atlantic salmon fishing. "We do not know of any book on salmon fishing which contains so much acute observation accumulated over many years of fishing. The waters in which Mr. Nobbs has exercised his craft are chiefly Canadian." Chapters include: Fishing; What fly?; What tackle?; Where are they?; When do they take?; Working the lure; The play; Fishing on the move; The big ones; Cooking the salmonidae; Systems of management; A note fro the tourist angler in Canada. .

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light blue card cover stock titled in black; 8vo; 27pp; not illustrated; Document No. 14. One of a series of salmon related pamphlets issued by the ASA. This copy in VG condition with a light vertical crease throughout o/w internally clean. Uncommon.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Light blue card cover stock titled in black; 8vo; 30pp; not illustrated; Document No. 1. The first a series of salmon related pamphlets issued by the ASA. Also included is a review of Sir Charles E Fryer's article entitled, "The Management of Our Salmon Rivers" which first appeared in a 1916 issue of Salmon and Trout Magazine. This copy in good only condition with a vertical crease throughout, some yellowing of pages plus inked owner's name to top of front cover. Uncommon.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Orange card cover stock titled in black; 8vo; 24pp; not illustrated; Document No. 11. One of a series of salmon related pamphlets issued by the ASA. This copy in VG to NF condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Blue card cover stock titled in black; 8vo; 16pp; illustrated with map plus drawing; Document No. 8. A reprinting of an article by Nobbs originally published in The Salmon and Trout Magazine from 1944. One of a series of salmon related pamphlets issued by the ASA. This copy in VG to NF condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tan card cover stock titled in black; 8vo; 16pp; illustrated with map; Document No. 10. One of a series of salmon related pamphlets issued by the ASA. This copy in VG to NF condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First US Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1935. First American edition, 1935. Stories of fishing in Canada and the United Kingdom, illustrated with line drawings by the author. Dark brown cloth with salmon colored cloth spine label, no dustjacket. The book is in good to very good condition with some shelf rubbing, wear to the outer edges of the spine label, good hinges, sound text block, lightly age-toned but clean pages, personal bookplate on the half-title, no other names or markings. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp16. Illustrated with 2 sketch-maps. Grey wrappers. Slight fading but a very good copy. The contents are: I - Remarks on Government Policy. II - The Porte aux Basques Drift-Netting. III - The New Brunswick 'North Shore' Drift Netting. IV - Salmon Waters Open to the Public. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1950). 1950 1st edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp77. Red wrappers. A very good copy. A summary of contemporary Canadian legislation. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp30. Blue wrappers. Slight use but a good copy. This was inspired by Sir Charles E. Fryer's 1916 pamphlet, The Management Of Our Salmon Rivers, whose "main theme is the need to treat each river as a single entity and bring about co-operation between various interests." Includes short chapters on salmon angling, and a chapter on management of salmon rivers in Great Britain. Percy E. Nobbs, born and educated in Scotland, was a renowned architect who spent most of his life in Montreal, where he became known as a leading campaigner for conservation. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp16. Illustrated with a sketch-map. Buff wrappers. A very good copy. ~. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp16. Illustrated with 2 plates: a sketch-map & designs of fishways. Blue wrappers. A very good copy. Reprinted from an article in The Salmon and Trout Magazine, May 1944. Percy E. Nobbs, born and educated in Scotland, was a renowned architect who spent most of his life in Montreal, where he became known as a leading campaigner for conservation. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1934). 1934 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 225mm). Ppxi,147. B/w illustrations by the author, end-paper maps. Binding A. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Small chip to front end-paper, edges foxed, annotation. Good copy in frayed, tape-repaired, price-clipped dust-wrapper. Becoming harder to find in a dust-wrapper of any condition. A classic on Canadian Atlantic salmon fishing. "We do not know of any book on salmon fishing which contains so much acute observation accumulated over many years of fishing. The waters in which Mr. Nobbs has exercised his craft are chiefly Canadian." Chapters include: Fishing; What fly?; What tackle?; Where are they?; When do they take?; Working the lure; The play; Fishing on the move; The big ones; Cooking the salmonidae; Systems of management; A note fro the tourist angler in Canada. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1934). 1934 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 225mm). Ppxi,147. B/w illustrations by the author, end-paper maps. Binding B. Green cloth, spine titled in black. D/w price, 10/6 net. Slight use, small portion of top corner torn from fep. Browning to edges but good-plus in slightly spine-tanned and frayed dust-wrapper. A classic on Canadian Atlantic salmon fishing. "We do not know of any book on salmon fishing which contains so much acute observation accumulated over many years of fishing. The waters in which Mr. Nobbs has exercised his craft are chiefly Canadian." Chapters include: Fishing; What fly?; What tackle?; Where are they?; When do they take?; Working the lure; The play; Fishing on the move; The big ones; Cooking the salmonidae; Systems of management; A note fro the tourist angler in Canada. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp24. Illustrated with 2 sketch-maps. Light orange wrappers. A fine copy. A report resulting from an inspection trip made to the Miramichi in September 1949, together with Nobbs's recommendations. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 8vo pamphlet (153 x 225mm). Pp24. Cream wrappers. A very good copy. An excellent summary of the contemporary state of knowledge about the ecology, reproduction and migrations of Atlantic salmon. Percy E. Nobbs, born and educated in Scotland, was a renowned architect who spent most of his life in Montreal, where he became known as a leading campaigner for conservation. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1934). 1934 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 225mm). Ppxi,147. B/w illustrations by the author, end-paper maps. Binding B. Green cloth, spine titled in black. Slight lean to spine but very good copy in a slightly marked but complete, untorn dust-wrapper. A classic on Canadian Atlantic salmon fishing. "We do not know of any book on salmon fishing which contains so much acute observation accumulated over many years of fishing. The waters in which Mr. Nobbs has exercised his craft are chiefly Canadian." Chapters include: Fishing; What fly?; What tackle?; Where are they?; When do they take?; Working the lure; The play; Fishing on the move; The big ones; Cooking the salmonidae; Systems of management; A note fro the tourist angler in Canada. .

LeatheBound. 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: 24. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1948 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: 24.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. 147 pp. Very light foxing. 19 illustrations. Purple illustrated endpapers. Green hardcovers. Stains along bottom edge and along spine's edge on rear cover, corners bumped. Beige DJ, not price-clipped. Spine and edges yellowed, light wear along the edges. GOOD+/GOOD+. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Houghton Mifflin and Co., Boston, 1935, first U.S. edition. Illustrated with fine drawings and plates. 6" x 9". 147 pp. Black cloth, red cloth spine label, decorated endpapers, ink owner name on half-title page. Fishing for salmon in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Great Britain, with chapters on flies, tackle, habits of salmon, cookery, etc. Scarce. Very good.