Orton Derek Albert (13 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2001). 2001 1st edition. 8vo paperback (135 x 214mm). Pp368. Not illustrated. Slight use else solidly intact, second-hand paperback. "The most comprehensive reference available on fishing waters in the UK." Includes information on permits, size limits, facilities for the disabled and local fishing shops and hotels. This is a retitled edition of Where To Fish, lacking illustrations and published specifically for the bargain bookshop market. The previous edition was edited by Dick Orton, but he is not mentioned in this edition. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1970). 1970 1st edition. 4to paperback (185 x 248mm). Pp80. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations. Slight signs of use but a very good second hand paperback. "All of the tackle that the game, sea or freshwater angler uses will be found described in this book. .The reader will be able to choose the correct tackle for the job". A Hamlyn "Leisure-Plan book in colour." .…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket with renovable cover, illustrated with few drawings and phtographs 8vo.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 4to (190 x 255mm). Pp232. Colour & b/w plates by Donald Watson, dust-wrapper image by Maurice Pledger. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. "This is a story of hawks; of the fascination they have exerted upon a man for most of his lifetime and of his adventures while guarding their eyries through twelve memorable years. Dick Orton takes the reader to the lonely cliff-tops of the Exmoor coast, to the bleak valleys of central Wales, to the great hills of the English Lake District and to remote glens in the Scottish Highlands. His story brings the reader within binocular-range of the peregrine, goshawk, merlin, red kite, osprey and the eight other species of hawk which the dedicated bird-watcher may encounter in Britian today." This book "is based on bird-watching diaries kept from 1946 and on field notes of considerable detail since 1968." . DONALD WATSON (illustrator).…

77th Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; [1],475p,viii leaves of plates : ill.(some col), 2 ports. ; 23cm. Notes; Includes index. Subject; Fishing Great Britain Directories. 1 Kg. …

77th Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; [1],475p,viii leaves of plates : ill.(some col), 2 ports. ; 23cm. Notes; Includes index. Subject; Fishing Great Britain Directories. 1 Kg. …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Pp168. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, slightly dented / slightly cocked. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. "This book covers four seasons from 1971 to 1974 that the author spent with merlins, the smallest falcons found in Britain, on or near their nest-sites on moorland on either side of the border of what is now the Welsh county of Powys and the adjacent English counties." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Pp168. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. "This book covers four seasons from 1971 to 1974 that the author spent with merlins, the smallest falcons found in Britain, on or near their nest-sites on moorland on either side of the border of what is now the Welsh county of Powys and the adjacent English counties." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Pp168. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Spotting to edges. Good-plus in stained dust-wrapper. Jack Grasses's copy with his ownership signature. Facsimile of an article loosely laid in (The Merlin in Wales, G.A. Williams, British Birds Vol. 74). "This book covers four seasons from 1971 to 1974 that the author spent with merlins, the smallest falcons found in Britain, on or near their nest-sites on moorland on either side of the border of what is now the Welsh county of Powys and the adjacent English counties." . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Pp168. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good copy in laminated dust-wrapper. "This book covers four seasons from 1971 to 1974 that the author spent with merlins, the smallest falcons found in Britain, on or near their nest-sites on moorland on either side of the border of what is now the Welsh county of Powys and the adjacent English counties." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Pp168. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Owner's address label to front end-paper. Very good in dust-wrapper. "This book covers four seasons from 1971 to 1974 that the author spent with merlins, the smallest falcons found in Britain, on or near their nest-sites on moorland on either side of the border of what is now the Welsh county of Powys and the adjacent English counties." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Pp168. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. "This book covers four seasons from 1971 to 1974 that the author spent with merlins, the smallest falcons found in Britain, on or near their nest-sites on moorland on either side of the border of what is now the Welsh county of Powys and the adjacent English counties." .…

Condition: Very Good. DONALD WATSON (illustrator).