Sinclair Claude Edward Robert (6 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1947). 1947 1st paperback edition. Small 8vo (130 x 196mm). Pp108. B&w photograph plates, line drawings. Foreword by Stephen Gwynn. Light use & staining but a very good copy. Written at a time when roach and dace were found only in the Blackwater, leaving Ireland with just four major coarse species, namely pike, perch, bream and rudd. The author goes into particularly good detail on the pike fishing to be had. Chapters include: Of Ireland and its waters; Tackle - rods, reels and lines; Pike tackle; Tackle - miscellaneous items for coarse fish; The pike; Live-baiting for pike; The perch; The bream; The rudd; Where shall we go? The contents of this paperback edition are exactly the same as the first edition, and are possibly the same sheets. This may have been bound and released as late as 1962. The 1958 printing of Rollo's Fly Fishing has two different dust-wrappers. The earlier one (1958) lists Coarse Fishing In Ireland at 12s. 6d. The second dust-wrapper (1962) lists this title as paperbound at 3s. 6d. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1947). 1947 1st paperback edition. Small 8vo (130 x 196mm). Pp108. B&w photograph plates, line drawings. Foreword by Stephen Gwynn. Slight foxing to covers and edge else a very good unread copy. Written at a time when roach and dace were found only in the Blackwater, leaving Ireland with just four major coarse species, namely pike, perch, bream and rudd. The author goes into particularly good detail on the pike fishing to be had. Chapters include: Of Ireland and its waters; Tackle - rods, reels and lines; Pike tackle; Tackle - miscellaneous items for coarse fish; The pike; Live-baiting for pike; The perch; The bream; The rudd; Where shall we go? The contents of this paperback edition are exactly the same as the first edition, and are possibly the same sheets. This may have been bound and released as late as 1962. The 1958 printing of Rollo's Fly Fishing has two different dust-wrappers. The earlier one (1958) lists Coarse Fishing In Ireland at 12s. 6d. The second dust-wrapper (1962) lists this title as paperbound at 3s. 6d. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1947). 1947 1st edition. 8vo (135 x 202mm). Pp108. B/w photographs, illustrations. Dark green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Some foxing to edges and end-papers. Good-plus, lacks dust-wrapper. Written at a time when roach and dace were found only in the Blackwater, leaving Ireland with just four major coarse species, namely pike, perch, bream and rudd. The author goes into particularly good detail on the pike fishing to be had. Chapters include: Of Ireland and its waters; Tackle - rods, reels and lines; Pike tackle; Tackle - miscellaneous items for coarse fish; The pike; Live-baiting for pike; The perch; The bream; The rudd; Where shall we go? .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1947). 1947 1st edition. 8vo (138 x 202mm). Pp108. B/w photographs, illustrations. Dark green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Bookplate. Cloth stained else good-plus in chipped dust-wrapper. Written at a time when roach and dace were found only in the Blackwater, leaving Ireland with just four major coarse species, namely pike, perch, bream and rudd. The author goes into particularly good detail on the pike fishing to be had. Chapters include: Of Ireland and its waters; Tackle - rods, reels and lines; Pike tackle; Tackle - miscellaneous items for coarse fish; The pike; Live-baiting for pike; The perch; The bream; The rudd; Where shall we go? .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1947). 1947 1st edition. 8vo (138 x 202mm). Pp108. B/w photographs, illustrations. Dark green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Dust-wrapper price 10/6 net. Some browning but very good in frayed, possibly clipped dust-wrapper. Written at a time when roach and dace were found only in the Blackwater, leaving Ireland with just four major coarse species, namely pike, perch, bream and rudd. The author goes into particularly good detail on the pike fishing to be had. Chapters include: Of Ireland and its waters; Tackle - rods, reels and lines; Pike tackle; Tackle - miscellaneous items for coarse fish; The pike; Live-baiting for pike; The perch; The bream; The rudd; Where shall we go? .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1947). 1947 1st edition. 8vo (138 x 202mm). Pp108. B/w photographs, illustrations. Dark green cloth, spine titled in gilt. D/w price, 10/6 net. Slight browning but very good, slight rubbing to head of spine of tanned but non price-clipped dust-wrapper. Review copy, witherby review slip enclosed. Written at a time when roach and dace were found only in the Blackwater, leaving Ireland with just four major coarse species, namely pike, perch, bream and rudd. The author goes into particularly good detail on the pike fishing to be had. Chapters include: Of Ireland and its waters; Tackle - rods, reels and lines; Pike tackle; Tackle - miscellaneous items for coarse fish; The pike; Live-baiting for pike; The perch; The bream; The rudd; Where shall we go? Review slip enclosed, publication date, 16th June 1948. .…