Susan B Starkman (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: NF/VG. First Edition. A rather handsome bibliography and catalogue illustrated with black and white illustrations and bound in brown imitation leather. Foreword by N A M Mackenzie and a tribute of Tom Brayshaw by Roderick Haig-Brown. One inch triangular piece missing from top front panel of clear jacket. 138 pp.…

ed. hardback very good condition in a very good clear plastic dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Canadian First. Minor wear including the mylar dust jacket; a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition. Book.

8vo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Very Good +. First Edition. [6] 7-138 pp. small piece missing from rear panel of clear plastic DJ With a long subtitle: With a Chronological Appendix Indicating Landmarks in the Evolution of Angling Literature and Some Prefatory Matters Pertaining to the History of The Harry Hawthorn Foundation for the Inculcation and Propagation of the Principles and Ethics of Fly-Fishing, including An Informal Foreword by The Hon. N.A.M. Mackenzie and A Tribute to the Memory of Tom Brayshaw by Roderick L. Haig-Brown. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Tidy copy in tight binding; faux leather boards with faint blue titles; pages neat & well-kept. Very plain dust jacket with titles on spine. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1970). 1970 1st edition. 8vo (156 x 236mm). Pp138. B/w illustrations taken from old engravings, pictorial end-papers. Brown boards, upper board and spine titled in pale blue. Foxing to top edge else very good in clear plastic dust-wrapper. "With a chronological appendix indicating landmarks in the evolution of angling literature and some prefatory matters pertaining to the history of the Harry Hawthorn Foundation for the Inculcation and Propagation of the Principles and Ethics of Fly-Fishing including an informal forward by the Hon. N.A.M. MacKenzie and a tribute to the memory of Tom Brayshaw by Roderick L. Haig-Brown." .…

First edition, 138pp., illustrs., orig. cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. With a chronological Appendix indicating landmarks in the evolution of Angling Literature and some prefatory matters pertaining to the history of the Harry Hawthorn Foundation for the inculcation and propagation of the principles and ethics of Fly-Fishing, informal Foreword by The Hon. N.A.M. MacKenzie, and a Tribute to the memory of Tom Brayshaw by Roderick L. Haig-Brown, rear endpaper torn out, gift inscription ffep otherwise unmarked, illustrated, 138pp, VG/--. Book.…

Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 volumes, cloth and wrappers, pp. 138 & 33.

138 pp, illustrated end-papers, line drawn plates, fine copy in black cloth boards. Limited edition of 135 copies with wet fly mounted on white leather on upper board - includes prospectus.

Vancouver, Canada. The Library of the University of British Columbia. 1970. Octavo (9 x 6). 138 pp. Limited Edition. One of 135 copies published in the Deluxe Edition. With a signed holograph letter penned by Roderick Haig-Brown on his Campbell River stationery presenting the book to angling author Joseph Bates Jr., laid-in. Also signed by Haig-Brown under his Tribute essay to Tommy Brayshaw. Foreword by The Hon. N.A.M. MacKenzie. Frontispiece from The Whole Art of Fishing, 1714. Two plates of fish by Tommy Brayshaw. Includes sections on The Henry Hawthorn Foundation for the Inculcation and Propagation of the Principles and Ethics of Fly Fishing - The Contemplative Man's Recreation - Landmarks in the Evolution of the Angling Literature - Some Pseudonyms Used by Angling Authors. This is a fine account of the Hawthorn Foundation and an excellent description of angling titles in the Special Collections' holdings at UBC. With the original four-page prospectus laid-in. The book is bound in full green and cream colored leather with an artificial fly (a Professor wet) dressed on a size 12 hook inset on the front cover and with gilt titles on the spine and front cover. Clear plastic dust jacket as issued. With the book plate of Joseph Bates Jr. A unique book as well as its premium edition. The book and letter in fine condition as is the dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).…