Tain Tam (12 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Acceptable Jacket. First Edition. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard. First Edition. The jacket has archive tape repairs and chips Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.…

Condition: Fair. 1947. No Edition Stated. 165 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1947). 1947 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 209mm). Pp165. B/w illustrations by Raymond Sheppard, pictorial end-papers. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled in black. Minor faults but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. Scottish angling sketches collected from the "Tam Tain" column in the Evening Dispatch. The author gives us the benefit of his fishing experiences and experiments, including diving into a pool to see what floating objects look like from the trout's point of view, and banging stones together under water to see what it sounds like. Chapters include:- Triumph for the barrel organ; What trout see; Sandy's 'green fly'; Camouflaged trout; On landing trout; The angler's talisman; Those that get away; The golden moment; Bagful of bathos; The legendary trout; River enemy number one; The short risers; Ringing the changes; The unpredictable; Fisherman's luck; The obliging trout; 'Joys' of opening day; The unobtrusive angler; The great schemer; The perfect fly; Gentle tactics; Catching the cannibal; Hill-stream adventure; Ancients v. moderns; Unorthodox ways; Piscatorial pot-pourri. "Tam Tain", almost certainly a pen-name, is the name of one of the Kilsyth Hills, just north of Glasgow. .…

Condition: Good. 1947. First Edition. 165 pages. Pictorial jacket over cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1947). 1947 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 209mm). Pp165. B/w illustrations by Raymond Sheppard, pictorial end-papers. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled in black. Some foxing and use. Good-plus in chipped and tape-marked dust-wrapper. Scottish angling sketches collected from the "Tam Tain" column in the Evening Dispatch. The author gives us the benefit of his fishing experiences and experiments, including diving into a pool to see what floating objects look like from the trout's point of view, and banging stones together under water to see what it sounds like. Chapters include:- Triumph for the barrel organ; What trout see; Sandy's 'green fly'; Camouflaged trout; On landing trout; The angler's talisman; Those that get away; The golden moment; Bagful of bathos; The legendary trout; River enemy number one; The short risers; Ringing the changes; The unpredictable; Fisherman's luck; The obliging trout; 'Joys' of opening day; The unobtrusive angler; The great schemer; The perfect fly; Gentle tactics; Catching the cannibal; Hill-stream adventure; Ancients v. moderns; Unorthodox ways; Piscatorial pot-pourri. "Tam Tain", almost certainly a pen-name, is the name of one of the Kilsyth Hills, just north of Glasgow. .…

Cloth w/DJ. Condition: G/G. First Edition. London, UK: W. & R. Chambers, Ltd. G/G. (1947). First Edition. Cloth w/DJ. 8vo., 165 pp., DJ rubbed, frayed, toning, cover edges rubbed, bumped, page edge foxing, page toning, writing on frontispiece . Black & White Illustrations (illustrator).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1947). 1947 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 209mm). Pp165. B/w illustrations by Raymond Sheppard, pictorial end-papers. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled in black. Some foxing. Good in slightly frayed and tanned dust-wrapper. Scottish angling sketches collected from the "Tam Tain" column in the Evening Dispatch. The author gives us the benefit of his fishing experiences and experiments, including diving into a pool to see what floating objects look like from the trout's point of view, and banging stones together under water to see what it sounds like. Chapters include:- Triumph for the barrel organ; What trout see; Sandy's 'green fly'; Camouflaged trout; On landing trout; The angler's talisman; Those that get away; The golden moment; Bagful of bathos; The legendary trout; River enemy number one; The short risers; Ringing the changes; The unpredictable; Fisherman's luck; The obliging trout; 'Joys' of opening day; The unobtrusive angler; The great schemer; The perfect fly; Gentle tactics; Catching the cannibal; Hill-stream adventure; Ancients v. moderns; Unorthodox ways; Piscatorial pot-pourri. "Tam Tain", almost certainly a pen-name, is the name of one of the Kilsyth Hills, just north of Glasgow. .…

Hard Back. Condition: Book Very Good/VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ Good++. 165 pages including index. Dustjacket has wear with chipoing to spine-ends & coerns, 1.5cm split each to lower edges, slight darkening/surface wear, price clipped. Book has green boards/black titles, slight wear with slight browning to spine-ends & corners, pictorial end-paers, top of flyleaf clipped. Light foxing to page-edges, very attractive b/w drawings. Text is very clean & in nice condition. Sheppard, Raymond (Illustrator) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book has small amounts of fading to the cloth at the head and tail of the spine where the dust jacket has shallow chipping. Else very minor foxing to the page edges only. Raymond Sheppard (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: VG. No Dustwrapper. 1st. pp.165. Raymond Sheppard (illustrator).

No Jacket. hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w; 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 cost.…

First edition hardback in fine condition, no dustjacket. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard, gift inscription on half title.(Book ref 3637).