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Published by Privately published by the author. Melbourne, Australia. 1950., 1950
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
(Hardcover, 1950). 1950 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Ppxii,235. Colour plates of flies, b/w plates. Brown cloth, dark green titles and trout motif to upper board, green titles to spine. Corner torn from half-title page (no loss of text) and damp damage to bottom corner of all pages. Good only in dust-wrapper. Reminiscences and experiments in angling. Chapters on angling books, on the effect of barometric pressure on trout, on casting plastic bodies for artificial flies, and on many other aspects of flyfishing and aquatic entomology. .
Published by Privately published by the author. Melbourne, Australia. 1950., 1950
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
(Hardcover, 1950). 1950 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Ppxii,235. Colour plates of flies, b/w plates. Brown cloth, dark green titles and trout motif to upper board, green titles to spine. Minor faults. A good copy in poor dust-wrapper. Reminiscences and experiments in angling. Chapters on angling books, on the effect of barometric pressure on trout, on casting plastic bodies for artificial flies, and on many other aspects of flyfishing and aquatic entomology. .
Published by Privately published by the author. Melbourne, Australia. 1950., 1950
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
(Hardcover, 1950). 1950 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Ppxii,235. Colour plates of flies, b/w plates. Brown cloth, dark green titles and trout motif to upper board, green titles to spine. Owner's name to front end-paper and John McKinley bookplate to front paste-down. Very good in dust-wrapper. Reminiscences and experiments in angling. Chapters on angling books, on the effect of barometric pressure on trout, and on casting plastic bodies for artificial flies, and on many other aspects of flyfishing and aquatic entomology. Chapters include: On angling books; Oh, to be an angler! So when and where do we fish?; Trout - their living requirements and sensory reactions; The effect of temperature and pressure on trout; The practical aspects of the reactions of trout to meteorological factors; Insects which the trout will take; Observations on the technique of fly tying, and the selection of flies for imitation; Some notes on the plastic moulding process for making artificial flies; Tactics on the river; Various methods of angling; Comments on fishing tackle; Some of the difficulties to be appreciated; Reminiscences; A fishing fable. The story of Dinkum and Brownie. My favourite haunt. .
Published by Privately published by the author. Melbourne, Australia. 1950., 1950
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
(Hardcover, 1950). 1950 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Ppxii,235. Colour plates of flies, b/w plates. Brown cloth, dark green titles and trout motif to upper board, green titles to spine. Cloth darkened as usual but very good in very slightly torn dust-wrapper. Reminiscences and experiments in angling. Chapters on angling books, on the effect of barometric pressure on trout, and on casting plastic bodies for artificial flies, and on many other aspects of flyfishing and aquatic entomology. Chapters include: On angling books; Oh, to be an angler! So when and where do we fish?; Trout - their living requirements and sensory reactions; The effect of temperature and pressure on trout; The practical aspects of the reactions of trout to meteorological factors; Insects which the trout will take; Observations on the technique of fly tying, and the selection of flies for imitation; Some notes on the plastic moulding process for making artificial flies; Tactics on the river; Various methods of angling; Comments on fishing tackle; Some of the difficulties to be appreciated; Reminiscences; A fishing fable. The story of Dinkum and Brownie. My favourite haunt. .
Published by Privately published by the author. Melbourne, Australia. 1950., 1950
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
(Hardcover, 1950). 1950 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Ppxii,235. Colour plates of flies, b/w plates. Brown cloth, dark green titles and trout motif to upper board, green titles to spine. Cloth darkened as usual but a very good copy in slightly chipped dust-wrapper. Inscribed by the author to a former owner. Reminiscences and experiments in angling. Chapters on angling books, on the effect of barometric pressure on trout, and on casting plastic bodies for artificial flies, and on many other aspects of flyfishing and aquatic entomology. .
Published by Royal Aeronautical Society Melbourne 1974, 1974
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition card covers Nice Copy quarto 22pp., b/w plates, text ills., The 16th Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith Memorial Lecture.