Angling by Gammon Clive (19 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1974). 1974 1st edition. 8vo paperback (150 x 210mm). Pp96. Colour photographs, maps. Rather grubby but complete second-hand paperback. An especially good guide to sea angling locations on the Welsh coast, but includes game and coarse fisheries, too. .

Condition: Good. 1963. No Edition Remarks. 160 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Contains black and white plates. 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. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1976). (1974) 1976 2nd edition. 8vo paperback (150 x 210mm). Pp113. Colour photographs, maps. Slightly grubby but intact second-hand paperback. Good. An especially good guide to sea angling locations on the Welsh coast, but includes game and coarse fisheries, too. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1967). (1966) 1967 reprint. Large 4to (209 x 299mm). Pp252. B/w & colour photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, gilt angling scene to upper board, spine titled in gilt. 50/-. Good copy in frayed dust-wrapper. Especially well-illustrated with colour photographs and with reproductions from old engravings, this is a celebration of British freshwater fishing, especially trout, salmon, carp, pike and perch. Good chapters on the history of angling, on the development of tackle and on the Irish lakes. A large hardback book with over 250 pages - exceptional value for money! Chapters include: Angling in antiquity; Development of angling in Britain; Development of angling tackle; Fly-fishing in Britain; The salmon; Trout; The Irish lakes; The bass [American black bass]; The carp; The pikes; The perch; The water types & how to fish them. "When a literary comet flashes across the angling scene the reviewer's first instinct is to reach for his spectroscope to discover the content of the substance. (This book) is a case in point. The marriage of North American and British angling lore between 8" x 12" hard covers, on glossy-grade paper, with a gorgeous array of prints and colour photographs, is an ambitious undertaking. Too ambitious some might think in view of the average British game and coarse fisher's well-known conservatism; I would disagree. In well-couched prose, without too frequent recourse to the superlative, Mr Koller and his advisers paint angling as it exists on two continents, in historical as well as contemporary setting. The result is light in the hand, informative and very readable. Some of Mr Koller's authorities however are not, let us say, out of the top drawer. Nor do all his arguments lead to logical conclusions. To stay upstream of a salmon when playing it is the reverse of accepted technique - especially so when advice to the contrary is given elsewhere in the book. Like an expert skating on dangerous ice the author avoids the gaping chasms of brown trout dialectics with much skill. Only occasionally does he wet a nimble ankle as: 'Some anglers indeed still argue. .that exact imitation matters less than perfect presentation. This is rather unlikely. One might quarrel, too, with the statement that 'the best salmon rivers do not provide good trout fishing.' Plenty of examples between Usk and Spey suggest otherwise. There is a classic non sequitur: 'A three year-old trout, from such a richly-endowed water as Lough Sheelin. .may be less than three years old'. Only slightly less astonishing was the information that Richard Walker turned to coarse fishing partly from a realization that fly-fishing had possibly been taken as far as it could be. Mr Koller attempted a difficult job, and I think he pulls it off admirably. The very modest price for so sumptuous a production argues well for Anglo-American co-operation in this widening field." F.W. Holiday, writing in Creel, January 1963. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1966). 1966 1st UK edition. Large 4to (209 x 299mm). Pp252. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt illustration to upper board. Dw price; "63/-. 50/- Until December 31 1966". Good copy in tanned and used dust-wrapper. Especially well-illustrated with colour photographs and with reproductions from old engravings, this is a celebration of British freshwater fishing, especially trout, salmon, carp, pike and perch. Good chapters on the history of angling, on the development of tackle and on the Irish lakes. A large hardback book with over 250 pages - exceptional value for money! Chapters include: Angling in antiquity; Development of angling in Britain; Development of angling tackle; Fly-fishing in Britain; The salmon; Trout; The Irish lakes; The bass [American black bass]; The carp; The pikes; The perch; The water types & how to fish them. "When a literary comet flashes across the angling scene the reviewer's first instinct is to reach for his spectroscope to discover the content of the substance. (This book) is a case in point. The marriage of North American and British angling lore between 8" x 12" hard covers, on glossy-grade paper, with a gorgeous array of prints and colour photographs, is an ambitious undertaking. Too ambitious some might think in view of the average British game and coarse fisher's well-known conservatism; I would disagree. In well-couched prose, without too frequent recourse to the superlative, Mr Koller and his advisers paint angling as it exists on two continents, in historical as well as contemporary setting. The result is light in the hand, informative and very readable. Some of Mr Koller's authorities however are not, let us say, out of the top drawer. Nor do all his arguments lead to logical conclusions. To stay upstream of a salmon when playing it is the reverse of accepted technique - especially so when advice to the contrary is given elsewhere in the book. Like an expert skating on dangerous ice the author avoids the gaping chasms of brown trout dialectics with much skill. Only occasionally does he wet a nimble ankle as: 'Some anglers indeed still argue. .that exact imitation matters less than perfect presentation. This is rather unlikely. One might quarrel, too, with the statement that 'the best salmon rivers do not provide good trout fishing.' Plenty of examples between Usk and Spey suggest otherwise. There is a classic non sequitur: 'A three year-old trout, from such a richly-endowed water as Lough Sheelin. .may be less than three years old'. Only slightly less astonishing was the information that Richard Walker turned to coarse fishing partly from a realization that fly-fishing had possibly been taken as far as it could be. Mr Koller attempted a difficult job, and I think he pulls it off admirably. The very modest price for so sumptuous a production argues well for Anglo-American co-operation in this widening field." F.W. Holiday, writing in Creel, January 1963. The dust-wrapper flap gives the price as "63/-. 50/- Until December 31 1966". N.b., indexed to wages, these prices are now (2024) GBP 119 and GBP 49. And worth every penny. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1976). (1974) 1976 2nd edition. 8vo paperback (150 x 210mm). Pp113. Colour photographs, maps. Slight use but good-plus. An especially good guide to sea angling locations on the Welsh coast, but includes game and coarse fisheries, too. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1974). 1974 1st edition. 8vo paperback (150 x 210mm). Pp96. Colour photographs, maps. Slight use but very good. An especially good guide to sea angling locations on the Welsh coast, but also includes game and coarse fisheries. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1963). 1963 1st edition. 12mo paperback (108 x 180mm). Pp160. B/w photographs and line illustrations. Browned, creased and stained second-hand paperback. A useful introduction to coarse fishing, fly fishing and saltwater angling. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1979). (1974) 1979 3rd edition. 8vo paperback (149 x 211mm). Pp113. Colour photographs, maps. Slight use, fading to cover. Used second-hand paperback. An especially good guide to sea angling locations on the Welsh coast, but includes game and coarse fisheries, too. Appeared in other editions as Angling Guide to Wales. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1963). 1963 1st edition. 12mo paperback (108 x 180mm). Pp160. B/w photographs and line illustrations. Inside of covers slightly stained. Usual browning but good copy. A useful introduction to coarse fishing, fly fishing and saltwater angling. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1976). (1974) 1976 2nd edition. 8vo paperback (150 x 210mm). Pp113. Colour photographs, maps. Slightly used and bumped but good-plus. Title-page inscription "This book is from the library of my father, Clive Gammon". An especially good guide to sea angling locations on the Welsh coast, but includes game and coarse fisheries, too. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1979). (1974) 1979 3rd edition. 8vo paperback (149 x 211mm). Pp113. Colour photographs, maps. Very good. An especially good guide to sea angling locations on the Welsh coast, but includes game and coarse fisheries, too. Appeared in other editions as Angling Guide to Wales. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1961). 1961 1st edition - paperback issue. Small 8vo (118 x 178mm). Pp158. B/w photograph plates, illustrations, brief bibliography. Slight wear. A good copy. Introduction to all aspects of fishing, aimed at beginners. .

Condition: Good. 1961. First Edition. 158 pages. Black and white photographs and diagrams. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some small tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and staining to surfaces.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The jacket is edgeworn and marked.A little damp marked.Excellent binding.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

First edition of Clive Gammon's celebrated angling memoir, Hook, Line and Spinner, a cornerstone of postwar British fishing literature and a defining work of mid-century reflective sport writing. Set largely around Bosherston Lake and the Pembrokeshire coast, the book blends technical discussion of freshwater and game fishing with lyrical observation, humor, and psychological insight into the angler's craft. Gammon's prose places this firmly in the tradition of Ransome, Skues, and Haig-Brown, but with a distinctly modern, experimental sensibility. Illustrated throughout with atmospheric black-and-white photographs and a charming map endpaper. This particular copy is extensively annotated throughout in both pen and pencil, with dense marginal notes, underlining, corrections, and commentary on technique, language, and fishing practice. The annotations appear to be those of a serious, technically informed angler or reader actively engaging with the text rather than casual ownership marks. As such, this copy functions as a working or study copy, offering insight into how the book was read and used, and may appeal especially to collectors interested in angling practice, textual engagement, or annotated sporting books. Condition: Very Good (annotated). Blue cloth clean and sound with mild handling wear; gilt spine lettering remains legible. Interior pages are clean aside from the extensive handwritten marginalia; no pages removed or loose. Endpapers include a printed map; binding is tight and square. No dust jacket present. From a bookseller's standpoint, the annotations materially affect condition but also create uniqueness; this has been reflected in pricing. Edition & Printing: First edition, first printing, as stated: 'First published 1959 by William Heinemann Ltd.' No later impressions or number line indicated. Printed in Great Britain by The Windmill Press Ltd., Kingswood, Surrey.

The Wales Tourist Board. In-8, 112pp, broché, souple - cartes, photos et illustrations en couleur, texte en langue anglaise - bon état général.