Contemplative Mans Recreation Bibliography Books by Starkman Susan Read Stanley (15 results)

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

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.

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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.

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." .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Textured brown boards with light blue lettering on cover and spine. Some rubbing to edges; front board is slightly warped. No dust jacket. Binding is tight. Front free endpaper has a bit of writing that has been crossed out, otherwise interior is clean. Features a few black-and-white illustrations, including frontispiece. In addition to the bibliography at its core, this book includes a foreword by N.A.M. MacKenzie, a piece about Tom Brayshaw, and a brief history of the Harry Hawthorn Foundation for the Inculcation and Propagation of the Principles and Ethics of Fly-Fishing.

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

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. unmarked, light shelfwear-NICE Standard-sized.

Black boards, white panel on front with a real tied Fly mounted within it. Pictorial end papers. Illustrated. A clean, nearly fine copy. Though not stated, this is one of 135 specially bound copies. Included is the supplementary booklet: More Recreations (1971). Two volumes.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very fine. .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. Mackenzie and a tribute to the memory of Tom Brayshaw by Roderick Haig-Brown. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1970, deluxe edition, one of 135 copies. Illustrated with several b&w plates and text figures. 6.25" x 9.25". 138 pp. Green leather boards, with an ivory colored leather panel pasted onto the front cover, with a cut-out in the front cover that contains a wet fly, bookplate of bookseller John Howell on blank endpaper. A useful, partially annotated bibliography of over 600 books, with a more heavily annotated 22 pp appendix on "Landmarks in the Evolution of the Literature of Angling: 1496-1969". Very fine.

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. Limited Edition. One of 135 copies of the Deluxe Edition. Octavo (9 x 6). 138 pp. Foreword by The Hon. N.A.M. MacKenzie and with a Tribute to the Memory of Tom Brayshaw by Roderick Haig-Brown. This copy inscribed by N.A.M. MacKenzie on the half-title in the year of publication. Frontispiece from The Whole Art of Fishing, 1714. Two plates of fish by Tommy Brayshaw. A fine bibliography of the holdings at UBC. The book is bound in full green and cream leather with a wet fly (a Professor, size 12) mounted on the front cover and gilt titles on the front cover and spine. Clear plastic dust jacket. The book is in fine condition in a very good jacket with light edge wear. Signed.

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).