Fishermans Testament Bernard First by Venables (9 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 4to (188 x 250mm). Pp120. B/w drawings by the author. Maroon boards with blind-stamped trout vignette on front. Boards bowed and stained, owner's bookplate, foxing to end-pages and edges. Good only. Written during the Second World War as "an exercise in nostalgia, a refuge from a very unpleasant period." A collection of the author's delightful reminiscences; on the mayfly, dry fly at Fairford, tench, perch and chub, the upper Towy, failure at Blagdon, pike, and more. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 4to (188 x 250mm). Pp120. B/w drawings by the author. Maroon boards with blind-stamped trout vignette on front. Boards slightly bowed and used. Good-plus. Written during the Second World War as "an exercise in nostalgia, a refuge from a very unpleasant period." A collection of the author's delightful reminiscences; on the mayfly, dry fly at Fairford, tench, perch and chub, the upper Towy, failure at Blagdon, pike, and more. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 4to (188 x 250mm). Pp120. B/w drawings by the author. Original brown cloth with gilt trout vignette on front. End-paper name. Spine rubbed with small repair. Good-plus. Written during the Second World War as "an exercise in nostalgia, a refuge from a very unpleasant period." A collection of the author's delightful reminiscences; on the mayfly, dry fly at Fairford, tench, perch and chub, the upper Towy, failure at Blagdon, pike, and more. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 4to (188 x 250mm). Pp120. B/w drawings by the author. Original brown cloth with gilt trout vignette on front, spine titled in gilt. End-papers and edges browned, internally clean. Good in poor dust-wrapper. Written during the Second World War as "an exercise in nostalgia, a refuge from a very unpleasant period". A collection of the author's delightful reminiscences; on the mayfly, dry fly at Fairford, tench, perch and chub, the upper Towy, failure at Blagdon, pike, and more. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 4to (188 x 250mm). Pp120. B/w drawings by the author. Original brown cloth with gilt trout vignette on front, spine titled in gilt. End-papers and edges browned, internally clean. Good in rather chipped and tanned dust-wrapper. Written during the Second World War as "an exercise in nostalgia, a refuge from a very unpleasant period". A collection of the author's delightful reminiscences; on the mayfly, dry fly at Fairford, tench, perch and chub, the upper Towy, failure at Blagdon, pike, and more. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 4to (188 x 250mm). Pp120. B/w drawings by the author. Original brown cloth with gilt trout vignette on front, spine titled in gilt. End-papers browned, internally clean. Good-plus in slightly chipped and tanned dust-wrapper. 16s. net. Written during the Second World War as "an exercise in nostalgia, a refuge from a very unpleasant period". A collection of the author's delightful reminiscences; on the mayfly, dry fly at Fairford, tench, perch and chub, the upper Towy, failure at Blagdon, pike, and more. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 4to (188 x 250mm). Pp120. B/w drawings by the author. Maroon boards with blind-stamped trout vignette on front. Sl browning to end-papers else very good in frayed dust-wrapper. Written during the Second World War as "an exercise in nostalgia, a refuge from a very unpleasant period." A collection of the author's delightful reminiscences; on the mayfly, dry fly at Fairford, tench, perch and chub, the upper Towy, failure at Blagdon, pike, and more. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 4to (188 x 250mm). Pp120. B/w drawings by the author. Gilt trout vignette to brown cloth, spine titled in gilt*. End-paper browned and with small ink name & erasures. Very good in price-clipped dust-wrapper. Written during the Second World War as "an exercise in nostalgia, a refuge from a very unpleasant period." A collection of the author's delightful reminiscences; on the mayfly, dry fly at Fairford, tench, perch and chub, the upper Towy, failure at Blagdon, pike, and more. *Binding A. Brown cloth with gilt spine titles and gilt trout vignette to upper board. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1949). 1949 1st edition. 4to (188 x 250mm). Pp120. B/w drawings by the author. Maroon boards with blind-stamped trout vignette on front. End-paper browned. Very good in price-clipped dust-wrapper. Written during the Second World War as "an exercise in nostalgia, a refuge from a very unpleasant period." A collection of the author's delightful reminiscences; on the mayfly, dry fly at Fairford, tench, perch and chub, the upper Towy, failure at Blagdon, pike, and more. .