Fly Fishing by J R Hartley (38 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Benson, Patrick (illustrator). The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). (1991) 1993 1st U.S. edition. 8vo (145 x 216mm). Pp127. B/w illustrations by Patrick Benson, illustrated end-papers. Blue paper-covered cloth with white cloth spine, red gilt spine titles and fly vignette to upper board. Very good copy in dust-wrapper. Ownership signature of flyfishing writer Paul Schullery. Deservedly, the most famous British fly fishing autobiography. "Here are his elusive fishing recollections told in a series of sometimes vividly comic chronological cameos - from Yorkshire schooldays in the early 1930's, through memorable outings on chalk stream, spate river and loch, to a startling conclusion half a lifetime later on a Scottish summer night. .Will appeal to everyone, even [especially?] those who have never held a rod". And all who remember that advert. "In the Yellow Pages TV advert, first shown in 1983, he was seen phoning second-hand bookshops in pursuit of a copy of Fly Fishing by J.R. Hartley. The payoff came when he tracked down a copy, asking for it to be reserved and revealed that he was the author." Daily Mail obituary for Norman Lumsden 30-11-2001. Norman Lumsden played the author in the TV advertisement. It was so popular that writers Russell and Lapsley were commissioned to provide a text for this, up-to-then fictitious, book. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1991). 1991 1st edition. 8vo (141 x 222mm). Pp127. B/w illustrations by Patrick Benson. Brown cloth. Very good in slightly used price-clipped spine-faded dust-wrapper. Relevant newspaper clipping taped to front end-paper. Deservedly, the most famous British fly fishing autobiography. "Here are his elusive fishing recollections told in a series of sometimes vividly comic chronological cameos - from Yorkshire schooldays in the early 1930's, through memorable outings on chalk stream, spate river and loch, to a startling conclusion half a lifetime later on a Scottish summer night. .Will appeal to everyone, even [especially?] those who have never held a rod". And all who remember that advert. "In the Yellow Pages TV advert, first shown in 1983, he was seen phoning second-hand bookshops in pursuit of a copy of Fly Fishing by J.R. Hartley. The payoff came when he tracked down a copy, asking for it to be reserved and revealed that he was the author." Daily Mail obituary for Norman Lumsden 30-11-2001. Norman Lumsden played the author in the TV advertisement. It was so popular that writers Russell and Lapsley were commissioned to provide a text for this, up-to-then fictitious, book. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1991). 1991 1st edition. 8vo (141 x 222mm). Pp127. B/w illustrations by Patrick Benson. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt . Top and fore-edge rather foxed but very good in slightly used and tanned dust-wrapper. Deservedly, the most famous British fly fishing autobiography. "Here are his elusive fishing recollections told in a series of sometimes vividly comic chronological cameos - from Yorkshire schooldays in the early 1930's, through memorable outings on chalk stream, spate river and loch, toa startling conclusion half a lifetime later on a Scottish summer night. .Will appeal to everyone, even [especially?] those who have never held a rod". And all who remember that advert. "In the Yellow Pages TV advert, first shown in 1983, he was seen phoning second-hand bookshops in pursuit of a copy of Fly Fishing by J.R. Hartley. The payoff came when he tracked down a copy, asking for it to be reserved and revealed that he was the author." Daily Mail obituary for Norman Lumsden 30-11-2001. Norman Lumsden played the author in the TV advertisement. It was so popular that writers Russell and Lapsley were commissioned to provide a text for this, up-to-then fictitious, book. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1991). 1991 1st edition. 8vo (141 x 222mm). Pp127. B/w illustrations by Patrick Benson. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. A very good copy in dust-wrapper. Deservedly, the most famous British fly fishing autobiography. "Here are his elusive fishing recollections told in a series of sometimes vividly comic chronological cameos - from Yorkshire schooldays in the early 1930's, through memorable outings on chalk stream, spate river and loch, to a startling conclusion half a lifetime later on a Scottish summer night. .Will appeal to everyone, even [especially?] those who have never held a rod". And all who remember that advert. "In the Yellow Pages TV advert, first shown in 1983, he was seen phoning second-hand bookshops in pursuit of a copy of Fly Fishing by J.R. Hartley. The payoff came when he tracked down a copy, asking for it to be reserved and revealed that he was the author." Daily Mail obituary for Norman Lumsden 30-11-2001. Norman Lumsden played the author in the TV advertisement. It was so popular that writers Russell and Lapsley were commissioned to provide a text for this, up-to-then fictitious, book. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1991). (1991) 1991 BCA edition. 8vo (141 x 222mm). Pp127. B/w illustrations by Patrick Benson. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good copy in dust-wrapper. Deservedly, the most famous British fly fishing autobiography. "Here are his elusive fishing recollections told in a series of sometimes vividly comic chronological cameos - from Yorkshire schooldays in the early 1930's, through memorable outings on chalk stream, spate river and loch, to a startling conclusion half a lifetime later on a Scottish summer night. .Will appeal to everyone, even [especially?] those who have never held a rod." And all who remember that advert. "In the Yellow Pages TV advert, first shown in 1983, he was seen phoning second-hand bookshops in pursuit of a copy of Fly Fishing by J.R. Hartley. The payoff came when he tracked down a copy, asking for it to be reserved and revealed that he was the author." Daily Mail obituary for Norman Lumsden 30-11-2001. Norman Lumsden played the author in the TV advertisement. It was so popular that writers Russell and Lapsley were commissioned to provide a text for this, up-to-then fictitious, book. .

1991 RPT F/F ILLST PATRICK BENSON.

1991 RPT F/F.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Patrick Benson (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1991, 1st printing. Octavo. 127pp. Illustrated. Publisher's papered boards, gilt title to spine. Printed dust jacket, with the still image of the famous yellow pages advert on the rear. Price intact. A bright copy. Clean within. 'Near Fine'.

1992 RPT FINE RED LEATHER GILT TITLES.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. HARTLEY, J. R. [127] pp. Stanley Paul 1992 8 3/4" x 5 5/8" Illustrated by Patrick Benson.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st UK, 1st impression. A fine copy of one of the few books to be immortalised as the result of a TV ad. This example is fine in all respects and appears unread. The fine dust jacket's design is repeated on the book's own pictorial boards.

A pair of first edition, first printings published by Limited Editions in 1991. A very good book without inscriptions, in a very good unclipped wrapper. With 'Casts Again' in near fine condition in like wrapper. Made famous by the Yellow Pages advert in the 1980s.

A first edition, first printing, published by Stanley Paul in 1991. Fine book without inscriptions in a fine unclipped wrapper marginally faded to the spine.

A pair of first edition, first printings published by Limited Editions, Stanley Paul and Hodder in 1991-5. All very good in dust wrappers with some spotting to the edges of volume 1 and 3. Made famous by the Yellow Pages advert in the 1980s.