Fly Tying Development Progress by Veniard John Downs Donald (14 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Downs, Donald (illustrator). Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Condition: Good. Downs, Donald (illustrator). 1st edition. Boards are clean. Content is clean with light toning. Good DJ with some tears and toning.

Downs, Donald (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1972). 1972 1st edition. 8vo (153 x 216mm). Pp218. Colour photograph plates of hackles & materials, b/w illustrations by Donald Downs. Gift inscription, edges and end-papers rather foxed. Good only in rather frayed, tanned and clipped dust-wrapper. Veniard and Downs "started their monthly Fly Tyers' Forum articles in Trout and Salmon magazine in February 1970, in which they sought the ideas of amateur fly dressers. The response was tremendous, and from the first 14 Forum articles came the book Fly Tying Development and Progress. A section on the history of the fish hook and the development of fly-tying is followed by articles on specific aspects of fly-tying: Jungle cock eyes, hair hackles and fur bodies, tandem lures, parachute hackles, hair wings, fluorescent materials and tube flies. .

Downs, Donald (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1972). 1972 1st edition. 8vo (153 x 216mm). Pp218. Colour photograph plates of hackles & materials, b/w illustrations by Donald Downs. Spotting to end-papers but good-plus in like dust-wrapper. Veniard and Downs "started their monthly Fly Tyers' Forum articles in Trout and Salmon magazine in February 1970, in which they sought the ideas of amateur fly dressers. The response was tremendous, and from the first 14 Forum articles came the book Fly Tying Development and Progress. A section on the history of the fish hook and the development of fly-tying is followed by articles on specific aspects of fly-tying: Jungle cock eyes, hair hackles and fur bodies, tandem lures, parachute hackles, hair wings, fluorescent materials and tube flies. .

Downs, Donald (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1972). 1972 1st edition. 8vo (153 x 216mm). Pp218. Colour photograph plates of hackles & materials, b/w illustrations by Donald Downs. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight browning else very good in dust-wrapper. L3.00 net. Veniard and Downs "started their monthly Fly Tyers' Forum articles in Trout and Salmon magazine in February 1970, in which they sought the ideas of amateur fly dressers. The response was tremendous, and from the first 14 Forum articles came the book Fly-Tying Development and Progress. A section on the history of the fish hook and the development of fly-tying is followed by articles on specific aspects of fly-tying: Jungle cock eyes, hair hackles and fur bodies, tandem lures, parachute hackles, hair wings, fluorescent materials and tube flies". .

Downs, Donald (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1972). 1972 1st edition. 8vo (153 x 216mm). Pp218. Colour photograph plates of hackles & materials, b/w illustrations by Donald Downs. Very good in dust-wrapper. Veniard and Downs "started their monthly Fly Tyers' Forum articles in Trout and Salmon magazine in February 1970, in which they sought the ideas of amateur fly dressers. The response was tremendous, and from the first 14 Forum articles came the book Fly Tying Development and Progress. A section on the history of the fish hook and the development of fly-tying is followed by articles on specific aspects of fly-tying: Jungle cock eyes, hair hackles and fur bodies, tandem lures, parachute hackles, hair wings, fluorescent materials and tube flies. .

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Downs, Donald (illustrator). First Edition. 218 pp. Book: Inscribed on the half title page Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed By Artist.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Downs, Donald (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hard cover. Unclipped dust-jacket with small rub to top/right front cover). Straight, sharp, clean boards. No inscriptions. Clean edges to text-block. Internally very crisp and clean. Nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Downs, Donald (illustrator). First Edition.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Donald Downs (illustrator). First Edition. This fine unmarked copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in very good condition and has now been covered in clear,removable, protective film. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. An authoritative and lavishly illustrated guide to fly tying and the designs of lures. Ref WW3.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Donald Downs (illustrator). 1st Edition. 576 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Donald Downs (illustrator). 1st Edition. A very decent bright copy of the 1st impression. Bound in fresh looking cloth boards with crisp title lettering on the spine. Clean pages throughout with no inscriptions, albeit toned at the page block edge. The dust jacket is in still fairly bright condition and not price clipped, although there is some edge wear, chipping at the spine ends and creasing at the edges.

octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, 218pp, illus, VG, d/w VG.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Downs, Donald (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1972. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations, a few colour plates. 218 pages. SIGNED by the illustrator with small illustration of a fly, dedication to previous owner. (Think the author was meant to sign it too but that bit is blank). Spine bumped. Very slight darkening to cover edges. Page edge browning. Slight foxing/browning to endpapers. Margins of colour plates are foxed. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a bit browned to rear panel. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched! SIGNED - please see description for details.