Rods by J B Walker (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 16 mo. 94 pp., index, b/w illustrations throughout. Second printing. Unclipped dust jacket shows edge wear, scuffing, one short tear (3/8").

Condition: Good. 1961. 2nd Impression. 94 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Condition: Good. 1967. Reprinted. 94 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white diagrams throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has very light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some mild rubbing and marking to surfaces.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1959). 1959 1st edition. Small format (95 x 167mm). Pp94. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Various minor faults (slight fading and/or staining to boards, slight browning internally else clean, marks to end-paper). Good-plus, lacks dust-wrapper. Another title in the excellent 'How to Catch Them' series. "In this book J.B. Walker tells how every angler may possess the 'high quality specialist article' to suit every condition and occasion. Rod-making is a fascinating pastime that is immensely rewarding both in the saving of money and in the satisfaction it brings." Chapters include: Materials and fittings: Timbers; Whole canes and reeds; Built cane; Making built cane; Fibre glass; Steel tube; Ferrules; Handle fittings; Rod rings; Construction of the rod: Handles; Fitting ferrules; Whipping; Varnishing; Rod design and specifications; The care of rods. An appendix gives instructions on making a rod bag. .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Light wear. Small format book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Slight rubbing and wear to dust wrapper, more pronounced to top and bottom edge. No fading, wrapper now in a clear removable protective sleeve. No inscriptions, not price clipped, illustrative diagrams, bright and clean internally with very little wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Impression. 96pp, no inscriptions, illustrated. Wrapper is rubbed and worn to edges especially top and bottom of spine, no loss, price clipped. Has been internally reinforced with special non acidic archive tape and is in clear removable protective sleeve. Text is in very good condition with no marks or spotting.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dustwrapper is slightly torn at top and tail of spine with a portion missing from the flyleaf.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Impression. Hardback, dustwrapper is lightly rubbed to edges with no fading and no loss, now in clear removable protective sleeve. Price clipped, no inscriptions, illustrative drawings. Clean copy internally with very little wear, slight spotting to edge of text block.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1959). (1959) 1961 reprint. Small format (95 x 165mm). Pp94. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. 4/6d net. Minor faults. Slight browning else very good in price-clipped and slightly chipped dust-wrapper. Another title in the excellent 'How to Catch Them' series. "In this book J.B. Walker tells how every angler may possess the 'high quality specialist article' to suit every condition and occasion. Rod-making is a fascinating pastime that is immensely rewarding both in the saving of money and in the satisfaction it brings." Chapters include: Materials and fittings: Timbers; Whole canes and reeds; Built cane; Making built cane; Fibre glass; Steel tube; Ferrules; Handle fittings; Rod rings; Construction of the rod: Handles; Fitting ferrules; Whipping; Varnishing; Rod design and specifications; The care of rods. An appendix gives instructions on making a rod bag. .

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Blue boards with titles to the spine. Clean pages and firm binding. Jacket is not price clipped. Jacket is now in a removable protective cover. 2nd print, 1967. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1959). (1959) 1961 reprint. Small format (95 x 165mm). Pp94. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Slight spotting to edges and browning to end-papers. Very good in slightly abraded dust-wrapper. Another title in the excellent 'How to Catch Them' series. "In this book J.B. Walker tells how every angler may possess the 'high quality specialist article' to suit every condition and occasion. Rod-making is a fascinating pastime that is immensely rewarding both in the saving of money and in the satisfaction it brings." Chapters include: Materials and fittings: Timbers; Whole canes and reeds; Built cane; Making built cane; Fibre glass; Steel tube; Ferrules; Handle fittings; Rod rings; Construction of the rod: Handles; Fitting ferrules; Whipping; Varnishing; Rod design and specifications; The care of rods. An appendix gives instructions on making a rod bag. .

Condition: Fair. 1959. First Edition. 94 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are slightly bowed. Slight forward lean to text block. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Loss to jacket edges.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1959). 1959 1st edition. Small format (95 x 167mm). Pp94. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Rather foxed. Good-plus in poor dust-wrapper with abrasion / tape to front. Another title in the excellent 'How to Catch Them' series. "In this book J.B. Walker tells how every angler may possess the 'high quality specialist article' to suit every condition and occasion. Rod-making is a fascinating pastime that is immensely rewarding both in the saving of money and in the satisfaction it brings." Chapters include: Materials and fittings: Timbers; Whole canes and reeds; Built cane; Making built cane; Fibre glass; Steel tube; Ferrules; Handle fittings; Rod rings; Construction of the rod: Handles; Fitting ferrules; Whipping; Varnishing; Rod design and specifications; The care of rods. An appendix gives instructions on making a rod bag. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1959). 1959 1st edition. Small format (95 x 167mm). Pp94. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Various minor faults (boards marked / dented, slight spotting, usual slight browning, inscription). Good-plus in poor / remnant dust-wrapper. Another title in the excellent 'How to Catch Them' series. "In this book J.B. Walker tells how every angler may possess the 'high quality specialist article' to suit every condition and occasion. Rod-making is a fascinating pastime that is immensely rewarding both in the saving of money and in the satisfaction it brings." Chapters include: Materials and fittings: Timbers; Whole canes and reeds; Built cane; Making built cane; Fibre glass; Steel tube; Ferrules; Handle fittings; Rod rings; Construction of the rod: Handles; Fitting ferrules; Whipping; Varnishing; Rod design and specifications; The care of rods. An appendix gives instructions on making a rod bag. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1959). 1959 1st edition. Small format (95 x 167mm). Pp94. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Rather browned. Good-plus in chipped dust-wrapper. Another title in the excellent 'How to Catch Them' series. "In this book J.B. Walker tells how every angler may possess the 'high quality specialist article' to suit every condition and occasion. Rod-making is a fascinating pastime that is immensely rewarding both in the saving of money and in the satisfaction it brings." Chapters include: Materials and fittings: Timbers; Whole canes and reeds; Built cane; Making built cane; Fibre glass; Steel tube; Ferrules; Handle fittings; Rod rings; Construction of the rod: Handles; Fitting ferrules; Whipping; Varnishing; Rod design and specifications; The care of rods. An appendix gives instructions on making a rod bag. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Heavy wear to DJ with browned tape repairs to tears, chips to edges. Off-setting to feps. ; DJ now protected with archival quality detachable Melinex. Text-block clean, binding firm. ; How to Catch Them Series; Diagrams; Thin 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 94 pages; Shows how to make a high quality rod to suit every condition and occasion. Light blue cloth with darker blue spine titles.

Hardback. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG DW. 2nd Impression. Name of owner at end of book. Slight text edge spotting. Else Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Price clipped DW is overstamped 4/6 net. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age.

Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: G++ Pc DW. Second Impression. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. Top edge browned. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is price clipped.

From the 'How to Make Them' angling series. Reprint. Original blue cloth boards, unclipped dust-wrapper 94 pp.; drawings and diagrams. A Very Good copy (some foxing to the page-edges) in a generally Very Good wrapper showing chips to the corners and spine-ends.Contents are clean, tight and unmarked. A decent copy housed in a protective, easy-to-remove dust-wrapper covering.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lovely copy of this 1st edition,2nd impression, Book is fine with no marks or inscriptions. Dust jacket has a one inch closed tear to front with slight scoring, very slight shelf wear to extremities and a slightly grubby rear, price clipped with repriced stamp otherwise is fine and now in a clear removable protective cover.