The Gentle Art Some Sketches and Studies by Henry Lamond (13 results)

Hardback. Henry Lamond (illustrator). First. Light green cloth with gilt features Pages are generally clean despite light foxing a neat inscription and an ink stamp A few pages lose pp303 Fair. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Darkened spine, heavy foxing to text block edge, with similar to first and last few leaves; the remainder of leaves have occasional spotting, wear to corners, sl crinkling to spine ends. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 303 pages.

Hardback. Condition: G++. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Inscribed By the Author on front endpaper "With the author's kind regards Luss 22nd Novr 1917" (but not signed). Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age. Inscribed By the Author.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1911). 1911 1st edition. 8vo (144 x 207mm). Ppxii,303 + 4pp ads. B/w illustrations by the author. Binding A - Green-grey cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt, publisher's name in gilt to base of spine. Boards rather frayed, stained and used, spine splitting at rear, name to end paper, rather browned and shaken. Reading copy only. Trout and salmon angling essays with a Scottish bias, including one chapter on powan. "We cannot indeed believe that anyone who has any literary sense at all can read these articles without appreciating the powers of observation and the feeling for nature which they disclose and the literary charm with which they are expressed." (The Glasgow Herald). Chapters include:- An angler in embryo; The angler in the rough; Trout fishing begins; The merry month; Leafy June; In low waters; Duffers; Among the islands; Up the loch; The other side; In a Highland glen; Alone with a salmon; The gamest of fishes; Mr and Mrs Salmo Salar; A remarkable invention; The law of trout fishing in Scotland; The sale of trout; A size limit for trout; On casting; On wading; On loch bank fishing; Luck - or skill?; Bad rises and bad light; The courtesy of the water; Fresh-water herring; What is a salmon; and to whom does it belong?; Fry, parr, and smolts; Kelts; Bad principle and worse practice; Splash netting; Concerning definitions. .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Post 8vo; (xii),(304) + 4 ads pp. Green buckram boards with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper board. Light general wear and soiling. Binding square and tight. Some soiling and foxing to edges; occasional foxing within. Occasional pencil annotations. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. Eight monochrome plates. A 'Good+' copy.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1911). 1911 1st edition. 8vo (144 x 207mm). Ppxii,303 + 4pp ads. B/w illustrations by the author. Binding A - Green-grey cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt, publisher's name in gilt to base of spine. Dent to spine, owner's name, frontispiece loose, some foxing throughout. Good only. Trout and salmon angling essays with a Scottish bias, including one chapter on powan. "We cannot indeed believe that anyone who has any literary sense at all can read these articles without appreciating the powers of observation and the feeling for nature which they disclose and the literary charm with which they are expressed." (The Glasgow Herald). Chapters include:- An angler in embryo; The angler in the rough; Trout fishing begins; The merry month; Leafy June; In low waters; Duffers; Among the islands; Up the loch; The other side; In a Highland glen; Alone with a salmon; The gamest of fishes; Mr and Mrs Salmo Salar; A remarkable invention; The law of trout fishing in Scotland; The sale of trout; A size limit for trout; On casting; On wading; On loch bank fishing; Luck - or skill?; Bad rises and bad light; The courtesy of the water; Fresh-water herring; What is a salmon; and to whom does it belong?; Fry, parr, and smolts; Kelts; Bad principle and worse practice; Splash netting; Concerning definitions. .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by the previous owner. Complete with all plates. Publication of 303 pages. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Frontispiece. There is gilt on the spine and the front of the book. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. There is light foxing around the block of the book, and on the early and last pages, little within the body of the book. The text remains bright and clear. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

First. 8 illustrations by the author. 303pp plus publisher's adverts. Green cloth with some red marks on front cover. Spine a little browned. No dj. Some freckling to prelims. crease to rear cover cor ner. Good.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1911). 1911 1st edition. 8vo (144 x 207mm). Ppxii,303 + 4pp ads. B/w illustrations by the author. Binding A - Green-grey cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt, publisher's name in gilt to base of spine. Browning and use, annotations and press cutting to front end-paper, two book-plates, one of which from O.M. Reed ("Omar"). Good. Trout and salmon angling essays with a Scottish bias, including one chapter on powan. "We cannot indeed believe that anyone who has any literary sense at all can read these articles without appreciating the powers of observation and the feeling for nature which they disclose and the literary charm with which they are expressed." (The Glasgow Herald). Chapters include:- An angler in embryo; The angler in the rough; Trout fishing begins; The merry month; Leafy June; In low waters; Duffers; Among the islands; Up the loch; The other side; In a Highland glen; Alone with a salmon; The gamest of fishes; Mr and Mrs Salmo Salar; A remarkable invention; The law of trout fishing in Scotland; The sale of trout; A size limit for trout; On casting; On wading; On loch bank fishing; Luck - or skill?; Bad rises and bad light; The courtesy of the water; Fresh-water herring; What is a salmon; and to whom does it belong?; Fry, parr, and smolts; Kelts; Bad principle and worse practice; Splash netting; Concerning definitions. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1911). 1911 1st edition. 8vo (144 x 207mm). Ppxii,303 + 4pp ads. B/w illustrations by the author. Binding A - Green-grey cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt, publisher's name in gilt to base of spine. Slight use, edges browned and slightly foxed throughout, owner's name to end-paper. Good-plus. Trout and salmon angling essays with a Scottish bias, including one chapter on powan. "We cannot indeed believe that anyone who has any literary sense at all can read these articles without appreciating the powers of observation and the feeling for nature which they disclose and the literary charm with which they are expressed." (The Glasgow Herald). Chapters include:- An angler in embryo; The angler in the rough; Trout fishing begins; The merry month; Leafy June; In low waters; Duffers; Among the islands; Up the loch; The other side; In a Highland glen; Alone with a salmon; The gamest of fishes; Mr and Mrs Salmo Salar; A remarkable invention; The law of trout fishing in Scotland; The sale of trout; A size limit for trout; On casting; On wading; On loch bank fishing; Luck - or skill?; Bad rises and bad light; The courtesy of the water; Fresh-water herring; What is a salmon; and to whom does it belong?; Fry, parr, and smolts; Kelts; Bad principle and worse practice; Splash netting; Concerning definitions. .

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Henry Lamond (illustrator). 8vo. 303 pp+ 4 pp booklist. c.p. with complimest of the author, signed and dated, foredges and endpapers foxed and browned, sporadic foxing, good in original pale blue cloth gilt, some wear to extremities, minor markings to cloth, spine a little browned, good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

8vo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 344. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1911 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 344.