Thread Line Angling by Wanless Alexander (13 results)

Condition: Good. 1933. First Printing. 134 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Collectible. To view other titles by this author enter the key words; Wanless or Fishing. In good condition with minor wear o/w tight clean and square. The D/J has faded and has serveral tiny tears coveres in a mylar jacket.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). ND (1948) 1st edition. Small 8vo (132 x 197mm). Pp180. B/w illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight fading to cloth, stains to edges, some browning. Working copy, lacks dust-wrapper. "In this volume is given the fullest description of thread line fly fishing for salmon yet published. Here will be found descriptions of spinning for trout, sea trout and salmon, drop minnow fishing, prawn roving and spinning, various methods of using worm, stone fly larvae and cod bait, with instructions on the making of spinning tackles and exact specifications of proper types of rods, reels, lines and other items of equipment." .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. "First Printing" is stated on the copyright page although no date of publication is. Reasonably bright copy with clean cloth boards. Corners are however somewhat bumped and there is some sun fading and discolouration along the spine edge and fore edge. No inscriptions and, generally, the pages are very clean and bright, although there is some toning at the page block edge and a touch of foxing to the prelim pages. Small sticker/label on the ffep. No dust jacket. Fairly presentable copy on the whole.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1933). 1933 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp134 + 2pp ads. B/w photographs and illustrations. Green cloth, black ruled border and titles to upper board and spine. 3/6 net. Foxing and marks to edges, owner's name to front end-paper. Good-plus in slightly frayed and faded but complete dust-wrapper. Conversational questions and answers on the subject of thread-line angling in response to queries from readers of the author's earlier books and articles. Contents include:- Questions about thread-line rods; Questions about lines and spinners; Questions about thread-line reels; Questions about fixed-spool salmon reels. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). ND (1948) 1st edition. Small 8vo (132 x 197mm). Pp180. B/w illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults. Good-plus in poor dust-wrapper. "In this volume is given the fullest description of thread line fly fishing for salmon yet published. Here will be found descriptions of spinning for trout, sea trout and salmon, drop minnow fishing, prawn roving and spinning, various methods of using worm, stone fly larvae and cod bait, with instructions on the making of spinning tackles and exact specifications of proper types of rods, reels, lines and other items of equipment." .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 182 pages. d/j worn and repaired.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pages; Physical description; 180 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Fishing. Fly casting. 3 Kg.

1. ed. With several illustr. in the text and on plates, xi, 134 p. Very fine copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0 8°, original clothbinding with dustjacket.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1933). 1933 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 191mm). Pp134 + 2pp ads. B/w photographs and illustrations. Green cloth, black ruled border and titles to upper board and spine. 3/6 net. Quite foxed but very good in complete, slightly stained dust-wrapper. Angling bookplates of Sidney Spencer and Peter Wheat. Advance review copy label on title-page, and mark on dust-wrapper where similar label has been removed. Conversational questions and answers on the subject of thread-line angling in response to queries from readers of the author's earlier books and articles. Contents include:- Questions about thread-line rods; Questions about lines and spinners; Questions about thread-line reels; Questions about fixed-spool salmon reels. .

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pages; Physical description; 180 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Fishing. Fly casting. 1 Kg.

Condition: Good. Light shelfwear, some foxing to the content of the book. Ex-ownership sticker to the inside page, seems fine to read throughout but is aged and used.