Trout Problems by Turing (17 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). 1948 1st edition. 8vo (155 x 233mm). Ppviii,190. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 15 other half-tone plates from photographs by Dr. E.A. Barton. Binding A. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Hinges tender, foxing and use. Working copy, lacks dust-wrapper. An attempt to ".straighten out the muddle of suppositions, theories and discoveries which had been produced by anglers and scientists in the matter of a trout's apparently inconsistent habits and behaviour." The idea of this book was originally that of H.T. Sheringham who, unfortunately, passed away before he could put pen to paper. Chapters include: What is a trout stream; The problem of the spawning bed; The problem of trout growth; The problem of the size limit; The problem of the rise; The problem of the olive; The problem of improving fly hatches; Summer-fly problems; The problem of the dry fly; Casting problems; Nymph problems in theory; Nymph problems in practice; The angler and the underwater nymph; Rainbow trout: the problem of their introduction; Rainbow trout: the problem of their acclimatization; Is it possible to make a trout stream? .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Full cloth binding. Ownership marks on front flyleaf. Light foxing to page edges. 190pp. Jacket is fair only, worn and rough, stained, chipped. Withal, now in a new mylar cover. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). 1948 1st edition. 8vo (155 x 233mm). Ppviii,190. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 15 other half-tone plates from photographs by Dr. E.A. Barton. Binding A. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Some use. Good only. Lacks dust-wrapper. An attempt to ".straighten out the muddle of suppositions, theories and discoveries which had been produced by anglers and scientists in the matter of a trout's apparently inconsistent habits and behaviour." The idea of this book was originally that of H.T. Sheringham who, unfortunately, passed away before he could put pen to paper. Chapters include: What is a trout stream; The problem of the spawning bed; The problem of trout growth; The problem of the size limit; The problem of the rise; The problem of the olive; The problem of improving fly hatches; Summer-fly problems; The problem of the dry fly; Casting problems; Nymph problems in theory; Nymph problems in practice; The angler and the underwater nymph; Rainbow trout: the problem of their introduction; Rainbow trout: the problem of their acclimatization; Is it possible to make a trout stream? .

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, faint spotting to the closed top edge, the binding tight and the contents clean and unmarked. The dust jacket is chipped and with some strengthening to the verso. Illustrated, 190pp.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). 1948 1st edition. 8vo (155 x 233mm). Ppviii,190. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 15 other half-tone plates from photographs by Dr. E.A. Barton. Binding A. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Inscription to end-paper - 'Charles Browne, With all good wishes from Penelope Turing, 9th December 1963.' Some browning, boards spotted and slightly faded but a good copy in rather chipped and tanned dust-wrapper. An attempt to ".straighten out the muddle of suppositions, theories and discoveries which had been produced by anglers and scientists in the matter of a trout's apparently inconsistent habits and behaviour." The idea of this book was originally that of H.T. Sheringham who, unfortunately, passed away before he could put pen to paper. Chapters include: What is a trout stream; The problem of the spawning bed; The problem of trout growth; The problem of the size limit; The problem of the rise; The problem of the olive; The problem of improving fly hatches; Summer-fly problems; The problem of the dry fly; Casting problems; Nymph problems in theory; Nymph problems in practice; The angler and the underwater nymph; Rainbow trout: the problem of their introduction; Rainbow trout: the problem of their acclimatization; Is it possible to make a trout stream? .

Condition: Good. DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). 1948 1st edition. 8vo (155 x 233mm). Ppviii,190. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 15 other half-tone plates from photographs by Dr. E.A. Barton. Binding B. Brown boards, spine titled in silver. Minor faults. Good-plus in used, chipped, price-clipped dust-wrapper. An attempt to ".straighten out the muddle of suppositions, theories and discoveries which had been produced by anglers and scientists in the matter of a trout's apparently inconsistent habits and behaviour." The idea of this book was originally that of H.T. Sheringham who, unfortunately, passed away before he could put pen to paper. Chapters include: What is a trout stream; The problem of the spawning bed; The problem of trout growth; The problem of the size limit; The problem of the rise; The problem of the olive; The problem of improving fly hatches; Summer-fly problems; The problem of the dry fly; Casting problems; Nymph problems in theory; Nymph problems in practice; The angler and the underwater nymph; Rainbow trout: the problem of their introduction; Rainbow trout: the problem of their acclimatization; Is it possible to make a trout stream? .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Torn and chipped wrapper with loss to spine; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 190 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Full brown cloth binding with silver spine title, no inscriptions and unclipped DJ which is a bit discoloured and has small losses/tears. Internally VG with pages clean and tight. 190pp. incl 16 b/w photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 8vo With Sixteen Photographs. 1st Ed. -With Gary H. Howells blind library stamp. [Cat. 48-498 & 63-626.] Fine in chipped Very Good DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Country books No.6.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. edge wear on the boards. contents are foxed, a bit marked too. one inscription. text remains clear and legible. fairly good copy. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Condition Notes: Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with staining to the spine and onto the margins of the panels. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. The pages are somewhat tanned, if tight, and a little musty; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over brown boards with silver titles to the spine; Measures 9" x 6" (0.7 kg); pp (viii) 190; Index; Contains: Black & White Photographs [16]; Black & White Drawings; Tables; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #174855 ||.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. TURING, H. D. [190] pp. Adam & Charles Black 1948 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" Ex-libris The Angler's Club Of New York bookplate.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Richard Clapham; E. A. Barton (illustrator). First edition. Lovely collection of two first editions on trout fishing, each volume profusely illustrated and in the original dust wrapper. Collection comprised of:(1922) Trout-Fishing for the Beginner by Richard Clapham - first edition;(1948) Trout Problems by H. D. Turing - first edition.In publisher's original cloth bindings, each with the original unclipped dust wrapper.Trout-Fishing for the Beginner features twenty-two in-text diagrams drawn by the author. Trout Problems contains a frontispiece and fifteen further plates, mostly from renowned fly fisherman and photographer Edwin Alfred Barton. Collated, complete.This informative collection focuses on methods and tips for successful trout fishing, both authors being experienced fishermen and H. D. Turing being editor of the Salmon and Trout magazine. In publisher's original cloth bindings, each with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Previous owner's stamp to the front free endpaper of Trout Problems. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing and a few marks, more so to Trout-Fishing for the Beginner. Dust wrappers lightly discoloured and, as expected, featuring a number of small tears and chips to edges, otherwise intact and pleasing. Internally, excluding very minor tension to binding between pages 34 and 35 to Trout-Fishing for the Beginner, both copies firmly bound. Bright and clean with the odd spot, more common to Trout-Fishing for the Beginner and the first and last few pages of each text. Very Good. book.