Tyrone Test James by Dickie (4 results)

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1947 ). 1947 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 212mm). Pp204. B/w photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt on dark-green, printed spine-label. Rebound in red cloth library binding, gilt titles to spine. Ex-library (Tyrone County Library), numerous faults. Rebound in library binding, working copy only, lacks dust-wrapper. A well-thought-of collection of essays on fly-tying and fishing for trout in the English chalk-streams and the rivers of Central Ireland. Chapters include: Ephemeridae; Tactical; Necessary impedimenta; How to choose your fly; Fly on the water; Bumbles; The sex of the fly; Blue-winged olives; Reductio ad minimum; Optical delusions - what fish see; Coming short; Bottle nose; Striking; Breaking on the strike; When things go right; Tying flies; Some new Mayfly patterns; Central Ireland; The snowstorm rise; An uneasy thought; Conclusion. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1947 ). 1947 1st edition. 8vo (144 x 223mm). Pp204 + 4pp ads. B/w photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt on dark-green, printed spine-label. Rather faded and stained else a good copy. A well-thought of collection of essays on fly-tying and fishing for trout in the English chalk-streams and the rivers of Central Ireland. Chapters include: Ephemeridae; Tactical; Necessary impedimenta; How to choose your fly; Fly on the water; Bumbles; The sex of the fly; Blue-winged olives; Reductio ad minimum; Optical delusions - what fish see; Coming short; Bottle nose; Striking; Breaking on the strike; When things go right; Tying flies; Some new Mayfly patterns; Central Ireland; The snowstorm rise; An uneasy thought; Conclusion. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1947 ). 1947 1st edition. 8vo (144 x 223mm). Pp204 + 4pp ads. B/w photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt on dark-green, printed spine-label. Slightly browned/faded/used. Good copy without dust-wrapper. A well-thought-of collection of essays on fly-tying and fishing for trout in the English chalk-streams and the rivers of Central Ireland. Chapters include: Ephemeridae; Tactical; Necessary impedimenta; How to choose your fly; Fly on the water; Bumbles; The sex of the fly; Blue-winged olives; Reductio ad minimum; Optical delusions - what fish see; Coming short; Bottle nose; Striking; Breaking on the strike; When things go right; Tying flies; Some new Mayfly patterns; Central Ireland; The snowstorm rise; An uneasy thought; Conclusion. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1947 ). 1947 1st edition. 8vo (144 x 223mm). Pp204 + 4pp ads. B/w photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt on dark-green, printed spine-label. Boards slightly marked, foxing to edges. Good-plus in chipped and frayed dust-wrapper. A well-thought of collection of essays on fly-tying and fishing for trout in the English chalk-streams and the rivers of Central Ireland. Chapters include: Ephemeridae; Tactical; Necessary impedimenta; How to choose your fly; Fly on the water; Bumbles; The sex of the fly; Blue-winged olives; Reductio ad minimum; Optical delusions - what fish see; Coming short; Bottle nose; Striking; Breaking on the strike; When things go right; Tying flies; Some new Mayfly patterns; Central Ireland; The snowstorm rise; An uneasy thought; Conclusion. .