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1992 reprint, first published in 1924, inked gift inscription to front free end paper, no dust jacket as issued in a Fine slipcase. N° de réf. du vendeur BX-507-B
Titre : Where the Bright Waters Meet
Éditeur : The Flyfisher's Classic Library
Date d'édition : 1992
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Very Good
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket
Vendeur : Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Nouvelle-Zélande
Octavo softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs. N° de réf. du vendeur xxarn72039
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Vendeur : Red-books ( Member of P.B.F.A. ), Hanley Swan, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Believed First Edition . Boards are significantly rubbed and soile, very worn to edges of spine which have started to split. Front hinge has started to split, gift inscription to free front end paper, no other inscriptions noted. Bright and clean internally with little wear, page edges rough cut. Good study copy. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK. N° de réf. du vendeur 36136
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Vendeur : Aucott & Thomas, Ibstock, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. First Edition Thus. Clean hardback tightly bound in half blue leather with gilt titles, front cover marked, leather has small nick at top of spine (possible cat claws?), no inscriptions, silk bookmark. xiv + 210 pages, photo frontispiece. No slip case. N° de réf. du vendeur 68125
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Vendeur : Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Royaume-Uni
Etat : new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2022). (1924) 2022 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxiii,210. B/w photograph plates, wood engravings by Miriam Macgregor. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. "[The author] was a writer of real quality, and in "Where the bright waters meet" he produced an outstanding angling autobiography, which is quite rightly regarded as a classic of the chalk-streams. .In this book, as well as paying homage to the Bourne, he wrote chapters on Blagdon, the Test and the Kennet, and while he lays down no definite instructions, he brings us to his side while he is fishing, and leaves us to find out his true quality from watching him at work." (Howard Marshall in his introduction to the 1969 edition). This new edition is based on the Excellent Press / Miriam Macgregor edition, though the text was newly reset from the 1936 edition. It includes new wood engravings and a handsome colour dust-wrapper by Miriam Macgregor. . N° de réf. du vendeur 56492
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Vendeur : BRIMSTONES, Lewes, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, viii,253pp, 33 photo illustrations, owner's name on endpaper, moderate foxing on page edges and title page, text clean and sound, rebound in blue cloth, gilt titles, rubbed, slight spine lean, Good condition / no dustwrapper. N° de réf. du vendeur 232967
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Vendeur : Oakholm Books, Aberfeldy, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. No markings or inscriptions, looks unused. N° de réf. du vendeur 007839
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Vendeur : Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Nouvelle-Zélande
Octavo, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 253pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, owner's name in blue ink to f.e.p., v slight soiling to page edges) in d.w, VG- (bruising with small tears to edges esp to spine extrems, v light soiling). N° de réf. du vendeur 1d27/18
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Vendeur : Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Royaume-Uni
Etat : new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1969). (1924) 1972 reprint of 1969 new edition. 8vo (145 x 223mm). Ppxvi,253. B/w photograph plates, line drawing. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Name to end-paper, slightly foxed but a good copy in poor dust-wrapper. "[The author] was a writer of real quality, and in "Where the bright waters meet" he produced an outstanding angling autobiography, which is quite rightly regarded as a classic of the chalk-streams. .In this book, as well as paying homage to the Bourne, he wrote chapters on Blagdon, the Test and the Kennet, and while he lays down no definite instructions, he brings us to his side while he is fishing, and leaves us to find out his true quality from watching him at work." (Howard Marshall in his introduction to the 1969 edition). Chapters include: Introductory foreword; Introduction; How I discovered the Bourne; My first sart (1902); Wild life in the Bourne Valley (1908); The finest trout in the river; 'Iron-Blue'; The beats on the Bourne and the Test; The tragedy of the Bourne (1905); Bransbury Common and Midleton (1906 and 1907); Longparish, Bransbury, and Chilbolton (1908); Some interesting experiences in 1910; Digressions (1911); Life at Hurstbourne Priors; Some spectacular triumphs and humiliations; Blagdon; Blagdon (continued); The fisherman's curses; Dogs and horses; 'Impossible' trout; The Kennet; Fishing, singing and poaching; The future of the Bourne. . N° de réf. du vendeur 64495
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Vendeur : Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Royaume-Uni
Etat : new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1983). (1924) 1983 new edition. 8vo paperback (129 x 197mm). Ppxiv,210. B/w photograph plates, line drawing. New introduction by Antony Atha. Slight soiling and use to covers. Used but solidly intact, second-hand paperback. "[The author] was a writer of real quality, and in "Where the bright waters meet" he produced an outstanding angling autobiography, which is quite rightly regarded as a classic of the chalk-streams. .In this book, as well as paying homage to the Bourne, he wrote chapters on Blagdon, the Test and the Kennet, and while he lays down no definite instructions, he brings us to his side while he is fishing, and leaves us to find out his true quality from watching him at work." (Howard Marshall in his introduction to the 1969 edition). . N° de réf. du vendeur 28778
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Vendeur : Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, Royaume-Uni
REPRINT. A VERY GOOD COPY IN A VERY GOOD BUT SLIGHTLY WORN DUSTWRAP WHICH IS PROTECTED WITH A GLASSINE COVER. INTRODUCTORY FORWORD BY HOWARD MARSHALL. SOME WRITING ON FEP. N° de réf. du vendeur 43064
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