(Description) Edgewear and mild soiling, and foxing. Spine somewhat sunned, but titles and highlights still clear. Binding sound. A nice copy of this 100+ year old book. View More...
(Description) Bound in original blue boards with gold lettering to spine and fish motif to front cover with 1/4 chip to spine and moderate edgewear. View More...
(Description) Like new book and jacket, now in Mylar. ***(Synopsis) A naturalist provides an in-depth look at the yearly cycle of the trout, examines other creatures that inhabit its world, and ends with the trout's mating season, which marks the close of the fishing season. View More...
(Description) Some edgewear and bumps, with previous owner gift inscription.Unclipped jacket. ***(Synopsis) The six species of Pacific salmon - sockeye, pink, coho, chum, chinook, and masu - and the steelhead trout are remarkable fish, yet man is only beginning to learn the details of their life histories, their incredible deep sea migrations, and their phenomenal spawning habits. . . . This handsome book is at once a plea for the salmonids and an acknowledgement of the efforts of North American scientists to ensure their survival.' etc. Illustrated with over 100 colour photos and 90 line draw... View More...
(Synopsis) Apart from a few protesters, the announcement of an industrial pak in a depressed rural area is widely welcomed. It promises new jobs and new hope for those who live there. A few miles away, in a small valley with a stream running through it, ownership of a farm passes from father to son. Over time, these two events take their toll. The pressures are felt most powerfullly in the stream itself, as, little by little, the creatures that live in it are sucked into a mute and unseen struggle for survival. With grace and objectivity, and with a narrative rhythm echoing the patterns of na... View More...
(Description) Mild edgewear to book, and unclipped jacket except at top where jacket is longer than book and therefore it has been folded over to boards. View More...
(Synopsis) For some, a salmon evokes the distant wild, thrashing in the jaws of a hungry grizzly bear on TV. For others, its the catch of the day on a restaurant menu, or a deep red fillet at the market. For others still, its the jolt of adrenaline on a successful fishing trip. Our fascination with these superlative fish is as old as humanity itself. Long a source of sustenance among native peoples, salmon is now more popular than ever. Fish hatcheries and farms serve modern appetites with a domesticated productwhile wild runs of salmon dwindle across the globe. How has this once-abundant reso... View More...
(Description) Minor edgewear to book and clipped jacket. Jacket has small ters and light scuffs. ***(Synopsis) Describes every step of pond creation from purchasing land and building the dam to what species of fish to stock, where to get help, how much it will all cost, and how to maintain it in top condition year after year. View More...
***(Synopsis) European lakes, rivers, reservoirs and canals are home to a huge number of fish species. In this book, Malcolm Greenhalgh explores over 160 species, from primitive lamprey to the Atlantic salmon and from the massive sturgeon to the tiny guppy. Understanding fish is the key to finding them, and the author therefore explains the appearance, range, habitat, courtship, breeding, life-cycle and feeding behaviour of each species. The book is organized by fish family and closely related species are grouped together, so that minor differences in appearance or behaviour can be easily reco... View More...
(Description) Near fine, unread book and jacket with very slight bumps from shipping back and forth to the author. ***(Synopsis) Will fly fishing survive the twenty-first century? Author and angler Paul Guernsey argues that angling and the natural resources it depends uponùclear rivers, unpolluted oceans, and much moreùare threatened by a host of increasingly complex social and environmental factors. Tradition, conservation of land and water, a foresighted ethic, concerns for the sport of other anglers, a commitment to the next generation, and much moreùthese are at the heart of Guernseys expl... View More...
(Description) Like new, unread. ***(Synopsis) Anders Halverson provides an exhaustively researched and grippingly rendered account of the rainbow trout and why it has become the most commonly stocked and controversial freshwater fish in the United States. Discovered in the remote waters of northern California, rainbow trout have been artificially propagated and distributed for more than 130 years by government officials eager to present Americans with an opportunity to get back to nature by going fishing. Proudly dubbed ?an entirely synthetic fishö by fisheries managers, the rainbow trout has ... View More...
***(Synopsis) The Delaware River flows some 330 miles from its headwaters near Hancock, New York, to the mouth of the Delaware Bay. It is the longest free-flowing river east of the Mississippi and one of Americas most important rivers. Not only is it the primary water supply for New York City, but it provides clean drinking water to every home within a 150-mile radius. When the reservoirs were built on the East and West Branches, they disrupted the natural flows and turned nature upside down. The once-warm waterway now has cooler flows creating a self-sustaining wild trout population and estab... View More...
(Description) Light fading to top and bottom-most spine ends where DJ has torn away, inscription from previous owner, light foxing throughout, in unclipped jacket with notable edgewear, 2 inch tears and chips missing at top and bottom of spine. ***(Synopsis) William Lunn was appointed keeper on the Houghton Water on the river Test on 1st January 1887, and remained there for 45 years. This book contains his views on chalkstream management, weed-cutting, restocking with mayfly, trout hatching etc., as well as his approach to fishing and his fly dressings, including the famous Lunn's Particular. View More...
