Stella & Rose's Books

TYING FLIES THE PARALOOP WAY
Written by Ian Moutter.
Stock no. 1329350
Published by The Countryman Press. 1st USA 2001. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From dries and emerges to spinners and wet flies. Each method is described in full with sequences of tying photographs. Pictorial glazed boards. ISBN: 0881505544. A bright copy contained in dustwrapper which is slightly faded to spine and worn to top of spine with tear to rear edge.

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FLY LEAVES AND WATERSIDE SKETCHES
Written by Gordon Mackie. Illustrated by Jane Vaughan-Wilson.
Stock no. 1329348
Published by Robert Hale. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An extensive collection of writings from Gordon Mackie, leading us into a world of fly-fishing adventure, mystery and debate. Largely anecdotal in nature, laced with humour, pithy comments and delightfully surreal happenings. Green boards, silver title to spine. Red endpapers. A few colour photos. B/w chapter footers. ISBN: 0709061447. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge creased and faded to spine.

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ART & MADNESS
Written by Sophie De Sivry; Philippe Meyer.
Stock no. 1829638
Published by Editions Du Sectant Bleu. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

'Two studies that help us understand that madness is the unfurling of a consciousness which has been prevented, either by malformation or cerebral injury, from tasting the creative freedom engendered by a brain in full possession of all its powers.' Large format. Black cloth boards, red titles. Colour illustrations. 123 pages. Board corners lightly bumped. Fingermarks to black endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN STILLWATER FISHING
Written by David Jacques.
Stock no. 1329344
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713614706. Spine and corners bumped. Some page browning. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge rubbed with small tears at corners.

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A SUMMER ON THE TEST
Written by John Waller Hills. Illustrated by Robert Gibbings.
Stock no. 1329343
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1941. Almost very good condition.

Pale grey cloth with black title to spine. 7 wonderful b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby and spine slightly browned. Foxing to textblock.

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TROUT MADNESS
Written by Robert Traver.
Stock no. 1329342
Published by St Martin's Press. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

"Being a Dissertation on the Symptoms and Pathology of This Incurable Disease by One of Its Victims". Green cloth spine with gilt title (on orange title label). Green boards with small gilt vignette to front board. Blue endpapers. 178 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Endpapers lightly browned. Pale page browning else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is heavily foxed to flaps and on verso, is grubby and edge chipped with some loss, centre of spine has a 1" torn piece (present but torn).

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THE STORY OF GRASS-TRACK RACING 1927-49
Written by Robert Bamford; Dave Stallworthy.
Stock no. 1829634
Published by Tempus. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Grass-track racing, the sister sport of speedway. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 0752424068. Very minor scuffing to rear cover else a lovely copy.

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NYMPHING STRATEGIES
Written by Larry Tullis.
Stock no. 1329340
Published by The Lyons Press. 2001. Very good condition.

The techniques needed to master this challenging facet of fly fishing. Preface by John Randolph. Cardwraps. 151 pages. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 158574266X. Slight rubbing to corners of covers. Name in ink inside front cover.

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SEX, DEATH, AND FLY-FISHING
Written by John Gierach.
Stock no. 1329339
Published by Flycatcher Books; Robinson Publishing. 1st UK 1995. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

An engaging, humourous and often profound examination of life's greatest mysteries. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 238 pages. ISBN: 1854872982. Spine and corners bumped. Pale grease(?) stain to lower half of covers and endpapers. Contents bright and clean. Grease stain also affects dustwrapper (only visible on verso and wrapper is slightly edge creased.

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JOHN GODDARD'S WATERSIDE GUIDE
Written by John Goddard.
Stock no. 1329338
Published by Unwin Hyman. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pocket reference to insects of rivers and lakes. How to identify them and choose the matching artificial. Colour photos. ISBN: 0044401795. Minimal bumping to spine. Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge browned and rubbed, slightly faded to top of spine.

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GERMAN KNIGHTS OF THE AIR 1914-1918: THE HOLDERS OF THE ORDEN POUR LE MERITE
Written by Alan C. Wood; Terry C. Treadwell.
Stock no. 1829632
Published by Brassey's. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Orden Pour le Merite, or 'Blue Max' as it was popularly known, was the highest decoration that could be won by a member of the Imperial German Armed Forces in the First World War. 81 illustrated biographies of all the German airmen who won the award. Yellow cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages. ISBN: 1857532317. Front spine edge of boards is grubby, small patch of surface cloth missing. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed and slightly marked.

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WET-FLY FISHING TREATED METHODICALLY
Written by E.M. Tod.
Stock no. 1329337
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

Fourth Edition. Dark green cloth, black title to spine, black title and decorations to front cover. B/w plates and text illustrations. 243 pages includes index. Plus four page press reviews to rear. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, a few small, light marks to covers. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents are browned but clean.

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