Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, (1996). Collector's Edition. Fine in medium brown leather covered boards with gilt text and decorations in five compartments on the spine and gilt borders and tool work on the boards. The edges of the text block are gilt and the end sheets are silk with a placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 5/8 by 5 3/4 inches. The book is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. One of the volumes in the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics. Edited with a special new introduction by John McDonald. Illustrated with a color frontispiece. 133 pages of text. This title is no longer published and sold by The Easton Press. An unread and un-opened copy in perfect condition.

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Bookseller: Town's End Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: TB32505
Title: Minor Tactics Of The Chalk Stream And Kindred Studies
Author: Skues, G. E. M
Book Condition: Used
Edition: Collector's Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Easton Press
Place of Publication: Norwalk, Conn.
Date Published: (1996)

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