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Nymph Fishing for Chalk Stream Trout
by G. E. M. Skues (Seaforth and Soforth)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€455.24€409.72
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About This Item
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1939 . First edition. Leather. Fine. 10.5" by 7". Not Stated. The first edition of this work from solicitor and angling writer G. E. M. Skues, in a vibrant half crushed morocco binding. In this charming work on chalk stream fishing, Skues summarises his thoughts on nymphs and nymph fishing, with chapters examining hooks, dressing methods, mayfly nymphs, and the history and evolution of nymphs.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and double page photographic plate. Collated, complete. Rebound in half crushed morocco, with cloth covered boards, and endpapers renewed. Externally, excellent, with small mark to tail of front board. Pages clean and bright. Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 846F7
- Title
- Nymph Fishing for Chalk Stream Trout
- Author
- G. E. M. Skues (Seaforth and Soforth)
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Adam & Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 10.5" by 7"
- Keywords
- chalk stream angling fishing trout angling
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
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