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Nymph Fishing for Chalk Stream Trout
by Skues, G. E. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Adam & Charles Black. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Some spots of foxing. "Tisdalls Sports Stores" rubber stamp on front endpaper. Moderate foxing to dust-jacket. A 60mm tear to rear panel of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is price-clipped.; First printing. ix, [1], 136 pages + colour frontispiece + 2 illustrations on 1 double page plate. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 247mm x 152mm. Top page edges dyed green. "[. . .] the case for the employment of the artificial nymph in the capture of sub-aqueously feeding trout, with all relevant practical advice based on that experience" - from dust-jacket blurb. ; 8vo .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23001
- Title
- Nymph Fishing for Chalk Stream Trout
- Author
- Skues, G. E. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Adam & Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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