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Published by A & C Black Publishers Ltd; Adam & Charles Black, London, 1974
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. B/w Illis (illustrator). 1st. 1st printing; dj w/lite chipping, price clipped, in mylar; 175 clean, unmarked pages/index Size: 8 vo.
Published by A & C Black (Publishers) Ltd, Adam & Charles Black, 1974
ISBN 10: 0713616210ISBN 13: 9780713616217
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This copy is in as new condition bound in brown cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square, there is a small stamp from the issuingh bookseller to the f.e.p. The price clipped dust wrapper is sunned to the spine but still in fine condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. A compilation of letters, mainly on flies and fly-dressing, with many references to fishing experiences on the Itchen and Nadder. Includes a preliminary biographical note and linking passages by the editor. George Edward MacKenzie Skues, usually known as G. E. M. Skues (1858?1949), was a British lawyer, author and fly fisherman most noted for the invention of modern-day nymph fishing and the controversy it caused with the Chalk stream dry fly doctrine developed by Frederic M. Halford. His second book, The Way of a Trout with a Fly (1921) is considered a seminal work on nymph fishing. Skues was to fish the Itchen every season until 1938. Until 1917, it was as a guest of his client, Irwin Cox. From 1917 to 1938, he was part of a syndicate with rights to the Barton Abbey fishery. In 1887 he acquired a copy of Frederic M. Halford's Floating Flies and How to Dress Them and that, along with his association with Francis Francis, was when he began his empirical exploration of upstream fishing with both dry flies and nymphs. Ref DD 2.
Published by A & C Black Publishers Ltd; Adam & Charles Black, London, 1937
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. 1st printing; green w/gilt titles; owner's name; Size: 8 vo.