THE BOOK OF THE FLY ROD. Edited by Hugh Sheringham & John C. Moore. Second edition.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. London. 1936
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1936). (1931) 1936 2nd edition. Large 4to (225 x 290mm). Ppxvi,174. Illustrated with four coloured plates of fish and flies, and 8 b&w plates by George Sheringham. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slightly bumped and stained, book-seller's label and ex-libris to front end-paper. Foxing to eps, prelims and edges, good copy. Poor dust-wrapper but uncommon in any condition. A beautifully produced book (in all of its editions), divided into sections on game, coarse and saltwater flyfishing, and including a memoir of H.T. Sheringham who died while the book was being edited. Contents include:- De Maximis by Henry van Dyke; "Out of Macedonia" by William Radcliffe; If we started afresh by G.E.M. Skues; The travelling companion by Arthur Ransome; The fly-rod in North America by Ferris Greenslet; Fly-fishing in Norway by Knut Dahl; Salmon and sea trout by W.L. Calderwood; Salmon fishing in Canada by F. Gray Griswold; The magnificence of the chub by John C. Moore; Black bass by H.D. Turing; The fly-rod in the sea by Arthur F. Bell; A talk about it with Mr. Arthur N. Gilbey; The sound of it by Harry Plunket Greene; The colour of it by Sir Charles Holmes; The poetry of it by Eric Parker; De Minimis by John C. Moore. . …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE BOOK OF THE FLY ROD. Edited by Hugh Sheringham & John C. Moore. Second edition.
- Author
- Sheringham (Hugh Tempest) & Moore (John Cecil), Editors.
- Publisher
- Eyre & Spottiswoode. London. 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.…
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