Sunlit Waters. An Introduction to The Art of Fishing with Light Tackle.
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United KingdomHenry Sotheran Ltd
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Bombay, Thacker & Co., Ltd., [June 1943]. 4to. Publisher's cloth-backed boards,; pp. [xiii], 161, [3], with a coloured photographic frontispiece of a fisherman in a pith-helmet, casting into a fast-running river, 12 other photographic plates, 2 more similarly coloured, and copious diagrams of tackle and locations throughout; previous owner's inscription to ffep, endpapers a little browned, very good.Third impression. This is a practical guide to fishing in India, published, 'in these hard times when money is scarce'. Captain Conway continues: 'I have set out to make the fisherman who will use the tackle described as self-dependant as possible, and I even claim that he can set himself up for a modest sixty rupees . ' (Preface).See Elliott, Field Sports in India, London, 1973, pp. 171-182.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Sunlit Waters. An Introduction to The Art of Fishing with Light Tackle.
- Author
- CONWAY, Capt. C.C.W.S.
- Publication year
- 1943
- Binding
- Hardcover
Henry Sotheran Ltd
London, United Kingdom
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