THE LITTLE BOOK OF FISHING: AN ANTHOLOGY. Introduction by Nick Lyons. Edited by Will Balliett.

Language: English

Published by The Atlantic Monthly Press. New York. 1994, 1994

087113568X / 9780871135681

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1994). 1994 1st edition. Square 8vo (180 x 183mm). Pp126. B/w photographs, introduction by Nick Lyons. Green paper-covered boards with grey cloth spine, spine titled in gilt. Slightly bumped and shelf-worn. Marks to edges but good-plus in dust-wrapper. "In his introduction, Nick Lyons quotes his old friend Sparse Grey Hackle, who told him, 'The finest fishing often takes place not on water, but in print.' 'And so it does,' Lyons concurs, 'as this brief and balanced little book will show you.'" This readable anthology includes; introduction by Nick Lyons; East Hampton, August 28, 1939, by John N. Cole; Mecca, by Nick Lyons; Tuna Fishing in Spain, by Ernest Hemingway; Trout, by Seamus Heaney; The Long Night, by Le Anne Schreiber; Abe Lincoln Fished Here, by Lin Sutherland; Mr. Theodore Castwell, by G.E.M. Skues; Murder, by Sparse Grey Hackle; The Brakes Got Drunk, by Red Smith; Hairy Gertz And The Forty-SevenCrappies, by Jean Shepherd; an excerpt from, Nothing But Blue Skies, by Thomas McGuane; Fly Fishing Folly, by Ailm Travler; A Meditation On The Midlife Crisis And The Literature, Psychoogy And Mystique Of Fly Fishing, by Howell Raines. .

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THE LITTLE BOOK OF FISHING: AN ANTHOLOGY. Introduction by Nick Lyons. Edited by Will Balliett.
Author
Balliett (Will), Editor.
Publisher
The Atlantic Monthly Press. New York. 1994
Publication year
1994
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
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087113568X
ISBN 13
9780871135681
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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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