The Book of the Fly-Rod. Illustrated by George Sheringham. [First Trade Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

SHERINGHAM Hugh

Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode,, 1936

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Roy. 4to., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, 3 fine coloured plates in collotype, 8 plates in monochrome and numerous illustrations in the text, small neat inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, covers lightly faded else a bright, clean copy. Accessible edition of the fishing classic first published as a signed and limited edition of 195 copies in 1931. Contributors include Skues, Van Dyke, Radcliife, Ransome, Calderwood, Plunket Greene, Griswold and others. Sheringham was fishing editor of 'The Field' magazine; Moore provides a chapter on chub on the fly.

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Title
The Book of the Fly-Rod. Illustrated by George Sheringham. [First Trade Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Author
SHERINGHAM Hugh
Publisher
Eyre & Spottiswoode,
Publication year
1936
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Binding
Soft cover
Edition
1st Edition
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Island Books

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