ANGLING HOLIDAYS IN PURSUIT OF SALMON, TROUT AND PIKE. By C.W. Gedney. Large Paper Edition.
1896 1st edition. 4to (190 x 250mm). Pp184 + 4pp ads. B/w photograph plates. Dark red buckram gilt, spine titled in gilt, gilt design of a ghillie gaffing a salmon on upper board, bevelled edges.
This large paper edition is appreciably larger than the standard edition, and has an additional frontispiece sketch, "Below the Falls - Kilrea," as well as a new cover design. Eleven chapters of the twenty-four are on Irish angling, mainly salmon and trout fishing with but a couple of chapters on pike. Odd chapters on Dovedale, Norfolk trouting, Lake Vyrnwy, the Wiltshire Avon, the River Usk, the Canterbury Stour, the Itchen and angling holidays in Scotland.
This large paper edition is appreciably larger than the standard edition, and has an additional frontispiece sketch, "Below the Falls - Kilrea," as well as a new cover design. Eleven chapters of the twenty-four are on Irish angling, mainly salmon and trout fishing with but a couple of chapters on pike. Odd chapters on Dovedale, Norfolk trouting, Lake Vyrnwy, the Wiltshire Avon, the River Usk, the Canterbury Stour, the Itchen and angling holidays in Scotland.
£250.00
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Book Code
53742
| Author | Gedney (Charles William). (d. 1927). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 53742 |
| ISBN | B003U5L0Y2. |
| Book Description | Spine faded but a very good copy. W.H. Smith end-paper stamp and signature to front end-paper, inner hinge slightly tender, some browning but a clean copy. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1896 |
| Publisher | "Telegraph" Printing Works. |
| Place | Bromley, Kent. |