MAINLY ABOUT FISHING. By Arthur Ransome. First edition.
1959 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Ppxiv,159. Illustrated with 4 colour and 2 b/w plates. Dark green cloth, spine titled in gilt.
More delightful angling essays with an emphasis on fly-dressing, chapters on Victorian and earlier fly-dressers, and, of course, on Ransome's famous Blue Elver fly, as well as discussions on the food of salmon, and on angling literature. Includes colour photographs of "Creatures of the Plankton," a colour painting of a vulturine guineafowl, and b/w photographs of elvers and euphasid shrimps.
More delightful angling essays with an emphasis on fly-dressing, chapters on Victorian and earlier fly-dressers, and, of course, on Ransome's famous Blue Elver fly, as well as discussions on the food of salmon, and on angling literature. Includes colour photographs of "Creatures of the Plankton," a colour painting of a vulturine guineafowl, and b/w photographs of elvers and euphasid shrimps.
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18189
| Author | Ransome (Arthur Michell). (1884-1967). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 18189 |
| ISBN | B00JME5IU2. |
| Book Description | Ex library, numerous faults, front end-paper excised. Well-used working copy in dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1959 |
| Publisher | Adam and Charles Black. |
| Place | London. |