MAINLY ABOUT FISHING. By Arthur Ransome. First edition.
1959 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Ppxiv,159. Illustrated with 4 colour & 2 b&w plates. Dark green boards, 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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3969
| Author | Ransome (Arthur Michell). (1884-1967). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 3969 |
| ISBN | B00JME5IU2. |
| Book Description | Spotting to top edge else very good in clean, intact dust-wrapper. 30s. net. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1959 |
| Publisher | Adam & Charles Black. |
| Place | London. |