SALMON FISHING. By John James Hardy. First edition.
1907 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Ppxii,169. Illustrated with a b/w frontispiece portrait from a painting by E. Hodgson Smart (with facsimile signature), a colour plate of flies, 33 plates from photographs, text engravings and drawings. xii pp + 169 pp. With a 40-page appendix of 345 salmon fly dressings. Brown cloth, spine and upper board titled in gilt, gilt angling scene on upper board.
A scarce and important book. Includes the dressings of 345 salmon flies.
A scarce and important book. Includes the dressings of 345 salmon flies.
£60.00
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Book Code
3893
| Author | Hardy (John James). (1854-1932). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 3893 |
| ISBN | B000863D4Q. |
| Book Description | Externally very good. A previous owner has pasted relevant newspaper cuttings over the preliminary and final pages. In doing so he has pasted together the title-page and frontispiece, and pasted over the text of the introduction and some of the fly-patte |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1907 |
| Publisher | Country Life and Newnes. |
| Place | London. |