THE FISHERMAN'S COMPANION. Edited by Kenneth Mansfield.
1968 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp448. Illustrated with text engravings taken from early editions of Walton's Compleat Angler, March's Jolly Angler and Hofland's British Angler's Manual. Pale olive end-papers. Red cloth, black spine label titled in silver-gilt.
A good collection of angling stories and verse, much of which has not been previously seen in anthologies, and with material by a number of literary figures seldom quoted in fishing books - including John Donne, Alexander Pope, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Rupert Brooke.
A good collection of angling stories and verse, much of which has not been previously seen in anthologies, and with material by a number of literary figures seldom quoted in fishing books - including John Donne, Alexander Pope, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Rupert Brooke.
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Book Code
54844
| Author | Mansfield (Kenneth), Editor. |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 54844 |
| ISBN | 0413260100 / 0413260100. |
| Book Description | Dedication and bookplate to front end-paper. Tape ghosts to end-papers, marks to edged. Good-plus in complete dust-wrapper with small to tear to front and top corner. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1968 |
| Publisher | Eyre and Spottiswoode. |
| Place | London. |