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Fishing Book, Nymph Fishing For Chalk Stream Trout by Skues
Reference
26836
Height
26 cm (10 1/4")
Width
17 cm (6 3/4")
Depth
2 cm (0 3/4")
Vintage Fishing Book, Nymph Fishing For Chalk Stream Trout By Skues.
A 1st edition angling book by G.E.M. Skues entitled 'Nymph Fishing For Chalk Stream Trout' and published by Adam & charles Black, 4, 5 & 6 Soho Square, London, W.1, 1939. This is a hard back copy with original brown binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Title page printed in black, frontispiece image of Nymph Pattrns 1 to 15.
Inside the front cover there is a bookplate of Maurice Riesco.
A bookplate, or ex libris, is a small print for pasting inside the cover of a book, to express ownership. By the late 19th century, bookplates had developed into a highly imaginative form of miniature art.
A 1st edition angling book by G.E.M. Skues entitled 'Nymph Fishing For Chalk Stream Trout' and published by Adam & charles Black, 4, 5 & 6 Soho Square, London, W.1, 1939. This is a hard back copy with original brown binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Title page printed in black, frontispiece image of Nymph Pattrns 1 to 15.
Inside the front cover there is a bookplate of Maurice Riesco.
A bookplate, or ex libris, is a small print for pasting inside the cover of a book, to express ownership. By the late 19th century, bookplates had developed into a highly imaginative form of miniature art.
Height
26 cm (10 1/4")
Width
17 cm (6 3/4")
Depth
2 cm (0 3/4")
Condition
Good, some rubbing on cover
Year
1939
Period
1900-1949
Medium
Paper
Country
England