Fishing Book, Nymph Fishing For Chalk Stream Trout by Skues

Fishing Book, Nymph Fishing For Chalk Stream Trout by Skues

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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.

Dimensions:

Height 25.5 cm / 10 "
Width 16.5 cm / 6 "
Depth 2.3 cm / 1"
Period

1900-1949

Year

1939

Medium

Paper

Country

England

Condition

Good, some rubbing on cover

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