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FISHING FLIES AND THEIR PLUMAGE
Written by Michael Veale.
Stock no. 1829720
Published by The Sportsman's Press. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A wealth of practical information on every aspect of fly-tying. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 127 pages. ISBN: 0948253398. Foxing to text block and margins. Contents heavily browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and scuffed.

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WHERE THE BRIGHT WATERS MEET
Written by H. Plunket Greene.
Stock no. 1829719
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1972. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Trout fishing, a classic of the chalk streams. Re-issue of the 1924 first edition with original photographs. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. xv and 253 pages. ISBN: 0854930108. Reprint. Top & tail of spine worn. Vertical crease to spine. Text block browned. A few foxspots present. Blue dustwrapper is very worn at edges, has a long split from tail upwards at both edges, spine is browned, rear panel is scuffed and grubby.

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THE ANGLING LETTERS OF G.E.M. SKUES
Written by G.E.M. Skues; C.F. Walker.
Stock no. 1829717
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Walker. Dark brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xv and 153 pages including index. ISBN: 0713616210. Reprint. Top of spine and top front board corner bumped. Some foxing present, mainly to text block. Price-cut dustwrapper is rubbed at corners, faded to spine, mark left by old price label to rear panel, slightly grubby.

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A MASTER'S GUIDE TO BUILDING A BAMBOO FLY ROD
Written by Everett Garrison; Hoagy B. Carmichael.
Stock no. 1829682
Published by Meadow Run Press Inc.. 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Third Edition. Large format. Green cloth spine with black title. Cream boards with Mandarin symbol for the bamboo plant to front. Dark green endpapers. B/w photos and illustrations throughout. xvii and 296 pages inlcuding index. ISBN: 0962060976. Second printing. Page 263/264 is creased. Else a lovely copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is rubbed at closed edge, scuffed to plain side, else firm.

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FAMOUS FLIES AND THEIR ORIGINATORS
Written by T. Donald Overfield.
Stock no. 1829681
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A book devoted to the life histories of those men whose names are famous in the history of fly-tying. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour drawings & photos, b/w photos. 186 pages. ISBN: 0713613319. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Text block browned. Endpapers grubby. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is grubby, browned to spine and has a tiny closed tear to top front edge of spsine.

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ITCHEN MEMORIES
Written by G.E.M. Skues; Roy Darlington. Illustrated by Alex Jardine.
Stock no. 1829680
Published by Robert Hale. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A reissue of a classic of 20th century angling literature. 50 years angling on the Abbotts Barton fishery. Edition limited to 750 copies. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Introduction by Darlington. ISBN: 0709063725. Copy 94 of 750. Base of spine lightly rubbed. Red ribbon page marker is fraying at ends. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, browned to spine, and is edge-creased.

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FISHING IN WILD PLACES
Written by David Street. Illustrated by Terence Lambert.
Stock no. 1829678
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1st thus 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Fishing the wild virgin places of the UK. Many of the stories that comprise the chapters of this book have appeared as articles in various journals. Paper boards, black spine with cream title, cream boards with black title and vignette to front. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. ix and 201 pages. ISBN: 0854932062. Binding error to half-title page, lower corner (lower corner cut too large and folded over). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned and grubby.

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THE WAY OF A TROUT WITH A FLY AND SOME FURTHER STUDIES IN MINOR TACTICS
Written by G.E.M. Skues.
Stock no. 1829677
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 3rd 1935. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Third Edition. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. 2 colour plates and 1 b/w plate. xviii and 259 pages. Top of spine creased with shelf-wear. Foxing to text block. Gift inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Foxing to prelims and a few other pages. Dustwrapper is heavily browned and a little grubby, creased at top & tail of spine.

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MINOR TACTICS OF THE CHALK STREAM
Written by G.E.M. Skues.
Stock no. 1829676
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1950. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The author makes his case for the wet fly, with many other ingenious theories and practical devices, all conveyed in his highly characteristic manner. 3rd edition. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. xiv and 133 pages. Second impression of the third edition. A few marks to boards. Foxing present, mainly to prelims and text block. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with a small chip to top front edge.

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FLY FISHING (HADDON HALL LIBRARY)
Written by Edward Grey. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1829675
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 4th 1907. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The Haddon Hall Library series. Fourth and cheaper edition. Red cloth, gilt titles. Deckle edged. Colour frontis and one plate of trout flies. Endpapers and chapter headers by Rackham. B/w plates by others. xiii and 276 pages including index. Top edge gilt. Some mottling to boards. Spine slightly faded. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers .Text block browned with age. Small hole to tissue-guard protecting frontis. A few marks to contents. All plates present. Dustwrapper is browned and in two halves (front and rear) with edge-wear, spine is detached but present and is also in two halves (top and bottom).

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THE ESSENTIAL G.E.M. SKUES
Written by G.E.M. Skues; Kenneth Robson.
Stock no. 1829674
Published by A & C Black Publishers. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An opportunity to read the best of fly fisherman Skues' writing from his books, articles and correspondence. Edited by Kenneth Robson. Cream cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. xi and 260 pages including index. ISBN: 0713638923. Shelf-wear to top & tail of spine. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, scuffed to rear panel, bar-coded ISBN label to rear.

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FLY-TYING METHODS
Written by Darrel Martin.
Stock no. 1329360
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. A discussion of the best tools and materials for the serious fly tyer. Black cloth spine and black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0715391321. SIGNED by the author by means of a dedication to the lower margin of the frontis. Foxing to page edges and a slight musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn.

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