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THE WAY OF A TROUT WITH A FLY
Written by G.E.M. Skues.
Stock no. 1329536
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 2nd 1928. Good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. 2nd edition. 2 colour plates and 1 b/w plate. 259 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers scuffed and marked. Light foxing throughout.

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NYMPH FISHING FOR CHALK STREAM TROUT & MINOR TACTICS OF THE CHALK STREAM
Written by G.E.M. Skues.
Stock no. 1329535
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Two volumes in one. First combined edition. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 244 pages. ISBN: 0713614471. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Neat name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Page browning and spotting to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and just a little grubby.

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SIDE-LINES, SIDE-LIGHTS & REFLECTIONS
Written by G.E.M. Skues.
Stock no. 1329529
Published by J.B. Lippincott Company. 1st USA 1932. Fair condition.

Fugitive papers of the chalk-stream angler. Pale green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 473 pages including index. Binding very worn to spine, split at both edges (possibly re-glued?) and browned. Some browning/foxing to edges of covers. Foxing to prelims and to textblock.

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THE ANGLING LETTERS OF G.E.M. SKUES
Written by G.E.M. Skues; C.F. Walker.
Stock no. 1329528
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Walker. Dark brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xv and 153 pages including index. ISBN: 0713616210. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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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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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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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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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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ITCHEN MEMORIES
Written by G.E.M. Skues; Roy Darlington. Illustrated by Alex Jardine.
Stock no. 1329316
Published by Robert Hale. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than 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. This is copy no. 340. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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THE WAY OF A TROUT WITH A FLY
Written by G.E.M. Skues.
Stock no. 2122656
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

And Some Further Studies in Minor Tactics. 4th edition. Colour plates. ISBN: 0713607122. Wrapper is edge-creased with corner of front flap cut off.

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