Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream and Kindred Studies. by G. E. M. Skues

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

London : Adam & Charles Black, 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 133pp. Light spots to endpapers. O/w Clean copy internlly. No inscriptions. Some marks to external cloth. Binding remains strong. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket..

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1914. Second edition (first published in 1910). Tall 8vo. xiv, 133 pp. Color plates of flies. "Without ousting the dry fly from pride of place as major tactics of the chalk stream, the wet fly has its subsidiary, but still important place of honor in chalk-stream fishing." Hampton, p. 86. Endpapers badly browned, hinges cracking, two gift inscriptions on front pastedown, final passage of the book underlined in ink, but a good solid copy. Original olive cloth (rubbed), gilt spine title. (#6907).

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1996. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Sewn-in silk bookmark. Color frontispiece illustration. From the Easton Press Library of Fly-fishing Classics. First published in 1910. 133pp. . Collector's Edition. Full Brown Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Royal Octavo.

London. Adam and Charles Black. 1924 [1910]. Third Edition. Tall Octavo (10 x 7). 133 pp. plus 2 pp. advertisement. Colored frontispiece showing thirteen of Mr. Skues's nymphs. The fundamental book, written by a master of the game, which should be of interest to anyone who wants to properly learn the ways of fishing the nymph, and also anyone who may be interested in Mr. Skues’s commentary on Frederic Halford and his dry flies. The book is bound in the original brown cloth with gilt titles. Angling bookplate. Some foxing to the first few pages, otherwise this is a bright, clean and very good book..

Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, (1996). Collector's Edition. Fine in medium brown leather covered boards with gilt text and decorations in five compartments on the spine and gilt borders and tool work on the boards. The edges of the text block are gilt and the end sheets are silk with a placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 5/8 by 5 3/4 inches. The book is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. One of the volumes in the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics. Edited with a special new introduction by John McDonald. Illustrated with a color frontispiece. 133 pages of text. This title is no longer published and sold by The Easton Press. An unread and un-opened copy in perfect condition.

London: Adam And Charles Black. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. (1950). Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Some minor small adhesive tape stains to endpapers. Some foxing. Small chip to front panel of the dust wrapper. 2/3" tears at head and tail of dust wrapper spine. Moderate foxing and some staining to the dust wrapper. Dust wrapper is price clipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; Second printing of the third edition. xiv, 133 pages + colour frontispiece. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 220mm x 137mm. "Mr Skues' three studies of fly-fishing have all attained recognition in their field. In Minor Tactics he makes his case for the wet fly, with many other ingenious theories and practical devices - all conveyed in his highly characteristic manner." - from the dust wrapper blurb. ; 8vo .

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London: Adam & Charles Black, 1914. Second edition (first published in 1910). Tall 8vo. xiv, 133 pp. Color plates of flies. "Without ousting the dry fly from pride of place as major tactics of the chalk stream, the wet fly has its subsidiary, but still important place of honor in chalk-stream fishing." Hampton, p. 86. Original brown cloth (head of spine rubbed), gilt spine title; endpapers browned, but very good.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1910. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 7". Not Stated. A very smart first edition of this influential fly fishing book from G. E. M. Skues. A very smart first edition of "Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream and Kindred Studies" by G. E. M. Skues. Beautifully illustrated with a colour plate frontispiece. George Edward MacKenzie Skues, usually known as G. E. M. Skues (1858–1949), was a British lawyer, author and fly fisherman. "Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream and Kindred Studies" was Skues" first book and is said to have effected a "revolution" as it set the stage for the dominance of nymph fishing for trout. Containing two pages of publisher"s advertisements to the rear. In the original publisher"s cloth binding, with gilt title to the front board and spine. Externally, Very smart. Some very minor rubbing to the extremities, particularly the head and tail of the spine. Pastedown and endpapers are lightly… Read More