The Way of a Trout With a Fly; and Some Further Studies in Minor Tactics (Second Edition)
by SKUES, G E M
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
A & C Black 1928. Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 259pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffign & bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, ex-libris plate tipped in to verso of half title page, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
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- The Way of a Trout With a Fly; and Some Further Studies in Minor Tactics (Second Edition)
- Author
- SKUES, G E M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A & C Black 1928
- Keywords
- fly fishing flyfishing trout trout hobbies sport guide angling
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- Gilt
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- Buckram
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