Dame Juliana The Angling Treatyse and its Mysteries
by Frederick Buller and Hugh Falkus
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
England: The Flyfisher's Classic Library, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illustrated with color and black and white plates. FIRST EDITION. Color plates by Denys Ovenden. Bound in red leather. Gilt insignia on cover and gilt title on spine, silk marker. 305 of 350 numbered copies. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece. x 214pp. Red cloth slipcase. The entire 500-year history of British angling literature is in a direct line of descent from a book that has caused more controversy than any other since. Almost nothing is known with certainty about The Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle. Some 30 years ago Hugh Falkus and Fred Buller set out to see what they could make of this. Despite being written in the rather obscure vocabulary and syntax of the 15th century, they knew that the text was insightful and intelligent. The author knew her or his subject and wrote from experience and with considerable wisdom. After rendering the text into modern English, they explored the evidence for and against the various opinions of the book's origins. Broadly favoring the traditional interpretations, they found fascinating reasons for accepting that it could have been written by "The Dame" at Sopwell, near the City of St. Albans. All of this has now been put together by Fred Buller, with help from Jack Heddon, Malcolm Greenhalgh, David Beazley, Professor Stephen Downes and Denys Ovenden. The result is a volume which celebrates the first, and in the opinion of some, the most significant book on angling in English or any other language<br><br>CONDITION: Covers are unmarked. Pages are crisp and clean. Slipcase is unmarked. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 068944
- Title
- Dame Juliana The Angling Treatyse and its Mysteries
- Author
- Frederick Buller and Hugh Falkus
- Illustrator
- Illustrated with color and black and white plates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Flyfisher's Classic Library
- Place of Publication
- England
- Date Published
- 2001
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Angling, Fishing, Flies, nymphs
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I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Shelley and Son Books
Biblio member since 2005
Hendersonville, North Carolina
About Shelley and Son Books
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