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A Jerk on One End: Reflections of a Mediocre Fisherman
by Hughes, Robert
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1860467032
- ISBN 13
- 9781860467035
- Seller
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About This Item
The Harvill Press, London, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Andrew McLean. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 117 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. The dust wrapper is not price clipped and shows only minor shelf-wear.. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. "In some ways it's a ridiculous human passion," renowned author and art critic Robert Hughes confesses of his lifelong devotion to fishing. But it is a powerful, abiding passion nonetheless, one that Hughes shares with presidents and paupers, philosophers and truants, mystics and macho deep-sea warriors. Mixing memoir, history, adventure, folklore, and stunning descriptions of the fathomless mysteries of the deep, Robert Hughes has written an absolutely magnificent volume. A Jerk on One End is a superb piece of prose and a profound meditation on the beauty, the excitement, and the peerless pleasures of fishing--and of life. Illustrator: Andrew McLean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Fishing & Hunting. ISBN: 1860467032. ISBN/EAN: 9781860467035. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4687. . 9781860467035
Synopsis
Robert Hughes was born in Sydney, Australia, and has lived and worked in the United States since 1970, as art critic for Time magazine. He has received numerous awards, including an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Among his twelve previous books are The Shock of the New , The Fatal Shore , The Culture of Complaint , and American Visions: The Epic History of American Art .
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4687
- Title
- A Jerk on One End: Reflections of a Mediocre Fisherman
- Author
- Hughes, Robert
- Illustrator
- Andrew McLean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1860467032
- ISBN 13
- 9781860467035
- Publisher
- The Harvill Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- BZDB137 Hughes, Robert, 1938-2012, Fishing, Fishing -- Anecdotes, Biography & Autobiography; Fishing & Hunting. Andrew McLean ISBN: 1860467032 EAN: 9781860467035 Hughes, Robert A Jerk on One End: Reflections of a Mediocre Fisherman
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