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Great Britain: Seeley, Service & Co., 1955. Book. Good. Hardcover. Lower page corners finger smudged else light wear..

Seeley Service & Co., 1955. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (spine ends and corners scuffed; page egdes spotted), dustwrapper (rather worn esp at extrems - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 256, illus with b& plates and drawings in text (endpapers and prelims spotted; no inscriptions).

London England: Seeley, Service & Co Hardback. First Edition. Lake and Loch Fishing For Trout. Slight foxing to end inside covers. Slight wear to top and bottom edge of spine and corners of cloth. Small nip to top edge of front spine. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: The Lake Trout - His Kith and Kin. His Six Senses. His Habits, His Enemies. Theory of the Rise. Lake Flies - An Observation Tank. The Lake Trout's Menu. Insects of the Lake. The Sedges. Fly Buying and Fly Tying. Lake Fly Dressings. Sedge Dressings. The Lake Fisherman - Impedimenta. Lakecraft. Boats. Bank Fishing. The Gillie. Sockdologers. Bibliography. Index. List of Plates. Text Illustrations. 256 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback. Read More

London England: Seeley, Service & Co, 1955. Hardback. First Edition. Lake and Loch Fishing. Wear and tear to edge of D/J. Couple of small pieces of D/J. missing. From experience the author learned that a working knowledge of the character and habits of insect life, and a knowledge of the trout and his 'six' senses added not only to the pleasures of fly-fishing but increased the chances of good sport. So in this book he has dealt, in a very pleasant and lucid style, qwith these subjects and many others, such as the theoretical aspects of the rise; the topographical features of the lake and their significance to the angler; the effect of surface winds and the advantages of anchoring or drifting whilst fishing from a boat. Methods of casting, and of hooking and playing the trout under varying weather conditions are discussed. Some of the problems, perhaps, will be new to fishermen who have never pondered on the effects of fluorescence and refraction of light on the fish themselves. A great… Read More

London: Seeley, Service, (1955). 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback in original cloth 256pp., frontis., b/w pls., bibliog., index, Chapters include; the lake trout - his kith and kin; his six senses; his habits; his enemies; theory of the rise; lake flies - an observation tank; the lake trout's menu; insects of the lake; the sedges; fly buying and fly tying; lake fly dressing; sedge dressings; the lake fisherman - impedimenta; way of a boat; bank fishing; the gillie; sockdologers

Seeley Service & Co Limited. London. 1955. First Edition. DW. Frontis with illustrations. VG/POOR in very worn and torn wrapper, lacking portions, and with tape repairs to upper panel.