Fly-Leaves from a Fisherman’s Diary
London: Edward Arnold, 1910. First. Hardcover. Fly-Leaves from a Fisherman’s Diary, Captain G.E. Sharp, Edward Arnold, London. 1910, xi, 175 pp., 8 x 5½ inches.
Red cloth with gilt titling to cover and spine with gilt pictorial of building on cover and fly on spine, top edge gilt, light stain to cover and mark to back cover, spine shows slight fading, deckle edge, poorly cut, all plates as called for, tissue guarded, name plate inside front cover, deckle fore edge. First edition. Good condition. Please refer to pictures for condition.
This book is the author’s recollections of stream trout fishing. He shares his love of the river and the sport with hopes to endure the reader “into the full, quiet joys of the water-meadow and the riverside, and into the soft atmosphere which pervades man’s most gentle recreation.” It is arranged by month, from February to October. Good / None. Item #474
Price: $30.00