A FISHERMAN'S TESTAMENT. By Bernard Venables. First edition.
1949 1st edition. 4to (188 x 250mm). Pp120. B/w drawings by the author. Original brown cloth with gilt trout vignette on front.*
. Written during the Second World War as "an exercise in nostalgia, a refuge from a very unpleasant period." A collection of the author's delightful reminiscences; on the mayfly, dry fly at Fairford, tench, perch and chub, the upper Towy, failure at Blagdon, pike, and more. *Binding A. Brown cloth with gilt spine titles and a gilt fish vignette on upper board.
. Written during the Second World War as "an exercise in nostalgia, a refuge from a very unpleasant period." A collection of the author's delightful reminiscences; on the mayfly, dry fly at Fairford, tench, perch and chub, the upper Towy, failure at Blagdon, pike, and more. *Binding A. Brown cloth with gilt spine titles and a gilt fish vignette on upper board.
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27941
| Author | Venables (Bernard Percival). (1907-2001). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 27941 |
| ISBN | No ISBN. |
| Book Description | End-paper browned and with small ink erasures. Very good in price-clipped dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1949 |
| Publisher | Adam and Charles Black. |
| Place | London. |