A GLORIOUS WASTE OF TIME. By Jim Gibbinson. With illustrations by Tom O'Reilly.
2006 1st edition. 8vo (152 x 217mm). Ppviii,182. B/w illustrations by Tom O'Reilly, patterned end-papers. Green cloth, spine and upper board titled in gilt, kingfisher in gilt on upper board.
"Jim Gibbinson takes the reader to gravel pits, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, dykes, beaches and estuaries ...carp, tench, pike, trout, cod, bass and mullet; with diversions for perch, chub, barbel and roach along the way. [The author] writes with honesty, frankness and humour". This edition was limited to just 595 copies, each copy signed and numbered by the illustrator and publisher, Tom O'Reilly. It is long out of print and becoming quite hard to find.
"Jim Gibbinson takes the reader to gravel pits, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, dykes, beaches and estuaries ...carp, tench, pike, trout, cod, bass and mullet; with diversions for perch, chub, barbel and roach along the way. [The author] writes with honesty, frankness and humour". This edition was limited to just 595 copies, each copy signed and numbered by the illustrator and publisher, Tom O'Reilly. It is long out of print and becoming quite hard to find.
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Book Code
31303
| Author | Gibbinson (James Arthur). (b. 1941). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 31303 |
| ISBN | B00V4R6V1K. |
| Book Description | Spine slightly cocked else clean, very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. Signed and numbered by the publisher and illustrator, Tom O'Reilly. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 2006 |
| Publisher | Little Egret Press. |
| Place | St. Germans, Cornwall. |