SUNSHINE AND THE DRY FLY. By J.W. Dunne. First edition.
1924 1st edition. Small 8vo (133 x 195mm). Ppviii,136. B/w line drawings. Blue/grey cloth, titled in black on spine and upper board, design of wavy lines on spine and upper board.
Dunne was the inventor of trout flies with translucent bodies. A delightful and important book on trout fishing. J.W. Dunne was better known to the world at large as a designer of aeroplanes in the early years of the twentieth century, and for his theories on the nature of time as expressed in his book An Experiment With Time (1927).
Dunne was the inventor of trout flies with translucent bodies. A delightful and important book on trout fishing. J.W. Dunne was better known to the world at large as a designer of aeroplanes in the early years of the twentieth century, and for his theories on the nature of time as expressed in his book An Experiment With Time (1927).
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6728
Author | Dunne (John William). (1875-1949). |
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Book Code | 6728 |
ISBN | B0000CHOHK. |
Book Description | Foxing to prelims and edges. Good-plus in poor dust-wrapper. Dust-wrapper B. Second issue (1929). White background with colour panel of a pastoral river scene by Sutton Palmer, and images of mayflies on the spine. Book advertisements on rear panel inc |
Book Cover | Hardcover |
Published Date | 1924 |
Publisher | A. and C. Black. |
Place | London. |