IN THE LAND OF THE BEAUTIFUL TROUT. By Arthur Tysilio Johnson.
1907 1st edition. Hardback issue. Small 8vo (118 x 176mm). Pp170 + 2pp ads. B/w vignette illustrations. Binding B - Green cloth gilt, yapp edges.*.
A series of essays on flyfishing for trout and sea-trout, many of them with a Welsh background. The author was a well-known gardener, poultry farmer and writer who lived near Conwy in North Wales. * This hardcover issue is seen in two variant bindings. Binding A - Green cloth, gilt titles and silhouette of angler on upper board, spine titled in gilt in lower case with "beautiful" on one line, yapp fore-edge, colour plates of trout flies (by Hardy Brothers) as front and rear end-papers. Binding B - Green cloth, gilt titles and silhouette of angler on upper board, spine titled in gilt in upper case with "beauti-ful" on two lines, yapp fore-edge, plain white end-papers. This is a copy of binding B.
A series of essays on flyfishing for trout and sea-trout, many of them with a Welsh background. The author was a well-known gardener, poultry farmer and writer who lived near Conwy in North Wales. * This hardcover issue is seen in two variant bindings. Binding A - Green cloth, gilt titles and silhouette of angler on upper board, spine titled in gilt in lower case with "beautiful" on one line, yapp fore-edge, colour plates of trout flies (by Hardy Brothers) as front and rear end-papers. Binding B - Green cloth, gilt titles and silhouette of angler on upper board, spine titled in gilt in upper case with "beauti-ful" on two lines, yapp fore-edge, plain white end-papers. This is a copy of binding B.
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Book Code
45140
| Author | Johnson (Arthur Tysilio). (1873-1956). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 45140 |
| ISBN | No ISBN. |
| Book Description | Cloth slightly stained, corner snipped from front end-paper, o/w a good copy. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1907 |
| Publisher | T.N. Foulis. |
| Place | Edinburgh and London. |