ITCHEN MEMORIES. By G.E.M. Skues. With illustrations by Alex Jardine. Modern Fishing Classics series.
(1951) 1984 paperback reprint. Small 8vo paperback (130 x 197mm). Pp128. B/w illustrations by Alex Jardine.
"It concerns just one, specific, length of this lovely chalk stream. The watery maze of carriers, ditches and drains which criss-cross Winchester's northern water-meadows, for centuries known as Abbots Barton, is the sole setting for the stories which follow. It is a final and cherished selection of memories and meanderings of fifty-seven long seasons..." (from Roy Darlington's Introduction to the 1999 edition).
"It concerns just one, specific, length of this lovely chalk stream. The watery maze of carriers, ditches and drains which criss-cross Winchester's northern water-meadows, for centuries known as Abbots Barton, is the sole setting for the stories which follow. It is a final and cherished selection of memories and meanderings of fifty-seven long seasons..." (from Roy Darlington's Introduction to the 1999 edition).
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54486
| Author | Skues (George Edward MacKenzie). (1858-1949). |
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| Book Code | 54486 |
| ISBN | 0233976892 / 0233976892. |
| Book Description | Foxing to end-papers and edges, text unaffected, solidly intact, second-hand paperback. |
| Book Cover | Paperback |
| Published Date | 1984 |
| Publisher | Andre Deutsch. |
| Place | London. |