NOVICE'S LUCK: OR, SOME SPORTING SPRINTS. By Martin Stephens.
1936 1st edition. Large 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp225. B/w drawings by Maurice Tulloch. Red cloth, spine titled in yellow.
"With eighty-five drawings by Maurice Tulloch." A wide-ranging sporting novel about a bored and unsuccessful city gent who throws his old life aside. Beginning with riding to hounds in England, our hero sets off round the world in search of wild boar, tiger, deer stalking, fly-fishing, grouse, and more, through Britain, India and Canada, then back to Britain again. There are two chapters on angling: "Leviathan," on Wye salmon, and "Men and Mayfly," on chalk stream trout.
"With eighty-five drawings by Maurice Tulloch." A wide-ranging sporting novel about a bored and unsuccessful city gent who throws his old life aside. Beginning with riding to hounds in England, our hero sets off round the world in search of wild boar, tiger, deer stalking, fly-fishing, grouse, and more, through Britain, India and Canada, then back to Britain again. There are two chapters on angling: "Leviathan," on Wye salmon, and "Men and Mayfly," on chalk stream trout.
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Book Code
44638
| Author | Stephens (Martin). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 44638 |
| Book Description | Slight use but a good copy. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1936 |
| Publisher | Eyre and Spottiswoode. |
| Place | London. |