SILK, FUR AND FEATHER: THE TROUT-FLY DRESSER'S YEAR. By "V.C". Being a reprint in book form of a series of articles published in the "Fishing Gazette". First edition.
1950 1st edition. 12mo (105mm x 165mm). Pp116. Illustrated with line drawings. Green pebbled cloth with rounded corners, uniform with other Fishing Gazette publications, printed marbled end-papers.
Following the death of G.E.M. Skues on 9th August 1949, a series of fly-tying articles which had originally appeared in the Fishing Gazette were published under the title, Silk, Fur and Feather: The Trout-Fly Dresser's Year, by "V.C". - the initials of Skues' pen name "Val Conson". This first edition just gives the author as "V.C".
Following the death of G.E.M. Skues on 9th August 1949, a series of fly-tying articles which had originally appeared in the Fishing Gazette were published under the title, Silk, Fur and Feather: The Trout-Fly Dresser's Year, by "V.C". - the initials of Skues' pen name "Val Conson". This first edition just gives the author as "V.C".
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21016
| Author | Skues (George Edward MacKenzie). (1858-1949). |
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| Book Code | 21016 |
| ISBN | B0066QTL20. |
| Book Description | Very good copy with the publisher's slip pasted onto the title-page giving the true name of the author". 'Silk, Fur and Feather' is by G.E.M. Skues (Val Conson of 'The Fishing Gazette.) The name was originally suppressed at his special request as he fear |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1950 |
| Publisher | The Fishing Gazette. |
| Place | Beckenham, Kent. |