HUGH SHERINGHAM AND JOHN MOORE: The Book of the Fly-Rod. Edited by Hugh Sheringham and John Moore, with illustrations by George Sheringham and an essay, 'A Memory of Hugh Sheringham', by Guy C.Pollock

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HUGH SHERINGHAM AND JOHN MOORE : The Book of the Fly-Rod. Edited by Hugh Sheringham and John Moore, with illustrations by George Sheringham and an essay, 'A Memory of Hugh Sheringham', by Guy C.Pollock

Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1936

The second edition ("first cheap edition"), issued five years after the original. 4to. xv, 174pp. Blue cloth lettered in gold at the spine. With a loose tissue-protected colour frontispiece, a title page decoration, three colour plates (one with the loose tissue protector absent), eight black and white plates, and various chapter head and tail illustrations. A touch of toning to the board margins, and a tiny scattering of spotting to the top- and fore edge. Front hinge carefully reinforced. A lovely crisp copy in lightly rubbed, nicked and toned dust wrapper with a single two-inch internally repaired edge-tear. Two former owner bookplates to the front pastedown, one that of Arthur Ransome scholar Jeremy Swift. A delightfully produced and globally wide-ranging angling anthology, conceived of by Hugh Sheringham and finalised by John Moore (identified throughout as 'John C.Moore') after the latter's death in December 1930. Includes contributions by Arthur Ransome, Henry van Dyke, William Radcliffe. G.E.M.Skues, Knut Dahl, Sir Chales Holmes, Eric Parker, John Moore and others.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

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