Michael Lunn is present keeper of the River Lunn and in this book, which is ghostwritten by Clive Graham Ranger, he tells stories about the three generations in his family of riverkeepers on the Test, and the history of the famous fishing club associated with their stretch of water - the Houghton Club. Many famous people have fished at the Club over the years, including John Turner and Landseer.
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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 4to (194 x 252mm). Ppxii,157. Colour plates, colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in slightly rubbed dust-wrapper. "The River Test is the most famous chalkstream in the world. The Houghton Club is the best known .flyfishing club .which .has played host to the likes of J.M.W. Turner, Sir Francis Chantrey, Arthur Rackham, Sir Edwin Landseer and .Dwight Eisenhower. .Since [1887] the responsibility for the Houghton Club's fifteen miles of the Middle Test has been passed from father to son for three uninterrupted generations. In those hundred and more years they have contributed significantly to the art of riverkeeping, the science of fly recognition and fly tying, and introduced revolutionary techniques in fish farming." This book, written by the third of this dynasty, "is a treasure house of nostalgia; a guide to dry fly technique [and] an up to the minute history of modern flyfishing." . Seller Inventory # 29276
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The River Test is the most famous chalkstream in the world. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photographs. xii and 157 pages. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed, corners of boards lightly bumped. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, a little grubby, worn at corners. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched! Seller Inventory # 1829723
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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 4to (194 x 252mm). Ppxii,157. Colour plates, colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults. Very good in slightly spine-faded and used dust-wrapper. "The River Test is the most famous chalkstream in the world. The Houghton Club is the best known .flyfishing club .which .has played host to the likes of J.M.W. Turner, Sir Francis Chantrey, Arthur Rackham, Sir Edwin Landseer and .Dwight Eisenhower. .Since [1887] the responsibility for the Houghton Club's fifteen miles of the Middle Test has been passed from father to son for three uninterrupted generations. In those hundred and more years they have contributed significantly to the art of riverkeeping, the science of fly recognition and fly tying, and introduced revolutionary techniques in fish farming." This book, written by the third of this dynasty, "is a treasure house of nostalgia; a guide to dry fly technique [and] an up to the minute history of modern flyfishing." . Seller Inventory # 27880
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 4to (194 x 252mm). Ppxii,157. Colour plates, colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Near fine in dust-wrapper. "The River Test is the most famous chalkstream in the world. The Houghton Club is the best known .flyfishing club .which .has played host to the likes of J.M.W. Turner, Sir Francis Chantrey, Arthur Rackham, Sir Edwin Landseer and .Dwight Eisenhower. .Since [1887] the responsibility for the Houghton Club's fifteen miles of the Middle Test has been passed from father to son for three uninterrupted generations. In those hundred and more years they have contributed significantly to the art of riverkeeping, the science of fly recognition and fly tying, and introduced revolutionary techniques in fish farming." This book, written by the third of this dynasty, "is a treasure house of nostalgia; a guide to dry fly technique [and] an up to the minute history of modern flyfishing." . Seller Inventory # 6886