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Stephen Johnson wrote this classic fishing book in a German prison camp after his plane was shot down in 1942. First publishing in 1947 this edition, with its exceptionally entertaining descriptions of angling adventures in Skye and elsewhere, is introduced by Tom Fort.
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- PublisherExcellent Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1900318245
- ISBN 13 9781900318242
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages154
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FISHING FROM AFAR. By Stephen Johnson.
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Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 2006). (1947) 2006 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp154 + 2pp ads. B/w photographs. Dark blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Soiling to boards else clean internally, smells very slightly musty. Good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. Shot down in 1942, the author occupied himself in Stalag Luft III in writing this book. Reminiscence and instruction on trout, salmon and sea-trout fishing with a good chapter on flyfishing for saltwater sea-trout in Skye. This edition has a new eight-page introductory essay by Tom Fort. Chapters include: For beginners (without tears); The strike; About playing fish; Autmun salmon fishing; Spring salmon; Wet flies for trout; Wartime fishing for trout; Fishing abroad; Early days; Sea trout in the sea; Sea trout in rivers; Loch fishing for sea trout; Loch fishing at night; About sea trout. . Seller Inventory # 43832
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Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 2006). (1947) 2006 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxvi,5-154 + 2pp ads. B/w photographs, dark blue end-papers. Dark blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper with small mark to front. Shot down in 1942, the author occupied himself in Stalag Luft III in writing this book. Reminiscence and instruction on trout, salmon and sea-trout fishing with a good chapter on flyfishing for saltwater sea-trout in Skye. This edition has a new eight-page introductory essay by Tom Fort. Chapters include: For beginners (without tears); The strike; About playing fish; Autmun salmon fishing; Spring salmon; Wet flies for trout; Wartime fishing for trout; Fishing abroad; Early days; Sea trout in the sea; Sea trout in rivers; Loch fishing for sea trout; Loch fishing at night; About sea trout. . Seller Inventory # 57318
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Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 2006). (1947) 2006 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp154 + 2pp ads. B/w photographs. Dark blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. Shot down in 1942, the author occupied himself in Stalag Luft III in writing this book. Reminiscence and instruction on trout, salmon and sea-trout fishing with a good chapter on flyfishing for saltwater sea-trout in Skye. This edition has a new eight-page introductory essay by Tom Fort. Chapters include: For beginners (without tears); The strike; About playing fish; Autmun salmon fishing; Spring salmon; Wet flies for trout; Wartime fishing for trout; Fishing abroad; Early days; Sea trout in the sea; Sea trout in rivers; Loch fishing for sea trout; Loch fishing at night; About sea trout. PREVIOUS PRICE £25.00. Seller Inventory # 20995
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