Fishless Days Angling Nights Sparse (4 results)

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2012). (1954) 2011 new edition. 8vo (157 x 236mm). Pp224. B/w photographs. Red paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in very slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. "Classic stories, reminiscences and lore about fishing and camping." Contents include: Foreword; Woman in waders; Prologue - on not-catching fish; Who is Sparse Grey Hackle?; The young conservationist; The magic carpet; The first camping trip; Certain boys; Down the great river; Tailpiece to a fishing trip; A drink of water; Chance meetings; Minor mysteries; The angler breeched; Fantasia; The medical aspects of angling; Rain on the Brodhead; One line from a diary; The quest for Theodore Gordon; The indomitable; Murder; Night fishing; Nocturne; The perfect angler; The lotus eaters; The golden age. .

Condition: Used: Good. Occasion - Bon Etat - Fishless days angling nights (1971) - Grand Format.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. Trade edition. Trade edition. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "To Penelope Turing with good regards. With that name you must have inherited angling blood. So accept the wish that you may enjoy your fishless days as much as I've enjoyed mine, Alfred W. Miller, Sparse Grey Hackle" Penelope Turing (1925-1910), Wagnerian, critic, and memoirist (Lance Free, 1968), was the daughter of Harvey Doria Turing, editor of the Where to Fish guide published by The "Field" from 1930 to 1940; his nephew was the mathematician Alan Turing: "The unusual name of Turing was best known for the work of H. D. Turing on fly-fishing" (ODNB). A charming association. Bruns M-183. Inscribed to Penelope Turing. Bruns M-183 Original green cloth. Near fine copy lacking the dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf Illustrated with photographs and drawings. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. Trade edition, later printing. Trade edition, later printing. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed on the front free endpaper "For Jim Deren - very old fishing pal: best wishes for good sport. Sparse Grey Hackle Alfred W. Miller.". Bruns M-183. Signed. Bruns M-183 Original green cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf Illustrated with photographs and drawings. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed.