Side Lines Side Lights Reflections Fugitive Papers by Skues (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. No dust cover. Cover worn, with mild water damage, and large ink stain on back cover. Previous owner's name in pencil on front cover, foxing on text block.

Hb without Dj. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Classic work from the lawyer and angler, said to be "the greatest trout fisherman who ever lived". He introduced fly-fishing with the nymph, an innovation that provoked not a little controversy. Illustrated b/w. A stout volume bound in olive cloth, bumped at spine ends. PO inscription o/w generally clean and sound. All profits to Amnesty International. Size: 16cm - 25.5cm with 473+pp.

First edition. Black & white plates. 8vo, pp.473:[2, publisher's list]; original brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine; headbands bumped, small mark with loss of colour to upper cover; internally, page edges lightly browned, some foxing to prelims, generally very good.

Undated, but c.1930s. Large 8vo., dark brown buckram-bound hardback gilt; 473pp, indexed + 2pp publisher's list, illustrated with black and white plates. Previous owner's rubber-stamped name to ffep. Light foxing and browning to edges, boards a little worn and marked, a few tiny tears to top of spine. Good overall. (Shelf 34) PLEASE NOTE: Heavy BOOK (1kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. Illustrated with photograph in black & white. Spine and boards sunned, otherwise a very good copy. Clean and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. No date. 8vo. Pp 473, 2-page publisher's list. Frontis and seven further plates. Original cloth, lettered gilt to spine. Light wear to edges and corners, with a repaired crack to the rear outer hinge. Top and bottom of the spine pulled. Foxing to fore-edge and early/late pages, but main text block largely clean and sound.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1996). (1932) 1996 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp473. Frontispiece portrait, b&w photograph plates. Fully bound in brown "crocodile" bonded leather, spine titled in gilt, gilt FFCL motif to upper board, top edge gilt, silk marker ribbon. Brown cloth slipcase. Edition limited to 500 copies. Fine. Slight "second" without slipcase. "Twelve years have passed since Mr. G.E.M. Skues last gave us the fruits of his experience- twelve years of theories tried & accepted or discarded. And here is the result, written in his irresistible style with that dry sense of humour which destroys false theories like a cleansing flame." A collection of articles reprinted from The Journal of the Flyfishers' Club, The Field, Fishing Gazette, Salmon & Trout Magazine, the Bulletin of the Anglers' Club of New York, etc. Skues's earlier books were published at his instigation, by A & C Black. Side-lines, by contrast, was put together at the request of another publisher, Seeley Service & Co. Ltd., producers of the Lonsdale Library series. Skues was sceptical of the need for a miscellany of his writings, and this book was always regarded by him as a poor relation to its predecessors. Nonetheless, Sidelines contains some brilliant material, including the famous spoof "Carrot Fly" controversy, and his most celebrated story, Mr Theodore Castwell in hell, curiously titled "Some Letter". Skues was a prodigious writer for angling journals for more than fifty years, His articles collected here make a fascinating monument to his genius. .

FIRST EDITION. Super 8vo, brown/olive cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontis., 473 pp., illus, VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping, light soiling & tanning to pg edges & eps, sl tanning & foxing throughout) lacking d/w.

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1938). (1932) ND [1938] reprint. Large 8vo (160 x 255mm). Pp473 + 2 pp ads. B/w photograph plates & a very few drawings. Publisher's brown cloth, titled in gilt on spine only. This is a lighter brown cloth than the norm. Cloth slightly bubbled and marked, foxing to edges and end-papers otherwise a good clean copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. Antony Michael Hoare bookplate to front end-paper. "Twelve years have passed since Mr. G.E.M. Skues last gave us the fruits of his experience- twelve years of theories tried & accepted or discarded. And here is the result, written in his irresistible style with that dry sense of humour which destroys false theories like a cleansing flame." Articles reprinted from The Journal of the Flyfishers' Club, The Field, Fishing Gazette, Salmon & Trout Magazine, the Bulletin of the Anglers' Club of New York, etc. Skues's famous earlier books were published at his instigation, by A & C Black. Side-lines, by contrast, was put together at the request of another publisher, Seeley Service & Co. Ltd., producers of the Lonsdale Library series. Skues was sceptical of the need for a miscellany of his writings, and this book was always regarded by him as a poor relation to its predecessors. Nonetheless, Sidelines contains some brilliant material, including the famous spoof "Carrot Fly" controversy, and his most celebrated story, Mr Theodore Castwell in hell, curiously titled "Some Letter". Skues was a prodigious writer for angling journals for more than fifty years, His articles collected here make a fascinating monument to his genius. The true first edition was dated 1932 on the title-page. The book was reissued in 1938 but without a date on the title-page. This is a copy of the 1938 second issue. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Limited edition of 500. Top edge gilt, faux 'crocodile skin' binding. Complete with slipcase.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1996). (1932) 1996 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp473. Frontispiece portrait, b&w photograph plates. Fully bound in brown "crocodile" bonded leather, spine titled in gilt, gilt FFCL motif to upper board, top edge gilt, silk marker ribbon. Brown cloth slipcase. Edition limited to 500 copies. Fine in slipcase. "Twelve years have passed since Mr. G.E.M. Skues last gave us the fruits of his experience- twelve years of theories tried & accepted or discarded. And here is the result, written in his irresistible style with that dry sense of humour which destroys false theories like a cleansing flame." A collection of articles reprinted from The Journal of the Flyfishers' Club, The Field, Fishing Gazette, Salmon & Trout Magazine, the Bulletin of the Anglers' Club of New York, etc. Skues's earlier books were published at his instigation, by A & C Black. Side-lines, by contrast, was put together at the request of another publisher, Seeley Service & Co. Ltd., producers of the Lonsdale Library series. Skues was sceptical of the need for a miscellany of his writings, and this book was always regarded by him as a poor relation to its predecessors. Nonetheless, Sidelines contains some brilliant material, including the famous spoof "Carrot Fly" controversy, and his most celebrated story, Mr Theodore Castwell in hell, curiously titled "Some Letter". Skues was a prodigious writer for angling journals for more than fifty years, His articles collected here make a fascinating monument to his genius. The true first edition was dated 1932 on the title-page. The book was reissued in 1938 but without a date on the title-page. This is a copy of the first edition. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Hardback leatherbound in ochre cloth slipcase in fine condition, with marbled endpapers. This edition was first published in 1932. Now republished by the Flyfisher's Classic Library, unnumbered copy from an edition of 500 copies. Pp473 with b&w illustrations and index. Mr Skues was the founder of the modern wet-fly chalk-stream school of fishing and of nymph-fishing for trout. This collection of angling articles were written for various periodicals, many written under his various pen-names. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS MAY BE REQUIRED. POSTAGE RATES ARE BASED ON A BOOK WEIGHT UP TO 1KG. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, PLEASE CONTACT US BY EMAIL BEFORE ORDERING FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Hardback leatherbound in ochre cloth slipcase in fine condition, with marbled endpapers. This edition was first published in 1932. Now republished by the Flyfisher's Classic Library, unnumbered copy from an edition of 500 copies. Pp473 with b&w illustrations and index. Mr Skues was the founder of the modern wet-fly chalk-stream school of fishing and of nymph-fishing for trout. This collection of angling articles were written for various periodicals, many written under his various pen-names. S3. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS MAY BE REQUIRED. POSTAGE RATES ARE BASED ON A BOOK WEIGHT UP TO 1KG. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, PLEASE CONTACT US BY EMAIL BEFORE ORDERING FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE.

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1938). (1932) ND [1938] reprint. Large 8vo (160 x 255mm). Pp473 + 2 pp ads. B/w photograph plates & a very few drawings. Dark olive-brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Various minor faults. A good copy only. "Twelve years have passed since Mr. G.E.M. Skues last gave us the fruits of his experience- twelve years of theories tried & accepted or discarded. And here is the result, written in his irresistible style with that dry sense of humour which destroys false theories like a cleansing flame." A collection of articles reprinted from The Journal of the Flyfishers' Club, The Field, Fishing Gazette, Salmon & Trout Magazine, the Bulletin of the Anglers' Club of New York, etc. Skues's earlier books were published at his instigation, by A & C Black. Side-lines, by contrast, was put together at the request of another publisher, Seeley Service & Co. Ltd., producers of the Lonsdale Library series. Skues was sceptical of the need for a miscellany of his writings, and this book was always regarded by him as a poor relation to its predecessors. Nonetheless, Sidelines contains some brilliant material, including the famous spoof "Carrot Fly" controversy, and his most celebrated story about Mr Theodore Castwell in Hell, curiously titled "Some Letter." Skues was a prodigious writer for angling journals for more than fifty years, His articles collected here make a fascinating monument to his genius. The true first edition was dated 1932 on the title-page. The book was reissued in 1938 but without a date on the title-page. .

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1938). (1932) ND [1938] reprint. Large 8vo (160 x 255mm). Pp473 + 2 pp ads. B/w photograph plates & a very few drawings. Dark olive-brown cloth, titled in gilt on spine only. Slight use and foxing but a very good copy. "Twelve years have passed since Mr. G.E.M. Skues last gave us the fruits of his experience- twelve years of theories tried & accepted or discarded. And here is the result, written in his irresistible style with that dry sense of humour which destroys false theories like a cleansing flame." Articles reprinted from The Journal of the Flyfishers' Club, The Field, Fishing Gazette, Salmon & Trout Magazine, the Bulletin of the Anglers' Club of New York, etc. Skues's famous earlier books were published at his instigation, by A & C Black. Side-lines, by contrast, was put together at the request of another publisher, Seeley Service & Co. Ltd., producers of the Lonsdale Library series. Skues was sceptical of the need for a miscellany of his writings, and this book was always regarded by him as a poor relation to its predecessors. Nonetheless, Sidelines contains some brilliant material, including the famous spoof "Carrot Fly" controversy, and his most celebrated story, Mr Theodore Castwell in hell, curiously titled "Some Letter". A prodigious writer for angling journals for more than fifty years, Skues's articles collected here make a fascinating monument to his genius. The true first edition was dated 1932 on the title-page. The book was reissued in 1938 but without a date on the title-page. This is a copy of the 1938 second issue. .

Condition: Very good. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 2 pages publisher's advertisements and extra A & C Black catalogue of angling books.

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1932). 1932 1st edition. Large 8vo (160 x 255mm). Pp473 + 2 pp ads. B/w photograph plates & a very few drawings. Dark olive-brown cloth, titled in gilt on spine & upper board. Quite foxed, some use but good. "Twelve years have passed since Mr. G.E.M. Skues last gave us the fruits of his experience- twelve years of theories tried & accepted or discarded. And here is the result, written in his irresistible style with that dry sense of humour which destroys false theories like a cleansing flame." A collection of articles reprinted from The Journal of the Flyfishers' Club, The Field, Fishing Gazette, Salmon & Trout Magazine, the Bulletin of the Anglers' Club of New York, etc. Skues's earlier books were published at his instigation, by A & C Black. Side-lines, by contrast, was put together at the request of another publisher, Seeley Service & Co. Ltd., producers of the Lonsdale Library series. Skues was sceptical of the need for a miscellany of his writings, and this book was always regarded by him as a poor relation to its predecessors. Nonetheless, Sidelines contains some brilliant material, including the famous spoof "Carrot Fly" controversy, and his most celebrated story, Mr Theodore Castwell in hell, curiously titled "Some Letter". Skues was a prodigious writer for angling journals for more than fifty years, His articles collected here make a fascinating monument to his genius. The true first edition was dated 1932 on the title-page. The book was reissued in 1938 but without a date on the title-page. This is a copy of the first edition. .

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1932). 1932 1st edition. Large 8vo (160 x 255mm). Pp473 + 2 pp ads. B/w photograph plates & a very few drawings. Dark olive-brown cloth, titled in gilt on spine & upper board. Names to end-papers, some foxing but a very good copy. "Twelve years have passed since Mr. G.E.M. Skues last gave us the fruits of his experience- twelve years of theories tried & accepted or discarded. And here is the result, written in his irresistible style with that dry sense of humour which destroys false theories like a cleansing flame." A collection of articles reprinted from The Journal of the Flyfishers' Club, The Field, Fishing Gazette, Salmon & Trout Magazine, the Bulletin of the Anglers' Club of New York, etc. Skues's earlier books were published at his instigation, by A & C Black. Side-lines, by contrast, was put together at the request of another publisher, Seeley Service & Co. Ltd., producers of the Lonsdale Library series. Skues was sceptical of the need for a miscellany of his writings, and this book was always regarded by him as a poor relation to its predecessors. Nonetheless, Sidelines contains some brilliant material, including the famous spoof "Carrot Fly" controversy, and his most celebrated story, Mr Theodore Castwell in hell, curiously titled "Some Letter". Skues was a prodigious writer for angling journals for more than fifty years, His articles collected here make a fascinating monument to his genius. The true first edition was dated 1932 on the title-page. The book was reissued in 1938 but without a date on the title-page. This is a copy of the first edition. .

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1932). 1932 1st edition. Large 8vo (160 x 255mm). Pp473 + 2 pp ads. B/w photograph plates & a very few drawings. Dark olive-brown cloth, titled in gilt on spine & upper board. Cloth marked and used. Some annotation and use but very good. Laid in is the rear dust-wrapper flap which is printed with reviews of the publisher's Lonsdale Library series and the original publisher's bookmark. "Twelve years have passed since Mr. G.E.M. Skues last gave us the fruits of his experience- twelve years of theories tried & accepted or discarded. And here is the result, written in his irresistible style with that dry sense of humour which destroys false theories like a cleansing flame." A collection of articles reprinted from The Journal of the Flyfishers' Club, The Field, Fishing Gazette, Salmon & Trout Magazine, the Bulletin of the Anglers' Club of New York, etc. Skues's earlier books were published at his instigation, by A & C Black. Side-lines, by contrast, was put together at the request of another publisher, Seeley Service & Co. Ltd., producers of the Lonsdale Library series. Skues was sceptical of the need for a miscellany of his writings, and this book was always regarded by him as a poor relation to its predecessors. Nonetheless, Sidelines contains some brilliant material, including the famous spoof "Carrot Fly" controversy, and his most celebrated story, Mr Theodore Castwell in hell, curiously titled "Some Letter". Skues was a prodigious writer for angling journals for more than fifty years. His articles collected here make a fascinating monument to his genius. .

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1932). 1932 1st edition. Large 8vo (160 x 255mm). Pp473 + 2 pp ads. B/w photograph plates & a very few drawings. Dark olive-brown cloth, titled in gilt on spine & upper board. Some foxing but a very good copy. "Twelve years have passed since Mr. G.E.M. Skues last gave us the fruits of his experience- twelve years of theories tried & accepted or discarded. And here is the result, written in his irresistible style with that dry sense of humour which destroys false theories like a cleansing flame." A collection of articles reprinted from The Journal of the Flyfishers' Club, The Field, Fishing Gazette, Salmon & Trout Magazine, the Bulletin of the Anglers' Club of New York, etc. Skues's earlier books were published at his instigation, by A & C Black. Side-lines, by contrast, was put together at the request of another publisher, Seeley Service & Co. Ltd., producers of the Lonsdale Library series. Skues was sceptical of the need for a miscellany of his writings, and this book was always regarded by him as a poor relation to its predecessors. Nonetheless, Sidelines contains some brilliant material, including the famous spoof "Carrot Fly" controversy, and his most celebrated story, Mr Theodore Castwell in hell, curiously titled "Some Letter". Skues was a prodigious writer for angling journals for more than fifty years, His articles collected here make a fascinating monument to his genius. The true first edition was dated 1932 on the title-page. The book was reissued in 1938 but without a date on the title-page. This is a copy of the first edition. .

1st Edn,. 473 pages, adv leaf, illus, slight string mark to rear board, o/w vg.A collection of articles reprinted from The Journal of the Flyfishers' Club, The Field, Fishing Gazette, Salmon & Trout Magazine, the Bulletin of the Anglers' Club of New York, etc.

Lippincott, Philadelphia, no date (circa 1932). Illustrated with b&w photographs. 6.25" x 10". 473 pp. Heavily faded blue cloth, inner front hinge cracked. My favorite Skues title - a hodge-podge of angling articles written for various periodicals, many written under his various pen-names. Uncommon. Fair to good.

1st Edn,. 473 pages, adv leaf, illus, small bump 2cm to top edge of front board, slight mottling to very outer front board edge, o/w vg.A collection of articles reprinted from The Journal of the Flyfishers' Club, The Field, Fishing Gazette, Salmon & Trout Magazine, the Bulletin of the Anglers' Club of New York, etc.

1st Edn,. 473 pages, advert leaf, frontis illus and 7 other plates. Some spotting to the first few pages and closed page edge. A collection of articles reprinted from The Journal of the Flyfishers' Club, The Field, Fishing Gazette, Salmon & Trout Magazine, the Bulletin of the Anglers' Club of New York, etc.

Condition: Very Good+. Hardcover book, 6.5" x 10", covers are good+ (corner tips are worn and bumped, as are the top and bottom of the spine), text is very good+ sm. tear at bottom of 10 pp - not adversely affecting text or illustrations), no dust wrapper (issued?); no date of publication; 473 pp with 143 illustrations. Book.

Seeley, Service & Co. [n.d., 1930s] 8vo. Original brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine; pp. 473 + [2, ads.], frontispiece and 7 plates; cockling to cloth, spine a little sunned, very good. Provenance: front pastedown with library plate of the Driffield Anglers' Club.First edition. A collection of miscellaneous essays and reminiscences.