This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...about as little idea of salmon fishing as of taking tickets for the moon, I had gone into our anteroom with a view to refreshing the inner man with a cooling drink. Just then two of my brother officers entered, attired in tweeds and knickerbockers, evidently bent on sport. To my inquiries where they were going, one of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...about as little idea of salmon fishing as of taking tickets for the moon, I had gone into our anteroom with a view to refreshing the inner man with a cooling drink. Just then two of my brother officers entered, attired in tweeds and knickerbockers, evidently bent on sport. To my inquiries where they were going, one of them, B., replied, "Salmon fishing," adding, "haven't you seen that?" pointing to a letter that, pinned on the invitation board, was gently fluttering in the midday breeze that blew gratefully in at the open window. Quickly reading it I saw it was from Lord L. to our Colonel, offering the regiment a week's salmon fishing on his river, a capital stream distant only some twenty-five miles by rail. This was on a Wednesday, time 12.30 P.m. Lord L.'s letter was dated the previous Saturday, so nearly three days of the week's permission had lapsed. No time was to be lost, so rushing off to the Orderly room, where fortunately I found my CO. in a very good temper, I timidly broached the subject of three day's leave. "Impossible, my dear fellow," replied the Colonel; "there are all those recruits to be put through their course of musketry, and then we are expecting H company in from detachment." However, by dint of much talking and persuasion, I at last impressed on the dear old gentleman's mind the importance of availing myself of a chance I might never get again, throwing in a casual allusion to "all work and no play making Jack a dull boy," and wound up by showing him the figure of merit made by the last batch of recruits (which was a very good one), and gently insinuating that it was all owing to the trouble I had taken with them, and finally so worked on his feelings that at last I wrung from him a ...
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Good. A good+ copy in original blue cloth, with gilt decoration on front cover & titles at spine. (Hinges cracked. Shallow chipping to spine ends. Corners lightly bumped & skinned) Contents are quite nice. A rare title.
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G D Giles and Edgar Giberne. Fair. 8vo. viii, 292pp + 40pp book catalogue, illustrated from sketches by the author. Prev owner's name and stamp on the half-title page. Oval stamp on the soiled title page. Occasional light foxing. Hinges heavily cracked. Fore-and lower-edges uncut. Or blue cloth boards, gilt. The cloth is worn at the spine head and foot, with long tears along much of the back of the spine. Board edges and corners rubbed and worn. Internally quite a good copy with clean pages. Scarce. The stories are mainly personal experiences, coupled with those of the author's friends, and, with one exception, are strictly true.
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Owner's name and place, corners lightly bumped, spine with modest lean, some rubbing, mostly to joints and edges, generally good to very good with hinges firm and internally clean, in custom mylar. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. From the library of and signed by noted naturalist artist, Helmut Adomite.
