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Ernest Benn 1977. Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate tipped in to verso of half title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

London and Tonbridge: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1977. First edition, 1/150 copies (this # 89) of the De Luxe edition, signed by the author and Jim Nice, the flydresser (limitation leaf included for both volumes). 8vo. Two volumes: 288 pp; volume two with one page of text and four recessed leaves on which are mounted 20 nymphs tied by Nice "to the stringent specifications of Skues," folded accordion-style into the binding. Illustrated from photographs, plates; card, with corrigenda, laid in, signed by the author. "[Skues'] angling was based on superb observation and good sound common snese, and it is he that we have to thank for the great breakthrough into nymph fishing as we now know it ... Donald Overfield arranges carefully his portrait of Skues, linking letters and articles with short, crisp paragraphs to give not only a fine biography of Skues the man, combined with a sparkling picture of Skues the angler" (foreword). Fine. Green Nigerian goatskin, boards framed by a thin gilt rule, gilt title, rules, and… Read More

London: Ernest Benn, 1977. Copy no. 50 of 150 numbered sets (fewer than 100 were in fact produced) signed by Overfield & Jim Nice. With 20 original nymphs tied by Jim Nice to Skues patterns. 288 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Publisher's green morocco gilt, t.e.g. Slipcase. Spines faintly toned. Fine. Copy no. 50 of 150 numbered sets (fewer than 100 were in fact produced) signed by Overfield & Jim Nice. With 20 original nymphs tied by Jim Nice to Skues patterns. 288 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. With Original Flies tied by Jim Nice. The deluxe edition of this excellent study of the life and fly-fishing writings of G.E.M. Skues.