Angling Adventures of an Artist (with original ink drawing, signed by Shirley-Fox in 1924)
London: John Murray, 1923. First edition. Illustrated with black and white drawings. Original cloth. Octavo. xiv, 162 pages.
Artist John Shirley-Fox's pleasant fishing memories nicely illustrated with reproductions of his drawings as full page plates and chapter heads.
This copy has a wonderful original ink drawing by Shirley-Fox on front free endpaper. It depicts a handsome trout rising for a fly. This original illustration is signed "J. Shirley-Fox" and dated 1924.
Very good. Bound in green cloth over boards. Spine titled in gilt, upper board stamped with an illustration by the author depicting a fly fisherman. Spine is mildly faded, some minor extremity rubs to exterior. Inside there is some light scattered foxing and a few leaves roughly opened.
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