Item #876 Angling Adventures of an Artist (with original ink drawing, signed by Shirley-Fox in 1924). John Shirley-Fox.
Angling Adventures of an Artist (with original ink drawing, signed by Shirley-Fox in 1924)
With Original Trout Portrait, Signed by Author/Artist

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. 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.

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.


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