DRY-FLY BEGINNINGS, An Angling Book by Dermot Wilson (1957 1st Ed.)
DRY-FLY BEGINNINGS, An Angling Book by Dermot Wilson (1957 1st Ed.)
Author: Dermot Wilson. Published by Douglas Saunders with MacGibbon & Kee, London, UK., 1957, 1st Edition. Printed in Birkenhead, UK., by Willmer Brothers and Haram Limited. A Good Condition HARDCOVER Book, with overall wear. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 7.5 x 5 inch. BONUS Dust Jacket: There are actually TWO dust jackets on this book, one has a clipped corner, the other has small tear. Both are under a removable mylar protective cover.
"Wherever I open it my eye alights on a paragraph that is delightful to read, and that leads on irresistibly to the next paragraph that is equally delightful and that leads on irresistibly." -The poet Ted Hughes on Wilson's book.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dermot Needham Furnival Wilson, Fly Fisherman, born Cologne 1 June 1924; died Salisbury 10 January 1996. Dermot Wilson was the leading authority in the UK on dry fly fishing, particularly in the chalk streams.