Tom Quinn TALES FROM THE WATER'S EDGE First Edition
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Tom Quinn TALES FROM THE WATER'S EDGE First Edition
First edition, first print hardback TALES FROM THE WATER'S EDGE by Tom Quinn and published by David & Charles Publishers plc., London in 1991.The book is in very good condition (Clean green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine), with only minor wear to the illustrated dust jacket which is not price clipped (light creasing to edges). Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears and no inscriptions.
"In this beautiful book, Tom Quinn takes a close look at how Britain's most popular participant sport, angling, has changed and developed over more than 100 years, through the eyes of those people most closely involved with our rivers and waters - the fisher gillies and river-keepers.
The lives of these pillars of the country community have always held a strange fascination for the angler, and for all those interested in the countryside and its traditions, and Tom Quinn has travelled the length and breadth of the country to talk to some of our best known and longest serving gillies. The whole story is one of great change, from the days of the great brass reels and heavy greenheart rods of 50 year ago, to the ultra-light carbon and boron rods of the 1990s; from the days of transport to waterside by horse and cart, to the airborne arrival of some of today's game fishermen!.
But despite the inevitable developments in tackle and techniques over the years, there is still a strong sense of tradition and continuity throughout the book. Mick Lunn in Hampshire still works on the same stretch of river where his father and grandfather worked before him, and Joe Taylor has been gillie on the river Eden for 60 years. The author also takes a close look at the lives and work of the Royal gillies at Balmoral, from the time of Queen Victoria, and her gillie John Brown, to the present day.
This wonderful collection of tales is profusely illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs and engravings, and with lovely watercolour paintings. The whole capturing a rich heritage of country life before it fades forever, will make the perfect gift for the angler and country enthusiast."
4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. 183 pages. Illustrated with black & white and colour photographs and drawings throughout.
ISBN: 0 7153 9490 8
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