Angling Adventures of an Artist
by Shirley-Fox, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton. Very Good. 1923. First American Edition. Hardcover. xiii, (1), 162 pages; Clean and secure in original binding of red cloth spine and gray cloth boards with printed title labels at spine and front cover. A nicely designed and produced book with wonderful b&w illustrations after pencil drawings. OCLC: 8102561 John Shirley Fox (c. 18601939) was a Victorian painter who painted primarily Scottish landscapes. Shirley-Fox lived in London and was educated in Paris in Bouguereau's Atelier at the Academie Julian. In his youth he was primarily a portrait painter, but he did landscapes in the English Barbizon style. Beyond painting, his enthusiasms included numismatics and dry fly fishing in the chalk streams of southern England. This book incorporates his penchant for fishing with his artistic endeavors. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41917
- Title
- Angling Adventures of an Artist
- Author
- Shirley-Fox, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- Fly-fishing, Angling, Salmon fishing, Chalk Stream Fishing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art and Art History; Illustrated Books; Hunting and Fishing;
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