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1954. Reprinted. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates.Dust Jacket has split into two pieces. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some minor white marking to boards. Clipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Dust Jacket has split into two pieces. Tape repairs to heavy tears. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Water staining to surfaces.

This informative and beautifully illustrated book covers all aspects of fishing for trout, salmon and sea trout together with notes on coarse fishing. It will be of interest to both novice and experienced fisherman alike.

Tight clean first printing hardcover, free of markings, with many fine plates of flies in colour as well as many b&w photo-plates and line-illus diags in text. The DJ is in tatters with spine ends missing - it has done its job of keeping the book nice. Size: 8vo

(Hardcover, 1951). (1951) 1954 "Reprinted with corrections." 8vo (160 x 225mm). Pp288. Illustrated with 8 colour plates of flies & baits (from Hardy Brothers), b&w photographs, and with 80 b&w drawings (woodcuts) by Colin Gibson. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight marks to cloth, slight browning to edges and end-papers with owner's name. Good-plus, lacks dust-wrapper. A handsome well-illustrated book covering all aspects of game fishing. Contents include: Types of trout and their location; Trout-fishing tackle and equipment; Fly-fishing with dry-fly and wet fly; Loch fishing with a fly; Spinning and thread-line fishing for trout in rivers and lochs; Worm fishing for trout, and the use of various baits, including natural insects, etc; On the "making" and improving of trout fishing; Notes of some trout fishing centres; Brief life-history of the Atlantic salmon; Types of salmon rivers in England, Wales and Scotland; Ordinary fly-fishing for salmon; Greased-line fishing for salmon; Spring fishing with bait for salmon; Thread-line fishing for salmon; Loch fishing for salmon, and a note on estuary fishing; Some general notes; Some remarks on the cooking of salmon; Some notes on where to look for salmon fishing; Types of sea trout and their habits; Location of sea trout rivers in Great Britain; Tackle and equipment for sea trout fishing; Fly-fishing for sea trout in daytime; Night fishing for sea trout; Thread-line fishing for sea trout; Some notes on sea trout fishing in general; Some notes on where to find sea trout fishing; On some aspects of coarse fishing; On chub fishing with a fly or thread-line; Pike fishing; Some remarks on carp fishing and the "stalking" of tench; A few brief notes on where to look for coarse fishing; On equipment in general; Notes on hook sizes and the "Sturdy" scale for trout, etc; Some notes on the laws of fishing in England, Wales and Scotland; On boats for fishing, and the handling of them; Notes on fly-tying, making tackle, the mending of rods, knots, etc; The use of a car or caravan for fishing, the defeat of midges and other items; On the packing of salmon and trout for transit and a few recipes for cooking trout and sea trout; "Fireside fishing" and a note on some books to read. .

With a frontispiece, numerous illustrations, 288 p. Cover minimally rubbed, preliminary pages tanned, note on preliminary page, otherwise fine copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0

288pp, light foxing to foreedges, VG in VG price clipped dw. Numerous photographs and diagrams, 80 drawings by Colin Gibson. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Reprint with corrections, 20x35mm missing from head of spine dw, wear and smaller piece from tail, fading to spine dw, with a few small tears and other chips and 2 small holes in dw to lower panel, price-clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages

(Hardcover, 1951). 1951 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 225mm). Pp288 + 4pp ads. Illustrated with 8 colour plates of flies & baits (from Hardy Brothers), b&w photographs, and with 80 b&w drawings (woodcuts) by Colin Gibson. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Browning to end-papers else good-plus in chipped and torn but mostly complete dust-wrapper. A handsome well-illustrated book covering all aspects of game fishing. Contents include: Types of trout and their location; Trout-fishing tackle and equipment; Fly-fishing with dry-fly and wet fly; Loch fishing with a fly; Spinning and thread-line fishing for trout in rivers and lochs; Worm fishing for trout, and the use of various baits, including natural insects, etc; On the "making" and improving of trout fishing; Notes of some trout fishing centres; Brief life-history of the Atlantic salmon; Types of salmon rivers in England, Wales and Scotland; Ordinary fly-fishing for salmon; Greased-line fishing for salmon; Spring fishing with bait for salmon; Thread-line fishing for salmon; Loch fishing for salmon, and a note on estuary fishing; Some general notes; Some remarks on the cooking of salmon; Some notes on where to look for salmon fishing; Types of sea trout and their habits; Location of sea trout rivers in Great Britain; Tackle and equipment for sea trout fishing; Fly-fishing for sea trout in daytime; Night fishing for sea trout; Thread-line fishing for sea trout; Some notes on sea trout fishing in general; Some notes on where to find sea trout fishing; On some aspects of coarse fishing; On chub fishing with a fly or thread-line; Pike fishing; Some remarks on carp fishing and the "stalking" of tench; A few brief notes on where to look for coarse fishing; On equipment in general; Notes on hook sizes and the "Sturdy" scale for trout, etc; Some notes on the laws of fishing in England, Wales and Scotland; On boats for fishing, and the handling of them; Notes on fly-tying, making tackle, the mending of rods, knots, etc; The use of a car or caravan for fishing, the defeat of midges and other items; On the packing of salmon and trout for transit and a few recipes for cooking trout and sea trout; "Fireside fishing" and a note on some books to read. .