COARSE FISHING: A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE SPORT AND CHOICE OF TACKLE AND WATER. By J.H.R. Bazley (Twice All-England Champion, Etc.). Revised by Norman L. Weatherall. The Sports and Pastimes Library.
Published by H.F.& G. Witherby. The Sports and Pastimes Library. London. 1942
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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1942). (1932) 1942 revised 2nd edition. 8vo (146 x 225mm). Pp200. B/w photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight browning to edges, hinges tender but good copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. Sound advice on coarse fishing from the era before the war, with a chapter each on roach, dace, chub, perch, barbel, bream, carp, tench, rudd, gudgeon, bleak and pike, and including a chapter on bait fishing for grayling. The final chapter discusses the edibility of each of these fish, discussing useful methods of cooking. We are also informed that the calorific value of gudgeon is 348 per lb, while salmon has 1,173 calories per lb, with a leg of mutton coming somewhere half-way at 890. "Written in rather a ponderous style, but gives details of Yorkshire methods and of fisheries accessible to Leeds anglers." (Hampton). .
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- Title
- COARSE FISHING: A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE SPORT AND CHOICE OF TACKLE AND WATER. By J.H.R. Bazley (Twice All-England Champion, Etc.). Revised by Norman L. Weatherall. The Sports and Pastimes Library.
- Author
- Bazley (James Henry Royston) & Weatherall (Norman L.).
- Publisher
- H.F.& G. Witherby. The Sports and Pastimes Library. London. 1942
- Binding
- Hardcover
Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.…
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Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd,, Bull House, 15 Penrallt Street
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