FISHING: SALMON and TROUT. A Volume in the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, Edited by His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, K. G. Assisted by Alfred E. T. Watson.

Cholmondeley-Pennell H. with Contributions From Other Authors.

Published by Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1893

About this Item

Decorative brown cloth, printed in black, blue (very dark blue or black? ) , white and gilt, with design of a sportsman's study on the front board, uniform with other titles in the series. Cloth rubbed lightly, bumping to the corners, but intact - no breaks in the cloth, with a few marks to the spine, and the titling a little faded to the spine, but easily readable, o/w tight and complete and overall an attractive binding. Page fore-edges dusty and lightly foxed (pale spotting) (xiii) + (5) + 481pp + 2pp ads for The Badminton Library. Engraved frontispiece (tissue guarded) and 8 other full page engravings throughout, together with numerous text engravings. The prelims and tissue guard are foxed, and some foxing (pale spots/patching) scattered here and there throughout the book, but overall apart from this the book is generally pretty clean. "For nearly a century this was 'The Bible' of Fishermen. Chapters cover : - On Hooks, Tackle, and Fishing Gear by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell; Natural History of British Salmonidae by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell; Salmon-fishing with the Fly - also a few notes on Fly-fishing for Sea Trout by Major John P. Traherne; Fly-fishing for Trout and Grayling, or 'Fine and Far Off' by Henry Ralph Francis, M. A. ; Chalk-stream Fishing with the Dry Fly, and May-Fly Fishing by H. S. Hall and Frederic M. Halford; Spinning and Bait-fishing for Salmon and Trout by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell; The Grayling, and Bait-fishing For, by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell; and Salmon and Trout culture by Thomas Andrews. Index. See Images. ; The Badminton Library of Sports & Pastimes; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: FISHING: SALMON and TROUT. A Volume in the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, Edited by His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, K. G. Assisted by Alfred E. T. Watson.
• Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co., London
• Publication Date: 1893
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 6th Edition REVISED.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Natural History
  • Animals. Birds. Fish. Fishing