The Book of the Sea-Trout With Some Chapters on Salmon

Hamish Stuart; Rafael Sabatini (ed)

Published by Martin Secker, London, 1917

About this Item

A comprehensive first edition guide to sea-trout fishing in Scotland, illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of the author. First edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of the author.'The Book of the Sea Trout' is a work on sea-trout fishing that was published posthumously, after 'Hamish Stuart succumbed at sea to the ravages of illness'. This text goes into the particulars of loch fishing, as well as describing how to successfully capture sea-trout and salmon. Practical and theoretical angling techniques are mentioned alongside brief topographical description of various rivers and lochs.Completed and edited with help from Stuart's friend Raphael Sabatini, who wished to 'fulfil what would have been Hamish Stuart's last wishes in the matter'.Fourteen pages of publisher's adverts to rear.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Cloth is bright with some fading and wear along joints, as well as to the spine and the extremities. A few marks to boards. A bit of age-toning and spotting to paste downs and endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and very clean throughout, with age-toning to margins and the odd spot to the first few pages. Very Good. Seller Inventory # 805D29

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Book of the Sea-Trout With Some Chapters...

Publisher: Martin Secker, London

Publication Date: 1917

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: None

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book