A HISTORY OF ANGLING. By Charles Chenevix Trench.
1974 1st edition. 4to (190 x 255mm). Pp288. Colour and b/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt.
In this book, "Charles Chenevix Trench tells the fascinating story of how people have fished down the ages, what they have used and why they have used it. His lively, often humorous and richly researched narrative is accompanied by more than 200 illustrations.." Chapters include: Ancient anglers; The renaissance of angling; Many inventions; Fly-fishing for trout; Trout-fishing - sundry artifices; Salmon-fishing; Coarse fishing; The matchmen; Sea-fishing; Big-game fishing. Appendices are: Natural gut, nylon and horse-hair; Hooks.
In this book, "Charles Chenevix Trench tells the fascinating story of how people have fished down the ages, what they have used and why they have used it. His lively, often humorous and richly researched narrative is accompanied by more than 200 illustrations.." Chapters include: Ancient anglers; The renaissance of angling; Many inventions; Fly-fishing for trout; Trout-fishing - sundry artifices; Salmon-fishing; Coarse fishing; The matchmen; Sea-fishing; Big-game fishing. Appendices are: Natural gut, nylon and horse-hair; Hooks.
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Book Code
44026
| Author | Trench (Charles Pocklington Chenevix). (1914-2003). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 44026 |
| ISBN | 0246107855 / 0246107855. |
| Book Description | Tanned and shaken working copy, smells of soap, in slightly tanned and used and tanned dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1974 |
| Publisher | Hart-Davis, MacGibbon. |
| Place | London. |