AN ANGLER'S HOURS. By H.T. Sheringham.

1905 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 205mm). Pp264. Binding C (American issue). Dark olive cloth gilt with image of brook trout suspended from a branch on upper board, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed.

A collection of the most beautifully written and amusing fishing essays by an all-round angler. Chapters include; at dawn of day; the inviolable shade; May-Day on the Exe; a brace of tench; the fly-fisher's aftermath; a February pike; Fisherman Billy; a miniature trout stream; the Festival of the Green Drake; three wild days in Wessex; Lady Maud's walk; the mystery of a Thames salmon; the Midland brook; a suburban fishery. "...a fine weave cloth, and the cover illustration is a horizontal tree branch, from which are suspended 8 trout, surrounded by swirls of fishing line. The spine decoration is a double hooked fly. This decoration looks very much as if it was inspired by a Louis Rhead illustration. The spine imprint is An/Angler's/Hours/Sheringham/(image of a fly)/The Macmillan/Company. Top edge gilt, fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed." (Callahan). There are several clues which point to this being an issue for distribution in the United States.