BREAM AND BARBEL. By Peter Stone.

1963 1st edition. Small 8vo (126 x 189mm). Pp123. B/w photographs, line illustrations. Gilt kingfisher motif and title to green boards, spine titled in gilt. Green dust-wrapper with b/w photographs states "First cheap edition".

"It is an indication of the degree of specialisation to which anglers nowadays strive that the book deals only with two species, but those chosen are perhaps the most popular among the great mass of anglers who yearn to catch specimen fish." Chapters include: Specimen hunting; Baits and their uses; Legering; The bream and where it is found; Tackle; Locating; Legering; Float fishing; Stillwater fishing; Suggested methods for big bream; The barbel and where it is found; Tackle; Locating; Legering; Float fishing; Suggested methods for big barbel.