COARSE FISHING. By Clive Gammon. Collins Nutshell Book No.38.

1964 1st edition. 16mo (106 x 155mm). Pp128. B/w illustrations, bibliography. Grey cloth with lure motif and title in dark blue.

A serious and useful book packed into a very small format, by a noted angling author of the day. Chapters include:- Coarse fishing in Britain; The coarse fisherman's tackle; The coarse fisherman's baits; Barbel; Bream; Carp; Chub; Dace and small fry; Grayling; Perch; Pike; Roach; Rudd; Tench. Number 38 of the Collins Nutshell series, one or two of which were a fixture of every bookshelf through the 1960s and '70s. This was Clive Gammon's first contribution to this series, his second being No.55, Sea Fishing.