FISHING GOSSIP: OR STRAY LEAVES FROM THE NOTE-BOOKS OF SEVERAL ANGLERS. Edited by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell.
1864 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 196mm). Ppxi,329 + 2 pp ads. Illustrated with a sepia frontispiece & title-page illustration, & a b&w plate of natural flies.
A collection of articles by noted anglers of the period. Thomas Westwood on the River Lea, the Coquet and on "A stream in Arden"; Edward N. Murta on"Sun-spearing" eels, Irish loach-trolling, fly-fishing by nightlight, and on Deeside; Greville Fennell on angling literature; William J. Ffennell on salmon rivers and seasons; William Pinkerton on carp and on the etymology of bait and entomology of may-flies and stone-flies; Dr Albert Gunther on Wels catfish; plus more by Walter Carruthers, W.B. Lord, H.R. Francis, Jonathan Couch, Alex Russel, Thomas Tod Stoddart, W.C. Stewart and Frank Buckland.
A collection of articles by noted anglers of the period. Thomas Westwood on the River Lea, the Coquet and on "A stream in Arden"; Edward N. Murta on"Sun-spearing" eels, Irish loach-trolling, fly-fishing by nightlight, and on Deeside; Greville Fennell on angling literature; William J. Ffennell on salmon rivers and seasons; William Pinkerton on carp and on the etymology of bait and entomology of may-flies and stone-flies; Dr Albert Gunther on Wels catfish; plus more by Walter Carruthers, W.B. Lord, H.R. Francis, Jonathan Couch, Alex Russel, Thomas Tod Stoddart, W.C. Stewart and Frank Buckland.
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7260
| Author | Cholmondeley-Pennell, Henry (Harry). (1837-1915), Editor. |
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| Book Code | 7260 |
| ISBN | B001AVWUTM. |
| Book Description | Early half cloth over marbled boards. All corners very rubbed, which damage to spine, front inner hinge cracked. Holding up, but could do with some attention. Half-title and title-page carry the signature of angling author A.E. Knox. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1864 |
| Publisher | Adam & Charles Black. |
| Place | Edinburgh. |