FISHING: ITS CAUSE, TREATMENT AND CURE. By H.T. Sheringham. Symptoms by G.E. Studdy. Flyfisher's Classic Library edition.

(1925) 1996 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp139. B/W plates by G.E. Studdy. Fully bound in blue bonded leather, gilt, silk marker. Edition limited to 750 copies.

Originally published in 1914 as "Fishing: A Diagnosis." H. T. Sheringham teamed up with the illustrator G. E. Studdy (of 'Bonzo' fame) to produce a most hilarious and charming book. No fisherman will keep a straight face on reading the text and viewing the illustrations. We offer a brief excerpt: "A Bull - It sometimes happens that you come upon a bull suddenly and without a moment for thought or plan. Then you must depend on the moral dignity of man, on a haughty brow, a flashing eye. Do not, however, presume on your manifest superiority. Behave as one gentleman to another. If the bull is right-minded he will move slowly away. If not, if he shows a disposition to contest your passage, you must advance upon him, shouting in a great and terrible voice. If this has no effect, you are obviously in a tight place, and there is but one thing to do. Lie down at once and pretend to be dead." Quotation from a letter by the author - "Some (underlined) of it is still amusing - Mr Takingsilk and the Nox Ambrosiana, for instance. With other parts I am not so pleased as I was. "Nos et mutamur", alas! But Studdy's corn is immense - worth the price the publishers ask for the whole book."