FLOAT FISHING AND SPINNING IN THE NOTTINGHAM STYLE: Being a treatise on the so-called coarse fishes, with instructions for their capture. Including chapters on pike fishing, and worm fishing for salmon. By J.W. Martin, the "Trent Otter".
1882 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Ppviii,182,viii pp ads. Illustrated with full-page b/w plates. Original printed yellow boards - a "Yellowback".
The cover title is "The Nottingham Style Of Float Fishing And Spinning". The plates are mostly line-drawings: two pages demonstrating how to make the Nottingham cast; one of floats, three of rigs (hooks and shot patterns); and two of engravings of fish.
The cover title is "The Nottingham Style Of Float Fishing And Spinning". The plates are mostly line-drawings: two pages demonstrating how to make the Nottingham cast; one of floats, three of rigs (hooks and shot patterns); and two of engravings of fish.
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Book Code
50062
| Author | Martin (John William)". The Trent Otter". |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 50062 |
| ISBN | B00089LWZA. |
| Book Description | Splash of yellow enamel paint on upper board, spine rubbed with loss of printing, but still a good strong copy of the scarce first edition. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1885 |
| Publisher | Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington. |
| Place | London. |