THE GREAT MODERN PIKE ANGLERS. By Barrie Rickards and Malcolm Bannister.

THE GREAT MODERN PIKE ANGLERS. By Barrie Rickards and Malcolm Bannister.

FISHING: PIKE AND OTHER COARSE FISH. By H. Cholmondeley-Pennell, with contributions from other authors. [A volume in] The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, edited by His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, K.G., assisted by Alfred E.T. Watson.

FISHING: PIKE AND OTHER COARSE FISH. By H. Cholmondeley-Pennell, with contributions from other authors. [A volume in] The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, edited by His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, K.G., assisted by Alfred E.T. Watson.

HAMPTON ON PIKE FISHING. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard and others.

1947 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 208mm). Pp160. B/w illustrations by Raymond Sheppard and others, decorative end-papers. Yellow cloth, spine titled in blue.

There is no author's name on the title page, but the preface is signed "J.F. Hampton". A highly regarded work on pike and pike fishing. Much information on baits and methods of the era as well as a chapter on the life history of the species. A list of pike records both rod-caught and netted adds historical interest. Pike recipes are included as well as "Mona's Scale", a weight-for-length chart still used today.
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Book Code
16580
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Author HAMPTON (John [or Jack] Fitzgerald). (1909-1983).
Book Code 16580
ISBN B00SOV58RW.
Book Description Cloth marked, spotting to edges but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1947
Publisher W and R Chambers Ltd.
Place London.