INTRODUCTION TO ANGLING: The Beaufort Library Volume I. By Eric Taverner.

1953 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp160,i. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Red cloth, gilt motif to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Foreword by the Duke of Beaufort.

"None could be better qualified to teach the beginner from the elements of the art until proficiency is reached, and many a knowledgeable and skilful fisherman will find in this book new lines of thought and much wisdom. It may well be regarded as the perfect refresher course for the experienced". Good chapters on all methods of fly and coarse fishing, knots and fly-tying.