MY WAY WITH SALMON. By Ian Wood.

1957 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp108 + 4pp ads. B/w photographs. Green cloth, silver-gilt kingfisher motif to upper board, spine titled in silver-gilt.

Ian Wood, then editor of Trout and Salmon Magazine and captor of over a thousand salmon, gives his advice on salmon fishing based on a lifetime's experience. Chapters include: The sporting outlook; Rods, reels and other things; Flies; Casting; Wading; Loch fishing; River fishing - spinning; River fishing - fly; Hooking salmon; Playing salmon; Boats; Landing salmon; Etiquette; Bits and pieces; On salmon generally.