THE BRITISH ANGLER'S LEXICON. By Richard Niven.

ND (1892) 1st edition, first issue. Small 8vo (120 x 195mm). 270 pp + 10 pp of fishing tackle advertisements. Illustrated with 2 b/w plates after A.W. Cooper (a frontispiece of a grayling, and another plate of a trout), and with text engravings, some full-page. Green cloth, gilt spine title, dark green end-papers. First issue. The title-page is not dated, and the London publisher is termed "Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington (Limited).

An angler's dictionary, from 'air-bladder' to 'worm scouring,' nicely illustrated with vignette engravings. Includes sections on salmon and trout flies, with many dressings. Allcocks supplied the tackle described (and, presumably, the engravings); W.J. Cummins supplied details of the English and "Scotch" trout flies; while those for Ireland were supplied by Thomas Gerrard. The author signs his Preface as Richard Niven, Chrome Hill, Lisburn.