THE CONFESSIONS OF A POACHER. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY REMINISCENCES OF AN EXPONENT OF THE FINE ART OF POACHING. Edited by John Watson.

(1890) 2006 reprint of 2003 edition. Small 8vo (145 x 198mm). Pp172,ads. B/w illustrations by James West. Green cloth with gilt title and illustration on upper board. Coloured pictorial dust-wrapper.

"Almost every young rustic who develops into a poacher has some such outdoor education as that sketched [here]. He has about him much ready animal ingenuity, and is capable of almost infinite resource." This classic of nineteenth century poaching includes one lengthy chapter on salmon and trout poaching. A great read for every young rustic of infinite resource.