THE FAR FROM COMPLEAT ANGLER. By Tom Fort.

1995 1st edition. 8vo (216 x 140mm). Ppviii,247,ads. Illustrations by Charles Jardine, foreword by Jeremy Paxman. Red boards, spine titled in gilt.

Amusing and erudite, Fort is angling correspondent of the Financial Times. He is an all-round and well-travelled angler and tells tales of fishing around the world, from Polish trout to Brazilian Dourado. Chapters include: In the beginning; On being coarse; Ancient and not-so-modern; Great men; The way we live now; A ragbag, medley or pot-pourri; Cold feet in Poland; Trials and small triumphs in Bohemia and Slovakia; Nothing, and something ugly, in Hungary; Trout, bears and other amusements in Romania; South of the Danube - interludes in Bulgaria and Croatia; Brazilian gold; Sometimes a salmon; Morality and other matters; Across the water; Kennet days; Other chalkstreams; In Eden.