THE SEA AND THE ROD... By Deputy-Surgeon-General C.T. Paske (Late of the Bengal Army) and Frederick G. Aflalo.

1892 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 195mm). xvi pp + 224 pp + 16 pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Illustrated with text figures. Black cloth, spine titled in gilt.

"...An exhaustive account of habitat and peculiarities of chief species of British sea fish taken with rod and line, with chapters on the literature of sea-fishing and sport in other seas than our own, etc., etc". A comprehensive, species-by-species, guide to U.K. sea fishes and angling, with chapters on baits and tackle, on sea angling literature and on "Inland Seas," - the Baltic and the Mediterranean". This book, a relatively early one on the subject, contains a useful eight page chapter on "The Literature Of Sea Fishing," with descriptions of significant books on sea angling and books on the natural history of the sea fish. The chapter ends with a short title chronological list of 16 books on the subject, with press-marks for copies located in the British Museum". (Callahan).