WANDERING FISHERMAN. By V. Fox-Strangways.

1955 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 220mm). Pp256. B/w photographs, illustrations, end-paper maps. Green cloth, spine titled in black.

The author was a British colonial officer, stationed in Nigeria, the Solomon Islands and later, Palestine. Here he tells of his fresh- and salt-water angling exploits overseas and at home, including trout and salmon fishing in the West Country and in France, on the Avon and the Wye, and with several pages of salmon fly patterns. Chapters include: Jordan River; Nigerian waters; Bight of Benin; On Lake Nyasa; Tigerfish; Blue Pacific; Bonito - island fashion; Where the sea meets the sky; Bonefish; Small fry - on the Zomba Mountain, West Country, Haute-Savoie; Salmon. With Appendices on "Wanderer's tackle" and "Names of fish".