Author:
MARTIN J.W.
Title:
The Nottingham Style Of Float Fishing And Spinning, Being A Treatise On The So Called Coarse Fishes With Instruction For The Capture Including Chapters On Pike Fishing And Worm Fishing For Salmon
Price:
£200.00
Year:
1882
Edition:
1st Edn,
Publisher:
Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, Rivington
Summary:
VIII 154 pages, 8pp adverts, 8 full page plates, ownership inscription Robert Neville Dec 16 1882, light spotting to contents, original pictorial yellow paper covered boards with title printed in red and black, shows a Victorian gentleman fishing a river with pike lying on grass, rear cover is advert for Alfred Young Manufacturer of superior fishing rods & tackle, yellow cloth spine, spine rubbed with loss to head of spine rubbing to base of spine and board edges. The scarce first edition of Martin's first book, Martin notes in the preface that his book is aimed at the working man, and use the experiences of the Trent angler "the most scientific bottom fisherman in the kingdom", "Please Mr Critic remember, netherless that I am only a poor working man, with a very moderate education" Hampton Rev 196
Ref:
18095