A COMPLETE GUIDE TO FISHING: FISH, TACKLE AND TECHNIQUES.

(1979) later reprint*. 8vo (152 x 223mm). Ppiv,468. Colour photographs and illustrations throughout. Blue boards (library rebind).

A detailed and well-illustrated beginner's guide to all aspects of fishing; coarse, game and saltwater, originally published as the Marshall Cavendish "Fisherman's Handbook" as a magazine series. Although no author is credited in the book, authors were given in the original weekly series. Many good authors contributed, including: Frank Guttfield, Graham Marsden, Harvey Torbett, Paul Saunders, Alwyne Wheeler, Fred J. Taylor, Des Brennan, Richard Walker, Kevin Clifford, John Wilson, John Bailey, Barrie Rickards, Neville Fickling, and many more. *Title page missing, so impossible to determine date of reprint.