A TROUT AND SALMON FISHERMAN FOR SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS. By Edward R. Hewitt.

(1948) 2004 new edition. De luxe issue. 8vo (147 x 219mm). Ppxiv,305. B/w photographs, illustrations. Quarter-bound in blue leather over red cloth, blind-stamped fish motif to upper board, spine titled and decorated in gilt, all edges gilt. Edition limited to 35 numbered copies.

Combines the earlier 'Secrets of the Salmon' (1922) and 'Telling on the Trout' (1926) with much new material written for the 1948 edition. subjects covered include flyfishing for trout in the English chalkstreams, and in Canada and the Pyrenees, as well as much on dry fly fishing for Atlantic salmon. Chapters include: Fishing in early life and some fishing incidents; Early fishing trips; Fishing on the Nepigon; Trout fishing in England; Confession - introduction to the trout; The trout; Conditions of the life of trout; Stocking with trout; Fishing for trout - tackle; Fishing for trout - the dry fly and the wet fly; Fishing for trout - the nymph; Published in 'Field and Stream,' March, 1933; Fishing incidents; Introduction to the salmon; The salmon; Fishing for salmon - tackle; Fishing for salmon - methods (3 chapters); Incidents and accidents along the stream; Advice about fishing; Irish salmon fishing, 1947; Conclusion. This is a copy of the de luxe issue of the 2004 Robert Hale edition. Quarter-bound in blue leather over red cloth boards, blind-stamped fish motif to upper board, spine titled and decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, silk marker ribbon, red blind-stamped cloth-bound slipcase. Only 35 copies, each individually numbered, were produced thus.