FISHING: PIKE AND OTHER COARSE FISH. By H. Cholmondeley-Pennell, with contributions from other authors. [A volume in] The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, edited by His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, K.G., assisted by Alfred E.T. Watson.

(1885) 1893 5th edition. Small 8vo (145 x 193mm). Ppxviii,452. Engraved plates, illustrations. Binding B. Decorative brown cloth, printed in black, blue, white and gilt, with design of a sportsman's study on upper board, uniform with other titles in the series.

"With contributions from other authors." Cholomondeley-Pennell's Fishing: Pike and Other Coarse Fish is a large and comprehensive account of the state of the art in the 1880's, in which the keen reader of today will find much of interest. Chapters include: Pike and pike-tackle; Baits, bait-catching, etc. ; Pike fishing; Coarse fish and float-fishing generally; Baits; The perch; Carp and tench; Barbel and bream; Dace and chub; Gudgeon and bleak. Additional articles - Roach fishing as a fine art, by William Senior ('Redspinner'); Norfolk Broad and river fishing, by G. Christopher Davies; The cultivation of 'coarse' fish, by R.B. Marston; The rearing of black bass, and piscicultural experiments at Burghley, by the Marquis of Exeter.