GAME FISH OF THE WORLD. Edited by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald and Francesca LaMonte. Illustrations by A. Fraser-Brunner.

1949 1st edition. 4to (188 x 250mm). Ppxvii,446. 81 Colour plates by A. Fraser-Brunner, pictorial end-papers. Binding A - Blue cloth, decorative border of fishes to upper board, spine titled in gilt with gilt fish motif, gilt angling boat to lower board.

One of the most wide-ranging angling books ever. Many notable names contribute chapters which are arranged geographically. Every prey fish known to man figures here, including, mahseer, tigerfish (including one on Goliath by Dr Henry Gillet), Nile perch, dorado and other South American freshwater gamefish, salmon and freshwater angling in America, Britain, Ireland and Spain, and the marine big-game fish. Chapters include:- The salmon (Salmo salar) by Major K. Dawson; The natural history of Salmo salar; The salmon rivers of Great Britain; Modern salmon fishing tackle; Fly fishing for salmon; Spinning for salmon; Natural baits; Salmon of the United States and Alaska by Dan Holland; Salmo salar in Spain by Max R. Borrell; Trout and grayling of the United States and Alaska by Dan Holland; The black basses by Lou S. Caine; Pan fish and fishing in the United States by Byron W. Dalrymple; The pikes and the walleye by Dan Holland; Game fishing in Canada; Smaller marine game fish of the east coast (north of Cape Hatteras) by Ollie Rodman; Smaller marine game fish of the east coast (south of Cape Hatteras) by Philip Wylie; Smaller game fish of the Pacific coast by George C. Thomas,III and William W. Lovett, Jr; Spearfish of the world by S. Kip Farrington, Jr; Cuban fishing by Ernest Hemingway; Sailfish of the world by S. Kip Farrington, Jr; Swordfish by Michael Lerner; Tunas of the world by S. Kip Farrington, Jr; Tarpon and bonefish by Van Campen Heilner; Dorado and other fish of the Rio De La Plata by Leander J. McCormick; The Tucunare and other fish of the Amazon by Leander J. McCormick; The pirarucu, or arapaima, of the South American tropics by Leander J. McCormick; Trout fishing in England by H.D. Turing; Coarse fish by Norman L. Weatherall; Sporting fishing in Ireland by N.K. Robertson; Australia - the angler's paradise by T.C. Roughley, B.Sc; Angling in south Australia; Fishing in New South Wales; Fishing in Victoria; Angling in New Zealand; Tigerfish by Leander J. McCormick; Goliath by Dr. Henry Gillett; Nile perch by Leander J. McCormick; The yellowfish of the province of the Cape of Good Hope by the Director of Inland Fisheries; Angling for sharks by W.W. Small ("Green Nymph"); The mighty mahseer by Lieut.- Colonel R.B. Phayre, M.C., F.L.S; International Game Fish Association by Francesca LaMonte.