J.W. YOUNG and SONS: A CENTURY OF THE ART OF MAKING REELS. By Elwyn Attwood. Second edition.

(2009) 2020 2nd edition. Large 8vo (173 x 245mm). Pp309. Colour and bw photographs and illustrations throughout, blueprints of reels. Black boards, spine titled in silver-gilt.

"Anglers the world over are familiar with the reels of the firm J.W. Young but few are aware of the history of their development. With astonishing attention to detail and a wealth of historical documentation and illustration in support, the author has traced the life of this influential company and the products that made them so famous." Many excellent pictures including hundreds of colour photographs of reels. Chapter Five deals with the Allcock Aerial, "surely the most popular centre-pin reel ever produced ...[and] every Allcock Aerial, without exception, has a connection with J.W. Young and Sons."