MODERN COARSE FISHING. By H.D. Turing. The Sportsman's Library Volume II.

(1937) 1953 2nd edition reprint. Small 8vo (128 x 190mm). Ppx,165. B/w photographs. Green cloth, blind-stamped title and border to upper board, spine titled in white.

The title-page says 1943, title-page verso says 2nd edition 1944. "In his method of treatment, Mr. Turing is refreshingly original..." Chapters include: In defence of coarse fishing; The sportsman's fish; The slow-flowing river I - it's problems; The slow-flowing river II - tackle and methods; The slow-flowing river III - bank fishing; The slow-flowing river IV - fishing without a float; The slow-flowing river V - fishing from a boat; Still-water fishing, I - canals and drains; Still-water fishing II - lakes and ponds; The swift river and its problems I - how they differ from slow-water problems; The swift river and its problems II - bottom and surface fishing; Spinning I - revolving baits, and why fish take them; Spinning II - making the cast; Spinning III - the American style; Baits and their preparation; Fishermen's knots.