MR CRABTREE'S FISHING GIFT BOOK. Edited by Michael Prichard.

1969 1st edition. 4to (215 x 284mm). Pp93. Colour and b/w photographs and illustrations, illustrated end-papers. Pictorial laminated boards. Price 12/6.

A good collection of coarse, game and sea angling articles by many of the best known names in fishing in the 1960s. Contents include: Junior tackle guide by John Nixon; Mixed bag by E. Clarkson; Thornbacks and the beachcaster by E. Merritt; Bass come to Yorkshire by F. Dixey; Pike - denizens of the reed beds by Harry Tallent; Shambles for turbot by L. Moncrieff; North Country grayling by A. Oglesby; What to see in Autumn by Prof. A.F. Magri Mac Mahon; Haddock and whiting by Prof A.F. Magri Mac Mahon; Leads for beach and boat by L. Moncrieff; Quick quiz 1; Fishing the wreck of H.M.S. Drake by L. Moncrieff; Bass at Ballycasane by L. Moncrieff; Pollack - coalfish by Prof. A.F. Magri Mac Mahon; Little fighter with a big reputation by T. Brenna; The tidal Waveney by Harry Tallent; Beachcasting for the newcomer by L. Moncrieff; Big dace by J. Etherington; Fish of the Upper Thames by J. Webb; Mackerel the great all-rounder by M. Prichard; Chub in the night by D. Wilkinson; The sporting twaite shad by S. Donald Stone; Holiday blues by M. Prichard; Big roach by F. Buller; Fabulous tope of New Quay by J. Nixon; Ecology of a salt water reef by Prof. A.F. Magri Mac Mahon; Lakes by Prof. A.F. Magri Mac Mahon; Fishes and fishing on stamps by J. Watson; Make your own floats by M. Prichard; Quick quiz 2; The unmistakable perches by Prof. A.F. Magri Mac Mahon; The constant tench by I.C. Gillespie; All Fools' Day by J. Ronane; Big bream from a river in Kent by M. Prichard; Bass from Stradbally Strand by M. Prichard; How to tie a simple dry fly by M. Prichard; Basic knots and rigs for sea angling by M. Prichard; Fine fishing for summer by Lloyd G. Gough; Quick quiz 3; Monkfish the missing link by T. Housby; The British record fish list.