PIKE AND PERCH. By William Senior ("Red Spinner," Editor of "The Field"), with chapters by "John Bickerdyke" and W.H. Pope, Cookery by A. Innes Shand. Fur, Feather and Fin Series.

1900 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 197mm). Ppvii,279,xxxii. B/w plates by George Roller and from photographs. Contemporary half leather binding, gilt sporting emblems on spine, top edge gilt, marbled end-papers.

Natural history and sport. Another fine title in this excellent series. Chapters: The pike of fable and fancy; The pike of fact; Pike fishing in lakes; Small waters and typical days; Pike fishing in rivers; The ancient art of trolling; Some foreign relatives; The spinning bait and its tackle; Modern methods of spinning; Float-tackle and its uses; Paternostering and ledgering; Pike in trout waters; Perch and perch fishing; Artificial perch culture; The perch of the river; The perch of still waters; The cookery of the pike and perch. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species.