THE BOOK OF THE FLY ROD. Edited by Hugh Sheringham and John C. Moore. First edition.

1931 1st edition. Large 4to (230 x 292mm). Ppxv,174. Excellent colour plates and b/w illustrations by George Sheringham. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt, bevelled edges.

A beautifully produced book (in all of its editions), divided into sections on game, coarse and saltwater flyfishing, and including a memoir of H.T. Sheringham who died while the book was being edited. Contents include:- De Maximis by Henry van Dyke; "Out of Macedonia" by William Radcliffe; If we started afresh by G.E.M. Skues; The travelling companion by Arthur Ransome; The fly-rod in North America by Ferris Greenslet; Fly-fishing in Norway by Knut Dahl; Salmon and sea trout by W.L. Calderwood; Salmon fishing in Canada by F. Gray Griswold; The magnificence of the chub by John C. Moore; Black bass by H.D. Turing; The fly-rod in the sea by Arthur F. Bell; A talk about it with Mr. Arthur N. Gilbey; The sound of it by Harry Plunket Greene; The colour of it by Sir Charles Holmes; The poetry of it by Eric Parker; De Minimis by John C. Moore.