THE CONFESSIONS OF A POACHER. Edited by Geoff R. Worrall.

(1890) 1975 facsimile reprint. Small 8vo (125 x 190mm). Pp160. B/w plates by T.E. Grainger. Blue boards, upper board and spine titled in gilt.

"Almost every young rustic who develops into a poacher has some such outdoor education as that sketched [here]. He has about him much ready animal ingenuity, and is capable of almost infinite resource". This classic of nineteenth century poaching includes one lengthy chapter on salmon and trout poaching. A great read for every young rustic of infinite resource. This edition, edited by Geoff R. Worrall, does not credit John Watson as author, and omits Watson's short Editorial Note.