THE GIGANTIC BOOK OF FISHING STORIES. Edited and with an introduction by Nick Lyons. Foreword by David Halberstam.

2007 1st UK edition. 4to (196 x 242mm). Ppxx,796. B/w illustrations. Two-tone blue boards, spine titled in gilt.

This is a huge collection of readable articles and stories by a multitude of authors including John McPhee, Izaak Walton, Howell Raines, Henry David Thoreau, Rudyard Kipling, James Henshall, Ted Leeson, James Prosek, Jimmy Carter, Norman Maclean, Hart Stilwell, Fred Mather, John James Audubon, Charles Kingsley, Vereen Bell, Mark Sosin, Lefty Kreh, John Buchan, Thomas McGuane, Joan Wulff, Harry Plunket-Greene, Paul O'Neil, John Bryan, Washington Irving, Bill Barich, Zane Grey. And many more besides. A good read for any sportsman, and a great starting place for a wider exploration of angling literature.