THE IDYL OF THE SPLIT-BAMBOO: A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF HOW TO BUILD A BAMBOO FLY-FISHING ROD. By Dr. George Parker Holden.

(1920) ND (1999) reprint. Ppxiv,278,iii. B/w photographs and illustrations. Dark green cloth, spine and upper board titled in gilt.

"Prefaced by a Dissertation on the Joys of Angling, there being appended some Information on the Home Cultivation of Silkworm-Gut and Suggestions on Landing-Nets and other Equipment, and for The Angler's Camp, Profusely Illustrated." Contents include; foreword by Henry van Dyke; the joys of angling; bamboo as a rod material; splitting out, straightening, and assembling the strips; planing the strips; rod tapers and rod plotting; gluing up; ferrules and their fitting, one piece and spliced rods; windings and guides; handgrasp and reelseat; varnishing and finishing; cultivating silkworm gut at home, by Edwin T. Whiffen; landing nets and other equipment; the angler's camp.