THE YOUNG ANGLER. By W. Carter Platts.
(1940) 1961 2nd edition. 1962 reprint. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Ppviii,229+2pp ads. B/w frontispiece, b/w photographs and line illustrations. Buff boards with vignette and spine title in light green.
A good all-round introduction to angling - flyfishing, coarse, salmon, trout, grayling, perch, pike, roach, barbel, boat and pier fishing, rock and surf fishing, big game fishing and a chapter on the sea and the fly rod. Aimed at a newly mobile audience who had perhaps only fished locally but who could now visit more or less anywhere by train.
A good all-round introduction to angling - flyfishing, coarse, salmon, trout, grayling, perch, pike, roach, barbel, boat and pier fishing, rock and surf fishing, big game fishing and a chapter on the sea and the fly rod. Aimed at a newly mobile audience who had perhaps only fished locally but who could now visit more or less anywhere by train.
£4.00
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Book Code
54929
| Author | Platts (William Carter). (1864-1944). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 54929 |
| ISBN | B0013K7H8O. |
| Book Description | Name to front paste-down. Slight browning to end-papers and edges. Good-plus in price-clipped, clean dust-wrapper with unobtrusive name to front. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1961 |
| Publisher | Adam and Charles Black. The Young Sportsman's Library. |
| Place | London. |