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73, [2] pp. With photogravure frontispiece; 27 halftones from photographs printed in blue ink on inserted plates, some two per plate; 16 separate stereopticon view cards from photographs, also printed in blue ink, loose in rear endpaper pockets, as issued; folding color map. (8vo) original light blue cloth lettered in white, photographic illustration mounted on front cover. First Edition.

Scarce first edition of this rather remarkable book, with 16 stereo views of angling action, as well as photographs in the text. This is apparently the first fishing book to be illustrated with stereo views. This is a rather unique copy, with various loosely related pieces of ephemera tipped in to front endpapers and preliminary pages, and a passage from previous owner William Covington on a blank page at front,  noting that he purchased the volume  on Mar. 18th, 1961 at a shop on Charing Cross Road, London. Bruns C97.