Wanless Alexander 1889 1952 (42 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1944). ND (1944) 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp207. B/w photographs. Green cloth, spine titled in black. Accumulated faults, cloth stained and used, hinges tender. Reading copy only, lacks dust-wrapper. "This, the seventh. book by the "inventor" of the term "thread-line angling," now universally used, is based on a first selection (with original material added) of articles contributed to leading journals. .Care has been taken to avoid repetition of material published in the previous volumes. There is, of course, much about the thread line. Poaching, people, nature, fish, rivers, methods, experiences, practical information and much else besides - such is the catch in this well-filled creel of generous size." Chapters include:- George, Jack and a salmon; Poaching adventure on Tweed; "All-day" rise on Leader; Balance in the spinning outfit; Salmon on the 6-lb line; Flies - their number is legion, but their use.!; River watchers at work; A night on the Tay; Do salmon prefer blondes?; Trout poaching in Scotland; How salmon poachers work; Management of club waters; About eels; Three fish for grayling; A salmon day on the Earn; Comedy of the big trout; Doctor's luck on the Aaro; A day on Loch Lyon; Anglers - good anglers - great anglers: angler's tale, an angler's otter; Fly fishing as it might be; Jiggeritis; Short-rising trout; Waking up a salmon; A Blair Drummond record; Queer things happen fishing! Some thread-line experiences; Encounters; Poachers' tales and others; Incidental. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). ND (1948) 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 190mm). Pp112. B/w line illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. 7/6 net. Cloth stained, foxing to edges and preliminaries. Working copy, lacks dust-wrapper. A concise introduction with clear explanatory diagrams. Chapters include: Methods; Experiences; The controllers; Lines - rods - reels - casts; Casting; Wind and current; Downstream - upstream; Sunk fly - surface fly - dry fly; Natural flies; Loch fishing; Sea trout - grayling - loch salmon. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). ND (1948) 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 190mm). Pp112. B/w line illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. 7/6 net. Cloth stained, foxing to edges and preliminaries. Working copy, lacks dust-wrapper. A concise introduction with clear explanatory diagrams. Chapters include: Methods; Experiences; The controllers; Lines - rods - reels - casts; Casting; Wind and current; Downstream - upstream; Sunk fly - surface fly - dry fly; Natural flies; Loch fishing; Sea trout - grayling - loch salmon. .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1949). 1949 1st edition. Small 8vo (131 x 196mm). Pp154. B/w line illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults (owner's inscroption/foxing), cloth faded and used but good. Lacks dust-wrapper. "When Light Line Fly Fishing for Salmon, and, Thread Line Fishing for Trout and Sea Trout were written, these methods were in process of development. Various improvements are recorded here, especially a new way of casting which counters weakening of the line, thus making the use of a collar unnecessary and leading to simplification and greater accuracy in casting. The author regards this improvement as being one of the most important since he worked out the modern way of spinning with thin lines, light rods and small hooks in the 'twenties." Wanless presents his thoughts in short articles listed alphabetically. This is Wanless's thirteenth book. . …

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1952). 1952 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 190mm). Pp158. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in black. Minor faults, good-plus in stained / frayed / rubbed dust-wrapper. Threadline tactics, for all freshwater and estuarine species, throughout the year. "For the first time, Wanless shows how to apply the threadline method to such fish as pike, perch and grayling. In addition he deals in detail with at least one entirely new threadline way of catching trout in lakes, lochs, loughs and reservoirs, when they are not to be taken on the surface or mid-water but must be sought on the bottom where they are feeding. .The book also discusses, though necessarily tentatively, the significance and importance of the arrival of German monofilament lines of greater strength than other makes." Chapters include:- Ringing the changes; Dancing minnow; Spoons and plugs; Winter's darling; Ways with grayling; Enter Mr. Salmon; March trout; Wonderful April; Showing the fly to salmon; Baits, natural, artificial; Fly fishers' month; Merry May; Larvae fishing in lochs; Leafy June on the river; Early daddy; Mysteries of night fishing; Estuary fishing; More about estuaries; And still more; Sea trout by night and day; Welcome, Lammasmen!; King daddy; All round September; New ways in October. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1946). ND (1946) 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp100. B/w illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Quite faded, owner's name to paste-down but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. Wanless promoted the use of threadline, or spinning, tackle, together with a controller to present the fly to a salmon. An interesting book from a very innovative angler. Chapters include:- Limitations of present methods; Equipment for line-line fly-fishing; Using the equipment; The light-line method; Casting; Lines and casts; Studying the current; Days out; How to make the fly controller; Fly-fishing with the spinning outfit; More about the controller; Tactics on some typical pools. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). ND (1948) 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 190mm). Pp112. B/w illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. 7/6 net. Cloth quite faded, some use but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. Chapters include:- Methods; Experiences; The controllers; Lines - rods - reels - casts; Casting; Wind and current; Downstream - upstream; Sunk fly - surface fly - dry fly; Natural flies; Loch fishing; Sea trout - grayling - loch salmon. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1952). 1952 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 190mm). Pp158. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in black. Slight browning but very good in rubbed, clipped dust-wrapper. Threadline tactics, for all freshwater and estuarine species, throughout the year. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). 1931 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 192mm). Pp168 + 8pp ads. Colour plates of flies and materials, b/w photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, ruled & titled in black on spine and upper board, uniform with other Herbert Jenkins titles. Stain to upper board - internally clean and bright. Good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. Mostly threadlining techniques but includes a lot on Andrew Holmes' dry flies and tying techniques. Chapters include:- Equipment; Thread-line worm fishing; Stalking with the worm; Float fishing with worm; Spinning; Bobbing the minnow; Artificial fly fishing; Fly-dressing; Andrew Holmes' dry flies; Other thread line methods; Night fishing; Alternatives in loch fishing. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1944). ND (1944) 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp207. B/w photographs. Green cloth, spine titled in black. Cloth slightly faded and stained, some foxing but good copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. "This, the seventh. book by the "inventor" of the term "thread-line angling," now universally used, is based on a first selection (with original material added) of articles contributed to leading journals. .Care has been taken to avoid repetition of material published in the previous volumes. There is, of course, much about the thread line. Poaching, people, nature, fish, rivers, methods, experiences, practical information and much else besides - such is the catch in this well-filled creel of generous size." Chapters include:- George, Jack and a salmon; Poaching adventure on Tweed; "All-day" rise on Leader; Balance in the spinning outfit; Salmon on the 6-lb line; Flies - their number is legion, but their use.!; River watchers at work; A night on the Tay; Do salmon prefer blondes?; Trout poaching in Scotland; How salmon poachers work; Management of club waters; About eels; Three fish for grayling; A salmon day on the Earn; Comedy of the big trout; Doctor's luck on the Aaro; A day on Loch Lyon; Anglers - good anglers - great anglers: angler's tale, an angler's otter; Fly fishing as it might be; Jiggeritis; Short-rising trout; Waking up a salmon; A Blair Drummond record; Queer things happen fishing! Some thread-line experiences; Encounters; Poachers' tales and others; Incidental. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1937). 1937 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp320. B/w frontispiece. Binding B - Blue-green cloth, upper board titled in black, spine titled and ruled in black. Slight foxing and browning, cloth hinges slightly rubbed. Good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. Chapters on angling in the Borders, on the Tweed and Leader, Ardle, Annan, Tay, Whitadder, Water of Leith, Ayr, Ericht, the streams of Islay and Kintyre, a survey of Scottish club waters, and chapters on Grayling In Scotland, and Angling In Shetland. "Describes the `open' salmon and trout rivers of Scotland and gives details of many club waters which can be fished at small fees." (Where To Fish 1939). .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1949). 1949 1st edition. Small 8vo (131 x 196mm). Pp154. B/w line illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Cloth faded and used but good copy in poor dust-wrapper remnant. 7/6 net. "When Light Line Fly Fishing for Salmon, and, Thread Line Fishing for Trout and Sea Trout were written, these methods were in process of development. Various improvements are recorded here, especially a new way of casting which counters weakening of the line, thus making the use of a collar unnecessary and leading to simplification and greater accuracy in casting. The author regards this improvement as being one of the most important since he worked out the modern way of spinning with thin lines, light rods and small hooks in the 'twenties." Wanless present his thoughts in short articles listed alphabetically. This is Wanless's thirteenth book. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1946). ND (1946) 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp100. B/w illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Various minor faults (cloth slightly frayed / boards slightly bumped / browned). Good copy in chipped and tanned dust-wrapper. Wanless promoted the use of threadline, or spinning, tackle, together with a controller to present the fly to a salmon. An interesting book from a very innovative angler. Chapters include:- Limitations of present methods; Equipment for line-line fly-fishing; Using the equipment; The light-line method; Casting; Lines and casts; Studying the current; Days out; How to make the fly controller; Fly-fishing with the spinning outfit; More about the controller; Tactics on some typical pools. .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1949). 1949 1st edition. Small 8vo (131 x 196mm). Pp154. B/w line illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults. Usual browning but good-plus in frayed and rubbed dust-wrapper. "When Light Line Fly Fishing for Salmon, and, Thread Line Fishing for Trout and Sea Trout were written, these methods were in process of development. Various improvements are recorded here, especially a new way of casting which counters weakening of the line, thus making the use of a collar unnecessary and leading to simplification and greater accuracy in casting. The author regards this improvement as being one of the most important since he worked out the modern way of spinning with thin lines, light rods and small hooks in the 'twenties." Wanless present his thoughts in short articles listed alphabetically. This is Wanless's thirteenth book. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1937). 1937 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp320. B/w frontispiece. Binding A - Green cloth, upper board and spine titled and ruled in black. Owner's name to front end-paper else very good copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. Chapters on angling in the Borders, on the Tweed and Leader, Ardle, Annan, Tay, Whitadder, Water of Leith, Ayr, Ericht, the streams of Islay and Kintyre, a survey of Scottish club waters, and chapters on Grayling In Scotland, and Angling In Shetland. "Describes the `open' salmon and trout rivers of Scotland and gives details of many club waters which can be fished at small fees." (Where To Fish 1939). .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). ND (1948) 1st edition. Small 8vo (132 x 197mm). Pp180. B/w illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight fading to cloth, stains to edges, some browning. Working copy, lacks dust-wrapper. "In this volume is given the fullest description of thread line fly fishing for salmon yet published. Here will be found descriptions of spinning for trout, sea trout and salmon, drop minnow fishing, prawn roving and spinning, various methods of using worm, stone fly larvae and cod bait, with instructions on the making of spinning tackles and exact specifications of proper types of rods, reels, lines and other items of equipment." . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1935). 1935 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp156 + 4pp ads. 4 colour plates of flies, b/w line illustrations. Binding A - Green cloth, black ruled border and titles to upper board and spine. Some foxing, one plate loose, owner's name to end-paper and stamp to title-paged. Good only, lacks dust-wrapper. More discussion of thread-line angling techniques with fly, minnow and lure for trout and salmon. Chapters include:- Thread-line "bobbing"; Ledgering; Artificial flies; Trouting rods; The thread-line and trout; Improvements in equipment; Miscellaneous. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). 1931 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 192mm). Pp168,8pp ads. Colour plates of flies and materials, b/w photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, ruled & titled in black on spine and upper board, uniform with other Herbert Jenkins titles. Minor faults. Cloth slightly marked, some foxing but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. Mostly threadlining techniques but includes a lot on Andrew Holmes' dry flies and tying techniques. Chapters include: Equipment; Thread-line worm fishing; Stalking with the worm; Float fishing with worm; Spinning; Bobbing the minnow; Artificial fly fishing; Fly-dressing; Andrew Holmes' dry flies; Other thread line methods; Night fishing; Alternatives in loch fishing. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1932). ND (1932) 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 192mm). Pp146 + 6pp ads. Illustrated with 2 coloured plates of threadline salmon flies, sepia half-tone plates & line drawings in text. Green cloth, spine & upper board titled in black, black rules to upper board. Cloth slightly stained, some foxing throughout but good copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. Erratum slip to page 61. A continuation of the author's two previous books on thread line angling - The Science of Spinning for Salmon and Trout, and, The Modern Practical Angler. An important flyfishing book as it contains possibly the first description of tube flies and their use. Chapters include:- Thread line misconceptions; Fixed drum or revolving drum?; Some thread line reels; Playing a salmon on light tackle; Thread line worm fishing for salmon and sea trout; Fly fishing for salmon with the thread line; Prawn fishing with the thread line. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1946). ND (1946) 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp100. B/w illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in used, price-clipped dust-wrapper. Wanless promoted the use of threadline, or spinning, tackle, together with a controller to present the fly to a salmon. An interesting book from a very innovative angler. Chapters include:- Limitations of present methods; Equipment for line-line fly-fishing; Using the equipment; The light-line method; Casting; Lines and casts; Studying the current; Days out; How to make the fly controller; Fly-fishing with the spinning outfit; More about the controller; Tactics on some typical pools. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1947). ND (1947) 1st edition. 16mo (95mm x 120mm). Pp70. B/w illustrations. Limp blue/green cloth. Rather stained and used. Good only in frayed & faded price-clipped dust-wrapper. "Spinning A-Z is complementary to Threadline ABC published last year [1946]. It follows the same plan, which proved to be popular, of treating each subject under its own letter of the alphabet so that anglers in doubt can get what they want without having to refer to an index and then search through specified pages. Here all is plain sailing and to the point: the minimum of words is used to give the maximum of information. Although this is a small book it actually contains something like 12,000 words. Not one is superfluous. The subject matter is thoroughly comprehensive." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). ND (1948) 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 190mm). Pp112. B/w illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. 7/6 net. Stains to cloth, spotting to end-papers, preliminaries and edges but good-plus in foxed and frayed dust-wrapper. Chapters include:- Methods; Experiences; The controllers; Lines - rods - reels - casts; Casting; Wind and current; Downstream - upstream; Sunk fly - surface fly - dry fly; Natural flies; Loch fishing; Sea trout - grayling - loch salmon. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1946). ND (1946) 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp100. B/w illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. Wanless promoted the use of threadline, or spinning, tackle, together with a controller to present the fly to a salmon. An interesting book from a very innovative angler. Chapters include:- Limitations of present methods; Equipment for line-line fly-fishing; Using the equipment; The light-line method; Casting; Lines and casts; Studying the current; Days out; How to make the fly controller; Fly-fishing with the spinning outfit; More about the controller; Tactics on some typical pools. .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1930). 1930 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 192mm). Pp168 + 8pp ads. B/w photographs and line illustrations. Green cloth, dark green ruled border and titles to upper board and spine. Cloth slightly marked, browning to end-papers and prelims but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. "In view of the increasing popularity of the practice of spinning for salmon, trout and grayling, an exhaustive and authoritative work on this subject will prove a valuable addition to angling literature. Mr. Alexander Wanless, in The Science of Spinning for Salmon and Trout, has dealt very fully with this branch of the angler's art, and his book should prove a standard work on Spinning - thereis at present no volume of the kind in existence. The book includes a great deal of entirely new material (and Mr. Wanless has not wasted time and space on the elementary points which every angler knows), but at the same time nothing has been mentioned which has not been definitely tested by practical experience." Chapters include:- The science of spinning; Equipment; Baits - natural and artificial; Casting; Spinning - heavy outfit; Spinning - the "Fairy" rod; Little things that matter; Tackle-making; On catching baits; Sea trout; Spinning for river trout; Lochs and reservoirs: grayling - pike; Heterodox. "A refreshing book, stimulating and convincing. It deserves very high praise, and we hope it will be studied." (The Field). "A very practical book." (The Scotsman). .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1946). ND (1946) 1st edition. 16mo (95mm x 120mm). Pp77. B/w illustrations. Limp blue cloth, titled in black. Good in rather used price-clipped dust-wrapper. "This handy volume, gives briefly all the principles and a great many details of threadline angling for trout, sea-trout and salmon, with references to pike, perch and grayling." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1948). ND (1948) 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 190mm). Pp112. B/w illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. 7/6 net. Ex-libris bookplate of angling book collector Colin Pitt to paste-down, some foxing but a good copy in tape reinforced and foxed dust-wrapper. Chapters include:- Methods; Experiences; The controllers; Lines - rods - reels - casts; Casting; Wind and current; Downstream - upstream; Sunk fly - surface fly - dry fly; Natural flies; Loch fishing; Sea trout - grayling - loch salmon. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1937). 1937 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp320. B/w frontispiece. Binding A - Green cloth, upper board and spine titled and ruled in black. Foxing to edges and end-papers. Good-plus in chipped and torn dust-wrapper. Chapters on angling in the Borders, on the Tweed and Leader, Ardle, Annan, Tay, Whitadder, Water of Leith, Ayr, Ericht, the streams of Islay and Kintyre, a survey of Scottish club waters, and chapters on Grayling In Scotland, and Angling In Shetland. "Describes the `open' salmon and trout rivers of Scotland and gives details of many club waters which can be fished at small fees." (Where To Fish 1939). .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1950). 1950 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 197mm). Pp171 + iv ads. Frontispiece photograph, b/w illustrations by the author. Light blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Good only in rather used dust-wrapper. More anecdotal than Wanless's other works. Tales and reminiscences of angling, and some poaching, on Earn, Ythan, Eden, Allan Water, Loch Tay and around Scotland. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1937). 1937 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp320. B/w frontispiece. Binding B - Blue-green cloth, upper board titled in black, spine titled and ruled in black. Some foxing, stain to top edge but good-plus in chipped dust-wrapper. Chapters on angling in the Borders, on the Tweed and Leader, Ardle, Annan, Tay, Whitadder, Water of Leith, Ayr, Ericht, the streams of Islay and Kintyre, a survey of Scottish club waters, and chapters on Grayling In Scotland, and Angling In Shetland. "Describes the `open' salmon and trout rivers of Scotland and gives details of many club waters which can be fished at small fees." (Where To Fish 1939). .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1930). 1930 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 192mm). Pp168 + 8pp ads. B/w photographs and line illustrations. Green cloth, dark green ruled border and titles to upper board and spine. Rather foxed and used. Good copy in poor dust-wrapper. "In view of the increasing popularity of the practice of spinning for salmon, trout and grayling, an exhaustive and authoritative work on this subject will prove a valuable addition to angling literature. Mr. Alexander Wanless, in The Science of Spinning for Salmon and Trout, has dealt very fully with this branch of the angler's art, and his book should prove a standard work on Spinning - thereis at present no volume of the kind in existence. The book includes a great deal of entirely new material (and Mr. Wanless has not wasted time and space on the elementary points which every angler knows), but at the same time nothing has been mentioned which has not been definitely tested by practical experience." Chapters include:- The science of spinning; Equipment; Baits - natural and artificial; Casting; Spinning - heavy outfit; Spinning - the "Fairy" rod; Little things that matter; Tackle-making; On catching baits; Sea trout; Spinning for river trout; Lochs and reservoirs: grayling - pike; Heterodox. "A refreshing book, stimulating and convincing. It deserves very high praise, and we hope it will be studied." (The Field). "A very practical book." (The Scotsman). .…