A HISTORY OF PIKE FISHING. VOLUME I. By Graham Booth.
Language: English
Published by Harper Angling Books. Dereham, Norfolk. 2011, 2011
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2011). 2011 1st edition. 4to (188 x 245mm). Pp347. Colour and b/w photographs, colour and b/w illustrations. Burgundy boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight end-paper stains & slightly bowed. O/w a new unread copy in dust-wrapper. This is an extraordinarily well-researched and comprehensive book on the history of pike fishing, and incidentally of angling generally. Beautifully illustrated. "There are many books on pike fishing, but until now none of them had provided the reader with a comprehensive history of the sport. .It not only explores the specific discipline of pike fishing, but also examines its status within the context of the social and economic history unfolding around it. .Intensely detailed and wide ranging, .entirely based upon original research." Contents include:- Ancestral voices - pike fishing before 1815; Prophesying progress, 1815-1865; Fertile ground, the Golden Age, 1865-1914; Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree - 'pikeists' of the Golden Age; Stately pleasure domes - the angling exhibitions of the Golden Age; A mighty fountain - pike fishing in the Golden Age; Beneath a waning moon - the pike fishing dark ages, 1914-1950; notes to the text. The index and notes refer to many sources. A bibliography is included in Volume II (our stock number 27391) which covers the period 1950 to the present day. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 35.00. …
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- Title
- A HISTORY OF PIKE FISHING. VOLUME I. By Graham Booth.
- Author
- Booth (Graham Nigel St. Vincent).
- Publisher
- Harper Angling Books. Dereham, Norfolk. 2011
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0957004508
- ISBN 13
- 9780957004504
- Edition
- 1st Edition
This new book, by well-known pike-fisherman Graham Booth, provides for the first time ever a thorough account of pike-fishing history. Based entirely on original research, Volume I covers the period up until 1950, and includes an astounding array of newly-discovered facts and figures, many painstakingly unearthed from obscure, forgotten or private sources. All has been crafted into a superb narrative of great authority and power. A must-have for all thinking anglers. Volume II, out in 2012, will bring the subject right up to the present day.
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About the Author
He has written for many magazines, including Trout and Salmon, Countryweek, Classic Angling, Waterlog and is a regular contributor to Pike and Predators. He recently contributed to Stephen Harper's 'Dream Pike' and John Watson's 'Piker's Progression'. Apart from angling his wide range of interests include field-sports, wine, cooking, gardening, opera and history.
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