THE SALT WATER ANGLER: A COMPENDIUM OF INFORMATION FOR SALT WATER FISHERMEN. By Leonard Hulit.

Published by D. Appleton and Company. New York and London. 1924

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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1924). 1924 1st edition. 8vo (137 x 209mm). Ppxiv,330,ii[ads]. B/w photograph frontispiece, b/w illustrations. Black titles to dark green cloth, spine titled in black. Slightly shaken, slight use to cloth, slight tanning to end-papers and edges, good copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. "In prparing this work it has been kept constantly in mind that it shall be rather a handbook for the "angler" than otherwise. Technical terms are avoided and much local colouring so arranged that different localities understand "speciees" and detailing." A general introduction to sea angling in the continental United States when "surf fishing" was fast-growing and new enough to require quotation marks. Chapters include: Modern surf fishing; The first requisite of the angler; Time and tide for surf fishing; The modern surf rod; The surf reel; Ways of the fishhook; Selection and care of lines; Some favourite fishing resorts; Where currents meet; Warnings of the Old Man of The Sea; Surf casting sinkers; the rapidly vanishing sheepshead; the menhaden as a bait fish; Angling for the striped bass; The chnnel bass; The kingfish - a truly royal fighter; About the bluefish; A royal good fellow - the weakfish; The delectable and gamy snapper; The tuna considered as a gamefish; Squidding and jigging; Whiting, the accommodating food fish; The croaker; Plaice; The codfish; The bonito; The eel; The importance of some unimportant fishes; Characteristics of some anglers; Bringing home the bacon; The annoying dross of the sea; The rangers of Barnegat; The autobiography of a fish. .…

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Title
THE SALT WATER ANGLER: A COMPENDIUM OF INFORMATION FOR SALT WATER FISHERMEN. By Leonard Hulit.
Author
Hulit (Leonard).
Publisher
D. Appleton and Company. New York and London. 1924
Condition
new
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition

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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.…

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Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd

Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd,, Bull House, 15 Penrallt Street
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