175, viii pp. Illustrated with drawings in the text. 9½x6¼, stiff wrappers, pictorial label on front wrapper. No. 226 of 250 copies printed. Fourth Edition.

Inscribed and signed by Babcock on the dedication-page, "For Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Otis, Jr., with the good wishes of Louis L. Babcock, Buffalo, June/47." Considerably enlarged from the earlier editions. Laid in is a photocopy of a 1937 letter from angling author Moise N. Kaplan to Babcock, stating, among other things, "The monograph on the tarpon which your are sending me is anxiously awaited. Your book on this gamester is unquestionably the most informative and complete ever published." With the printed insert at page 63, dated Jan. 30, 1937.