xvi, 312 pp. Original Woodburytype photographic portrait frontispiece; woodcut illustrations by Edmund Evans. (8vo) 22x14.5 cm (8¾x6"), original green cloth, decorated in gilt and black, top edge gilt. First Trade Edition.
"A book to be set apart and in the best company. It is one of the most sterling and attaching of modern angling books and possesses several of the qualities that have rendered Iz. Walton's writings household words - his simplicity, naivete and honest benevolence." - Westwood & Satchell p. 114. Bookplate of Alexander Allan.