Author: A. W. SMITH; M. W. H.
Title: The Thames Angler.
Description: London. Whittaker and Co. Ave Maria Lane; C. Farlow, Temple Bar. Chertsey: C. Wetton. 1846. Third Edition. Tricesimo-secondo (5 1/2 x 3 1/4). [1-5], 6-62 pp. 1 p. advertisement for Farlow rods and tackle. Engraved frontispiece showing a fisherman on a stream with a large baronial estate in the background. Text woodcut. Includes chapters on the following: Materials for the Angler - Descriptions of Fish and Manner of Angling for Each (Trout, Pike, Perch, Pope, Barbel, Chub, Eel, Lamprey, Carp, Tench, Dace, Bream, Skegger, Bleak, Gudgeon, Loach, Miller's thumb, and Stickleback) - Fish Stations on the Thames. See Westwood & Satchell p. 206. Also see Thacher’s Angling Books, p. 474. A very scarce book. The book is bound in the original green embossed cloth with gilt title and decoration on the front cover. All edges gilt. Light edge wear. Very good.

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