“PIKE AND OTHER COARSE FISH,” 1903

CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL, Herbert. Fishing. London: Longmans, Green, 1903. Octavo, original pictorial brown cloth. $250.

Later edition of Cholmondeley-Pennel’s classic work in the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes.

First published in 1885, this angling classic is illustrated with seven full-page plates and numerous in-text wood-engravings of tackle and rigs. Thacher, 113. Owner signature.

Light scattered foxing throughout, faint dampstain to top edge of preliminary leaves. Original cloth bright. A near-fine copy.