Capt. C.C.W.S. Sunlit Waters. An Introduction to The Art of Fishing with Light Tackle.

by CONWAY

£250 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

CONWAY, Capt. C.C.W.S. Sunlit Waters. An Introduction to The Art of Fishing with Light Tackle. Bombay, Thacker Co., Ltd., [June 1943]. 4to. Publisher's cloth-backed boards,; pp. [xiii], 161, [3], with a coloured photographic frontispiece of a fisherman in a pith-helmet, casting into a fast-running river, 12 other photographic plates, 2 more similarly coloured, and copious diagrams of tackle and locations throughout; previous owner's inscription to ffep, endpapers a little browned, very good. Third impression. This is a practical guide to fishing in India, published, 'in these hard times when money is scarce'. Captain Conway continues: 'I have set out to make the fisherman who will use the tackle described as self-dependant as possible, and I even claim that he can set himself up for a modest sixty rupees ... ' ( Preface ). See Elliott, Field Sports in India , London, 1973, pp. 171-182. SKU: 2105275

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