Fishing for Pleasure and Catching It MARSTON E 1825-1914 & MARSTON RB Publisher: T Werner Laurie Publish Year: 1906 Publish Place: Clifford's Inn London Illustrator: Unknown Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 000189 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: First Edition Inscription: Unknown £20 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information Patterned green cloth binding, green title. Faded spine, gilt title, edges bumped. Internally, half title, frontis, [6], (vii-xiii), [1], [1], 2-152 pp, 12 pls (photographic), 3 illustrations in text, t.e.g, book plate & dedication to fpd (RM Kauffmann), occasional light edge browning & light foxing to first and last few pages, numerous initial letters and printers devices, printed at the Chiswick Press, by Charles Whittingham and Co, Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, London. (Hamptons p195). Title continues: Includes two chapters on 'angling in North Wales by RB Marston'. Marston, Edward (1825-1914), publisher, writer, had been fond of fishing as a boy but gave it up for nearly forty years of urban life. Only in the early 1880s did he return to his old hobby. Then, starting with An Amateur Angler's Days in Dove Dale (1884), he acquired some fame as the author of several light volumes on angling, all paying homage to Isaak Walton. See ODNB for a full Bio.
