New Edition: 124 pages and 6 pages of commercial advertisements at the end, frontispiece and 57 pages of photographs, railway map of South Africa, original green pictorial wrappers chipped and worn around the edges, the spine has been neatly reinforced with light green paper, a very good copy.
Bradlow (Frank R. Bradlow) The Nine Earliest South African Books on Trout Fishing (Piscator No.89, Summer 1973/4), pages 107/108, 'The introduction commences with the statement that "South Africa at the present time affords the most perfect trout fishing within easy access of all anglers". It is an excellent guide book, giving the names of all good fishing spots in each province as well as a map for each of the four provinces, and a chart showing the name of the town, the hotel accommodation and cost, the distance of the hotel from the station, and of the river from the station, and of course the names of rivers as well as "whom to apply to for permission to fish" and the season, which for the Worcester district was 1st October to 15th January and again 1st April to 31st May. The three rivers for the Worcester district were the Hex, "Smalleblaar" and Arundel, and the distance from Worcester station was given as five miles to the Hex, and twelve miles to the other two!
Curtis (Paul) Fishing Wider Margins, A History and Bibliography of Angling in Africa, Platanna Press, 2015, page 52, 'Trout Fishing in South Africa in this edition is a dark green paperback (215 mm × 138 mm) with a stunning illustration on its cover of a gentleman angler in a Norfolk suit, wicker creel and long handled landing net at the ready, playing a fish in a mountain stream. This illustration and the title appear on the front and back of the book.
'There are 124 pages of text, 58 pages of superb photographs, many the same as in the previous edition but just six pages of advertisements at the back—the war obviously having an effect on the media selling business at the time. The advertisements are similar to the 1913 edition too, some of the same hotels and tackle dealers but with one quite wonderful addition—a marvellously snooty ad from Hardy Bros. Ltd., of Alnwick and Pall Mall, England. In true British Empire style addressing colonials, it begins: "To South African Anglers and dealers who do not seem to have developed that taste for fine quality in their rods reels etc.;" and goes on to say that every angler in "Europe, America, New Zealand, Australia and India knows that . . . well, basically its just not done to catch any fish on anything other than Hardy tackle."
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 8vo (215 x 138 mm)
