William Radcliffe — Fishing from the Earliest Times

London, John Murray, 1926. Cloth. The second edition of this intriguing ancient history of fishing by William Radcliffe, illustrated throughout. The second edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This historical volume traces the sport of fishing back to its first mentions and uses in the ancient world, including details of fishermen in Greece and Rome, fish used as symbols and medicine, sacred Egyptian fish, methods using in Assyrian fishing, as well as a chapter on Chinese fishing. Written by William Radcliffe of Balliol College, Oxford.Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty plates and numerous in-text figures. Collated, complete. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. With faint scattered damp spots to the boards and a few additional marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with occasional spots. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .