1895 Second edition. Hardback. 4to  pp xxviii,231. Full page purple-tinted woodcuts, text engravings by Benjamin Fawcett. Dark green blind-ruled cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt faded. Some foxing. page edges browned, two pages with foxed line see illustration. Endpapers browned, name on front pastdown.

This work was originally published in two volumes with colour plates illustrating the fish; this edition was intended more for the fishing enthusiast, with the pictorial focus now on beautiful fishing locations. Nonetheless, each fish is illustrated and described in detail in the authoritative text.