The American Angler's Guide

John Jay Brown

Burgess, Stringer & Co, 1846

2nd ed. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gold vignette of a fisherman on front. Solid binding. Rebacked, with original spine preserved. viii, 224, 5 pages of ads, including frontispiece, 2 plates of hooks, 16 cm.  Browning / spotting to title page & table of contents page. Full title: Being a compilation from the works of popular English authors, from Walton to the present time; together with the opinions and practices of the best American anglers: containing every variety of mode adopted in ocean, river, lake and pond fishing; the necessary tackle and baits required; manner of making artificial flies ...

First printed in 1845.  Bruns B-25.  Heller, Vol. II, 55: "The rarity of the first edition is no secret, and the second edition of 1846 is almost as rare."