Spinning Up to Date: Trout, Salmon & Pike by Jock Scott – 1938 Angling Book, Second Edition | Vintage Fishing Gift

For the outdoorsman … a 1938 second edition of “Spinning Up to Date: Trout, Salmon & Pike” by Jock Scott, published in London by Seeley Service & Co. Ltd. Illustrated with a full-page color plate of period spinning lures, along with photographs and practical diagrams, the book explains tackle, casting methods, lure selection, and techniques for fishing both rivers and still waters. Written for the working angler rather than the specialist collector, it remains an engaging read and an attractive addition to a fishing library, gentleman’s study, or lakeside cabin.

“Jock Scott” was the pen name of British angling writer Donald G. Ferris Rudd, who published several books on game fishing and is best remembered for compiling “Greased Line Fishing for Salmon” from the papers and fishing records of A. H. E. Wood.  Rudd’s practical writing found a natural home with Seeley Service, the London publisher behind a substantial list of sporting and outdoor books and the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes, launched in 1929.

Size: 8-5/8” x 5-7/8” x 1-1/2”
Weight: 1 lb. 6.5 oz.

Condition notes: Very good vintage condition overall. Bound in green cloth with gold lettering, showing light edge wear consistent with age and handling. Slight foxing is present on endpapers, while interior pages otherwise remain bright, clean, and free of markings. Binding remains firm and square with no looseness or separation. Dust jacket shows only minor age-related edge and surface wear, with lower corner of front flap clipped, but remains otherwise intact, in very good condition, and protected in a clear sleeve. See photos for more detail and feel free to contact the shop with any questions before purchase. Other objects in photos not included.

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