Featured Highly annotated old fishing book

During lockdown, people were filling our local bus stops with books to discard, as charity shops etc were closed

Managed to find quite a few interesting ones

This one is from 1913, and very highly annotated

Every page is full of added information, expertise, and spelling corectians ()

I was gonna sell as just annotated but thought might be worth trying to find out who did it all

There is a clue on the last pic, my father.....

I can't seem to find anything, hopefully someone else might be able to help

Would someone Do this for their own reference, or for something else ?

Any thoughts appreciated

 

Where's the clue? Don't see it.

Debora

 

show fig 13......

 

"my Father, F.B. Johnston".

 

it's a great book.......and the notations seem to come from a knowledgeable person '

 

Fig 13.......hah......sometimes ya see what ya wanna see ...

 

You've lost me. I must be being particularly dense.

Debora

 

Only that his surname must be Johnston as well, so maybe if there was another writer in this field called johnston it could be him

Long shot I know

 

Finally found the reference amongst the (faint) pencilled text. The book wasn't found in Essex, was it?

Debora

 

Hi deb

No devon, I found some connections to writings of a H w Johnston around the same time and subject matter

But nothing concrete

 

I just think Mr. Johnston loved this fishing book and while he was sitting out waiting for a nibble, he "improved" it! Yes, I would simply state, "annotated," and sell it, if that's not your father's handwriting.

 

"well loved" would be an appropriate description!

 

What a pain in the Pollacks that would have been

 

I'm just thinking "long suffering wife."

Debora

 

I think I read that's how he passed deb, something about 1 fishing story too much and a rolling pin

 

Wouldn't surprise me. But no other clues in book? Notes appear to be written by someone quite knowledgable about ichthyology.

Debora

 

Good find. I am still getting over the fact that people left books at the bus stop.

 

I think it's probably this guy

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...CEAE#v=onepage&q=H W johnston fishing&f=false

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...DEAE#v=onepage&q=H W johnston fishing&f=false

Think I've finally found the 12th member of my dream dinner party list