BRITISH COLUMBIA GAME FISH. Designed and illustrated by Jack Grundle. Edited by Pete Broomhall and Jack Grundle.

BRITISH COLUMBIA GAME FISH. Designed and illustrated by Jack Grundle. Edited by Pete Broomhall and Jack Grundle.

STEELHEAD COUNTRY. By Steve Raymond. Illustrations by Gordon Allen.

STEELHEAD COUNTRY. By Steve Raymond. Illustrations by Gordon Allen.

A RIVER NEVER SLEEPS. By Roderick Haig-Brown. 1948 First UK edition.

(1946) 1948 1st UK edition. 8vo (139 x 205mm). Pp320. B/w vignettes by Stephen Russ. Brick-red cloth, spine titled in gilt.

Spanning the author's fishing life from his childhood on the English chalkstreams to the steelhead rivers of British Columbia. One of the great classics of angling literature and a marvellous read. Chapters include: About steelhead; A fish for Firmin; About pike; 'Where to fish'; House hunting; Picking favourites; H.M. Greenhill; Little lakes; Sea-run cutthroats; The big salmon water; Lewington's carrier; Pacific salmon; Buttle Lake; Dark on the water; Salt water I; Salt water II; Sachem River: Why fish?: First fall freshet; Top, bottom and middle; The riddle of the Oxhorn; Before I die; Fishing books; To know a river.
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Book Code
32929
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Author Haig-Brown (Roderick Langmere). (1908-1976).
Book Code 32929
ISBN B001AW3QJ4.
Book Description Slight browning and spotting. Good copy in poor dust-wrapper.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1948
Publisher Collins.
Place London.