A RIVER NEVER SLEEPS. By Roderick L. Haig-Brown. 1946 First US Edition.

1946 1st US edition. 8vo (150 x 217mm). Ppviii,352. B/w illustrations by Louis Darling. Beige cloth, spine titled in blue, blue illustration of fish on upper board.

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. The first American and first Canadian editions were published simultaneously. 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.