ANGLING DOWN THE YEARS: SCENES OF FISHING, FUN AND FRIENDSHIP. By Peter Wheat. Illustrated with drawings by Tom O'Reilly and photographs.

2004 1st edition. 4to (175 x 256mm). Ppxii,190. B/w photographs, illustrations by Tom O'Reilly, decorative end-papers. Green cloth, upper board titled in gilt.

Selected pieces by the author "gathered ...to form a book of favourite scenes of fishing, fun and friendship down the years". The first 600 copies were signed and numbered by the publisher, Tom O'Reilly. Other copies were marked as "Over 600", but still signed by O'Reilly. This is one of the latter copies. Chapters include: The Perch Fishing Club; The best of it all; Finding the way; First fish; Serpentine Tom; Moving on; Bernard's light; Fish to the fourth dimension; Gomm's barbel; The transition; Swinging in the sixties; Of spirits, picklings and a dancing rod; The grand prize; Playing away; Caught short; Fishing for the camera; Cranmer's Pool; Piking on Avon; A character called Toby; Feather and herring; An Irish twist; Crucians in paradise; Beagles in a blow; Random casts; Over the gate; The lake of the master sergents; A traveller's tale; Wolvercote's son; A weight of opinion; Pieces of pawk; Deeper waters; Angling matters; Ancient echoes; An angler's farewell.