CHALK STREAMS AND WATER-MEADOWS. By E.A. Barton.

(1932) 1936 "Cheap Edition." 12mo (115 x 181mm). Ppxiv,128 + 2pp ads. B/w photographs and illustrations. Blue-green cloth, spine titled in black with black rod and reel motif.

Delightful prose and verse on South Country fishing, including a chapter on Thames chub. Contents include:- Prefatory letter; Preface; River of heart's desire; The goat-getter; Concerning chub; Leckford bells; The catapult; The fishing friend; When I was young; The flyfisher's train; Night sight in fish; The Wine-Cellar [a name given locally to a part of the Kennet]; Dreams; Senses in fish; The man's point of view; March; Light and dark fish; Thymallus; Poaching the Styx; Piscator resartus; Little pubs; The islands of the Test; Under the further bank; Strong in death; The drowning line; The loaded nymph; The perfect keeper; Requiem.