FLORIDA ENCHANTMENTS. By A.W. Dimock and Julian A. Dimock. The Derrydale Blue Water Collection.

(1908) 2000 new edition. 8vo (152 x 234mm). Ppx,318. B/w photograph plates. Pictorial blue bonded leather gilt, all edges gilt. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies.

"From the now unspeakable prospect of capturing a manatee to the equally unimaginable prospect of fishing virgin Florida waters for giant tarpon - a fishing-centred travelogue through the waters of Florida in its golden days". Chapters include: Homosassa, the beautiful; Cruising on the Gulf Coast of Florida; The capture of the manatee; The chase of the dolphin; The Florida crocodile; Salt-water fly-fishing; The passing of the Florida alligator; The bee hunter; Photographing a sawfish; A Florida family's picnic; Tarpon fishing; The tarpon and the shark; A square deal; Life in a bird rookery; Crossing the Everglades in a power boat; A trip that failed; A Southern industrial experiment; An overlooked river; Canoeing in the surf; The mangrove; The passing of a wilderness; A vanishing race.