GOLDEN DAYS: FROM THE FISHING-LOG OF A PAINTER IN BRITTANY. By Romilly Fedden.

(1919) 2012 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp132. Tipped in colour frontispiece, b/w plate and colour insert. Fully bound in light tan leather with cloth slip-case.

Written from his fishing notes whilst fighting in France during the First World War, Golden Days is a lyrical and thoughtful account centred on Fedden's flyfishing experiences on Breton trout streams. First published in1919, his writing captured the imaginations of anglers and non-anglers alike. "It has peacefulness, delicate descriptions of country people and things, and a compelling charm." This edition includes new material by Nick Lyons, Geoffrey Bucknall and Claude Belloir, as well as a colour plate of trout flies, painted by the author, and not previously published in an English edition.