KEEPER OF THE STREAM: THE LIFE OF A RIVER AND ITS TROUT FISHERY. By Frank Sawyer. Arranged by Wilson Stephens, Editor of "The Field". Foreword by Sir Grimwood Mears, K.C.I.E. First edition.

1952 1st edition. 8vo (144 x 230mm). Ppx,214. B/w frontispiece photograph. Binding B. Blue cloth, spine titled in red.

This is Frank Sawyer's famous account of his experience as head keeper on the Officer's Fishing Association waters on the Wiltshire Avon. Contents include: Foreword by Sir Grimwood Mears; The man and the river, by Wilson Stephens; Life in the valley; The water; The trout; Regeneration; Wild fish; Fly and nymph; Mayfly and after; Deception; The human element; Conversation pieces; Interlopers; The arch enemy; Weed and water; Suspected parties.