MAUI AND ME: A SEARCH FOR A FISHERMAN'S EL DORADO. By Temple Sutherland.

1963 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp234 + ii pp ads. B/w photographs, end-paper maps. Light blue boards, spine titled in gilt.

An angler travels the length and breadth of New Zealand exploring every kind of fishing". Whether he is luring trout at Taupo, or on the Rotorua lakes; tempting snapper in the hissing surf of the Ninety Mile Beach; simmering in the excitement of an international big-game fishing contest; enticing salmon on the snow rivers of Canterbury; or out with commercial fishermen, hauling blue cod, or crayfish from the depths of Foveaux Strait, he is always responsive to the other half of fishing - the scenery, the people, the side-interests, the incidents that crop up fortuitously, the inviting byways that frequently decoy him from from the beaten track".