1926 1st edition. Robert Carruthers & Sons. Inverness. 4to. Ppviii,337. Blue cloth gilt. Cloth stained and used. Gilfrid W. Hartley's bookplate. Good.
Notes: "I have been asked to write a short account of my life as a sportsman and visitor to many northern lands." Wildfowling, sealing, grouse, snipe and woodcock shooting, deer stalking, moose, beaver and bear hunting, with salmon and trout fishing and some sea fishing in Ireland, the Northern Isles of Scotland, Canada, Iceland and Norway. "A record of a life of sport, largely fishing, with memories of Iceland in 1877, Norway and Canada. A famous sportsman who had fished for salmon every where. Said to be the first Englishman to rent a river in Iceland. Commemorated in the 'Akroyd' salmon fly." (Where To Fish 1930).
