RIVER DIARIES. BEING THE FISHING DIARIES OF CHRISTOPHER YATES, JUNE 1982 - MARCH 1984.

1997 1st edition. 12mo (110 x 172mm). Pp287. B/w line illustrations by the author, silk marker ribbon, handmade end-papers. Dark blue cloth with tipped on illustration of float and title, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 1497 copies.

Following on from "Four seasons"; the author turns his attention away from carp to spend more time fishing for barbel on southern English rivers like the Kennet, Avon and Rother. A finely produced limited edition from the Medlar Press. This first edition quickly sold out and has become quite hard to find.