SCENES AND RECOLLECTIONS OF FLY-FISHING, IN NORTHUMBERLAND, CUMBERLAND, AND WESTMORLAND. By Stephen Oliver the Younger, of Aldwark, in Com. Ebor.

1834 1st edition. 12mo (110 x 173mm). Ppiv,212. Title-page and chapter heading engraved vignettes. Original brown cloth, recently rebacked and with original spine label.

A good regional guide to the far north of England, from Yorkshire to the Scottish Borders, with plenty of angling anecdotes and a couple of angling songs thrown in for good measure". Here is a wee bit bookie, written by a true angler; and we are only sorry that it is but a wee bit bookie, for it is inspired with the right spirit, and have find a place in every library shelf". (Contemporary review)". In the appendix the author gives a well-written review of the older angling literature". (Westwood and Satchell). Stephen Oliver the Younger was the pen-name of William Andrew Chatto.