Pêche

1949 · rif. 46180 — London UK Lutterworth Press 1949. Hardcover First Edition 1949 so stated. First Edition 1949 so stated. Very Good: shows just a touch of wear to the extremities with a bit of crimping and faint buckle to the head of the backstrip; a tiny white spot at the lower front hinge possibly paint or perhaps rubbing. The binding does not lean and is perfectly secure but is slightly cocked; the text is clean. Not without flaw but remains a lovely little copy: clean sturdy and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo. 200 pages. Frontispiece plate and title vignette of a wading bird and a clump of reeds in a small pool Two figures; Fifteen chapter head vignettes and nine full-page drawings all by the author who wrote under a different pseudonym than his usual 'BB' for this uncommon title and attributed the illustrations to one "D.J. Watkins-Pitchford". Original powder-blue cloth-covered boards with silver titles at the backstrip and with a repeat of the title-leaf vignette image also in silver to the lower corner of the front board. Hardback: Lacks DJ. Lutterworth Press, hardcover