Painted by Sutton Palmer
Rivers and Streams of England Painted by Sutton Palmer
A & C Black, 1909.
First edition. 8vo. Pictorial blue cloth, lettered in gilt, decorated in gilt, green and white. Top edge gilt. Seventy-five colour illustrations by Sutton Palmer, each under captioned tissue guards, plus a fold-out map at the rear. A near fine copy, previous owner's name on the front free endpaper.
One of 3000 copies, originally published at 20/-.
As a keen angler the author is well acquainted with the areas described in the book. Chapters cover the rivers Severn, Wye, Two Avons, Devon rivers, Chalk Streams (including the Thames), Border rivers, Rivers of the South East, the Yorkshire Dales and an East Anglian River (The Ouse).
Inman 23.
Stock ID: 45128
