RODERICK HAIG-BROWN. — Fisherman's Spring. {Signed by Roderick Haig-Brown}.
First Edition. Toronto. William Collins. 1951. First Canadian Edition. Octavo (8 x 6). 222 pp. Illustrated by Louis Darling. Signed by Roderick Haig-Brown on the half-title. The first Canadian and the first American editions of Fisherman’s Spring were published simultaneously. The publishing history of the first Canadian edition revealed that 2,383 copies of the book were sold. Spring was the first book in the seasons series, and Haig-Brown ranges far and wide over the fly fisherman's early season, with chapters on the art of fishing, the unexpected fish, the fish by the cedar stump, the secret life, Charles Cotton, etc. The book is bound in green cloth with black titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Very good in a very good dust jacket with light edge wear. Signed by Author.