FOREST SCENES IN NORWAY AND SWEDEN: BEING EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF A FISHERMAN. By The Rev. Henry Newland, Rector and Vicar of Westbourne.

Newland (Henry Garrett). (1804-1860).

Published by G. Routledge & Co. London. 1854

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1854). 1854 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 189mm). Ppvi,418. B/w illustrations. Re-bound in red cloth with original decorative gilt cloth laid on to upper and lower board and spine titles. A re-bound copy of the scarce first edition, with original decorative gilt cloth to front and rear board and title of spine, new end-papers. Good-plus. The author recalls his travels to northern Europe with many notes on fishing and shooting. "These northern sketches are, in truth, a continuation of a former work, 'The Erne, its Legends and its Fly-fishing;' as the expedition which gave rise to them was in every respect the same as the old Belleek fishing-association, with a simple change of scene." Chapters include:- Preparation; The voyage; The Shipwash Sand; The landfall; Christiansand; The Torjedahl; The encampment Mosse Eurd; Making a night of it; The hell fall; Departure from Torjedahl; The mountain march; The homestead; The church; Breaking up the encampment; Eider duck hunting; The coasting voyage; Gotheborg; Trollhatten; Gaddeback; Wenern; The meet; The commencement of the Skal; The Satterval; Making another night of it; The watch fire; Beating out the Skal; The ball; The wedding; Homeward bound. . Seller Inventory # 40296

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Title: FOREST SCENES IN NORWAY AND SWEDEN: BEING ...

Publisher: G. Routledge & Co. London. 1854

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: new

Edition: 1st Edition