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MORROW. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Good+. Shelfwear/edgewear on covers and spine on dust jacket and boards; rubbing/chipping on DJ covers and spine; tips of spine lightly bumped; DJ price clipped and age-toned/soiled.

Willam Morrow,. Later Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: William Morrow, 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. FISHING. Faint corner crease to first few leaves. 248pp + short biography. Nice illustrations by Charles Defeo.

Toronto: Mcclelland & Stewart, 1946. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. b/w Illustration. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In color pictorial jacket, 8vo, 248pp. (light shelfwear to extremities, sm. nicks to jacket at top edge).

NY: Crown Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Page tops foxed, bookseller sticker on . rear endpaper.. 1974. Hardcover. 0517516004 . Brown cloth. Foreword, black and white illustrations, and short author bio. Roderick Haig-Brown, observing with the trained eye of the naturalist what he records with a novelist skill, here sets forth the dramatic life history of one salmon from her hatching through her mating - the fulfillment of her life cycle. (rear jacket flap). Sportsman's Classic series. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages .

New York: Crown Publishers. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1974. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 248 pp. .

London. Collins. 1942. Octavo (7 x 5). 191 pp. With sixteen black and white plates drawn by Charles De Feo. Haig-Brown’s timeless and factual account of a Chinook salmon, Spring, from the moment of her river birth until her death years later after spawning in the same river. The book is bound in reddish-brown cloth with gilt titles on the spine and a gilt salmon on the front cover. A nice book. About fine in a near fine dust jacket.. First Edition..

New York: Morrow , 1941. Bookplate. Light cover soil. Otherwiase a clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Illustrated with numerous full-page drawings by Charles DeFeo. Said to be the best biography of a fish ever written, this classic angling novel revolves around the life-history of the Pacific Chinook salmon. Traces the journey of a fingerling born on the Santiam River in Oregon, its travels down the Willamette and Columbia Rivers to the ocean, then 3 years swimming almost to Alaska before struggling the 1200 miles back up the Columbia to spawn and die. Includes a map of the Oregon/Washington/Vancouver/British Columbia area. Original cloth with green lettering and green fish on cover. Bruns 197. Sheets 46. Hand H38. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. Illus. by Defeo, Charles . 8vo. 248pp.

Crown Publishers, Inc. Hard Cover -- VG/VG -- Book and dust jacket show only light wear. 248 pages with illustrations.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Bombay, India. R. W. Pearce at The Times of India Press. 1946. Octavo (7 x 4 1/2). 136 pp. Published with 4 black and white plates illustrated by Charles De Feo. The book is bound in cream and blue printed wrappers with black titles and with a juvenile salmon on the front cover. The book was primarily intended for British citizens and military personnel serving in India during the last days of colonial rule. The book is in very good condition with edge wear and small chips.. First Edition..

Toronto, Canada: McClelland & Stewart. VG+. 1946. 1st Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 248 pages. Light wear to dust jacket edges. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

Toronto, Canada. McClelland & Stewart Limited. 1946. First Canadian Edition. Octavo (8 x 6). 248 plus page About the Author. Illustrated with eight black and white plates drawn by Charles De Feo. Haig-Brown’s book is the best account published on the singular migration of a Pacific salmon as she travels from her river of birth, out to sea, and back again to complete her life cycle. The book is bound in beige cloth with green spine titles. Pictorial dust jacket. By the way, the jacket on this edition is bazaar. The fish illustrated on the jacket clearly isn’t a salmon, but it does resembles a cross between a cod and a bonefish. A nice book. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.. First Edition..

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1946. Hardcover; 8vo; 248 pages. Beige cloth with dark blue titles on spine. Rubbed edges. Prev. owners' names in pen on ffep. Bright and clean interior. In an illustrated jacket with black titles on spine, fish drawing on front. Missing chip from top edge of spine. Rubbed and scuffed but encased in a mylar wrap. VG+/VG. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good.

New York. William Morrow & Company. 1941. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 x 5 ½). 248 pp. Sixteen black and white plates of salmon and fishermen illustrated by Charles De Feo. Haig-Brown's time-honored story of the imperiled runs of Pacific Coast salmon and the native peoples who depend on their return for their livelihood. The book is bound in beige cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a chip on the back panel.. First Edition..

New York. William Morrow & Company. 1941. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 x 5 ½). 248 pp. Sixteen black and white plates of salmon and fishermen illustrated by Charles De Feo. Haig-Brown's time-honored story of the imperiled runs of Pacific Coast salmon and the native people who depend on their return for their livelihood. This copy is one the finest I've seen in several years. The book is bound in beige cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Near fine with a little age-toning on the end papers in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of edge wear.. First Edition..

William Morrow, 1941. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First printing with no additional printings listed on copyright page. Near-fine with bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise clean and tight. In a bright and clean very good dust jacket ($3.00 price intact) with several small pin holes to the front flap and a couple of small abrasions to the rear panel. A very attractive copy.

New York. William Morrow and Company. 1941. Octavo (8 x 6). 260 pp. Limited Edition. Book number 507 of 520 copies published (the first 475 copies were for sale, which implies this book was one of those set aside for the publisher and author). Signed by Roderick Haig-Brown and the book's illustrator, Charles De Feo, on the limitation page. Illustrated color frontispiece. With sixteen exquisitely drawn plates by Charles De Feo. In early 1976 Roderick Haig-Brown sat for an interview with angling author Ernest Schwiebert. During the meeting, Haig-Brown described how he decided to write The Western Angler (published by The Derrydale Press in 1939) before writing Return to the River in order to establish his considerable knowledge and expertise regarding the anadromous fisheries so that potential publishers would eventually accept Return to the River. Morrow did. It's a marvelous book. The book is bound in quarter red morocco with gilt titles and gray cloth. Top edge gilt. Complete with the… Leer más

Toronto, Canada. McClelland & Stewart Limited. 1946. First Canadian Edition. Octavo (8 x 6). 248 plus page About the Author. Inscribed and signed by Roderick Haig-Brown on the half-title page. Illustrated with eight black and white plates drawn by Charles De Feo. Haig-Brown’s book is the best account published on the singular migration of a Pacific salmon as it travels from its river of birth, out to sea, and back again to spawn. The book is bound in beige cloth with green spine titles. Pictorial dust jacket. By the way, the jacket on this edition is strange looking. The fish illustrated on the jacket clearly isn’t a salmon, but it does resembles a cross between a cod and a bonefish. A nice book. Fine in a very good jacket with light edge wear.. Signed by Author.. First Edition..

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1941. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 259 pages of text. Original manoon morocco spine with minimal shelfwear, with gilt lettering and spine decoration remaining fine and bright; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Number 84 of 520 signed by Haig-Brown and De Feo. Lacks the glassine wrapper and the slipcase. Pastedown endpapers are somewhat darkened by binder's choice of glue. The text is uncut, unopened, and clean and unmarked. First limited edition..

New York. William Morrow and Company. 1941. Octavo (8 x 6). 260 pp. Limited Edition. Book number 128 of 475 copies published. Signed by Roderick Haig-Brown and the book's illustrator, Charles De Feo, on the limitation page. Illustrated color frontispiece. With sixteen exquisitely drawn plates of salmon and anglers by Charles De Feo. Return to the River is a marvelous biography of Spring, a Chinook salmon, from its birth to its return to the home river of birth. The book is bound in quarter red morocco with gilt titles and gray cloth. Top edge gilt. A beautiful, fine book, with the always present discolored paste downs resulting from the binder's glue. . Signed by Author and Illustrator..