Scenes and Recollections of Fly-Fishing. In Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland. London: Chapman & Hall,, 1834. First Sole Edition. Pp 211. Early full green smooth morocco, gilt ruled edges to boards, spine with compartments embellished in gilt with russet title label; marbled endpapers & fore-edge. A fine bright copy.

Engraved title-vignette and woodcut head- and tail-pieces throughout.

Stephen Oliver the Younger’ (so titled) is the pseudonym of William Andrew Chatto. A minor angling classic, this work contains two songs, ‘The Angler’s Call’ and ‘The Angler’s Invitation’, which were afterwards included in the ‘Newcastle Fishers’ Garlands’.

In the appendix the author gives a well-written review of the older angling literature