The Rapture of The River

RARE SIGNED ORIGINAL

For collectors of very rare fly fishing books the world over - an original, first edition “The Rapture of the River”. Published in 1957 and sold out within days, this book has become South Africa's most in-demand and collectible fly fishing book ever. An autobiography of a fly fisherman and his fascinating recollections of halcyon days, fishing virgin trout waters in the kind of unspoilt surroundings we can only dream about today. Forty chapters of "virtually required reading for anyone interested in South African fly fishing", include rivers such as the Smalblaar, Hex, Eerste, Tsitsa, Tina, Luzie, Little Pot, Big Pot, Mooi, Umzimkulu, Klipplaat, Berg, Umzimvubu, Tugela, Keiskama, Wildebeest, Cata, Mnyameni, Breede River, Knysna Lagoon, the Wolf River, among many others. Very good condition. B&w photographs throughout. Hardcover, 26cm x 19cm, 258 pages.