ALTEN: RED LETTER DAYS. THE SALMON FISHING DIARIES OF COLONEL SIR NORTH DALRYMPLE-HAMILTON. Edited & compiled by Roy Flury. Deluxe Edition.

Only 60 numbered copies in the deluxe edition, this being number 48, along with the publisher's original leaflet.

2009 1st edition - Deluxe Edition. 4to (200 X 262mm). Pp106 + colophon. B/w photographs & line drawings. Deluxe Edition (60 copies bound in half leather and slipcased by Harcourt Bindery). A fine unread copy of the deluxe half leather edition, limited to 60 numbered copies. "A very fine salmon fisherman, North Dalrymple-Hamilton was also an enthusiastic diarist. Not only did he keep a personal diary of his own fishing, but he and the Duke of Roxburghe kept records of all fish caught on their visits to Alten between 1910 and 1934. He wrote a particularly detailed report, the size of a small book, on the events of 1929, and soon after this, he was inspired to complete his "Red Letter Days," an account written by hand and bound in leather. This is the first published edition of that manuscript, privately published by Charles B. Wood III, and edited by Roy Flury, the author (withTheodore Dalenson) of Alten (1991) and Alten Reflections (1993). Issued in three editions: Standard Edition - 150 copies bound by Acme Bookbinders in cloth; Deluxe Edition - 60 copies bound in half leather and slipcased by Harcourt Bindery; Collector's Edition - 19 copies printed on large paper (larger than the regular editions) and hand-bound by Gray Parrot.

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