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Down the river / by H. E. Bates; with 83 engravings on wood by Agnes Miller Parker

H.E. Bates

RA Collection: Book

Record number

15/4716

Author

Imprint

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, Covent Garden, MCMXXXVII

Physical Description

150 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

General Note

The printer is named on the verso of the title page: `Printed in Great Britain by The Camelot Press Ltd., London and Southampton’

Contents

The twin rivers -- A boy’s brook -- The first river -- Fish and fishermen -- The flood -- The frost -- The second river -- Water flowers and water creatures -- Flowers of childhood -- The water-mill -- The lace-makers -- Otters and men -- The rivers of England -- Down to the sea

Subject

Illustrated books
Natural history
Wood-engravings

Contributors

Agnes Miller Parker, wood-engraver, illustrator
Victor Gollancz Ltd. (London), publisher
Camelot Press, printer