HAIG-BROWN, RODERICK

Return to the River

Canada, McClelland & Stewart. 1946, First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: DeFoe, Charles. Book, Light soiling to covers, name inside. From the library of Ralph Shaw. Solid reading copy. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 42943

Catalogue: Fishing

Keywords: Defoe, Charles

HAIG-BROWN, RODERICK L.

Return to the River

Canada, McClelland and Stewart. 1946. Hardcover. Ill.: DeFeo, Charles. Book, First Canadian edition. Tan cloth is lightly soiled, corners and edges worn. From the library of Ralph Shaw. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 045624

Catalogue: Fishing

Keywords: Defeo, Charles

HAIG-BROWN, RODERICK

Return to the River

Crown Publishers. 1974. Hardcover. Ill.: DeFeo, Charles. Book, Later printing. A few faint smudges to outer closed page edges, interior is clean. Dust jacket has very light edge wear. Good/Good.

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Book number: 047946

Catalogue: Fishing

Keywords: Defeo, Charles

HAIG-BROWN, RODERICK

Return to the River; a Story of the Chinook Run

NY, William Morrow & Co. 1941, Second Printing. Tan Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Charles DeFeo. Hardcover, aged end papers, else textblock is very clean and tight; binding has a sunned spine, lightly bumped corners and overall light shelf wear; no dust jacket; 248pp. Very Good+.

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Book number: SJ1764

Catalogue: Fishing

Keywords: Chinook Run, Fishing, Salmon Fishing Charles DeFeo

RODERICK HAIG-BROWN.

Return to the River: A Story of the Chinook Run. {Limited Edition. With the Book’s Designer (Fritz Lund) Title Page and Versions of the Contents' Leaves Plus His Penciled Notes and Diagram on Running Heads and Chapter Organization Laid-in}.

New York. William Morrow and Company. 1941. Octavo (8 x 6). 260 pp. Limited Edition. Book number 103 of 475 copies offered for sale. 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 the finest account published on the life history Pacific salmon. Laid-in the book are the book’s designer Fritz Lund’s images of Return to the River’s title page, variations of contents' pages, and his penciled notes regarding placement of images, running heads or titles, spacial placements of letters, font size, etc. including their design and placement; printed on parchment paper are "Chapter One" within rules and the letter "T." Mr. Lund was a freelance book designer and was employed by William Morrow to design the text sheets of this limited edition. The book is bound in quarter red morocco with gilt titles, a salmon in gold, and gray cloth. Top edge gilt. With the original gray paper over boards slip case. The book is near fine, with the always present discoloration from the binder’s glue on the paste downs. The slip case is very good with a light rubbing to the extremities. The laid-in material is in fine condition, too. Signed by Author and Illustrator.

Bruce Cave Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 011108

RODERICK HAIG-BROWN.

Return to the River. A Story of the Chinook Run. {Inscribed by Roderick Haig-Brown to David Denbigh, Art Director for the Salmon Portfolio}.

New York. Crown Publishers, Inc. 1974. Octavo (8 x 6). 248 pp. plus 1 page biography of Haig-Brown. Inscribed and signed by Roderick Haig-Brown to David Denbigh. Mr. Denbigh was the art director and producer for the extravagant salmon portfolio presented to governments officials attending the Third U. N. Law of the Sea Conference held in Caracas, Venezuela in 1974. Several of David Denbigh’s color salmon plates are included within the portfolios’ folders. This copy of Return to the River was inscribed by Haig-Brown to David Denbigh when he and other portfolio participants, including Bill Reid, Haida artist, and Robert R. Reid, typographer for the portfolio, visited with him at his home, Above Tide, in early 1974 in an effort to convince Haig-Brown to write the book for the portfolio, titled "The Salmon." Their mission was successful. "Working on the diplomatic comments on the Law of the Sea brochure - not too much, but they want to have things two ways - propaganda, but not propaganda, salmon as a world resource, but not really a world resource, Canada’s world resource. Well, one can always try within limits. But committees can’t write books. I’ve enjoyed it though and they really haven’t interfered much," Haig-Brown wrote. Signed copies of Haig-Brown’s books published during the 1970s are quite scarce, as he was exceptionally busy with several projects during this period of time. The book is bound in brown cloth with blue titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Author.

Bruce Cave Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 011114

RODERICK L. HAIG-BROWN.

Return to the River: A Story of the Chinook Run. {Limited Edition}.

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 publisher’s grey paper patterned slipcase. A very good book with light foxing on the covers and the always present discolored front and back paste downs resulting from the binder's glue. Very good in a very good slip case with light edge wear. Signed by Author and Illustrator.

Bruce Cave Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 011109

RODERICK L. HAIG-BROWN

Return to the River: A Story of the Chinook Run.

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.

Bruce Cave Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 011120

RODERICK L. HAIG-BROWN.

Return to the River. A Story of the Chinook Run. {Inscribed & Signed by Roderick Haig-Brown}.

First Edition. 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.

Bruce Cave Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 011121

RODERICK HAIG-BROWN.

Return to the River. A Story of the Chinook Run. {Signed by Roderick Haig-Brown}.

London. Collins. 1943 [1942]. Second U. K. impression. Octavo (8 x 5). Signed by Roderick Haig-Brown in Campbell River on the half-title page. The story of Spring, Haig-Brown’s chinook salmon, from its birth to its death, and its incredible journey on its return to its home river. The book is bound in reddish-brown cloth with gilt titles on the spine and a gilt salmon on the front cover. Pictorial dust jacket. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Signed by Author.

Bruce Cave Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 011123

RODERICK L. HAIG-BROWN.

Return to the River: A Story of the Chinook Run. {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.

Bruce Cave Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 011153

RODERICK L. HAIG-BROWN.

Return to the River: A Story of the Chinook Run.

First Edition. 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.

Bruce Cave Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 011159

RODERICK L. HAIG-BROWN

Return to the River: A Story of the Chinook Run.

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 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.

Bruce Cave Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 011160

RODERICK HAIG-BROWN.

Return to the River. A Story of the Chinook Run. {Services Edition}.

London. Collins Clear-Type Press. 1944. Octavo (7 x 4 1/2). 191 pp. Services Edition. Published without illustrations. This book was intended for U. K. service members. It is quite scarce. I have seen only one other example of the book in 25 years. There is the admonition on the back cover "This Book Must Not Be Resold." The book is bound blue printed wrappers with black titles. The book is in good condition with edge wear and small chips.

Bruce Cave Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 011163

RODERICK L. HAIG-BROWN.

Return to the River. A Story of the Chinook Run. {First Indian Edition}.

First Edition. 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.

Bruce Cave Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 011164