Return to the River; a Story of the Chinook Run by Roderick Haig-Brown. William Morrow and Company. 1941. Number 228 of 520 signed by Roderick L. Haig-Brown and Ilustrator, Charles DeFeo. 6 1/2" x 9" 260 page Hardcover with no dust jacket. Bright gilt lettering and design on the spine. Some scuffing on spine. Light cover edge wear. Two pin-point sized spots on the front cover. Ugly discoloration inside the front and back covers. Previous owner name on the front blank page plus some erasure marks. No other previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. IF15a
"'Return To The River', is a rich and picturesque account of the life history of the 'Chinook Salmon' told from the viewpoint of a single fish. Haig-Brown observes and narrates a dramatic tale which inspects every phase of the 'Chinook Run', one of the greatest event's in nature with vivid imagination and great detail." - Goodreads