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This is the rarest railway/fishing guide I've come across as it's the only copy I've ever seen. Has anyone else ever seen a copy?

The author is Philip Geen who wrote two delightful books "What I Have Seen While Fishing" and "Days Stolen for Sport"

Yes, I’ve seen a copy Phil - it’s somewhere amongst all this jumble of books...

There again, until you posted yours, it was the only one I’d ever seen as well.

Kind Regards
Phil

Walkerburt wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:55 pm Yes, I’ve seen a copy Phil - it’s somewhere amongst all this jumble of books...

There again, until you posted yours, it was the only one I’d ever seen as well.

Kind Regards
Phil

Can’t find it, I did find this though - 1920s, cover by Norman Wilkinson, apart from being a bit tatty, what’s not to like?

Kind Regards
Phil

Walkerburt wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:07 am

Walkerburt wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:55 pm Yes, I’ve seen a copy Phil - it’s somewhere amongst all this jumble of books...

There again, until you posted yours, it was the only one I’d ever seen as well.

Kind Regards
Phil

Can’t find it, I did find this though - 1920s, cover by Norman Wilkinson, apart from being a bit tatty, what’s not to like?

Kind Regards
Phil

Forgot to add this - I gambled £50 on this publication knowing that it had spent years in a smoker’s house and as a result was absolutely filthy, the gamble being, could I clean it up?
I used the featured brew, using a little at a time, and I’m quite proud of the result because the front cover was a similar colour to the area bottom right. Anyone needing to clean up cloth and non absorbent covers might consider this, my purchase was made from the bookshop featured, and I commend it to the house.
Kind Regards
Phil

There's also John Berry's A Train To Catch book from Medlar Press, where he follows in the footsteps of anglers travelling by train.
Not a guide, but may be a good read for those with interest in this subject.

This one arrived this morning, I’ve been trying to clean it up ever since...

What a superb thread this is Phil. I've got lots of steam engine books because I was a big train spotter back in the 50' and 60's. Second hand book shops are a great place to pick up these books for very little cash. I haven't noticed your publications, but next time I'm out on the hunt for steam train books I will keep a watchful eye. Thank you for your posts.....

This is the cover of the "Twixt Humber and Tweed" guide produced by Bazley for the GNR

Very nice, Phil, I’ve not seen that before - have you a date for it?

Kind Regards
Phil

Hi Phil - it was published in 1913 and it was the North Eastern Railway not GNR as I stated earlier.