Author: ARMSTRONG, ROBIN
Title: The Painted Stream - a River Warden's Life
Description: London, J.M. Dent. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0460047027). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Armstrong, Robin. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. Foreword by Sir Michael Hordern. Pressed into the bracken of a Dartmoor hillside, a water bailiff waits for a poacher to return to the scene of his crime, whilst high above him a buzzard wheels in the air; nearby a mink and an eel wrestle; a roe-buck stands motionless on the river bank, senses alert for any danger; dusk falls, the poacher will soon be back for his salmon .. and Robin Armstrong's vigil will be over. In the book he describes the life of his job looking after the Tavy and the Walkham rivers and its abundant wildlife, and in his other occupation as a wildlife artist he has provided beautiful illustrations. 3. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Water Bailiff, River Warden, River Tavy, River Walkham, Wildlife Artists, Dartmoor 0460047027 Armstrong, Robin


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