A Quaint Treatise on "Flees, and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making," By an Old Man Well Known on the Derbyshire Streams as a First-Class Fly-Fisher a Century Ago. Printed from an Old Ms. Never Before Published, the Original Spelling and Language Being Retained, with Editorial Notes and Patterns of Flies, and Samples of the Materials for Making Each Fly
de Aldam, W.H
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- First
- Estado
- Original green cloth, elaborately decorated gilt spine and upper cover with gilt titles, black stamped borders and decorations &
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New York, New York, United States
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London: John B. Day, 1875. First edition. 2 chromolithographic plates from a watercolor by James Poole. 22 sunken mounts with specimens of flies and fly tying material. 1 vols. 4to. Original green cloth, elaborately decorated gilt spine and upper cover with gilt titles, black stamped borders and decorations & gilt vignette fish and fly pictorial decorations, bevelled boards, a.e.g. First edition. 2 chromolithographic plates from a watercolor by James Poole. 22 sunken mounts with specimens of flies and fly tying material. 1 vols. 4to. The very rare 1875 imprint; almost all copies bear an 1876 imprint. With numerous specimens of flies and fly-making materials in 22 sunken mounts. Westwood & Satchell, p.3; Heckscher 18
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- A Quaint Treatise on "Flees, and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making," By an Old Man Well Known on the Derbyshire Streams as a First-Class Fly-Fisher a Century Ago. Printed from an Old Ms. Never Before Published, the Original Spelling and Language Being Retained, with Editorial Notes and Patterns of Flies, and Samples of the Materials for Making Each Fly
- Autor
- Aldam, W.H
- Formato/Encuadernación
- 2 chromolithographic plates from a watercolor by James Poole. 22 sunken mounts with specimens of flies and fly tying material. 1
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Original green cloth, elaborately decorated gilt spine and upper cover with gilt titles, black stamped borders and decorations &
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Editorial
- John B. Day
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1875
- Palabras clave
- Angling
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- Gilt
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