Fly-Fishing in Salt and Fresh Water with Six Plates Representing Artificial Flies, Etc.
London: John Van Voorst, 1851. First edition. Hardcover. 23 x 14.5 cm. Slim octavo. viii 74pp [2 ads]. Small stamp on page vii. Complete with 6 lithographs of flies by Paul Jerrard of which 5 are vibrantly hand colored and one that is not in color of other tackle. Bound in original brown cloth. Spine is faded and head and tail of spine are chipped. ~ 8 cm closed tear to front free endpaper. Very Good. Item #83020
With sections on salmon, white trout, trout, pike, grayling, sea fly-fishing and lengthy appendix including a section on angling in America. Authorship is unattributed internally but various sources give either Mrs. Hutchinson or Richard Bowden-Smith as the author. Uncommon work. References: Heckscher 1075. Westwood & Satchell p 95.
Price: $750.00