Book of the Salmon: In Two Parts. Part I. The Theory, Principles, and Practice of Fly-Fishing for Salmon; With Lists of Salmon-Flies For Every Good River In the Empire; Part II. The Natural History of the Salmon, all its Known Habits Described, and the Best Way of Artificially Breeding it Explained

Published by Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, London, 1850

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Seller: Sixes Book & Tackle, Port Orford, OR, U.S.A.Sixes Book & Tackle

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8vo, xvi, 242 pp, bound in marbled boards backed with crushed black morocco, raised in six bands at the spine, with gilt florets and decorative compartments. t.e.g. Illustrated with 9 plates, eight of them hand-colored, printed the Adlards. Provenance: From the library of Jane des Grange, with her engraved ex libris tipped onto ffep. First edition of a landmark work in the history of fly-fishing for salmon, known for the brilliance and clarity of the hand-colored plates depicting flies, as well as the clear prose style and depictions of salmon rivers in the UK, Scotland, and Wales. Westwood & Satchell p. 86 (Highly esteemed). Leather rubbed at hinges and extremities, lightly affecting the title and gilt at spine; cloth rubbed, with some minor swelling to the upper boards, likely from exposure to moisture, some minor foxing withing, otherwise a sound very good example, with the plates well-preserved and bright.

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Title
Book of the Salmon: In Two Parts. Part I. The Theory, Principles, and Practice of Fly-Fishing for Salmon; With Lists of Salmon-Flies For Every Good River In the Empire; Part II. The Natural History of the Salmon, all its Known Habits Described, and the Best Way of Artificially Breeding it Explained
Author
Ephemera [Fitzgibbon, Edward]
Publisher
Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, London
Publication year
1850
Condition
Very good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First edition.
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Sixes Book & Tackle

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Book & Tackle located in downtown Port Orford, is the westernmost bookshop in the lower 48. We specialize in rare and unusual books and ephemera in all field, with a special focus on natural history, ecology, art, poetry, fishing, food & drink, foraging, rural arts, folk arts, the occult, anthropology, local histories, economics, gambling, & cryptography, as well as fly tying materials and tackle. We maintain a warehouse in neighboring Langlois, Oregon. Most of our inventory is not online, but we welcome your inquiries. Member ABAA / ILAB. B&T is a family owned and operated by Adam & Kate Davis, with their sons, Augie and Jack. Visitors to the shop may also run into Adam's parents, Stan and Debbie Davis. Stan Davis and the Davis boys also tie all the flies offered for sale in the shop. Adam & Kate have over 30 years experience in the rare book trade, and previously operated the bookshop and small press Division Leap.…

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