LIST OF WHARFEDALE FLIES: JOHN SWARBRICK'S DRESSINGS 1807.

Language: English

Published by Ken Smith Publishing. Chavagnac, France. 2009, 2009

1906159114 / 9781906159115

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2009). (1807) 2009 1st edition thus. A miniature book. 60 x 65mm (2.4 x 2.6"). Pp61 + errata. Two actual flies laid in. Colour fold-out of flies. Marbled boards. Fine copy in cloth slipcase. This issue limited to 125 copies. Swarbrick was a farmer from Austby, near Ilkley on the River Wharfe. His list is "the earliest one known which gives detailed dressings for the flies and the times of the year for which they are most suitable." (Magee). Although written in 1807, it did not appear in print until 1907, when Ellis Beanlands published it together with J.W. Sagar's list of 1890. This edition lists only Swarbrick's dressings, together with modern substitutes. It is illustrated with woodcuts by Joan Hassall and with fold-out colour plates of flies. Introduction by Leslie Magee. Pages not numbered (61 pp + 30 colour plates + 1 extra errata plate.) This is a miniature book which has been printed letterpress by Simon Lawrence at the Fleece Press, using 1950's hand-made paper. Ken and Joyce Smith have bound the book in "hand-marbled paper, made by Compton Marbling in 1995," with a fly mounted inside each board, front and back. These flies are a Large March Brown (number 5) and a Small Black Flie (number 26), and have been tied by Stuart Bowdin of Pendle Flies. The book is issued in a cloth-covered slip-case. 125 copies have been issued under each imprint, with five more each for private distribution. This totals only 260 copies. We also have copies of the de luxe edition in stock. .…

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Title
LIST OF WHARFEDALE FLIES: JOHN SWARBRICK'S DRESSINGS 1807.
Author
Swarbrick (John). (1771-1842).
Publisher
Ken Smith Publishing. Chavagnac, France. 2009
Publication year
2009
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
1906159114
ISBN 13
9781906159115
Edition
1st Edition

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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.…

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