From Zamboni & Huntington, Bangor, ME, U.S.A.
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[Title continues:] "as practised on the Dove, and on the principal streams of the midland counties; applicable to every trout and grayling river in the empire. By William Shipley. Edited by Edward Fitzgibbon, esq." London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1838. 8 1/2 x 5". xxxv, 264pp. Frontispiece water-stained and foxed, with one exception, head- and tail-pieces printed separately and laid down. Original cloth worn, backstrip detached from rear joint and chipped, shaken. 1" hole in upper margin of p. xiii, no loss, some soiling in text, but textblock generally in good condition, binding poor. Collated and complete. Henry Holden Bradshaw's copy, with his inked signature on front free endpaper. Contents: "In praise of fly-fishing"; "On the choice, make, materials, and qualities of a fly-rod"; "On the best sorts of lines, reels, hooks, &c."; "On throwing the line, hooking, playing, landing, and killing a fish"; "On the different materials used for dressing artificial flies; and the simplest, shortest, and best modes of dressing them pointed out"; "A curious controversy sharply commenced, and, it is hoped, successfully concluded"; "Flies for every month in the year"; "On the nature, habits, and organisation of the common trout"; and "On the nature, habits, and organisation of the grayling.". Seller Inventory # 004754
Bibliographic Details
Title: A true treatise on the art of fly-fishing, ...
Publication Date: 1838
Binding: Original cloth
Condition: Fair only
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