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DerryDale Press, Inc., 1994. T3 - A limited (one of the 2500 copies) leather with beautiful gilt lettering book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, a few tiny cover edgewear and light shelf wear with no dust jacket. Includes unused bookplate. Fly Fisherman's Gold Volume XII. The hook is the foundation of the Angler's Art: it is the point of attack. Weakness or inefficiency here can be aided little by the art of him who handles it, and not at all by any excellence of tackle elsewhere. 9.25"x6.5", 364 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Limited. Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Derrydale, 1994. Fine. Wells, Henry P. Fly-Rods and Fly-Tackle: Suggestions as to Their Manufacture and Use, Fly Fisherman's Gold, Volume 12. Lyon: Derrydale, 1994. Special Edition. 364pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Brown hardcover, marbled endsheets, gilt embossed . Book condition: Near fine.

Lyons, Mississippi: Derrydale Press, 1994. Special Limited Edition. Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy of another fine publication by Derrydale Press, reprising classics in hunting and fishing and sport generally, this being contribution XII to the series Fly Fisherman's Gold, published in a Special Limited Edition of 2500 copies. Unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in brown cloth over over boards, ornately stamped lettering and illustrations in gilt and gray to front cover and spine. All edges gilt, quite fine, decorated endpapers, tank-like in appearance. Apparently unread, spine still crackles. Blank publisher's personalized bookplate laid in. [5], 6-364 pp. and with publisher's ads and plentiful black-and-white engravings and illustrations.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical… Read More

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New York: Harper and Brothers, 1885. Cloth. Good. Illustrated green cloth publisher's binding. 364 pp., plus ads in the rear. Black and white illustrations throughout. A detailed guide to the making and use of fly-fishing rods and fly-fishing tackle, discussing materials and the construction of fly rods, as well as reels, etc. By Henry P. Wells, a New York attorney and avid fly fisherman who wrote many works on the subject. He built water tanks and conducted experiments and observations on material and fish, and is perhaps best known for his fly, the Parmacheene Belle, which is discussed in this work. Small bookplate/tag on the lower rear inside cover reading "Henry K. Van Siclen, Bibliopole." GOOD condition. General fading, some scuffing and minor soiling to the covers. Cloth rather frayed and worn along the hinges and extremities. Front interior hinge cracked and almost completely separated from the binding. General toning to the paper, with an intermittent moderate dampstain affecting the lower… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Harper & Brothers , 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dustjacket as issued. Ex libris with bookplate on the front pastedown. The binding is tight, corners lightly blunted and rubbed. Light handling on the boards and spine. Text and images unmarked. A trace of soiling on the fore edge of the text block. Law office stamp on the rear pastedown. 12mo. 357pp.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. First edition. Hardcover. 7 1/2'' x 6''. 364pp. with index. 4 pages of ads. Green decorated cloth stamped in gold. Minor wear to top of spine. Front hinge starting, but tight. Previous owners signature on fly-leaf.

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good-; Spine ends lightly worn.. 1901. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Publisher's pictorial tan cloth black titling, multi-color illustration showing ten flies on front board, 448p., illustrations. .

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good-; Scattered light wear with loss of color.. 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Publisher's pictorial green cloth titling and illustration in black and gilt, 364p., illustrations, ads. .

Fly-Rods And Fly-Tackle Suggestions As To Their Manufacture and Use, Harper & Brothers, 1885, first edition, f.e.p. excised, wear to the corner tips and spine extremities, else a good to very good copy in the publishers original binding. Illustrated.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Octavo, 364pp., illustrated, plus advertisements at rear. A crisp, clean, near fine copy in the publisher's decorative cloth. SPine gently cocked, and a faint must odor, but an exceptionally clean and tight copy, appearing unread. A nice example of this well-regarded 19th century fly-fishing volume.

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1885. Book. VG-. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Book has modest wear. rear cover at some point had a vase put on it loosening the cloth from the board for that reason this book is very good minus. A classic rarely found. .