FLY PATTERNS AND THEIR ORIGINS by Smedley, Harold Hinsdill - 1943

Westshore Publ, Muskegon, MI, 1944. Second Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Dust Jacket chipped, torn. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fishing & Hunting; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 12643. .

Muskegon, Michigan. Westshore Publications. 1946. Third Printing. Octavo (8 x 5). 133 pp. Color plate showing six nineteenth century fly patterns. Color plus black and plate. I'm a huge Harold Smedley fan because his book captures with great care and careful research the most famous fly patterns and how they came to be known to fly fishermen. A key book for anyone interested in the history of fly patterns. A nice book. The book is bound in brown cloth with black titles. There’s a previous owner’s name neatly stamped on the front paste down, otherwise this is a fine, bright book..

Westshore publications, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

USA: Westshore Pub., 1950. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4th Edition. Paper along the front hinge is cracked. Blue boards have light edge wear, text pages are overall clean..

Westshore Publications. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has small chips and tears to the edges and some browning and soiling to the edges. ; 171 pages .

Westshore Publications, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 3rd printing 1946, very good +, tight and clean brown cloth hardcover with title and illustration in black to cover shows some mild trace wear including tearing at top of front hinge near spine head of front end papers, in very good jacket that shows some light soil and mild edge wear including tiny open chipping and couple of short closed tears at spine head. 133 pages with illustrations including a couple of color plates. Still a nice looking copy of this notable early fly history.

Muskegon, Michigan. Westshore Publications. 1946. Third Printing. Octavo (8 x 5). 133 pp. Color plate showing six nineteenth century fly patterns. Color plus black and plate. Harold Smedley captured with great care and careful research the most famous fly patterns and how they came to be known to fly fishermen. A key book for anyone interested in the history of fly patterns. A nice book. The book is bound in brown cloth with black titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a good-very good dust jacket with a few chips at the edges. .

Muskegon, Michigan. Westshore Publications. 1946. Third Printing. 8vo. (8 x 5). 133 pp. Color plate showing six nineteenth century fly patterns. Black and plate. Text drawings. With the scarce Third Printing Prospectus laid-in. A key book for anyone interested in the history of fly patterns. Harold Smedley was a careful researcher who painstakingly chronicled the origins of the fly patterns herein. The book is bound in brown cloth with black titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice copy. A bright, very good book in a very good dust jacket with light edge wear. I’m not just rich in Smedley books; I’m super rich..

Muskegon, MI: Westshore Publications, 1944. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Light blue cloth, lettered in black. Mild binding lean, former owner's signature inked on upper front flyleaf, otherwise essentially as issued. Dust jacket shows a few spots of moisture contact on lower front panel and mild soiling to lower rear panel, mild toning (most prominently along spine panel), rubbing and a few short (1/4") closed tears along top edges, now in mylar. xx,115 pp., illus..

Hardcover Book. Boards are clean and without defects. Mylar covered dust jacket has minor chips and tears along edges. Text is clean. Pages have some browning due to age. Some weaking on hinges.