The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitation. Being an angler's record of insects seen at the waterside and the method of tying the flies. by WEST, Leonard - 1921

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

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William Porter, 1921. Book. Good+. Hardcover. Second Edition. Corners bumped. All plates acoounted for but one loose with some edgewear. Light foxing to pages. 163pp. Previous owners name to inside of front cover. Colour plates and some black and white illustrations. Brown cloth covers with gilt titles. Some fading / darkening to boards..

Devon, England. The Flyfisher's Classic Library. 2002. 8vo. (8 x 6). 163 pp. including index. With a list of other titles available in the series bound-in at the back of the book. Limited Edition. Book number 81 of 750 copies published. Preface by Malcolm Greenhalgh. Photo frontispiece of the author. Thirteen attractive color plates showing natural and artificial flies and dressing materials. With line drawings demonstrating dressing techniques for the patterns. How to select materials, collection, storage, and how to choose the right fly. The book is bound in full brown leather with gilt titles on the spine and the FCL logo on the front cover. Marbled endpapers. Silk ribbon marker. Brown cloth slip case. A handsome book. Fine in a fine slip case..

Liverpool. William Potter, publisher. 1921 [1912]. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. Octavo (9 1/2 x 7 1/2). 163 pp. including index. Thirteen color plates showing natural and artificial flies along with color plates showing fly dressing materials, with a descriptive text plate and tissue guard facing each color plate. Black and white plates showing fly dressing techniques and a plate showing a streamside fly dressing kit. The book is bound in a fine binding of red decorated calf with gilt titles, raised bands with gilt rules on the spine, morocco corners, and red boards. Marbled end papers. Top edge gilt. Scattered foxing in the text, otherwise a handsome book.