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London: John B. Day, 1876. Quarto. 2 chromolithographed plates, 2 completed flies and 23 flies with dressing materials displayed in 22 sunken mounts on six cards. Minor foxing. Publisher's green cloth, elaborately blocked in gilt and black Provenance: Annie Cowdray (bookplate) First edition, second issue. The manuscript upon which Aldam based his text appeared at auction in 1999; the author's name was revealed to be Robert Whitehead, but nothing further of the author is known. Both issues of this scarce work bear the date 1876 on the spine; a very few are recorded with a title page date of 1875, but it appears that no copies were actually sold until the Spring of 1876. Approximately 200 copies were sold over a period of several years. Heckscher 18; Litchfield 49; Gee 84; Kerridge 79; Westwood & Satchell 3; Flyfisher's Journal, Summer 2000, pp.31-36.
A QUAINT TREATISE ON "FLEES, AND THE ART OF ARTYFICHALL FLEE MAKING" BY AN OLD MAN WELL KNOWN ON THE DERBYSHIRE STREAMS AS A FIRST-CLASS FLY-FISHER A CENTURY AGO by Aldam, W. H - 1876
by Aldam, W. H
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A QUAINT TREATISE ON "FLEES, AND THE ART OF ARTYFICHALL FLEE MAKING" BY AN OLD MAN WELL KNOWN ON THE DERBYSHIRE STREAMS AS A FIRST-CLASS FLY-FISHER A CENTURY AGO
by Aldam, W. H
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London: John B. Day, 1876. First Edition, Second Issue. Hardcover. Quarto, 91 pages; VG-; bound in publisher's green cloth blocked in gilt and black; rebacked, with spine preserved; mild rubbing and wear to boards, beveled edges; with two chromolithograph plates after James Poole, 2 completed flies and 23 flies with dressing materials displayed in 22 sunken mounts on six leaves, all present; SG consignment; shelved case 10. One of approximately 200 copies (of both issues; the first issue bears a title page date of 1875 but is otherwise identical).;. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1876
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A Quaint Treatise on "Flees, and the Art of Artyfichall Flee Making" By an Old Man Well Known on the Derbyshire Streams as a First-Class Fly-Fisher a Century Ago
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A Quaint Treatise on "Flees, and the Art of Artyfichall Flee Making" By an Old Man Well Known on the Derbyshire Streams as a First-Class Fly-Fisher a Century Ago
by ALDAM, W. H
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London: John B. Day, 1876. Quarto. 2 chromolithographed plates, 2 completed flies and 23 flies with dressing materials displayed in 22 sunken mounts on six cards. Extra-illustrated with an albumen photograph of the author signed "Yours faithfully, W.H. Aldam." (mounted on verso of the dedication leaf). Publisher's green cloth, elaborately blocked in gilt and black First edition, second issue: extra-illustrated with a signed photograph by Aldam. The manuscript upon which Aldam based his text appeared at auction in 1999; the author's name was revealed to be Robert Whitehead, but nothing further of the author is known. Both issues of this scarce work bear the date 1876 on the spine; a very few are recorded with a title page date of 1875, but it appears that no copies were actually sold until the Spring of 1876. Approximately 200 copies were sold over a period of several years. Heckscher 18; Litchfield 49; Gee 84; Kerridge 79; Westwood & Satchell 3; Flyfisher's Journal, Summer 2000, pp.31-36.
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