Fly Patterns and Their Origins
by Smedley, Harold Hinsdill
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good DJ
- Seller
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Helena, Montana, United States
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About This Item
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barker Books & Vintage (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16099
- Title
- Fly Patterns and Their Origins
- Author
- Smedley, Harold Hinsdill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Westshore Publications
- Date Published
- 1946
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About the Seller
Barker Books & Vintage
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Helena, Montana
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...