A Quaint Treatise on "Flees, and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making" By An Old Man...with editorial notes...by W.H. Aldam
by Aldam, W.H
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Original green cloth, upper cover with elaborate gilt and blind design and title, a.e.g. Bookplate of Edward Sands Litchfield. F
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
A beautiful production, in brighter than usual condition, with a distinguished provenance. Heckscher 18; Litchfield 49; Gee 84; Kerridge 79; Westwood & Satchell 3; Flyfisher's Journal, Summer 2000, pp.31-36
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 260236
- Title
- A Quaint Treatise on "Flees, and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making" By An Old Man...with editorial notes...by W.H. Aldam
- Author
- Aldam, W.H
- Format/Binding
- Two chromolithograph plates after James Poole, 2 completed flies and 23 flies with dressing materials displayed in 22 sunken mou
- Book Condition
- Used - Original green cloth, upper cover with elaborate gilt and blind design and title, a.e.g. Bookplate of Edward Sands Litchfield. F
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, second issue
- Publisher
- John B. Day
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Keywords
- Angling
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports & Games;
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