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Michigan: Westshore Publications, 1946. Third Printing. Hardcover. GD/FR. Octavo. 8.5" x 5.25" 133pp. A good copy with previous owners names on first free end paper. The back hinge is exposed for about an inch and a half. Dust jacket is fair, with a large piece missing along the top of the spine, several tears, and small pieces missing. Spine is toned. 3rd printing.

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. .

Westshore Publications. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1943. 1st. Hard Cover. Small 8vo; 114 pp; Light scuffing and shelf wear on boards and spine, binding has a few weak spots but is still tight overall, no loose pages. Front endpage has been removed, errata slip laid in. .

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..

Westshore Publications. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. Light wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has small chips and tears to the edges.; 171 pages .

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.

Muskegon, MI: Westshore Publications, 1944. 2nd printing, revised and enlarged - Forsyth Press. 137 pages Lightly illustrated. Minor stains on covers. Interior pages crisp/clean with some age toning. Minor chip on ffep corner. Lower spine and corners bumped and one dent along front edge. DJ has tattered edges and missing rear flap as well as tape repair along rear fold.. Cloth. Very Good -/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Westshore publications, 1950. Fourth edition revised & enlarge. Hardcover. Very Good/Missing. 8x5x0. Signed by Author. Inscribed by Smedley (as "Dike" Smedley) on the FFEP. The binding is tight, bottom corners slightly bumped. Some light handling and soiling on the boards, a trace of sunning along the spine and top edges of the boards Text and images unmarked. 8vo. x, 171pp

Muskegon, Michigan. Westshore Publications. 1946. Third Printing. Octavo (8 x 5). 133 pp. Inscribed and signed by Harold Smedley on the front free end paper. With an attractive color plate showing six nineteenth century fly patterns. Black and plate. Text drawings. An important book for anyone interested in the history of fly patterns and their originators. Harold Smedley was a careful, meticulous researcher who painstakingly chronicled the origins of the fly patterns described herein. The book is bound in brown cloth with black titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. A bright, very good book in a very good dust jacket with just a touch edge wear. I’m super rich in Smedley books.. Signed by Author.

Muskegon, Michigan: Westshore Publications, 1946 Signed by Author. Presentation copy, signed by the author on front free endpaper. One colour plate illustrating 6 different fly patterns. 133 pages. Brown cloth, black titles and illustration of a fly on front cover. Cream DJ with colour illustration of several fly on front cover; has large chip at top front. VG/G.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Muskegon, Michigan: Westshore Publications. Illustrated including one page of color-illustrated flies. Signed on flyleaf: "Best Regards / "Dike" Smedley / April 1950". Clean and unmarked. . Near Fine. Hardcover. Reissue. 1946.

Muskegon, Michigan: Westshore Publications, 1943. In Very Good condition. Bound in full brown cloth. The front panel is stamped in black. Duodecimo. xx + 114pps., with a tipped-in illustration. No dustjacket. There is a small hole in the front panel. Also, a previous owner's bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown and their name is neatly penned on the ffep. Otherwise, clean, bright, square, and soundly bound. The errata slip has been affixed to the last leaf with three 1942 Christmas postage stamps. "...Flies, that is, the kind we are going to write of here and the kind we use for fishing, in our efforts to deceive fish, have always occupied a leading position as a subject for discussion or argument whenever and wherever fishermen have gotten together. Flies, their pattern and styles, their virtues and vices, their good points and bad points and the manner of their use or uselessness, have always comprised a considerable portion of angling literature -- past and present -- and they… Read More

Muskegon, Michigan. Westshore Publications. 1946. Third Printing. Octavo (8 x 5). 133 pp. Inscribed and signed by Harold Smedley to Enos Bradner, the late book author and Outdoor Editor of the Seattle Times. The book was presented to Mr. Bradner by Harold Smedley at an Outdoor Writers gathering in July, 1947, held in Alaska. Enos Bradner is famous for his steelhead fly creation, "Brad’s Brat." When the fourth printing of Smedley’s "Fly Patterns and Their Origins" appeared in 1950, Brad’s Brat was included in the updated edition - a combination of good fortune and the new friendship established between the two men. Color plate showing six nineteenth century fly patterns. Color plus black and plates. Harold Smedley wrote with great care and careful research about 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… Read More