[Rarebooks] F/S Halford's Floating Flies limited edition

[Austin's Antiquarian Book]

Halford, Frederic M. FLOATING FLIES AND HOW TO DRESS THEM; A TREATISE  
ON THE MOST MODERN METHODS OF DRESSING ARTIFICIAL FLIES FOR TROUT AND  
GRAYLING WITH FULL ILLUSTRATED DIRECTIONS AND CONTAINING NINETY HAND- 
COLOURED ENGRAVINGS OF THE MOST KILLING PATTERNS TOGETHER WITH A FEW  
HINTS TO DRY-FLY FISHERMEN. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, And  
Rivington, 1886. Limited edition. 1/100 large paper copies for  
England. Large octavo. Original three quarter brown morocco and  
cloth. Gilt titles and rules on the spine and front cover. Top edge  
gilt. Gold and black decorated end papers. 136pp. with index and an  
ad leaf. Illustrated. Ten hand-colored plates. One showing a color  
chart, the others of artificial flies plus text illustrations. Very  
good. Some wear to spine ends but a very nice copy. Gift inscription  
on the front free fly leaf to an A. J. Hobbs and dated 1886. A  
seminal work in the history of Fly Fishing. Net $1000.00

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