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Halford, Frederic M.
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A group of 5 works in 6 volumes, both limited and first trade editions, 8vo and 4to formats:
Floating Flies and How to Dress Them. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1886. 8vo. Limited edition, no. 49 of 150 copies. 10 handcolored lithographed plates. Half brown morocco, upper board lettered gilt, gold patterned cloth endpapers; boards bumped, extremities rubbed, spine dry and chipped. Joseph W. Hosdowich bookplate. — Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1889. 8vo. Deluxe edition, no. 17 of 100 copies, signed by the author. 26 mounted plates and numerous text illustrations printed on india paper; occasional foxing to mounted plates. Full green morocco panelled gilt, marbled endpapers, spine lettered gilt, top edge gilt; spine faded to brown, joints rubbed. Samuel W. Lambert bookplate. — Ibid. The first trade edition. Publisher's olive cloth lettered gilt on upper cover and spine, black coated endpapers; spine ends chipped, tear across middle of spine, upper hinge cracking. — Making a Fishery. London: Horace Cox, 1895. 8vo. Deluxe edition, no. 16 of 150 copies signed by the author. Frontispiece portrait, 4 plates mounted on heavier stock. Full green morocco panelled gilt; spine rubbed and faded to brown, joints a little dry. — Dry-Fly Entomology. London: Vinton & Co., 1897. 8vo. First trade edition. 28 plates (10 handcolored); handcolored plates browned. Publisher's half blue morocco over cloth; extremities rubbed with minor loses to spine ends and joints. — The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook. A Complete Manual including The Fisherman's Entomology and The Making and Management of a Fishery. London: George Routledge, 1913. 4to. Deluxe edition, limited to 100 copies (this copy unnumbered). 20 plates (18 engravings printed on india paper and laid down on heavier stock, 2 printed on glossy paper). Presentation note from Halford to fellow angling author Emyln M. Gill dated 1913 affixed to front pastedown. Bookplates of Joseph W. Hosdowich and Wesleyan University. Later half red morocco; boards a little faded.
Floating Flies and How to Dress Them. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1886. 8vo. Limited edition, no. 49 of 150 copies. 10 handcolored lithographed plates. Half brown morocco, upper board lettered gilt, gold patterned cloth endpapers; boards bumped, extremities rubbed, spine dry and chipped. Joseph W. Hosdowich bookplate. — Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1889. 8vo. Deluxe edition, no. 17 of 100 copies, signed by the author. 26 mounted plates and numerous text illustrations printed on india paper; occasional foxing to mounted plates. Full green morocco panelled gilt, marbled endpapers, spine lettered gilt, top edge gilt; spine faded to brown, joints rubbed. Samuel W. Lambert bookplate. — Ibid. The first trade edition. Publisher's olive cloth lettered gilt on upper cover and spine, black coated endpapers; spine ends chipped, tear across middle of spine, upper hinge cracking. — Making a Fishery. London: Horace Cox, 1895. 8vo. Deluxe edition, no. 16 of 150 copies signed by the author. Frontispiece portrait, 4 plates mounted on heavier stock. Full green morocco panelled gilt; spine rubbed and faded to brown, joints a little dry. — Dry-Fly Entomology. London: Vinton & Co., 1897. 8vo. First trade edition. 28 plates (10 handcolored); handcolored plates browned. Publisher's half blue morocco over cloth; extremities rubbed with minor loses to spine ends and joints. — The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook. A Complete Manual including The Fisherman's Entomology and The Making and Management of a Fishery. London: George Routledge, 1913. 4to. Deluxe edition, limited to 100 copies (this copy unnumbered). 20 plates (18 engravings printed on india paper and laid down on heavier stock, 2 printed on glossy paper). Presentation note from Halford to fellow angling author Emyln M. Gill dated 1913 affixed to front pastedown. Bookplates of Joseph W. Hosdowich and Wesleyan University. Later half red morocco; boards a little faded.