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Baigent, William
Estimate
3,500 - 5,000 USD
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Description
A Book on Hackles for Fly Dressing. (Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by Mawson Swan & Morgan), [ca. 1941]
In 4s (9 x 7 in.; 229 x 178 mm). Photographic frontispiece and 3 plates; light scattered foxing throughout. Accompanied by a portfolio containing 164 hackles displayed on 11 heavy board mounts. Publisher's blue morocco, front cover lettered gilt, plain endpapers and edges, original glassine jacket; a few tears to jacket, light spots on upper board. Book and hackle mounts housed in original blue morocco folding case.
In 4s (9 x 7 in.; 229 x 178 mm). Photographic frontispiece and 3 plates; light scattered foxing throughout. Accompanied by a portfolio containing 164 hackles displayed on 11 heavy board mounts. Publisher's blue morocco, front cover lettered gilt, plain endpapers and edges, original glassine jacket; a few tears to jacket, light spots on upper board. Book and hackle mounts housed in original blue morocco folding case.
Literature
Kerridge 79; Litchfield 75
Catalogue Note
First, limited edition. Baigent was renowned as one of the most skillful fly fisherman in England, "at his best in a gin clear, dead low water, and a bright sun" (W. K. Rollo, in the introduction). The specimen hackles—cock's, hen's, saddle, and spade—were mounted by Baigent and Mrs. Taylor, whose stretch of Castle Forbes water Baigent frequently fished. Scarce: probably no more than forty sets were issued.