BLACKER'S ART OF FLY MAKING, &c.

Blacker (William).

Published by Published by the author. London. 1855

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1855). (1842) 1855 revised edition. 12mo (105 x 165mm). Ppxvi,259. Coloured engraved frontispiece, 15 hand-coloured plates of flies, 3 plain plates. Early rebind in full calf, spine titled in gilt, trimmed a little smaller than usual. Slight wear & end-paper stamp but good. Contemporary notes in ink on four blank leaves - relating to salmon fly tying. ".Comprising angling, & dying of colours, with engravings of salmon & trout flies shewing the process of the gentle craft as taught in the pages. With descriptions of flies for the season of the year as they come out on the water. Rewritten and revised by the author Blacker, himself, fishing tackle maker, of 54 Dean st, Soho, London. 1855." Blacker set up as a fly-dresser and tackle-dealer in Soho in the 1820's. His exciting salmon-fly patterns were among the first to use exotic materials. His book was first published in 1842, then re-issued in 1855 with wonderful new colour plates. "In this edition there are 20 engraved plates of flies, fly-making and tackle, of which 18 are coloured. The work is a strange medley of practical usefulness and rhapsodical exravagance. The instructions for fly-making are peculiarly precise and clear." Westwood & Satchell. The early issues of this edition had only 14 coloured plates and a coloured frontispiece, and were generally bound in full dark purple roan. . Seller Inventory # 56635

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Title: BLACKER'S ART OF FLY MAKING, &c.

Publisher: Published by the author. London. 1855

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: new