The Fly and the Fish.. This item is unavailable.The Fly and the Fish.

New York. Freshet Press. Rockville Centre, New York. 1971 [1950]. Second edition. 8vo. (8 1/2 x 6). 195 pp. Two color plates of trout and salmon flies and materials list to dress the patterns. Illustrations by the author. A new Introduction to this edition by Maxine Atherton provides an intimate and personal look at John Atherton. Mr. Atherton's book has been hailed as one of a few mid-century angling titles which combines elegant descriptive writing with equally elegant art. The book is bound in black cloth (some call it leather - it's not) and yellow and gray colored textured paper over boards. Yellow textured slip case. Previous owner's blind-stamp on a few page corners, otherwise fine in a fine slip case.