THE SALMON FLY: HOW TO DRESS IT AND HOW TO USE IT. By Geo. M. Kelson. Flyfisher's Classic Library de luxe edition.
Published by The Flyfisher's Classic Library. Bovey Tracey. 1995
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1995). (1895) 1995 Centenary Edition. 8vo (170 x 243mm). Pplxiv,510 + xlv ads. 8 colour plates featuring 52 fully dressed flies, mono plates. Handsome full leather gilt in presentation box. One of 55 de luxe copies incorporating an actual salmon fly. Fine. If there is one milestone in the whole of salmon fishing literature which no fisherman should be without, it has to be George Mortimer Kelson's The Salmon Fly: how to dress it and how to use it. When Kelson distilled a lifetime of salmon fishing wisdom into this privately published work, he was bold and confident. He produced a book of 510 pages of text and 46 pages of illustrations plus 8 coloured plates showing 52 flies. This FFCL edition has an extensive Introduction by John Buckland giving an authoritative background to the angling works of G. M. Kelson. Each copy has set into the front cover a salmon fly - tied by the distinguished fly-dresser Kim Rasmussen of Denmark. Since each fly is different, each volume of this Limited Edition is thus unique. Fully bound in royal purple Nigerian goatskin, hand marbled endpapers, gilt edges, raised bands and gold tooling. Presented in a buckram-bound silk lined presentation box titled in gilt. .…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE SALMON FLY: HOW TO DRESS IT AND HOW TO USE IT. By Geo. M. Kelson. Flyfisher's Classic Library de luxe edition.
- Author
- Kelson (George Mortimer). (1835-1920).
- Publisher
- The Flyfisher's Classic Library. Bovey Tracey. 1995
- Binding
- Hardcover
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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.…
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