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Published by The Derrydale Press. Lyon, Mississippi. 2001., 2000
ISBN 10: 1568331541ISBN 13: 9781568331546
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(Paperback, 2001). (1913) 2001 paperback edition. 8vo paperback with flaps. Ppxvi,416. B/w photographs & illustrations. Fine unread copy. This is a good quality paperback edition of this revised compilation from "Dry-fly fishing in theory and practice," "Dry-fly entomology," and "Making a fishery." Part 1 Dry-Fly Fishing; chapters include; rod and tackle; casting; the ethics of the dry fly; choice of pattern; drag; favourable and unfavourable conditions; the psychological moment; dry fly on lochs and lakes; striking and handling a hooked fish. Part 2 The Fisherman's Entomology; chapters include; the study of entomology; mayflies, duns and spinners; caddis flies; stoneflies, alders, smuts, etc. Part 3 The Making and Management of a Fishery; chapters include; selection of a water; general management; weeds and weed cutting; killing down the trout's enemies; stocking. PREVIOUS PRICE £16.95.
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby. London. 1989., 1989
ISBN 10: 0854931783ISBN 13: 9780854931781
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Condition: New. (Hardcover, 1989). (1889) 1989 Centenary Edition. 8vo (165 x 241mm). Pp224. Plain plates, illustrations. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Only 1500 copies printed. Slightly used and tanned but very good in dust-wrapper, without slip-case. New preface by Dermot Wilson. This is a Centenary Edition of what is widely regarded as being the greatest work on the subject of flyfishing published in the twentieth century. History has not always been kind to Mr Halford, indeed there have been periods during the last one hundred years when his name and his work have been denigrated, and his reputation has been associated with an excessive purism and a narrow dogma, thought to be the product of snobbishness and an exclusive cult. These ideas have little relation to Halford's actual words or his achievement. Though he was unaware of the potential of nymph fishing in chalk streams, he nonetheless was an all-round fisherman of considerable intuition and experience, and a tireless experimenter always in search of improvements, whether in flies or tackle. On the river Test in Hampshire, where so much of his pursuit of trout and grayling took place, Halford is still remembered with proper respect. His name is also revered from New York to Tokyo among the devotees of the Dry Fly. Apart from its historical value, this book is still very well worth a perusal by fly fishermen of the southern chalk streams. It is also a model of clear expression, brilliant organisation, lucid prose, and, above all, remarkable thoroughness, so typical of the pioneers of the Victorian Age. .
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Published by Barry Shurlock. Reading, Berkshire. 1973., 1973
ISBN 10: 0903330024ISBN 13: 9780903330022
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Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1973). (1889) 1973 new edition. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Ppxii,288. 26 b&w plates, text illustrations. Black cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slightly shaken, marks to edges else good-plus in rather used and clipped dust-wrapper. A new edition of this Halford classic that contains a new six page introduction by David Jacques. .
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Published by Barry Shurlock. Reading, Berkshire. 1975., 1975
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Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1973). (1889) 1975 reprint of 1973 Shurlock edition. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Ppxii,288. 26 b&w plates, text illustrations. Black cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight use but good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. A new edition of this Halford classic that contains a new six page introduction by David Jacques. .
Published by Vinton & Co. London. 1902., 1902
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(Hardcover, 1902). (1895) 1902 2nd edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Ppvii,212. Frontispiece portrait photograph, 4 other plates, b/w text illustrations. Dark blue cloth, Spine & upper board titled in gilt. Some pages at front & rear loose. A clean working copy, sold with all faults. Number 3 in the Halford Dry Fly Series. Halford's monograph on chalkstream fishery management. Chapters include:- Selection; Tenure; Management; Weeds; Poachers; Netting; Wiring; Stocking; The stew; Grayling; Distribution. .
Published by Barry Shurlock. Winchester. 1974., 1974
ISBN 10: 0903330083ISBN 13: 9780903330084
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Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1974). (1886) 1974 new edition. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Ppxviii,134. Colour plates of flies, b/w illustrations. Black cloth, spine titled in gilt. Introduction by T. Donald Overfield & John Veniard. Edges lightly browned, internally clean. Good-plus in used and clipped dust-wrapper. A nice reprint of the first and scarcest of Halford's books. .
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Published by The Flyfisher's Classic Library. Bovey Tracey. 1993., 1993
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Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1993). (1886) 1993 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxii,136. Frontispiece portrait, ten colour plates of flies, b/w illustrations. Quarter bound in dark brown bonded leather over light brown cloth, gilt FFCL motif to upper board, spine titled in gilt, silk marker ribbon. Fine copy without slipcase. Edition limited to 1000 copies. ".A treatise on the most modern methods of dressing artificial flies for trout and grayling, with full illustrated directions and containing ninety hand-coloured engravings of the most killing patterns, together with a few hints to dry-fly fishermen. By Frederic M. Halford 'Detached Badger' of 'The Field.' Member of the 'Houghton Club' 'Fly Fishers' Club' &c.". The first and scarcest of Halford's books. This edition quickly sold out. I have only a few slight seconds, without slipcases, left. .
Published by Vinton & Co. London. 1902., 1902
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(Hardcover, 1902). (1895) 1902 2nd edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Ppvii,212. Frontispiece portrait photograph, 4 other plates, b/w text illustrations. Dark blue cloth, Spine & upper board titled in gilt. Some browning but a very good clean copy. Number 3 in the Halford Dry Fly Series. Halford's monograph on chalkstream fishery management. Chapters include:- Selection; Tenure; Management; Weeds; Poachers; Netting; Wiring; Stocking; The stew; Grayling; Distribution. .
Published by The Flyfisher's Classic Library. Bovey Tracey, Devon. 1993., 1993
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Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1993). (1886) 1993 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxii,136. Frontispiece portrait, ten colour plates of flies, b/w illustrations. Quarter bound in dark brown bonded leather over light brown cloth, gilt FFCL motif to upper board, spine titled in gilt, silk marker ribbon. Slipcase. Very good in mis-matched slip-case. ".A treatise on the most modern methods of dressing artificial flies for trout and grayling, with full illustrated directions and containing ninety hand-coloured engravings of the most killing patterns, together with a few hints to dry-fly fishermen. By Frederic M. Halford 'Detached Badger' of 'The Field'. Member of the 'Houghton Club' 'Fly Fishers' Club' &c." The first and scarcest of Halford's books. This edition quickly sold out. .
Published by The Flyfisher's Classic Library. Ashburton, Devon. 1998., 1998
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Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1998). (1903) 1998 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxxxiv,286. B/w photographs, new preface by John Halford. Fully bound in tan bonded leather, gilt, silk marker & slipcase. Edition limited to 950 numbered copies. Near fine second-hand copy in very slightly faded slipcase. This edition includes new facsimile plates of Halford's original manuscript, as well as a new preface by F.M.'s great grandson, John Halford. ".a fascinating celebration of a lifelong obsession with trout, trout streams and trout-stream insects. An Angler's Autobiography is just that, the story of Halford's love of fishing, from age 6 to 60. The eminent dry-fly practitioner is happy to tell us about his early days paternostering for pike, ledgering for barbel and tightcorking fat lobworms for perch and chub - dastardly Nottingham tactics for coarse fish. He even recalls experimenting with fly-fishing on salt water in the 1860s. But after being smitten by the sight of trout rising to 'upright-winged floating duns,' Halford's passion turns to chalk-stream fishing. Beyond paying tribute to his friendship with Marryat, Halford barely mentions his own theories and accomplishments. Like all good fishing writers, he knows the joy of a fishing life is in the quirky details - his love of cane over greenheart, memories of a black Lab that retrieved hung trout flies, the pleasure of testing new water and of being bested by tough fish. Best of all, Halford's autobiography gives us, in words and photographs, wonderful detail about fishing the Test and the Itchen in their Victorian heyday." (Christopher Camuto, Gray's Sporting Journal, Feb/March 1999). .
Published by The Flyfisher's Classic Library. Ashburton, Devon. 1998., 1998
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Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1998). (1903) 1998 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxxxiv,286. B/w photographs, new preface by John Halford. Fully bound in tan bonded leather, gilt, silk marker & slipcase. Fine in slip-case. Edition limited to 950 numbered copies. This edition includes new facsimile plates of Halford's original manuscript, as well as a new preface by F.M.'s great grandson, John Halford. ".a fascinating celebration of a lifelong obsession with trout, trout streams and trout-stream insects. An Angler's Autobiography is just that, the story of Halford's love of fishing, from age 6 to 60. The eminent dry-fly practitioner is happy to tell us about his early days paternostering for pike, ledgering for barbel and tightcorking fat lobworms for perch and chub - dastardly Nottingham tactics for coarse fish. He even recalls experimenting with fly-fishing on salt water in the 1860s. But after being smitten by the sight of trout rising to 'upright-winged floating duns,' Halford's passion turns to chalk-stream fishing. Beyond paying tribute to his friendship with Marryat, Halford barely mentions his own theories and accomplishments. Like all good fishing writers, he knows the joy of a fishing life is in the quirky details - his love of cane over greenheart, memories of a black Lab that retrieved hung trout flies, the pleasure of testing new water and of being bested by tough fish. Best of all, Halford's autobiography gives us, in words and photographs, wonderful detail about fishing the Test and the Itchen in their Victorian heyday." (Christopher Camuto, Gray's Sporting Journal, Feb/March 1999). .
Published by The Flyfisher's Classic Library. Bovey Tracey, Devon. 1993., 1993
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Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1993). (1886) 1993 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxii,136. Frontispiece portrait, ten colour plates of flies, b/w illustrations. Quarter bound in dark brown bonded leather over light brown cloth, gilt FFCL motif to upper board, spine titled in gilt, silk marker ribbon. Slipcase. Very good in slipcase. Edition limited to 1000 copies. ".A treatise on the most modern methods of dressing artificial flies for trout and grayling, with full illustrated directions and containing ninety hand-coloured engravings of the most killing patterns, together with a few hints to dry-fly fishermen. By Frederic M. Halford 'Detached Badger' of 'The Field'. Member of the 'Houghton Club' 'Fly Fishers' Club' &c." The first and scarcest of Halford's books. This edition quickly sold out. .
Published by Vinton & Co. London. 1902., 1902
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Condition: New. (Hardcover, 1902). (1889) 1902 4th edition, revised. 8vo (150 x 222mm). Ppxx,364. 3 hand-coloured engraved plates of flies, coloured plan, 15 plain plates, text illustrations. Dark blue cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Title-page printed in black and red. Slightly rubbed, names on end-papers, inner hinges tender. A good working copy only. No. 1 in The Halford Dry Fly Series. Widely thought of as the greatest work on the subject of flyfishing published during the twentieth century. History has not always been kind to Mr Halford, indeed there have been periods during the last one hundred years when his name and his work have been denigrated, and his reputation has been associated with an excessive purism and a narrow dogma, thought to be the product of snobbishness and an exclusive cult. These ideas have little relation to Halford's actual words or his achievement. Though he was unaware of the potential of nymph fishing in chalk streams, he nonetheless was an all round fisherman of considerable intuition and experience, and a tireless experimenter always in search of improvements, whether in flies or tackle. On the river Test in Hampshire, where so much of his pursuit of trout and grayling took place, Halford is still remembered with proper respect. His name is also revered from New York to Tokyo among the devotees of the Dry Fly. Apart from its historical value, this book is still very well worth a perusal by fly fishermen of the southern chalk streams. It is also a model of clear expression, brilliant organisation, lucid prose, and, above all, remarkable thoroughness, so typical of the pioneers of the Victorian Age. .
Published by George Routledge & Sons. London. 1913., 1913
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First Edition
(Hardcover, 1913). 1913 1st edition. Large 8vo (160 x 228mm). Ppxvi,416. Illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece of Halford fishing and 43 other photogravure plates (all under tissue-guards), drawings and engravings. Very dark brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Cloth stained, spine frayed, foxing and use, good only. A revised compilation from "Dry-fly fishing in theory and practice," "Dry-fly entomology," and "Making a fishery." Part 1 Dry-Fly Fishing; chapters include; rod and tackle; casting; the ethics of the dry fly; choice of pattern; drag; favourable and unfavourable conditions; the psychological moment; dry fly on lochs and lakes; striking and handling a hooked fish. Part 2 The Fisherman's Entomology; chapters include; the study of entomology; mayflies, duns and spinners; caddis flies; stoneflies, alders, smuts, etc. Part 3 The Making and Management of a Fishery; chapters include; selection of a water; general management; weeds and weed cutting; killing down the trout's enemies; stocking. In 1913 Routledge had all of Halford's important work in print in just two volumes - this one and "The modern development of the dry-fly." .
Published by The Flyfisher's Classic Library. Bovey Tracey. 1989., 1989
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(Hardcover, 1989). (1889) 1989 Centenary edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp224. Tipped-in limitation plate, plain plates, illustrations. Quarter-bound in brown bonded leather over brown cloth, silk marker ribbon, gilt FFCL logo to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Brown cloth slipcase. Fine in slipcase. Edition limited to 450 copies only. A specially bound issue of the Witherby edition, re-issued by the Flyfisher's Classic Library. "This is one of an unnumbered special edition limited to 450 copies." "Published as an edition of 1500 only by H.F. & G. Witherby in 1989, with 50 'de luxe' copies each selling at £200 each. .FCL has acquired from Witherby the unbound sheets printed for a possible American edition which never appeared." The FFCL catalogue gives the limitation as 500 copies whereas the book-plate in each copy states 450. .
Published by Vinton & Co. London. 1902., 1902
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(Hardcover, 1902). (1897) 1902 2nd revised edition. 8vo (150 x 220mm). Ppxii,323. 28 colour & b/w plates of flies, 2 folding charts, b/w text illustrations. Blue cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Snag to spine, slightly shaken, cloth quite worn and marked, browning to edges and end-papers with owner's name. Good copy. Number 2 in the Halford Dry Fly Series. The first serious attempt to represent the natural insect as found on the water. "This is undoubtedly written by a great angler, but who was, however, not a great naturalist. It gives details of aquatic insects of the Test. This book is based on his earlier book Floating Flies And How To Dress Them, which is incidentally probably more famous. The very useful entomological section in Dry Fly Entomology is larger due to the co-operation of the Rev. E.A. Eaton. The hundred best patterns were tied by George Holland of Winchester." (Hampton). .
Published by Vinton & Co. London. 1902., 1902
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Condition: New. (Hardcover, 1902). (1889) 1902 4th edition, revised. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppxx,364. 3 hand-coloured engraved plates of flies, coloured plan, 15 plain plates, text illustrations, title-page printed in black and red. Dark blue cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Rubbing and small dents to cloth, browning to end-papers and edges, lacks title-page. Good copy. No. 1 in The Halford Dry Fly Series. Widely thought of as the greatest work on the subject of flyfishing published during the twentieth century. History has not always been kind to Mr Halford, indeed there have been periods during the last one hundred years when his name and his work have been denigrated, and his reputation has been associated with an excessive purism and a narrow dogma, thought to be the product of snobbishness and an exclusive cult. These ideas have little relation to Halford's actual words or his achievement. Though he was unaware of the potential of nymph fishing in chalk streams, he nonetheless was an all round fisherman of considerable intuition and experience, and a tireless experimenter always in search of improvements, whether in flies or tackle. On the river Test in Hampshire, where so much of his pursuit of trout and grayling took place, Halford is still remembered with proper respect. His name is also revered from New York to Tokyo among the devotees of the Dry Fly. Apart from its historical value, this book is still very well worth a perusal by fly fishermen of the southern chalk streams. It is also a model of clear expression, brilliant organisation, lucid prose, and, above all, remarkable thoroughness, so typical of the pioneers of the Victorian Age. .
Published by London : Horace Cox, 1895
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First Edition
First trade edition (there was also a de luxe edition of 150 numbered copies) with copious chapter head and tailpieces, illuminated initials and charming illustrations in the text plus several full page examples. Demy 8vo (215 x 145 mm); vi, (2), 212 pp. Original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to the front and spine; tips of corners a tad bumped; top edges gilt; orig. floral endpapers. Ownership inscription of Percy Wadham, Waltondale, Newport, Isle of Wight, dated 1899. A near Fine copy. Book.
Published by Horace Cox. London. 1895., 1895
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First Edition
(Hardcover, 1895). 1895 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Ppvi,212. Frontispiece portrait photograph, 4 other plates, b/w text ills. Dark blue cloth with bevelled edges, gilt-ruled border to upper board, upper board and spine titled in gilt. 7/6. Slightly browned and shaken, hinges tender. Good. Halford's monograph on chalkstream fishery management. Chapters include:- Selection; Tenure; Management; Weeds; Poachers; Netting; Wiring; Stocking; The stew; Grayling; Distribution. .
Published by George Routledge & Sons. London. 1913., 1913
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(Hardcover, 1913). 1913 1st edition. Large 8vo (160 x 228mm). Ppxvi,416. Illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece of Halford fishing and 43 other photogravure plates (all under tissue-guards), drawings and engravings. Re-bound in two-tone green cloth, gilt border to upper and lower boards, spine titled in gilt. A very good copy recently re-bound in two-tone green cloth. Contemporary owner's inscription to front end-paper. A revised compilation from "Dry-fly fishing in theory and practice," "Dry-fly entomology," and "Making a fishery." Part 1 Dry-Fly Fishing; chapters include; rod and tackle; casting; the ethics of the dry fly; choice of pattern; drag; favourable and unfavourable conditions; the psychological moment; dry fly on lochs and lakes; striking and handling a hooked fish. Part 2 The Fisherman's Entomology; chapters include; the study of entomology; mayflies, duns and spinners; caddis flies; stoneflies, alders, smuts, etc. Part 3 The Making and Management of a Fishery; chapters include; selection of a water; general management; weeds and weed cutting; killing down the trout's enemies; stocking. In 1913 Routledge had all of Halford's important work in print in just two volumes - this one and "The modern development of the dry-fly." .
Published by The Flyfisher's Classic Library. Moretonhampstead, Devon. 2005., 2005
ISBN 10: 1905396007ISBN 13: 9781905396009
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Condition: new. (Hardcover, 2005). (1910) 2005 FFCL edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxxiv,219 + 1pp ads. 9 colour plates of Farlow's & Hardy's flies, colour & b/w plates, illustrations. Fully bound in brown bonded leather, gilt FFCL motif to upper board, spine titled in gilt, top edge gilt, silk marker ribbon. Brown buckram slipcase. Fine in slipcase. An un-numbered publisher's copy from an edition of 150 copies. "This is the Dry Fly Entomology, 1897, completely rewritten and very greatly improved; the first serious attempt to represent the natural insects found on the water" (Callahan & Morgan). Contrary to what Halford says in Floating Flies and How to Dress Them (1886) and Dry Fly Entomology (1897) where 90 and 100 flies are described, in Modern Development he now feels that the 33 "are, to my mind, quite sufficient patterns for any dry-fly man on a south country or other chalk stream." During 1902 Halford collected a very large number of specimens of flies on which the rising trout were feeding and preserved them in formalin which he had read about in an article in the Field in 1901. He then worked out the new patterns with the local fly-dresser reproducing as nearly as possible the precise shades of colour of the natural insect. He fished with these flies only from 1903 to 1909 with great success. Part I - The Halford Dry Fly Patterns - contains everything concerned with tying these patterns, matching the colours, sizes, proportions, tools and materials required etc. Part II -The Halford Dry Fly Patterns in Use - is just that but, of course, with Halford's inimitable attention to detail and analysis. "This edition of 150 copies plus 10 unnumbered publisher's copies." With a new fourteen-page introduction by Tony Hayter. .
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Published by Horace Cox. London. 1895., 1895
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First Edition
(Hardcover, 1895). 1895 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Ppvi,212. Frontispiece portrait photograph, 4 other plates, b/w text ills. Dark blue cloth with bevelled edges, gilt-ruled border and titles to upper board, spine titled in gilt, top edge gilt. Half-inch chip in bottom of spine else very good. Sir Robert Saundby's copy with his pasted-in signature and laid-in photocopy of his obituary. Halford's monograph on chalkstream fishery management. Chapters include:- Selection; Tenure; Management; Weeds; Poachers; Netting; Wiring; Stocking; The stew; Grayling; Distribution. .
Published by Barry Shurlock. Reading, Berkshire. 1973., 1973
ISBN 10: 0903330032ISBN 13: 9780903330039
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Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1973). (1889) 1973 limited edition. 8vo (160 x 242mm). Ppxii,288. Twenty-six colour plates, b/w text illustrations, top edge gilt. Black cloth, spine titled in gilt. Pictorial slipcase. Edition limited to 100 copies. Very good in damaged slipcase. One of 100 copies printed. A new edition of this Halford classic that contains a new six page introduction by David Jacques. This is a copy of the de luxe issue that was limited to only 100 numbered copies. .
Published by Horace Cox. London. 1895., 1895
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First Edition
(Hardcover, 1895). 1895 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Ppvi,212. Frontispiece portrait photograph, 4 other plates, b/w text ills. Dark blue cloth with bevelled edges, gilt-ruled border and titles to upper board, spine titled in gilt, top edge gilt. End-papers quite browned otherwise a very good copy. Tag of brown paper adhered to rear paste-down. Halford's monograph on chalkstream fishery management. Chapters include:- Selection; Tenure; Management; Weeds; Poachers; Netting; Wiring; Stocking; The stew; Grayling; Distribution. .
Published by Vinton & Co. London. 1902., 1902
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(Hardcover, 1902). (1897) 1902 2nd revised edition. 8vo (150 x 220mm). Ppxii,323. 28 colour & b/w plates of flies, 2 folding charts, b/w text illustrations. Blue cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Small tear to 1 chart. Some use and foxing but good-plus. Number 2 in the Halford Dry Fly Series. The first serious attempt to represent the natural insect as found on the water. "This is undoubtedly written by a great angler, but who was, however, not a great naturalist. It gives details of aquatic insects of the Test. This book is based on his earlier book Floating Flies And How To Dress Them, which is incidentally probably more famous. The very useful entomological section in Dry Fly Entomology is larger due to the co-operation of the Rev. E.A. Eaton. The hundred best patterns were tied by George Holland of Winchester." (Hampton). .
Published by Vinton & Co. London. 1899., 1899
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Condition: New. (Hardcover, 1889). (1889) 1899 3rd edition, revised. Large 8vo (150 x 228mm). Ppxx,354 + 1pp ad. Three hand-coloured plates, fifteen plain plates, text illustrations, title-page printed in black and red. Original brown cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt, black coated end-papers. Bookplate of previous owner to front paste-down, signature to title page, title page and frontispiece becoming loose, corners and spine ends slightly rubbed. A good copy. Widely thought of as the greatest work on the subject of flyfishing published during the twentieth century. History has not always been kind to Mr Halford, indeed there have been periods during the last one hundred years when his name and his work have been denigrated, and his reputation has been associated with an excessive purism and a narrow dogma, thought to be the product of snobbishness and an exclusive cult. These ideas have little relation to Halford's actual words or his achievement. Though he was unaware of the potential of nymph fishing in chalk streams, he nonetheless was an all round fisherman of considerable intuition and experience, and a tireless experimenter always in search of improvements, whether in flies or tackle. On the river Test in Hampshire, where so much of his pursuit of trout and grayling took place, Halford is still remembered with proper respect. His name is also revered from New York to Tokyo among the devotees of the Dry Fly. Apart from its historical value, this book is still very well worth a perusal by fly fishermen of the southern chalk streams. It is also a model of clear expression, brilliant organisation, lucid prose, and, above all, remarkable thoroughness, so typical of the pioneers of the Victorian Age. .
Published by George Routledge & Sons. London. 1923., 1923
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Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1923). (1910) 1923 reprint. 8vo (160 x 230mm). Ppviii,219. 9 colour plates of Farlow's & Hardy's flies, colour shade charts, photogravure plates, illustrations. Dark blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Rear board slightly bumped and lacks front end-paper. Possible ex-library copy but main text block and plates very clean and bright. "This is the Dry Fly Entomology, 1897, completely rewritten and very greatly improved; the first serious attempt to represent the natural insects found on the water" (Callahan & Morgan). Contrary to what Halford says in Floating Flies and How to Dress Them (1886) and Dry Fly Entomology (1897) where 90 and 100 flies are described, in Modern Development he now feels that the 33 "are, to my mind, quite sufficient patterns for any dry-fly man on a south country or other chalk stream." During 1902 Halford collected a very large number of specimens of flies on which the rising trout were feeding and preserved them in formalin which he had read about in an article in the Field in 1901. He then worked out the new patterns with the local fly-dresser reproducing as nearly as possible the precise shades of colour of the natural insect. He fished with these flies only from 1903 to 1909 with great success. Part I - The Halford Dry Fly Patterns - contains everything concerned with tying these patterns, matching the colours, sizes, proportions, tools and materials required etc. Part II -The Halford Dry Fly Patterns in Use - is just that but, of course, with Halford's inimitable attention to detail and analysis. .
Published by Vinton & Co. London. 1902., 1902
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(Hardcover, 1902). (1897) 1902 2nd revised edition. 8vo (150 x 220mm). Ppxii,323. 28 colour & b/w plates of flies, 2 folding charts, b/w text illustrations. Blue cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Previous owner's name (1906) ornately inscribed. Slightly used but a good copy, with some annotation in ink. Number 2 in the Halford Dry Fly Series. The first serious attempt to represent the natural insect as found on the water. "This is undoubtedly written by a great angler, but who was, however, not a great naturalist. It gives details of aquatic insects of the Test. This book is based on his earlier book Floating Flies And How To Dress Them, which is incidentally probably more famous. The very useful entomological section in Dry Fly Entomology is larger due to the co-operation of the Rev. E.A. Eaton. The hundred best patterns were tied by George Holland of Winchester." (Hampton). .
Published by Vinton & Co. London. 1902., 1902
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
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Condition: New. (Hardcover, 1902). (1889) 1902 4th edition, revised. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppxx,364. 3 hand-coloured engraved plates of flies, coloured plan, 15 plain plates, text illustrations, title-page printed in black and red. Dark blue cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Light foxing throughout but still a very nice copy. No. 1 in The Halford Dry Fly Series. Widely thought of as the greatest work on the subject of flyfishing published during the twentieth century. History has not always been kind to Mr Halford, indeed there have been periods during the last one hundred years when his name and his work have been denigrated, and his reputation has been associated with an excessive purism and a narrow dogma, thought to be the product of snobbishness and an exclusive cult. These ideas have little relation to Halford's actual words or his achievement. Though he was unaware of the potential of nymph fishing in chalk streams, he nonetheless was an all round fisherman of considerable intuition and experience, and a tireless experimenter always in search of improvements, whether in flies or tackle. On the river Test in Hampshire, where so much of his pursuit of trout and grayling took place, Halford is still remembered with proper respect. His name is also revered from New York to Tokyo among the devotees of the Dry Fly. Apart from its historical value, this book is still very well worth a perusal by fly fishermen of the southern chalk streams. It is also a model of clear expression, brilliant organisation, lucid prose, and, above all, remarkable thoroughness, so typical of the pioneers of the Victorian Age. .
Published by Vinton & Co. London. 1899., 1899
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
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Condition: New. (Hardcover, 1889). (1889) 1899 3rd edition, revised. Large 8vo (150 x 228mm). Ppxx,354 + 1pp ad. Three hand-coloured plates, fifteen plain plates, text illustrations, title-page printed in black and red. Original brown cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt, black coated end-papers. Two previous owners' names, inner hinge slightly tender, slight use and shelf-wear to cloth but still a good-plus copy. Widely thought of as the greatest work on the subject of flyfishing published during the twentieth century. History has not always been kind to Mr Halford, indeed there have been periods during the last one hundred years when his name and his work have been denigrated, and his reputation has been associated with an excessive purism and a narrow dogma, thought to be the product of snobbishness and an exclusive cult. These ideas have little relation to Halford's actual words or his achievement. Though he was unaware of the potential of nymph fishing in chalk streams, he nonetheless was an all round fisherman of considerable intuition and experience, and a tireless experimenter always in search of improvements, whether in flies or tackle. On the river Test in Hampshire, where so much of his pursuit of trout and grayling took place, Halford is still remembered with proper respect. His name is also revered from New York to Tokyo among the devotees of the Dry Fly. Apart from its historical value, this book is still very well worth a perusal by fly fishermen of the southern chalk streams. It is also a model of clear expression, brilliant organisation, lucid prose, and, above all, remarkable thoroughness, so typical of the pioneers of the Victorian Age. .