Deery Patsy (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Deery, Patsy. Cantillon, Paul. McPhillips, Frankie. (illustrator). Limited Edition. Number 16 of a limited edition of 65 copies. Signed by the author. Volume 1, text, xiii + 166 pp, illustrated throughout in colour. Volume 2, thirty specimen flies tied by author, Paul Cantillon and Frankie Mc Phillips ( signature of all three on limitation page ). As new hardbacks on Zerkall Butten mould made paper and bound in Wassa goatskin and Ann Muir marbled eps. Housed in as new slip case. Signed by Author(s).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2007). 2007 1st edition. Two volume de luxe issue. Large 8vo (178 x 252mm). Ppxiv,166. Colour frontispiece photograph of the author, colour plates of flies. Full dark red morocco gilt, raised bands. Dark red leather and cloth slipcase. Edition limited to 65 copies in total. Very fine two-volume set in slipcase. This is a numbered copy from the fifty subscriber's copies. Volume one, the text volume, has been signed by the author, Patsy Deery. It is bound in full dark red goatskin with marbled end-papers, five raised bands and gilt titles to the spine and all edges gilt. Volume two, the flies volume, bound to match the text volume, consists of six thick mats. Mounted within a frame on each mat are five mayflies, the patterns for which are printed on the facing page. The flies, 30 in total, were tied by Patsy Deery, Paul Cantillon and Frankie McPhillips. Patsy Deery has over fifty years experience of fishing Ireland's loughs and rivers. This is the result of his search for fly-patterns which have accounted for substantial numbers of fish, and to show the huge diversity of patterns that can be used during "The Mayfly". Chapters include: Mayfly fishing in Ireland; Dyeing with picric acid; Hackles; Naturals; Mayflies. Superb colour photography by Terry Griffiths, who has also contributed a foreword. This is the beautifully produced de luxe edition. This edition was limited to 50 copies, numbered 1 to 50, plus ten copies hors commerce, numbered i to x, and a further five copies, lettered A to E. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. One of 50 numbered copies signed by the author. Two volumes. Hardcover, bound in full Morocco with slipcase. Volume one, the text volume, has been signed by the author, Patsy Deery. Volume two, the flies volume includes six thick mats, each with five mounted mayflies, tied by Patsy Deer, Paul Cantillon and Frankie McPhillips, the patterns for which are printed on the facing page, signed by each. Signed by Author(s).

THE DE LUXE EDITION, LIMITED TO ONLY 65 COPIES. OF THESE THE 'HORS COMMERCE' COPIES WERE LIMITED TO 15 COPIES - THIS COPY IS ONE SUCH AND IS NUMBER 1V. TWO VOLUMES IN FULL RED MOROCCO WITH MATCHING SLIPCASE, MARBLED ENDPAPERS, RAISED BANDS, ALL EDGES GILT. THE TEXT VOLUME IS SIGNED BY PATSY DEERY AND CONTAINS A LIST OF THE ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBERS. THE SECOND VOLUME CONTAINS 30 SPECIMEN FLIES TIED BY PATSY DEERY, PAUL CANTILLON AND FRANKIE McPHILLIPS MOUNTED ON SIX SUNKEN MOUNTS. THIS VOLUME IS SIGNED BY EACH FLY TYER. A MINT COPY OF A RARE ITEM.

1st Edn,. 2 Vols, XIII 166 pages, AEG, this is number 46 of a limited edition of 65 copies signed and numbered by the author. Vol. 1 contains the text and fine colour plates of flies. Vol 2 contains 30 actual specimen flies of the mayfly patterns tied by Patsy Derry, Paul Cantillon and Frankie McPhillips. Vol 2 is signed by all the tyers. Both volumes bound in full dark red goatskin and contained in original slipcase. A mint copy.