Tolfrey Frederic Editor (5 results)

8vo. xxxii+246pp. Eight colour plates of flies, illustrations. Quarter bound in red leather over red cloth, slipcase. Ribbon marker A fine , as new, copy. Limited edition. A beautifully presented facsimile edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-Library. The cover is clear of stains and marking. The hinges are in good condition. The text to the spine is clear and bright. Ex-Library Book. Has usual library markings Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 26 cm x 18 cm, 246 pp. Bound in full leather, with AEG. Reprint of the 1848 edition. Fly mounted into the front cover. Enclosed in a clamshell box. Limited to 66 copies, of which this is number 54.

First edition. First edition. Additional lithographed title, lithographed frontispiece, and 8 hand-colored engraved plates of flies by J. and H. Adlard. xxii, 239 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. The very scarce first edition of the first British work on Norwegian angling. Issued at the instigation of J. Jones, a tackle dealer of Jermyn Street, who wrote the introduction. As Charles Woods notes in Bibliotheca Salmo Salar, "It is a cornerstone.". Westwood & Satchell, p. 210; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 34 Original green cloth gilt. Tidy ink gift inscription on verso of half title dated 1859. Skilfully rebacked preserving original spine (cloth a bit toned, corners lightly bumped). Very good plus Additional lithographed title, lithographed frontispiece, and 8 hand-colored engraved plates of flies by J. and H. Adlard. xxii, 239 pp. 1 vols. 16mo.

Flyfisher's Classic Library, Bovey Tracy, 1994 one of 2,000 copies, reprint of the 1848 edition. Illustrated with color plates of flies. 6.25" x 9.5". Red cloth, red leather spine. 246 pp, including a new 5 page introduction by David Burnett and a 6 page epilogue ("A Note On The Flies") by Frank Myhre Hansen. A reprint of one of the scarcest salmon books. A guide to where to go, where to stay and where to fish in Norway, with nice plates, information on flies and patterns. ".illustrated with colour plates so magnificent they take your breath away, based on salmon flies tied by an Irish genius whose name nobody knows" (Burnett). Mint in very fine slipcase.